In the past, band members dressed in outlandish makeup and costumes, and engaged in intentionally shocking behavior both onstage and off. Their lyrics often received criticism for their anti-religious sentiment and references to sex, violence and drugs, while their live performances were frequently called offensive and obscene. On several occasions, protests and petitions led to the group being blocked from performing, with at least three US states passing legislation banning the group from performing at state-owned venues. They released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Antichrist Superstar (1996) and Mechanical Animals (1998). These albums, along with their highly stylized music videos and worldwide touring, brought public recognition to Marilyn Manson. In 1999, news media, infamously, falsely blamed the band for influencing the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre.
As this controversy began to wane throughout the 2000s, so did the band's mainstream popularity. Despite this, Jon Wiederhorn of MTV, in June 2003, referred to Marilyn Manson as "the only true artist today". Marilyn Manson is widely regarded as being one of the most iconic and controversial figures in rock music, with the band and its lead singer influencing numerous other groups and musicians, both in metal-associated acts and also in wider popular culture. VH1 ranked Marilyn Manson as the seventy-eighth best rock band on their 100 Great Artists of Hard Rock. They were inducted into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame in 2000, and have been nominated for four Grammy Awards. In the U.S., the band has seen ten of its releases debut in the top ten, including two number-one albums. Marilyn Manson have sold in excess of 50 million records worldwide.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson_(band)
Studio albums
Portrait of an American Family (1994)
Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Mechanical Animals (1998)
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000)
The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
The High End of Low (2009)
Born Villain (2012)
The Pale Emperor (2015)
Heaven Upside Down (2017)
We Are Chaos (2020)
- The Dope Show
Marilyn Manson Lyrics
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Make us feel so hollow
We love in vain
Narcissistic and so shallow
The cops and queers
To swim you have to swallow
Hate today
We're all stars now in the dope show
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low
And blow your mind
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not then they love another
The drugs they say
Are made in California
We love your face
We'd really like to sell you
The cops and queers
Make good-looking models
I hate today
Who will I wake up with tomorrow?
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low
And blow your mind
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not then they love another
We're all stars now in the dope show
In "The Dope Show," Marilyn Manson addresses the entertainment industry and its relationship with drugs, particularly in California. The lyrics suggest that drugs create a void in people's lives and that people's love and relationships are shallow and narcissistic. "The Dope Show" is a commentary on the music industry's reliance on drugs, particularly the glamourization of drugs in Hollywood.
The song begins with the acknowledgement that drugs are a commonly accepted way of coping with the emptiness of modern life. The refrain "we're all stars now in the dope show" speaks to the idea that drugs help people feel like they are part of something bigger and more significant. Manson's lyrics suggest that this is a false sense of security, and that drugs only create shallow, self-centered people.
Manson paints a picture of the entertainment industry as full of shallow people, using the lines "The cops and queers / Make good-looking models" to suggest that the industry is full of people who are only concerned with their own appearance and agenda. The lyrics depict a culture that values fame and beauty over substance, going so far as to suggest that the drugs themselves are manufactured to make consumers feel better about their image and sense of self-worth.
Overall, "The Dope Show" is a scathing critique of popular culture and its obsession with drugs, image, and surface-level relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
The drugs they say
Outsiders suggest that drugs can make us feel empty
Make us feel so hollow
These substances lead to a meaningless existence
We love in vain
We yearn for love without giving it in return
Narcissistic and so shallow
We obsess over ourselves and lack depth in our character
The cops and queers
Both law enforcement and homosexuals are unaccepted by society
To swim you have to swallow
To succeed in life, you must compromise your ideals
Hate today
Feelings of anger and hostility consume us in the present moment
There's no love for tomorrow
The future is bleak and without hope for compassion
We're all stars now in the dope show
We have become a society obsessed with drugs and fame
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
Many attractive people try to get you to indulge in drugs
That want to get you high
They entice you with the temporary escape from reality that drugs provide
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Ultimately, these individuals will bring you down
Will leave you low
You will feel empty and unfulfilled after being used by them
And blow your mind
The intense impact of these people will overwhelm you
They love you when you're on all the covers
The public admires and glorifies individuals while they are popular
When you're not then they love another
Once they lose interest, the public moves onto the next big thing
The drugs they say
Many drugs are produced in California
Are made in California
California is known for being a hub for drug production
We love your face
Society is fixated on physical appearance
We'd really like to sell you
People are willing to exploit and profit off of others' insecurities
Make good-looking models
Society values beauty above all else
I hate today
The present is filled with animosity and negativity
Who will I wake up with tomorrow?
The future is uncertain and unpredictable
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The drugs they say
To make us feel so hollow
We love in vain
Narcissistic and so shallow
The cops and queers
To swim you have to swallow
Hate today
No love for tomorrow
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
There's lots of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low
And blow your mind
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not, then they love another
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not, then they love another
The drugs they say
Are made in California
We love your face
We'd really like to sell you
The cops and queers
Make good-looking models
I hate today
Who will I wake up with tomorrow?
There's lots of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low
And blow your mind
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not, then they love another
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not, then they love another
There's lots of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low
And blow your mind
Go blow your mind
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
@buttmcbutt1647
1995: What a freak
2019: What a well adjusted, accomplished individual!
@fakestudios553
No matter what hes an icon
@KellyScott11
I've never experienced anyone say that. I still get weird looks at my age!
@corinnacarlson3748
Yea it's weird how time changes people's perceptions...well some people anyways.
@thecorruptversion
@@johannahaggarty9242 lol so, you are marilyn manson?
@johannahaggarty9242
@@thecorruptversion Hahaha, lol, cheers
@dimmkah
This music video was every Christian conservative parent's worst nightmare when it came out.
@wildchild6141
I was just thinking the same thing. my conservative church was postie I worshipped the devil and was going to hell
@keko7804
+Tricia Shelley i just go along with it. creeps them out
@mrwumbus2822
My dad is super Christian conservative, but this is his favorite MM song.