Latest revision |
Your text |
Line 1: |
Line 1: |
− | {{Disambiguation|the song|the album|The Golden Age of Grotesque (album)|the art exhibition|The Golden Age of Grotesque (art exhibition)}}
| + | :''This article is about the song. For other uses, see [[The Golden Age of Grotesque (album)]] and [[The Golden Age of Grotesque (art exhibition)]].'' |
| | | |
− | {{Song
| + | "'''The Golden Age of Grotesque'''" is the sixth track on the 2003 release ''[[The Golden Age Of Grotesque]]''. |
− | | Name = The Golden Age of Grotesque
| + | |
− | | Cover = The-Golden-Age-of-Grotesque.jpg
| + | |
− | | Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|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 = Dark Cabaret
| + | |
− | | Length = 4:05
| + | |
− | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| + | |
− | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]]
| + | |
− | | Composer = [[John 5]], Marilyn Manson
| + | |
− | | Producer = Marilyn Manson, [[Tim Skold]], Ben Grosse
| + | |
− | }}
| + | |
− | "'''The Golden Age of Grotesque'''" is the sixth track on the 2003 release ''[[The Golden Age of Grotesque]]''. | + | |
| | | |
− | == Appearances == | + | ==Appearances== |
− | === Albums === | + | ===Albums=== |
− | * ''[[The Golden Age of Grotesque]]'' | + | * ''[[The Golden Age Of Grotesque]]'' |
| | | |
− | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
− | * "The Golden Age of Grotesque" <small>— Appears on ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.</small> | + | * "The Golden Age of Grotesque" <small>— Appears on ''The Golden Age of Grotesque''.</small> |
− | * "The Golden Age of Grotesque" (Piano version) <small>— A piano version played during the [[2003/04/11 Berlin, Germany|show in Berlin, Germany]]''.</small>
| + | |
| | | |
− | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
| All our monkeys have monkeys | | All our monkeys have monkeys |
| We drive our deathcrush diamond Jaguar limousines | | We drive our deathcrush diamond Jaguar limousines |
Line 44: |
Line 29: |
| This is the Golden Age of Grotesque | | This is the Golden Age of Grotesque |
| | | |
− | The devils are girls with Van Goh's missing ear | + | The devils are girls with Van Gogh's missing ear |
| You say what you want but filth is all that they hear | | You say what you want but filth is all that they hear |
| And I've got the jigger | | And I've got the jigger |
Line 85: |
Line 70: |
| We sing: La la la la la | | We sing: La la la la la |
| | | |
− | == Trivia ==
| + | [[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]] |
− | * ''Jaguar Cars'', a British luxury car manufacturer, was previously known as SS Jaguar. The SS was dropped due to the usage by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany.
| + | |
− | * ''Low Art Gloominati'' is a reference to ''Illuminati'', a Bavarian Enlightenment-era secret society.
| + | |
− | * ''Scabaret Sacrilegeds'' is a crasis of ''cabaret legends'' with ''scab'' and ''sacrilegious''.
| + | |
− | * ''Van Goh'' is a misspelling of ''Vincent Willem van Gogh'', a Dutch painter well know for having cut off part of his left ear.
| + | |
− | * "I've got the jigger to make all of you bigger" and "here's a trick that's gonna make you click" are paraphrased quotes from Marshall McLuhan's ''The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man.'' They're from McLuhan's essay on ''Men of Distinction'' where he analyses an alcohol advertisement. ''"Here, it is: "what's in the jigger that makes him bigger?" instead of "what's the trick that makes her click?""''
| + | |
− | * ''Open your third nostril'' refers to a dispregiative term for the communists created by Giovannino Guareschi, an Italian writer. The third nostril would be needed to expel cerebral matter to make room for party directives.
| + | |
− | * ''Blackface'' is a style of theatrical makeup, used to take on the appearance of certain archetypes of American racism.
| + | |
− | * "The song “The Golden Age of Grotesque” for example was written in pretty much 12 hours and performed and recorded. This was the one with the burning piano in mind. I just wanted to lay out my sack of notebooks - there were about 20 of them - and I had been writing down phrases that come from wherever I can find them. I spread them out and I started singing. It has such and odd phrasing and cadence, like after the chorus, I hit this high note on the word “Gloominati.” I was creating words that didn’t exist, but it seemed like the way I could paint this picture. Sometimes you have to mix colours." <ref>MM - [[Interview:2003/07 Outburn|Outburn Interview]]</ref>
| + | |
− | * The song's [[List of working titles for Marilyn Manson material|working title]] was "Third Nostril".
| + | |
− | | + | |
− | == References ==
| + | |
− | <references/>
| + | |
− | | + | |
− | {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Age of Grotesque (song)}}
| + | |
− | [[Category:The Golden Age of Grotesque era]]
| + | |
− | [[Category:Marilyn Manson songs]] | + | |
− | [[Category:Songs from The Golden Age of Grotesque]]
| + | |