I'm pretty sure this song is mocking sensationalism in the media.
The title (sans language) is Arma-geddon, the end of the world. He's being ironic, pointing out how the media always blows things out of proportion, making everything that happens seem like its the end of the world. Conversely, he might be saying that the corrupt media might help bring about the end of the world. Probably a bit of both.
Further evidence is in the lyrics:
'Forcery, taxes, facelifts, abortion, nervous breakdance, satanic girls gone wild';
-all things you might hear about in infomercials or on CNN
'Now the TV set’s a sharp and cold depression';
-that's self explanitory, I think
'Pointless intervention, illegal separation';
-the sort of mind-numbing white trash stuff you see on the talkshows
'I want my lawyer, "we’ve got a situation"'
-think FCC and other forms of censorship, controling the content of what can and can't watch.
'On the news, or is it the noose?';
-to say the news is used as a means of control through fear, and this also goes back to what Manson said about the Columbine shootings - the media gave those boys exactly what they wanted (fame) by plastering their faces all over the tv.
'The same results may vary, Side effects all vary';
-word play to mock the commercials pushing prescription drugs that saturate the airwaves
'Fuck the goddamned TV and the radio';
-he's saying FU to the mind numbing, mind controling media.
'and fuck making hits, I’m taking credit for the death toll';
-his claim that he's not going to be a part of the problem, but rather a part of the solution/revolution.
'First you try to fuck it, Then you try to eat it'
-when was the last time you saw an effective commerical without either sex or food in it?
'If it hasn't learned your name, you better kill it before they see it'
-I think this might have to do with censorship - if you see something on TV you don't like, kick up a fuss about it so that it gets censored, effectivey 'killing' it before, say, your children see it. He may even be refering to himself and his music. It also deals with secret shame - destroy what you're ashamed of before it gets out.
So yeah, it's about the media.
If you read "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell", he talks about his inspiration for 'Cake and Sodomy' being TV, and about a skit they did on stage, where a girl stuffed a pillow up her shirt to look pregnant - she was ironing a flag with a swastika on it while watching a flickering TV screen. Then she climbed up on the ironing board and pretended to give herself an abortion, then proceeded to wrap the 'fetus' in the Nazi flag and hold it reverently out to the TV screen. It was a metaphor for how parents sacrafice their children to the facist mind-fucking pseudo-babysitter that is television (those weren't his exact words, but it was something close). I'd say he might have it in for the media, just a little. Can you blame him?
I'm pretty sure this song is mocking sensationalism in the media.
The title (sans language) is Arma-geddon, the end of the world. He's being ironic, pointing out how the media always blows things out of proportion, making everything that happens seem like its the end of the world. Conversely, he might be saying that the corrupt media might help bring about the end of the world. Probably a bit of both.
Further evidence is in the lyrics:
'Forcery, taxes, facelifts, abortion, nervous breakdance, satanic girls gone wild'; -all things you might hear about in infomercials or on CNN
'Now the TV set’s a sharp and cold depression'; -that's self explanitory, I think
'Pointless intervention, illegal separation'; -the sort of mind-numbing white trash stuff you see on the talkshows
'I want my lawyer, "we’ve got a situation"' -think FCC and other forms of censorship, controling the content of what can and can't watch.
'On the news, or is it the noose?'; -to say the news is used as a means of control through fear, and this also goes back to what Manson said about the Columbine shootings - the media gave those boys exactly what they wanted (fame) by plastering their faces all over the tv.
'The same results may vary, Side effects all vary'; -word play to mock the commercials pushing prescription drugs that saturate the airwaves
'Fuck the goddamned TV and the radio'; -he's saying FU to the mind numbing, mind controling media.
'and fuck making hits, I’m taking credit for the death toll'; -his claim that he's not going to be a part of the problem, but rather a part of the solution/revolution.
'First you try to fuck it, Then you try to eat it' -when was the last time you saw an effective commerical without either sex or food in it?
'If it hasn't learned your name, you better kill it before they see it' -I think this might have to do with censorship - if you see something on TV you don't like, kick up a fuss about it so that it gets censored, effectivey 'killing' it before, say, your children see it. He may even be refering to himself and his music. It also deals with secret shame - destroy what you're ashamed of before it gets out.
So yeah, it's about the media.
If you read "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell", he talks about his inspiration for 'Cake and Sodomy' being TV, and about a skit they did on stage, where a girl stuffed a pillow up her shirt to look pregnant - she was ironing a flag with a swastika on it while watching a flickering TV screen. Then she climbed up on the ironing board and pretended to give herself an abortion, then proceeded to wrap the 'fetus' in the Nazi flag and hold it reverently out to the TV screen. It was a metaphor for how parents sacrafice their children to the facist mind-fucking pseudo-babysitter that is television (those weren't his exact words, but it was something close). I'd say he might have it in for the media, just a little. Can you blame him?