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* "Rock Is Dead" <small>— Appears on ''[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]''.</small> | * "Rock Is Dead" <small>— Appears on ''[[Mechanical Animals (album)|Mechanical Animals]]''.</small> | ||
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* "Rock Is Dead" (Edit) <small>— Appears on ''The Matrix'' soundtrack and music video.</small> | * "Rock Is Dead" (Edit) <small>— Appears on ''The Matrix'' soundtrack and music video.</small> | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 12 November 2009
- This article is about the song. For the tour, see Rock Is Dead (tour).
"Rock Is Dead" | ||
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Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
Album | Mechanical Animals | |
Released | September 14, 1998 | |
Recorded | 1997–1998 at the White Room, Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California and Conway Studios | |
Genre | Alternative rock | |
Length | 3:09 | |
Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
Composer | Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy | |
Producer | Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson |
"Rock Is Dead" is the third single of the third album Mechanical Animals. The line, "Amphetamines for boys, crucifixes for ladies" implies that society is being dumbed-down and controlled by drugs and religion and that rock music is dying from censorship.
Contents
Appearances
Albums
- Mechanical Animals (1998)
- Lest We Forget (The Best of) (2004)
Singles
- "Rock Is Dead" (1999)
Soundtracks
- The Matrix (1999)
- Beat the Devil (2002)
Versions
- "Rock Is Dead" — Appears on Mechanical Animals.
- "Rock is Dead (Live)" — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth.
- "Rock Is Dead" (Edit) — Appears on The Matrix soundtrack and music video.
Music video
The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, features a basic performance from the band, intertwined with scenes from the film The Matrix, to which soundtrack "Rock Is Dead" was included on. The music video premiered on MTV during the second week of March 1999.[1]
Lyrics
All simple monkeys with alien babies Amphetamines for boys Crucifixes for ladies Sampled and soulless Worldwide and real webbed You sell all the living For more safer dead Anything to belong Rock is deader than dead Shock is all in your head Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed So fuck all your protests and Put them to bed God is in the TV 1,000 mothers are praying for it We're so full of hope And so full of shit Build a new god To medicate and to ape Sell us ersatz Dressed up and real fake Anything to belong Rock is deader than dead Rock is deader than dead Shock is all in your head Your sex and your dope is all that we're fed So fuck all your protests and Put them to bed God is in the TV
Trivia
- In 1998, a poll was held on MarilynManson.com to gather opinions on whether the band's next music video should be for "Rock Is Dead" or "The Last Day on Earth".
- The song was briefly mentioned in chapter three of the Japanese light novel "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya".
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