In 1989, Brian Warner was a college student working toward a journalism degree, and gaining experience in the field by writing music articles for a South Florida lifestyle magazine, 25th Parallel. It was in this capacity that he was able to meet several of the musicians to whom his own band would later be compared, including My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.
He met Scott Putesky shortly afterward and, after showing him some lyrics and poems he had written, proposed that they form a band together. Warner, guitarist Putesky, and bassist Brian Tutunick recorded their first demo tape as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids in late 1989, taking on the stage names of Marilyn Manson, Daisy Berkowitz and Olivia Newton Bundy, respectively. They were soon joined by keyboardist Perry Pandrea, also known as Zsa Zsa Speck, who shortly left the band after the fourth show. Stephen Bier, who called himself Madonna Wayne Gacy, was his replacement; Bundy was replaced by Gidget Gein in 1990, born Brad Stewart. In 1991, drummer Fred Streithorst joined the band, with the stage name Sara Lee Lucas.
The stage names used by each member were representative of a concept the band considered central: the dichotomy of good and evil, and the existence of both, together, in every whole. "Marilyn Monroe had a dark side," explained Manson in his autobiography, "just as Charles Manson has a good, intelligent side." Images of both Monroe and Manson, as well as of others equally famous and notorious, were common in the band's early promotional materials.
The Spooky Kids' popularity in the area grew quickly, largely because of radio DJ Scott David of WYNX-FM, an early fan who eagerly played songs from the band's demo tapes on the air; and because of the band's highly visual concerts, which drew from performance art and used many shock techniques. It was not uncommon to see onstage naked women nailed to a cross, a child in a cage, or bloody animal body parts; Manson, Berkowitz, and Gein variously performed in women's clothing or bizarre costumes; and, for lack of a professional pyro-technician, they would occasionally set their own stage props on fire.
The band would dramatically contrast these grotesque theatrics with elements drawn from the culture of the members' youth in the 1970s and 1980s: characters from that era's children's television made regular, often somewhat altered, appearances on Marilyn Manson flyers and newsletters, and were frequently sampled in the music. They continued to perform and release cassettes—shortening their name to Marilyn Manson in 1992—until the summer of 1993, when the band drew the attention of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, who at the time had just founded his own record label, Nothing Records. They would go on to release their debut album Portrait of an American Family under the name 'Marilyn Manson' in 1994.
The Spooky Kids members:
Marilyn Manson - vocals (1989-present)
Daisy Berkowitz - guitar (1989-1996)
Olivia Newton Bundy - bass (1989-1990)
Zsa Zsa Speck - keyboard (1989-1990)
Gidget Gein - bass (1990-1993)
Madonna Wayne Gacy - keyboard (1990-2006)
Sara Lee Lucas - drums (1991-1995)
Discography as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids:
1990 - The Raw Boned Psalms (demo)
1990 - The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat (demo)
1990 - Big Black Bus (demo)
1990 - Grist-O-Line (demo)
1991 - After School Special (demo)
1991 - Lunchbox (demo)
1992 - Live as Hell (live)
2004 - Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows (compilation)
2004 - Thrift (single)
Negative Three
Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids Lyrics
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your high school pictures
your words can't begin to
satisfy my needs (yeah)
give me your hand i'll never
give you flowers
your touch can't begin to
i can't save you from me this time
you can't save you
nothing comes between you and i
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
show me your scars
show me your broken mirrors
your dreams can't begin to
satisfy my...
i can't save you from me this time
you can't hide from me
can't hide whats inside, in your mind...
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
always has been and always will be
three parts me
The lyrics of "Negative Three" by Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids describe a person's twisted desires and needs that cannot be satisfied by anyone or anything. The singer demands that the other person give him everything they have, including their blood, teeth, high school pictures, and dreams. However, nothing they offer can truly satisfy his wants. The singer eventually confesses that he cannot save the other person from himself, and they cannot hide from him. The final lines imply that the singer's negativity is always a part of him, and he cannot get rid of it.
The lyrics of the song suggest that the singer has a sense of powerlessness and desperation. He is so consumed by his negative impulses and desires that he feels like he cannot control them. The line "nothing comes between you and I" implies that the singer wants to possess the other person completely, as they are the only thing that can satisfy him. The repetition of "one part you and three parts me" indicates that the singer and the other person are intertwined and cannot be separated from each other, even though they are both responsible for the singer's negativity.
Line by Line Meaning
give me your blood, your teeth
your high school pictures
your words can't begin to
satisfy my needs (yeah)
I want everything from you, even the things that you don't want to give. Your thoughts and feelings are not enough for me.
give me your hand i'll never
give you flowers
your touch can't begin to
satisfy my...
I may have your hand, but I won't give you romantic gestures like flowers. Your touch is not enough for me.
i can't save you from me this time
you can't save you
nothing comes between you and i
I cannot protect you from myself, and you cannot protect yourself from me. Nothing will ever get between our relationship.
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
I don't understand why you are attracted to my pessimism, but I know that you understand that it is one part you and three parts me that create this dynamic.
show me your scars
show me your broken mirrors
your dreams can't begin to
satisfy my...
I want to see your physical and emotional scars, even the parts of you that are broken. Your dreams, aspirations, and achievements are not enough for me.
i can't save you from me this time
you can't hide from me
can't hide whats inside, in your mind...
I cannot protect you from my toxic influence this time. You cannot hide from me because I am aware of what is going on in your mind.
always has been and always will be
three parts me
It has always been and always will be a large part of me that is responsible for our dynamic.
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
Again, I am unsure of why you are fascinated with my negative behavior, but I know that it is one part you and three parts me that play a role in it.
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@mezmero69
Lyrics:
give me your blood, your teeth
your high school pictures
your words can't begin to
satisfy my needs (yeah)
give me your hand i'll never
give you flowers
your touch can't begin to
satisfy my...
i can't save you from me this time
you can't save you
nothing comes between you and i
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
show me your scars
show me your broken mirrors
your dreams can't begin to
satisfy my...
i can't save you from me this time
you can't hide from me
can't hide whats inside, in your mind...
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
“
It's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
always has been and always will be
three parts me
@mezmero69
Lyrics:
give me your blood, your teeth
your high school pictures
your words can't begin to
satisfy my needs (yeah)
give me your hand i'll never
give you flowers
your touch can't begin to
satisfy my...
i can't save you from me this time
you can't save you
nothing comes between you and i
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
show me your scars
show me your broken mirrors
your dreams can't begin to
satisfy my...
i can't save you from me this time
you can't hide from me
can't hide whats inside, in your mind...
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
“
It's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
don't know what you see
in my negativity
i know you know
it's one part you and three parts me (yeah)
always has been and always will be
three parts me
@thegudz6068
mezmero69 I love it
@fadelbarudi
Thank u
@zero7190
Thank you
@adamjokl7615
What does it mean? What is he trying to say could anybody explain to me?,
@morganophelia5963
@@adamjokl7615 he's gonna kill you lol :)
@foreverdirt1615
It's a crime that this isn't on Spotify.
@maverickalpha4822
I think manson should do some spooky kids songs live who else agrees
@tylerdurden4392
Oldies are goodies, aren't they always?
@cookiesontoast9981
It would be awesome... But it would never happen since they always play a good amount of the more generic, well known songs so people aren't disappointed, there's a lot of casual people that go and just think "oh? The guy who sung Beautiful People? Cool", which I feel so sorry for Manson because he has to keep replaying his more popular songs thousands of times for the last 20 years, he must hate them haha.
And honestly I think on every album the best songs are NOT the well known ones that were played everywhere and had music videos, on all of the albums the really really great songs are the ones only the people who care enough to listen to the full album ever heard.