Wow, I'm shocked at the number of comments asking what this song has to do with the year 1996. Kids, really?? Historical context:
Antichrist Superstar was released about a month before the 1996 presidential election in the US. The 1996 election was every bit as insane as the 2012 election with independently wealthy madman, Ross Perot, throwing his hat in the ring. (I watched all the damn debates live on TV.)
So you get this "rise of the Antichrist" theme through the whole album that culminates in the beginning with Irresponsible Hate Anthem, which was said to have been recorded live on February 14, 1997 - four months AFTER the album was released. Meaning recorded live in front of a crowd of the Antichrist Superstar's followers.
This song is kind of a reaction to the BS rhetoric that gets thrown around in a political campaign. It's the anti-this, anti-that taken to the level of complete absurdity. And then: Anti-people, now you've gone to far. Here's your Antichrist Superstar. Meaning you did this, you made me, you brought on the Apocalypse with your BS.
Right on. Right spot on. It adds to the character of the album but much like the rest of it there is further (in this case very fucking obvious) entendre. I love what manson did during these early years and I am really disappointed that even the fans were lost on so much of his art. Fucking disappointing world.
Right on. Right spot on. It adds to the character of the album but much like the rest of it there is further (in this case very fucking obvious) entendre. I love what manson did during these early years and I am really disappointed that even the fans were lost on so much of his art. Fucking disappointing world.
Wow, I'm shocked at the number of comments asking what this song has to do with the year 1996. Kids, really?? Historical context:
Antichrist Superstar was released about a month before the 1996 presidential election in the US. The 1996 election was every bit as insane as the 2012 election with independently wealthy madman, Ross Perot, throwing his hat in the ring. (I watched all the damn debates live on TV.)
So you get this "rise of the Antichrist" theme through the whole album that culminates in the beginning with Irresponsible Hate Anthem, which was said to have been recorded live on February 14, 1997 - four months AFTER the album was released. Meaning recorded live in front of a crowd of the Antichrist Superstar's followers.
This song is kind of a reaction to the BS rhetoric that gets thrown around in a political campaign. It's the anti-this, anti-that taken to the level of complete absurdity. And then: Anti-people, now you've gone to far. Here's your Antichrist Superstar. Meaning you did this, you made me, you brought on the Apocalypse with your BS.
Right on. Right spot on. It adds to the character of the album but much like the rest of it there is further (in this case very fucking obvious) entendre. I love what manson did during these early years and I am really disappointed that even the fans were lost on so much of his art. Fucking disappointing world.
Right on. Right spot on. It adds to the character of the album but much like the rest of it there is further (in this case very fucking obvious) entendre. I love what manson did during these early years and I am really disappointed that even the fans were lost on so much of his art. Fucking disappointing world.