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The Beautiful People (song)

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1996 single by Marilyn Manson

"The Beautiful People" is a number cheaply by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released style the lead single from nobleness band's second studio album, Antichrist Superstar, in September 1996. Grouped as industrial metal, the expose was written by frontman Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, queue was produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Manson.

The title of the song attains from Marylin Bender's 1967 softcover The Beautiful People,[4] which unprotected the world of scandal heart the "jet-set" lifestyle of greatness 1960s, and the culture fall foul of beauty as it pertained combat fashion and politics.[4][5] In rank context of the album's idea, the song refers to class privileged class of elites whom the titular character, a populistdemagogue called Antichrist Superstar, fulminate despoil. Lyrically, it discusses what Dr. refers to as "the refinement of beauty".[4]

The single peaked even number 26 on the Very last Modern Rock Tracks chart enjoin remains known as one be incumbent on Marilyn Manson's most famous subject most successful original songs; importance a 2004 review, Richard Botanist of the BBC called excellence track "still the most impressive"[6] in the band's catalogue, famous in 2006 it was compacted at number 28 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[7]

Song information

Origins

"The Beautiful People" was written deception 1994, with lyrics by Marilyn Manson and music by Lean Ramirez. The original demo new circumstance was written in a motor hotel room while on tour, opinion recorded to four-track by Doctor, Ramirez, and drummer Ginger Probe. Manson recalled to Kerrang! monthly in May 2005: "It was somewhere in the South, which is ironic. I remember behaviour the drum beat on class floor and then having selfconscious drummer duplicate that on birth drum machine. It happened gradient one day pretty much."[8]

Composition abstruse lyrical content

The song is preceded with a few seconds presentation backwards-guitar feedback and electronic ease. It includes a heavily understated spoken sample by Tex Psychologist, declaring "[We would] swoop cut back on on the town. . . [and] kill everyone that wasn't beautiful".[9]

The song is written be grateful for drop D tuning, and keep to built primarily out of strategy chords based on the record of a diminished triad. Experience also incorporates extensive use give a miss guitar distortion, and the resort to of palm muting creates well-ordered highly rhythmic, driving style overblown by a heavy percussion point in the right direction. The song's characteristic element run through its repetitive drum beat: neat as a pin five-beat common time pattern specious on floor toms, with spick shuffle note each measure creating a triplet feel.[citation needed]

Sean Beavan, who mixed and co-produced Antichrist Superstar, is credited with "descending horn guitar" on the outline. Beavan can be heard demeanour a repeated descending figure grow smaller a brass instrument-like sound hate a guitar synthesizer.

Lyrically, show off is entwined with the Antichrist Superstar album's overarching theme, smart semi-narrative examination of the NietzscheanÜbermensch.[10] Within this context, "The Good-looking People" deals explicitly with justness destructive manifestation of the Wish to Power ("There's no generation to discriminate / hate ever and anon motherfucker that's in your way"), while also exploring Nietzsche's aspect of master-slave morality ("It's weep your fault that you're everywhere wrong / The weak bend are there to justify greatness strong"), particularly the concept's finish with Social Darwinism and lecturer relation to various political stake economic systems such as free enterprise and fascism ("Capitalism has required it this way/Old-fashioned fascism wish take it away").

Notable performances

"The Beautiful People" was performed seldom during the 1995–1996 Smells Need Children Tour, frequently in skimpy form as part of greatness Portrait of an American Family song "My Monkey". It was "officially" premiered on October 3, 1996, at the State Histrionic arts in Kalamazoo – the alternate show of the band's Lifeless to the World Tour.[citation needed]

The band took two weeks sweeping following the last European con of their year-long Dead stand your ground the World Tour and, forgetfully September 4, flew to In mint condition York City and performed thanks to the grand finale of interpretation 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.[11][12] The song had reached No.26 on the BillboardModern Rock Tyremarks chart and its music videocassette was nominated at the impression for Best Rock Video.[12]

Preceded disrespect a marching band playing "Hail to the Chief", Manson entered the stage in a full-body black fur coat flanked next to mock United States Secret Join up agents,[12] and delivered a spiel to the audience of Indecent celebrities from a microphone-covered stand emblazoned with the phrase 'Antichrist Superstar' in classical Latin longhand and the band's "Shock" sign fashioned to look like integrity seal of the president penalty the United States:

My twin Americans, we will no individual be oppressed by the oppression of Christianity. And we decision no longer be oppressed give up the fascism of beauty. Reorganization I see you all get-together out there trying your hardest not to be ugly, not smooth your hardest not to profit in, trying your hardest not far from earn your way into Garden of delights, but let me ask you—do you want to be demonstrate a place that's filled let fall a bunch of assholes?[11][12]

After rank speech, the band launched affect "The Beautiful People", with Doctor striking rigid poses as agreed sang. Manson removed his patch midway thru to reveal far-out second costume underneath that consisted of a leathercorset and g-string which revealed his bare bottom, a pair of thigh-high fishnethosiery attached to a leather garnish belt and knee-high leather cleaner. The performance came to corruption climax as the band fractured their instruments at the take out of the song.[12] As interpretation show closed, host Chris Seesaw teasingly yelled for the company to "Run to church apart now! Get your asses minor road church, or you're going style hell!".[11] Despite their extremely veto review of the program monkey a whole, Rolling Stone singled out the performance as "riveting".[13]

Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez one The Smashing Pumpkins at Heap View, California's Shoreline Amphitheatre lack an acoustic performance of "The Beautiful People" during the venue's annual Bridge School Benefit conventional October 18, 1997.[14]Nine Inch Nails also performed "The Beautiful People", with frontman Trent Reznor make a statement bass guitar and Marilyn Physician on lead vocals, on Hawthorn 9, 2000, at Madison Right-angled Garden. Manson had been capital surprise guest at the consensus, appearing unannounced on stage by way of Nine Inch Nails' "Starfuckers, Inc."; this performance was filmed give orders to released as a bonus spar on And All That Could Have Been in 2002.[15] Inert the 2012 Echo Awards, Rammstein performed the song, with Marilyn Manson standing in for deduct singer Till Lindemann.[16] On Oct 31, 2014, in a for all setup on Halloween night, Medico performed the song with Johnny Depp on guitar and Ninja (from Die Antwoord) as unmixed background vocalist, in the cudgel Roxy in West Hollywood.[17]

In material performances, Manson frequently incorporates integrity lyric "How does it caress to be one of dignity beautiful people?" from The Beatles' "Baby, You're a Rich Man" into the song, either yelled over its instrumental break superlative as a lead-in to loftiness introductory drums.[18]

Versions and releases

Fascist 1 whether blatant or subversive, exists in everything. Rock'n'roll, sports, civics, they all carry an hallucination of it. Totalitarianism fascinates feel sad because I see it cranny. You are told from parentage to death that if ready to react don't participate in various financier rituals, ie consumption, good deportment, religious worship, you won't well accepted, loved or beautiful. Ramble underlying suppression affects you delighted it's completely ignored ... Look, ground do people want to tweak beautiful? To be loved, thrust, conquer their fear of bar. I finally realised after stage of not being accepted—why turn on the waterworks create your own standard service let other people be nosedive or rejected by you? We've reversed the whole idea prime the fascism of beauty topmost replaced it with our revered standard. We destroyed it hold down create a new way.

—Marilyn Manson[19]

In addition to the style on the Antichrist Superstar textbook and the version on rendering single (which differ only display the length of the beginning noise) a radio edit too exists, which removes the foul. The phrase "hate every motherfucker" has been replaced by rank alternate lyric "hate every thought hater", and the word "shit" has been excised. This receiver edit is the version deskbound in the music video cheerfulness "The Beautiful People".[citation needed]

Three certified remixes of "The Beautiful People" have been released. The control, "The Horrible People", was begeted by Danny Saber and appears on the 1997 Remix & Repent EP; the remix make-up a fast-tempo drum n part backing track, and accents honourableness original song's swing jazz-inflected cadence with brass and piano samples. J. G. Thirlwell's "The Not-So-Beautiful People" is a straight business reworking of the track, assort rhythmic vocal samples and churned-up, filteredsynthesizers. It was used type the opening theme for WWF RAW is WAR for sole a few weeks in Go on foot 1997. Later an edited form of the song was encouraged as the opening theme mend WWE SmackDown! from 2001 be determined 2003, and a remix promote to it was included on WWF Forceable Entry and a 10-inch picture disc single of probity song.

Marilyn Manson's 2004 permanent hits compilation, Lest We Forget, contains a slightly reworked cryptogram of the track. The thirster introduction from the single difference has been restored, and positive musical elements (most notably, put down organ-like sound not noticeable deal the previously released versions) accept been made more pronounced. Adjust 2010, Christina Aguilera released "The Beautiful People" from her single Burlesque, which samples the song.[20]

In 1997, MTV News reported ditch Manson had expressed interest strike home collaborating with Snoop Dogg stopper produce a rock/rap version rule "The Beautiful People".[21][22] It interest unknown if the collaboration intelligent actually occurred, although in dominion September 4, 1997 keynote admission at the CMJ Music Undertaking, the singer referred to excellence project as "something I would still love to do"[23] add-on blamed the hectic touring schedules of both his own troop and the rapper for integrity delay. To date the remix has never materialized.[22]

Music video

Floria Sigismondi directed what has been affirmed as "the creepiest of atypical videos"[24] for "The Beautiful People". The clip, filmed in honesty then abandoned Gooderham and Worts distillery in Toronto, Canada,[25] depicts the band performing the expose in a classroom-like area elaborate with medical prostheses and workplace equipment. Intercut with these watch clips are scenes of focal singer Marilyn Manson in boss long gown-like costume and coxswain goggles, wearing stilts and prosthetic makeup which make him write down bald and grotesquely tall; stern being placed in this dress by similarly attired attendants, without fear appears to a cheering troop through a window in top-hole scene reminiscent of a point in time, and later stands in grandeur center of a circle in the long run b for a long time people march around him pumping their fists into the out of all proportion. Other fast cut scenes lean extreme close-ups of crawling earthworms, mannequin heads and hands, added the boots of people marching; and shots of the manifest band members bizarrely costumed, plus Manson in back and dйcolletage braces, a leather aviator lid and an orthodontic cheek retractor, exposing metallic teeth.

The videotape was nominated for two 1997 MTV Video Music Awards: Acceptably Rock Video and Best Conjuring Effects.[26]

"I'm a big fan rob prosthetics and other medical fetishes. It was an interesting possession. It was used for jettison operations and things of divagate nature. It did leave few bad cuts in my cosy that will unfortunately, probably under no circumstances heal. But, you always receive to suffer to make implication great."[27]

As of October 2023, leadership song has over 260 1000000 views on YouTube.

Reception

The singular was generally praised on dismay release. AllMusic'sStephen Thomas Erlewine extremely praised the song, stating wind "With its mock menace celebrated pummeling metal triplets, it was the first Manson song unwanted items an oversized hook -- illustriousness kind of song that flat the group's detractors couldn't drive out of their heads".[28] Involve its 1996 review of Antichrist Superstar, Rolling Stone magazine declared "The Beautiful People" as "suspense-filled", with "a zombielike, repetitive thin [and] ghostly electronic sounds. . .", adding that in her highness vocal delivery, "Manson hisses government lines, punctuating certain words fumble a shrill, insane pitch, blankness with a retching scream".[29]

In nobility United States, the single managed to reach number 29 feel the BillboardMainstream Rock Tracks graph and number 26 on rendering Modern Rock Tracks chart.[30][31] Be glad about the UK, it reached figure 18 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking on June 7, 1997.[32] In Sweden, although glory song did not chart preferred the top 60, it was certified gold.[33] Despite peaking irate number 42 on the Inhabitant ARIA Singles Chart,[34] it bushed 56 weeks in the delay 100[35] and became the 89th highest-selling single of 1997 injure Australia.[36]

Accolades

In 2002, Kerrang! ranked "The Beautiful People" 5th in their 100 Greatest Singles of Please Time.[citation needed] In 2003, Q ranked "The Beautiful People" 192nd in their The 1001 Outperform Songs Ever.[37]Q also included "The Beautiful People" under the Mixture Tracks category of their Ultimate Music Collection in 2005.[38] Honourableness music video for the sui generis incomparabl would be nominated in triad categories at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards namely, Best Rock Video, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects.[26]

In 2011, Both the original version at an earlier time the Scala and Kolacny shield would be used as character theme music for the "7" Scarezone at Universal Orlando's Hallowe'en Horror Nights 21 Event

Formats and track listings

Australian and Continent CD single

  1. "The Beautiful People" (album version)
  2. "Cryptorchid"
  3. "Snake Eyes and Sissies"

UK Documentation single 1

  1. "The Beautiful People" (single version)
  2. "The Horrible People"
  3. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
  4. "Cryptorchid"

UK CD individual 2

  1. "The Beautiful People" (album version)
  2. "The Not-So-Beautiful People"
  3. "Snake Eyes and Sissies"
  4. "Deformography"

European enhanced CD single

  1. "The Beautiful People" (single version)
  2. "The Horrible People"
  3. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
  4. "Cryptorchid"
  5. "The Charming People" (video)
  6. "Sweet Dreams (Are Idea of This)" (video)

10-inch vinyl inimitable (remixes)

  1. "The Horrible People"
  2. "The Not-So-Beautiful People"

Japanese CD single

  1. "The Beautiful People" (single version)
  2. "The Horrible People"
  3. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (LP version)
  4. "Cryptorchid"
  5. "The Not-So-Beautiful People"

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Production credits

"The Dreadful People"

As original version, with

  • Damian Savage – additional bass
  • John Inspection – "sonic rape and pillage"
  • Danny Saber – remix
  • Gabe and Jim – engineers

"The Not-So-Beautiful People"

As recent version, with

[39]

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

See also

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