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- This article is about the song. For the bootleg, see Mobscene (bootleg).
"mOBSCENE" | ||
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mOBSCENE cover | ||
Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | The Golden Age of Grotesque | |
Released | May 5, 2003 | |
Recorded | 2002–2003 at the Doppelherz Studio in Hollywood, California; The Mix Room in Burbank, California | |
Genre | Industrial Heavy metal | |
Length | 3:25 | |
Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | John 5, Marilyn Manson | |
Producer | Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold, Ben Grosse |
"mOBSCENE" is the first single and the third track of the sixth album The Golden Age of Grotesque.
Contents
Appearances
Albums
Singles
- "mOBSCENE"
Versions
- mOBSCENE — Appears on The Golden Age of Grotesque.
- mOBSCENE (Edit) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" promo single.
- mOBSCENE (Sauerkraut Remix) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" single and the Lest We Forget (The Best of).
- mOBSCENE (Overnight Mix - Reworked By Flint & Youth) — Appears on the "mOBSCENE" UK single.
- mOBSCENE Replet (Mea Culpa Mix By Bitteren Ende) — Appears on the The Nobodies: 2005 Against All Gods Mix and the "Personal Jesus" UK single.
- mOBSCENE (Dead Sexy Inc. Remix) — Official remix that was commissioned by never officially released, though it was later leaked to the internet.
DVD and VHS release
A DVD single for "mOBSCENE" was released, including the audio track, plus three pieces of footage directed by Manson, one of them being a behind-the-scenes video for his role as Christina in Party Monster. A VHS tape of "mOBSCENE" was also released exclusively in Mexico which included an interview from the Holy Wood era and a making-of video of the "mOBSCENE" music video.
Music video
The music video, co-directed by Manson with Thomas Kloss, features a basic performance by the band in a Swing thirties-esque joint. The costumes worn by the dancers in the video were designed by Manson and then-girlfriend Dita Von Teese. Manson explains, "We took our inspiration from Busby Berkeley, U.S.O. shows, WW2 Berlin and Gottfried Helnwein's 'Macbeth.'"[1]
Lyrics
"Ladies and Gentlemen" We are the thing of shapes to come Your freedom's not free and dumb This Depression is great The Deformation Age, they know my name Waltzing to scum and base and Married to the pain Bang we want it Bang we want it Bang bang bang bang bang You came to see the mobscene I know it isn't your scene It's better than a sex scene and it's So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah. You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde): Be obscene, be, be obscene Be obscene, baby, and not heard. The day that love opened our eyes We watched the world end We have "high" places but we have no friends They told us sin's not good but we know it's great War-time full-frontal drugs, sex-tank armor plate Bang we want it Bang we want it Bang bang bang bang bang You came to see the mobscene I know it isn't your scene It's better than a sex scene and it's So fucking obscene, obscene, yeah. You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde): Be obscene, be, be obscene Be obscene, baby, and not heard. You came to see the mobscene I know it isn't your scene It's better than a sex scene and it's So fucking obscene, obscene yeah. You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down You want commitment? Put on your best suit, get your arms around me Now we're going down down down "Ladies and gentlemen, be obscene! Be obscene!" GIRLS (In the spirit of Oscar Wilde): Be obscene, be, be obscene Be obscene, baby, and not heard. Bang bang bang bang bang
Trivia
- The song was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy in 2004, but lost to "St. Anger" by Metallica.
- The song references the phrase "Women should be obscene and not heard" by Groucho Marx.
- It is a common assumption that the lines "Be obscene, be, be obscene..." are a reference to "Be Aggressive", a 1992 song by Faith No More that features the chorus "Be aggressive, B-E aggressive," but in fact the aforementioned "be aggressive" chant has been popular at sporting events for decades and was not invented by Faith No More.
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