Marilyn Manson - Eat Me Drink Me
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Free Music Review: Don't Judge an Artist by Their Cover
Hit: 5 Stars
I've read through most of the other reviews and laughed at many of them. I can say I fully agreed with man_invisible. And if any of the people leaving bad reviews on here were not so busy worrying about what Manson can do for them, they would see exactly as man_invisible stated; Manson is writing about his break up with Dita. Simple as that. About how he felt complete misery and the death of his soul. How he regretted his lust and foolishness in falling for her, how he wished that he had not committed to someone who could never give him that intangible something that composes love, and how he thought that this was the death of everything he believed in and trusted.
Everyone seems pissed off that he didn't make another religious-based album... HELLO.. MECHANICAL ANIMALS!!! That was about Rose, but on a different level because their break up was over her depression and mental/emotional dysfunction. *(now before you Rose lovers out there start throwing hate mail at me,, know that I adore Rose McGowan and understand her depression and anxiety, it just simply wasn't a fit between her and Manson.) Most of Mechanical Animals was a mockery to the world and no one seemed to understand that or that the song Mechanical Animals reflected his feelings about his love at the time and that it was real pain that plagued him when it ended.
OF COURSE THE ALBUM IS ALL ABOUT MANSON!!!!! He writes the lyrics, he is the one which is going through the divorce, he is the one feeling the pain of it all, and he uses his artistic abilities to release these emotions, to illustrate them, to GET THROUGH IT ALL without LOSING HIS MIND. It's very obvious to me that most of the "Manson Fans" reviewing on here do not really understand him at all. The music is NOT about you or your girlfriend or boyfriend or anyone else but HIM and HIS LIFE. That would be the point. If he sings about religion or a god or lack thereof, it is because this is what HE is going through in his life. YOU are a fan because you APPRECIATE his ability to put himself out there and talk about everything and anything that happens to be on his mind, NOT because he is your whore and is here to write songs that YOU like. That is what this album accomplishes.
Ten years later and people are still not understanding him, or truly appreciating him for who and what he is. It is sad to me, especially those of you who say you have been fans since his first album. When Portrait came out , I was instantly in love with the music and what it represented. Once Mechanical Animals came out, I began to understand him.
Free as a bird, and you can all say what you will, but nothing will ever cut off his wings. He will do and say what he wants and that is as close to "god" as anyone can aspire. Don't be so judgmental or jealous. Be content with who you are, and the rest will follow.
Miss Ivy
Free Music Review: I wondered whether I should wander in...
Hit: 5 Stars
Every time an artist releases a new album, they take major risks. As any Manson fan knows, Marilyn Manson savors risks and quite often reaps big rewards by plunging into territories others, even longtime fans, may find themselves reluctant to attempt entering. This album proves itself no exception.
Eat Me, Drink Me appeals to a certain spectrum of the Manson emotional range. It's not particularly political, it's not about conquering the world - it's about conquering one's own internal world. Manson paints in the same vivid colors we've gotten used to over the years, but it's like he's refined his technique while keeping it refreshingly raw. This is pure emo-fied angst being felt by a man far out of his teens, yet it's remains accessible to all ages. Love - that's what this album tackles. The curse, if you will, of love and how exceptionally powerful yet excruciatingly unbearable that force can be. Unfortunately, it's not perspective gained by speculation, either. The album began when the opening lyrics suggest: "Six AM, Christmas morning" when Manson began dealing with the end of his relationship with from Dita Von Teese that would end in divorce.
Each song stands alone and that's rare for an album, but the way they flow together truly makes them one solid masterpiece as a piece of art. Since we know Manson learned of his divorce on January 5th (his birthday) 2007 and the album came out the following June, you might wonder if the album feels rushed. It does not. Instead it feels poignant and intensely, surrealistically real. If you're wondering how something feels realistic and surrealistic at the same time - that's Manson's intentions as an artist: blending reality and fantasy.
I don't have any favorites, but having gone through my own heart-shredding relationship disaster in the month's following the album's release (she bought this album for me, crazily enough!) I empathize strongly with the lines: "I love you so much I wish you would kill me now." And that's the album's power, combining deep inner relevancy with high art.
Oh, and seeing the show helped drive it in. I hadn't heard the whole album when I saw Manson live in Phoenix, but these songs fit right in with his classics. If you're on the fence due to Golden Age of the Grotesque, I say dive off and snatch this album up. You won't regret, I promise!
Free Music Review: One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard
Hit: 5 Stars
If you were one of those die-hard fans back in the late 90's that was offended when the man took a different turn with Mechanical Animals back in 98, go listen to your worn out copies of "Portrait" and "Antichrist" and moan to your worthless friends about how his music isn't as heavy as it used to be. While your at it, pop in your copy of Nine Inch Nails "The Downward Spiral" (NOT the recently released special edition because you might have a heart-attack).
Anyone with an open mind that has a true appreciation for music as an art-form, I suggest you go pick up this album even if you are NOT a Manson fan.
This is probably the most honest album I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Having been a fan of Manson since I was 12 years old and having loved EVERYTHING that he has done, this one strikes a very different chord all together. It has a different sound. No, he's not the best singer in the world and never has been. He makes up for it once again, this time, not by creating a character that is sympathetic to everyone that's ever been beat up in school, berated by their pastor/priest, or degraded by their parents, but by simply saying "THIS is who I really am and where I am at right now."
This is the kind of thing an artist creates when they no longer care about catering to their fans, and start making art for themselves. The result is deeply personal and incredible.
If you are one of the haters out there, I beg you to reconsider why you hate this album. Imagine yourself an artist.... would you really want to paint with the same color and kinds of paints, on the same canvas for your entire life, changing just enough to keep people interested? If you are any kind of an artist as well, you will know the answer is a resounding "no." You want to challenge yourself to do something different and to make it more personal, whether or not people like the result.
You people that give this one star... go listen to your old albums and sit around like a bunch of old men reminiscing about "The Good Ole' Days". Either that or open up your eyes and your ears. Realize that times, and people do change, and those of us that survive adapt with those changes. Most of us grow up, most of us change and most of us don't like to say the same thing over and over again.
Free Music Review: Great comeback from The Golden Age of Grotesque
Hit: 5 Stars
First off the bat, I want to say that Manson is an incredibly talented musician and songwriter. I think all of his albums have been extremely good, except for "Golden Age", which i thought was half awesome and half undeniably weak. All of his albums have been unique in a way and this trend continues on with "Eat Me, Drink Me."
Now I can see why people don't really appreciate Manson's new offering, seeing that his style has changed. While still dark, this album doesn't really show us the usual enraged Manson that we have all come to know and love. This time out, we get to see the melancholy side to the Anti-Christ Superstar. And since this album is centered on (for the most part) sadness of his personal life, we get to hear Manson sing alot more than on his previous releases.
Now this is why I think "Eat Me, Drink Me" is such a good listen:
First of all, the music (constructed by Tim Skold) has improved drastically over "Golden Age." The industrial side of MM has been toned down and the music on "EM,DM" is certainly more guitar-driven. Whoever thought Tim Skold could pump out solos or even take his guitar-playing to a whole new level? I definitely didn't and I have now been proved wrong. Besides the guitars, I think the drum-playing stands out the most in this album. Even though a drum machine was used, the drums sound like they came from the days of "Portrait of an American Family."
The singing by Manson on this album is incredibly well done. It shows us that Manson still has something left in his wide-ranged arsenal. He sometimes even sounds like he's on the verge of a breakdown (listen to "Just A Car Crash Away"). On the other hand, Manson occasionally sounds like his old self (listen to "You and Me and the Devil Makes 3").
All in all, this is a great outing for MM, and its nice to see a new side to him. On the next release, I just hope Ginger Fish would take the place of the machine drums and I would like to see M.W Gacy have a much larger role. If you're a true fan of manson and would like to hear something new and not something recycled, I recommend you get "Eat Me, Drink Me" right now.
Free Music Review: Even the God of !@#$ can bleed.
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a Manson fan since way back in the Antichrist Superstar days. I really came to appreciate him when he followed up that album with Mechanical Animals. Rather than make Antichrist Superstar 2, he went in a completely different direction. Manson is essentially an artist who plays whatever he wants, and that is why I like him.
People whine that this album is "slow" as if Manson never has made slow depressing songs and was always a thrash metal band. I hear a lot of complaints from people who simply want Manson to be some anti right-wing anti religious for their sole amusement as if he is some monkey who should dance for their change.
Yeah, because rock n' roll is all about conforming to people's standards.
Manson was suicidal, got a divorce, was basically broken and bleeding. To fix his wounds he plugged an amp and a microphone into his scars and made one of the most interesting albums he's ever made. It's raw, it's experimental, it's depressing. Some people will hate this, their loss.
I was pretty disappointed with Golden Age of Grotesque (it was catchy but hollow) so my expectations were lowered. This album for me pretty much kicked my head in. It's the most emotionally haunting album since Mechanical Animals and he sounds even more vindictive and pissed off than he did with Holywood. Kudos to Tim Skold for creating such good guitar work which causes me to involuntarily air-guitar while listening to it.
Is it my favorite album of his? I would put Mechanical Animals and Holywood higher than this, they were a bit more cohesive thematically. This album isn't one where you can just pop it in any old time, but this is the album you can pop in when you are pissed off or depressed and love the hell out of it.
So in the end I am one of the Manson fans who actually gave this album a damn chance and liked it a lot. Manson has come back to school all these radio friendly manufactured-depression emo-screamo bands that whine about how "high school is oh so hard" what real down-and-dirty raw depressed experimental rock n' roll is all about.