"President Dead"
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""President Dead"" | ||
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Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) | |
Released | November 13, 2000 | |
Recorded | 1999–2000 at the Mansion, Death Valley, California | |
Genre | Alternative metal | |
Length | 3:13 | |
Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | Twiggy Ramirez, John 5, Madonna Wayne Gacy | |
Producer | Marilyn Manson, D. Sardy |
""President Dead"" is the sixth track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). The song is comparable to "Great Big White World" due to a heavy use of synthesizers in these two tracks. It is also one of the only tracks on the album to feature a solo from guitarist John 5.
The song has very seldom been performed live since its release, although a short clip recorded on December 16, 2000 by Marilyn Manson's private camera has been bootlegged.
Appearances
Albums
Versions
- "President Dead" — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
Lyrics
this is for the people, they want you this is for the people, they want you getting high on violence, baby President Dead is clueless and he's caught in a headlight, police-stated god and his skull is stained glass incubated and jet set the bitter thinkers buy their tickets to go find god like a piggy in a fair and we don't want to live forever and we know that suffering is so much better this is for the people, they want you this is for the people, they want you getting high on violence, baby give the pills time to work we all can't be martyred in the winter of our discontent (getting high on violence, baby) every night we are nailed into place and every night we just can't seem to ever remember the reason why (getting high on violence, baby) and we don't want to live forever and we know that suffering is so much better this is for the people, they want to this is for the people, they want to getting high on violence, baby and we don't want to live forever and we know that suffering is so much better
Trivia
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) lists the quotation marks as part of the song's literal title.
- ""President Dead"" has a duration of exactly 3 minutes and 13 seconds. Frame 313 of the Zapruder film, the most complete visual recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, is the precise frame where Kennedy is shot.
Personnel
- Marilyn Manson – vocals, syncussion, mellotron, lyrics
- Twiggy Ramirez – rhythm guitar, bass, music
- John 5 – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, music
- Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards, music
- Ginger Fish – loop, live drums
- Alex Suttle – backing vocals
- D. Sardy – producer