Q: Who likes it freakier, Marilyn Manson or Bill O'Reilly?
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A: Hold on, Marilyn Manson is still famous? Like, he makes records and goes on tour and people pay dollars to see him? Huh. This is the most shocking development since Leah revealed people still "FUCKING LOVE ALICE IN CHAINS."
Anyway, read more after the proverbial jump...
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Because I'm always happy to support a nice Ohio boy, here's Mr. Manson face-to-face with an even dirtier man, Bill O'Reilly.
O'Reilly featured Manson as part of his "Children at Risk" feature, in which he imagines that his viewers are young enough to have children. As surprised as I am to discover that people are still listening to Marilyn Manson, I would be even more shocked if anyone under 16 even knows who he is1. He wasn't even that cool when I was 16.
Anyway, the interview is disappointly cordial -- I was hoping Marilyn would, you know, bite the head off a live dove or whatever -- but check out this exchange from around the two-minute mark (especially Bill's classic facial expression at 2:13):
BOR: They tell me that you engaged in a sex act with another man in a stage in Miami. Is that true?Sorry, Bill. It's going to take a lot more than that to goad Marilyn Manson; he's been answering preposterous questions from reporters since before you were a Factor.
MM: To a certain degree. To a certain degree. It wasn't, ah...
BOR: [face frozen in hilarious disgust]
MM: ...so much a formal sex act. No one was aroused... [describes incident, in which fan jumped on stage, dropped pants, was mock blown or something...]
BOR: But it was shocking.
MM: It was entertaining. To me.
BOR: To you.
MM: To me.
BOR: But if kids saw that, if they saw you simulating, or actually doing, whatever happened, a sex act with another man, maybe they would go out and do it too.
MM: Well, I can't be blamed for something like that. You'd have to blame Richard Simmons, and, uh, [laughing] and Liberace and people like that...
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RELATED: I do have one Marilyn Manson song in my collection, a decent David Bowie cover from the surprisingly unterrible (Dust Brothers-produced) Dead Man on Campus soundtrack. Check it out.
Golden Years [link expired]
Just for kicks, here are a couple unrelated-but-excellent tracks from that album. T.A.M.S.Y. loves 90s Brit-pop!
Cowboy Song [link expired]
We Still Need More (Than Anyone Can Give) [link expired]
[Dead Man on Campus: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1998]
OBTAIN: Dead Man On Campus
| Dissecting Marilyn Manson
[Amazon]1 I am far too lazy to verify that, but if you know something I don't, feel free to drop me a comment.
UPDATE: Added fancier jump image, because I'm obsessed with Photoshop.
6 comments:
It’s true, people still love AIC. Myself included. You know what else, punk? I also enjoy Marilyn Manson.
Read The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell!!!
Also, he can’t be all that bad if he scored a smokin chick like Dita Von Teese.
Is my Goth showing?
Oh right, I couldn't remember who it was he married. I knew it wasn't Rose MacGowan. Dita is not really my cup of Teese, although I have yet to experience her live act.
And for the record, Alice is Chains will always have a special place in my heart. Their many hits (especially "The Rooster") played a critical role in my becoming a confused teenager. I just didn't know they were still, like, a band. Thank you for setting me straight, and for your fine reportage from the Garden State.
I hope everyone enjoyed my Dita von Teese pun.
Quite. I’ll take the the Teese over McGowan- she seems like a needy high strung freak.
Exactly. Just my type!!!
I think Manson has given up music for film making. I saw him live twice and he certainly gives you a real performance. It's too bad the most of the irony of his songs is lost on his fans.
Bill O'Reilly is a dirty scabby cunt. Marilyn Manson is a genius.
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