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May 15, 2009

Uh Oh, Did No One Tell Marilyn Manson That It Isn't 1996 Anymore?

Really, Marilyn Manson? Still?

Bill Clinton isn't President anymore, dude. We came really close to actual Armageddon a couple of times since we last heard from you, and it was scary and had nothing to do with adolescent angst. And I'm pretty sure even goths think goths are funny now. You are 40 years old. Let's change it up a little. It's important to keep trying new things as you get older. This guy knows what I'm talking about:

"I just went skydiving for the first time and I have been doing the crossword puzzle to stave off Alzheimer's."

It is 2009, buddy. Act like it.

Posted by Gabe at 2:00 PM in
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bengootscar

that guy LOVES that podium prop!
It's like he didn't get any podiums when he was a child so now he's using ALL his video money on podiums now. The folly of lost youth.

Posted by: bengootscar profile link at 05/15/09 2:14 PM | Reply
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Lux

so...this keeps automatically starting up every time I open videogum.com. which is not okay, on so many levels.

Posted by: Lux profile link at 05/15/09 2:16 PM | Reply
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Dorkus Malorkus

Marilyn MaNson: "LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME I'M A HUGE ATTENTION WHORE! I HAVEN'T BEEN RELEVANT FOR 10 YEARS BUT PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEE!!!!!!!"

It's getting old, dude.

Posted by: Dorkus Malorkus profile link at 05/15/09 2:28 PM | Reply
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Detroit Dutchgirl

I think that's what Gabe just said?

Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link in reply to Dorkus Malorkus's comment at 05/15/09 2:30 PM | Reply
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Dorkus Malorkus

I is smart. SMRT.

Posted by: Dorkus Malorkus profile link in reply to Detroit Dutchgirl's comment at 05/15/09 2:38 PM | Reply
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wubdub

I think that's what she just said.

Posted by: wubdub profile link in reply to Detroit Dutchgirl's comment at 05/15/09 2:42 PM | Reply
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kryz

Relax, technojeremy!

Posted by: kryz profile link at 05/15/09 2:41 PM | Reply
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To be fair to MM, a lot of the fault for this steaming pile lies with the video producer. It's like once giant cliche after another, edited together with an autistic's grasp of the "MTV aesthetic".

Posted by: d_K at 05/15/09 2:43 PM | Reply
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But to be fair to us, MM had to CHOOSE the treatment.

No one forced nazi imagery and girls in black face on him.

Posted by: laura in reply to d_K's comment at 05/15/09 2:56 PM | Reply
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Do you think anyone can really tell Marilyn Manson anything? His career is based on exhausted shock value. The real question is: Can we please tell all the people who will be buying this album that it is no longer 1996?

Posted by: oh. at 05/15/09 3:01 PM | Reply
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Rabo Karabekian

I am in the process of making my own better video for this song, re-named as Dharmageddon. It will have jack shooting a gun at will, drive-by VW shootings, nuclear explosions and lots of bloody faces. Also Manson will be cast as the nerdy mad-scientist.

Posted by: Rabo Karabekian profile link at 05/15/09 3:05 PM | Reply
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Adam

I only watched the first 2 minutes, but is the rest of it just the same three clips repeated over and over again as well?

Posted by: Adam profile link at 05/15/09 3:18 PM | Reply
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jacob666

Oh good, a Girls Gone Wild reference.

Posted by: jacob666 profile link at 05/15/09 3:46 PM | Reply
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Calliwell

Marilyn and Lil' Kim apparently get the same e-newsletter of relevancy. Next Week's Issue: Oprah got bamboozled by Mr. Frey!

Posted by: Calliwell profile link at 05/15/09 4:09 PM | Reply
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Rant_Casey

I'm getting too old for this shit.

Posted by: Rant_Casey profile link at 05/15/09 7:28 PM | Reply
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You gotta admit, this guy has always had a way with a melody.

Posted by: jeff at 05/15/09 7:34 PM | Reply
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Marilyn Manson rocks. Great song and video. You're an idiot!

Posted by: john at 05/15/09 10:37 PM | Reply
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drewmo

The guitars sound like a fart. Marilyn Fartguitar Manson.

Posted by: drewmo profile link at 05/15/09 10:37 PM | Reply
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Un-fucking-real.

Posted by: king.of.kenya profile link at 05/16/09 1:16 AM | Reply
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Meth Face

You're just laying the pipe for the next Double Dog... Gabe goes to a Marilyn Manson concert.

Posted by: Meth Face profile link at 05/16/09 3:26 AM | Reply
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That was really bad.

Posted by: Monkey at 05/17/09 9:58 PM | Reply
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If he's so irrelevant, why even waste your time posting this?

Posted by: HipsterScum at 05/18/09 3:04 AM | Reply
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The real question is, who is this appealing to? The adolescents who listened to Marilyn Manson are, what, 27 now? What person under the age of 12 (really the only age that ever listened to MM) has any idea who the fuck this guy is? I mean if you're 12-13, you weren't even born when he had anything resembling a hit single.

At this point, you're more likely to find an at-one-time Marilyn Manson fan among the parents of young angst-ridden kids then you are the kids themselves. And we all know the worst possible way to express adolescent angst is to listen to something your parents enjoyed when they were your age.

Posted by: Schiels profile link at 05/19/09 7:07 PM | Reply
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