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Manson often drew musical inspiration from his dreams, but the idea to cover this song came from his first experimentation with LSD at a house party, according to his autobiography. He says that he hallucinated a "slower, meaner" version of the dance hit playing, sung in his voice.<ref>{{harvnb|Manson|Strauss|1998|p=104-105}}</ref> He also stated that Nothing did not want to release this as a single. They wanted to release their cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "[[I Put a Spell on You]]", which, according to Manson, "was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our fans."<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> | Manson often drew musical inspiration from his dreams, but the idea to cover this song came from his first experimentation with LSD at a house party, according to his autobiography. He says that he hallucinated a "slower, meaner" version of the dance hit playing, sung in his voice.<ref>{{harvnb|Manson|Strauss|1998|p=104-105}}</ref> He also stated that Nothing did not want to release this as a single. They wanted to release their cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "[[I Put a Spell on You]]", which, according to Manson, "was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our fans."<ref name="TLHROHp191-192"/> | ||
− | The music video for Manson's cover was a gateway to popularity for the band, eventually being nominated at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video, and contains several clips of Manson and band members in what appears to be an old, decrepit asylum whilst wearing a variety of strange costumes. The overall video was shot with unusual filters: this was one of the first videos shot with director [[Dean Karr]]'s initial vision intact, not based solely | + | The music video for Manson's cover was a gateway to popularity for the band, eventually being nominated at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rock Video, and contains several clips of Manson and band members in what appears to be an old, decrepit asylum whilst wearing a variety of strange costumes. The overall video was shot with unusual filters: this was one of the first videos shot with director [[Dean Karr]]'s initial vision intact, not based solely off of whatever ideas the band had come up with prior. In between these clips are a number of surreal shots of Manson wearing a wedding gown, Manson wandering around an abandoned street in a tutu, birds fluttering around him and leaving dropping on his body, and footage of him riding a pig wearing a cowboy hat whilst covered with mud which Manson rides during the song's climax. |
== Reception == | == Reception == |