How is it that Manson has more fans in 2014 than Billy / new album

[pavementtune]

Mephistopheles of Los Angeles, sort of.

[Elphenor]

The Gardner was a cool song

[Elphenor]

IM NOT MAN ENOUGH TO BE HUMAN
BUT I'M TRYING TO FIT IN
AND I'M LEARNING TO FAKE IT

[YA5H]

Yeah The Mephistopheles Of Los Angeles picks up a little but they seem to all have that same fucking shuffle beat going on. Anyone else notice this?

[pavementtune]

yes they have. it's pretty damn great. like one score split up, perfect soundtrack., one storyline and an actual "story" to tell, unlike, well, somebody else.

[houseofglass11]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I don't buy albums ever. Streaming services

That mug looks neat though

Streaming services? Oh yeah that's right, you're 20 years old and music has no value to you like most people your age. It's just another app you go into on your phone.

I have a streaming service too. It's the 1500+ albums on my wall that I can pull out and stream on my stereo system whenever I want to.

[houseofglass11]

Originally Posted by YA5H

Yeah The Mephistopheles Of Los Angeles picks up a little but they seem to all have that same fucking shuffle beat going on. Anyone else notice this?

Yeah, I mentioned it in another thread. Some of the songs are good, but every song is the same tempo with that same beat. It gets really old and boring after a while. Manson needs to put out some faster, heavier songs. That's his strength. "We're From America" off of High End of Low was great.

[Shallowed]

You're one smug fuck.

[Araneae]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

I want that coffee mug

Originally Posted by Elphenor

That mug looks neat though

I can make one for you for $30.

[Araneae]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

meanwhile zuzu camp sold ONE christmas ornament for $10. T-E-N.

maybe, just maybe I wouldn't think it was so fucking awful if these ornaments didn't look like shitty dollar store ornaments with MTAE's shitty design on it.

For all his complaining about adhering to integrity, Billy has to be the biggest fucking sellout of them all. Now I kind of understand why everyone thought he was a corporate stooge from the get-go.

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Streaming services? Oh yeah that's right, you're 20 years old and music has no value to you like most people your age. It's just another app you go into on your phone.

I have a streaming service too. It's the 1500+ albums on my wall that I can pull out and stream on my stereo system whenever I want to.

Why are you bragging about a less convenient way of listening to music grandpa?

Also, being 20, I can't afford 1500+ albums are you kidding me?

[Elphenor]

I don't listen to music on a stereo either. Headphones or GTFO, my neighbors don't want to listen to The Fall at max volume sadly

[houseofglass11]

Originally Posted by Shallowed

You're one smug fuck.

I have opinions like anyone else. Why are so consistently threatened by them? You even take the time to rate my posts to call me a cunt. Get over it.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Streaming services? Oh yeah that's right, you're 20 years old and music has no value to you like most people your age. It's just another app you go into on your phone.

I have a streaming service too. It's the 1500+ albums on my wall that I can pull out and stream on my stereo system whenever I want to.

[houseofglass11]

REKT

[cardiac]

Manson never alienated his core 90s fanbase the way Billy has. Whenever MM would put out a bad album, the general attitude seems to be "hopefully the next one will be better" instead of "I'm done - fuck this asshole".

Plus Manson has been in the public eye constantly even when no one gave a shit about his albums anymore. He married Dita von Teese, dated with Evan Rachel Wood, is best friends with Johnny Depp, played a teenager in "Wrong Cops" (which was pretty hilarious), had a cameo in Eastbound & Down (hilarious as well), just had a crucial role in the final season of Sons of Anarchy etc etc. He's a public figure and a tabloid darling in a way Billy never was.

Plus everyone remembers Manson from the 90s. Everyone. He was a genuinely controversial figure when that whole Columbine shit happened. Even people who hadn't heard his music or didn't even know he was a musician were aware of Marilyn Manson.



I mean c'mon now. Gotta love it how little Manson gives a shit compared to Billy. In a best way possible. His interviews are still funny as hell, by the way. They're a treat to read, Billy's are a chore. "I've always asked AIDS for christmas"

[MyOneAndOnly]

there is a simple answer to this, billy is washed up because he's making lame music that nobody wants to hear

[cardiac]

Not even Billy himself feels passionate about his new music. Why should anyone else?

[Kahlo]

I'm still enjoying the new MM - I pre-ordered it, which is more than I can say for the new SP.
It does suffer a bit from repetition, but it's still a more interesting album than Monuments which strikes me as a solid, safe, but ultimately forgettable release.

[themadcaplaughs]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Streaming services? Oh yeah that's right, you're 20 years old and music has no value to you like most people your age. It's just another app you go into on your phone.

I have a streaming service too. It's the 1500+ albums on my wall that I can pull out and stream on my stereo system whenever I want to.

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/234/52...b2a45eb896.jpg

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by houseofglass11

Streaming services? Oh yeah that's right, you're 20 years old and music has no value to you like most people your age. It's just another app you go into on your phone.

I have a streaming service too. It's the 1500+ albums on my wall that I can pull out and stream on my stereo system whenever I want to.

Some people don't have a use for physical records


<---hasn't bought a physical album since 2001


(And i'm 36)

[slunken]

Both of the Manson songs are being sold at best buy as a cd single

[Modern90's]

How bad of an actor do you guys think billy is?

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

Some people don't have a use for physical records


<---hasn't bought a physical album since 2001


(And i'm 36)

sounds like you haven't done much since 2001

[LaBelle]

I think it's because Manson plays music his audience wants to listen to, while Billy is constantly trying to branch out. Which results in not appealing to anyone at all

[topleybird]

Originally Posted by Modern90's

How bad of an actor do you guys think billy is?

He couldn't convincingly hit on Cameron Diaz in that SNL skit so I'm guessing pretty bad

Has anyone mentioned that MM is more successful in 2014 because he is the devil, because that went over real well the last time I brought it up

Also does MM have any more records like "Mechanical Animals" because I love the fuck out of that one and I haven't really heard much of what he's done since

I always picture like Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem covering "I Don't Like the Drugs," or maybe Beck if that's not feasible

[cardiac]

Originally Posted by topleybird

Also does MM have any more records like "Mechanical Animals" because I love the fuck out of that one and I haven't really heard much of what he's done since

Not really. I suppose the closest you'll get is the chorus of this song. Starts around 1:07. Also a track called "Slo-Motion" sorta has the Mechanical Animals feel.

[Araneae]

Originally Posted by topleybird

He couldn't convincingly hit on Cameron Diaz in that SNL skit so I'm guessing pretty bad

I haven't seen it in a while but didn't he just giggle throughout the skit? He asked for and got a short cameo role in Spun as a doctor. He wore a blond wig and I think he had one short line.

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

sounds like you haven't done much since 2001

No more and no less than most people.

Is there anything else i said i hadn't done since that year?

I think i recently said i hadn't bought a SP record since 2000. I can't think of anything else right now. For SP, I should have extended that to or stolen/illegally downloaded.

[Kahlo]

Originally Posted by cardiac

Not really. I suppose the closest you'll get is the chorus of this song. Starts around 1:07. Also a track called "Slo-Motion" sorta has the Mechanical Animals feel.

The chorus of Deep Six is quite Mechanical Animals-ish - probably why I'm enjoying that track.