Holy Wood
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| Studio album by Marilyn Manson | ||||
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2000 |
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19th |
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68 min 19s |
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Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) is the fourth album by the American alternative rock - / alternative metal - band Marilyn Manson . It was published on November 14, 2000.
background
Holy Wood is Marilyn Manson's first album after the school massacre in Littleton on April 20, 1999. The media and politicians accused the band, and especially Brian Hugh Warner , of having inspired the two gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to act. The song lyrics on the album deal with the role of parents, the values, the culture of conservative America and the media game around the event.
The lyrics also describe the infatuation of US society with weapons , religion and the fame that one tries to achieve through the US media - based on violence, death and martyrdom . Manson said in an interview that over 200 songs were written during the production of the album, and only a few ultimately appeared on the album.
Cultural references
This album deals with greats like John F. Kennedy , John Lennon and other glorious martyrs of US culture who died too soon. The album responds to the Columbine massacre and the path of two confused, misunderstood teenagers who wanted just 15 minutes of fame. Manson highlighted the irony that the media would rock the incident for months. In his opinion, the media show tragic deaths as entertainment for the general public. In 2004 Manson wrote an article for Rolling Stone music magazine . He explained the role the media plays in reviving dead characters in music and that the song "Lamb of God" is in the spirit of Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison :
“If you die when there's no one watching,
Then your ratings drop and you're forgotten.
But if they kill you on the TV,
You're a martyr and a lamb of God. "
"The Nobodies" seems to interfere with the fact that the two gunmen felt like they were nothing:
“We are the nobodies, wanna be somebodies.
When we're dead, they'll know just who we are.
[…]
Some children died the other day;
We fed machines and then we prayed.
Puked up and down in morbid faith;
You should have seen the ratings that day. "
In “The Love Song” Manson gives his opinion on the three main cores of the conservative culture of Central America: “ Guns, God and the Government ” (German: “Arms, God and the Government”). He describes a metaphorical connection between man and weapon: the arm as the father, the mother as the pistol and the child as the bullet.
Comments from Marilyn Manson
“The two main themes on the record are revolution and evolution . I am trying to investigate why people behave the way they do. What I learned from this record is that you can only revolutionize yourself. "
"The album title is based on the film" Santa Sangre "by Alejandro Jodorowsky - whose work I adore. The album will conclude a trilogy that began with Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals . It was originally supposed to come out together with a book and a film by Jodorowsky, but don't worry, the project is not out of the world yet. "
content
concept
Holy Wood is a discographic sequel to the albums Mechanical Animals and Antichrist Superstar . The main character is Adam Kadmon, who has already manifested himself as "Omega" in Mechanical Animals and "The Worm / Antichrist Superstar" in Antichrist Superstar .
The character Coma White corresponds to "Coma Black" in this album. The story follows Adam as he leads the people of Valley of Death - where the world's most rejected - in a revolution against Holy Wood, home of the beautiful and famous. The revolution succeeds, but the population gradually adjusts to old Holy Wood, which leads to Adam's suicide attempt and the start of the Mechanical Animals storyline.
Track list
All lyrics were written by Brian Hugh Warner.
- A - In the Shadow
- GodEatGod - 2:34 (Warner)
- The Love Song - 3:16 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- The Fight Song - 2:55 (Lowery)
- Disposable Teens - 3:01 (Lowery, Ramirez)
- D - The Androgyny
- Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis) - 4:18 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- President Dead - 3:13 (Ramirez, Lowery, Gacy)
- In the Shadow of the Valley of Death - 4:09 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- Cruci-Fiction in Space - 4:56 (Ramirez, Lowery, Gacy)
- A Place in the Dirt - 3:37 (Lowery)
- A - Of Red Earth
- The Nobodies - 3:35 (Lowery, Manson)
- The Death Song - 3:29 (Lowery, Manson)
- Lamb of God - 4:39 (Ramirez)
- Born Again - 3:20 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- Burning Flag - 3:21 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- M - The Fallen
- Coma Black - 5:58 (Manson, Lowery, Ramirez)
- Valentine's Day - 3:31 (Ramirez, Manson)
- The Fall of Adam - 2:34 (Ramirez, Lowery)
- King Kill 33 ° - 2:18 (Ramirez)
- Count to Six and Die (The Vacuum of infinite Space encompassing) - 3:24 (Lowery)
- The Nobodies (Acoustic Version) - 3:35 (Japan / UK Bonustrack) (Lowery, Manson)
- Mechanical Animals (Live) - 4:41 (Japan bonus track)
Web links
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) at Allmusic (English)
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) at Discogs (English)
- Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) at MusicBrainz (English)
- Album review at laut.de
- Album review at Plattentests.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Nick Kushner: Kennedy & King Kill 33 °. Nachtkabarett.com, accessed on May 27, 2009 (English).