   Marilyn Manson- examining his image?
  Hiya,Marilyn Manson puzzles me, I liked his music a few years back but don''t listen to him much now (too downheartening).  But what I don''t get is his image, I understand that he was out to shock parents, and look all rebellious. Which would explain the crossdressing etc. And the fetishistic clothing (obviously influenced by his Grandfather''s sick porn addiction). Was he trying to frighten parents / Christians by looking like a total freak?What on earth was his image on Mechanical Animals supposed to signify? I reckon that MM must be the only person to truly understand the whole significance of his lyrics and image.Personally I think that Eminem does a similar thing to MM but  much more cleverly.  
  Who knows? He''s a pretty bizarre guy. Why do some people like animal porn? Have disgusting fetishes? Dress themselves entirely in leather? Paint their faces white everyday? What''s with angst-ridden teens dressing themselves up and labelling themselves goths? Just a weird guy who sells music towards a specific audience. I''m sure the reasons behind his image are the same as any other "musician" (I use this word lightly). Why do rappers wear t-shirts down to their ankles, large puffy jackets, sports jerseys, etc? They''re all desperately trying to fit into some niche.   shortcurves.com | /josh;quote:Original post by Salsa  They''re all desperately trying to fit into some niche.   Or create one for themselves. ;  he did explain at one point why he wares what he does, basicaly because he enjoys waring it for the most part, which tbh i''ve no reason to disbeliveWeird guy, aye i guess if you want to parcel people into ''weird'' and ''not weird'' ya can, however he speaks alot of sense, i saw ''im interviewed about a year ago or so on BBC1 and hes certainly a clever bloke ;quote:Original post by Ketchaval  Personally I think that Eminem does a similar thing to MM but  much more cleverly.    The Onion did a funny story about this a few years ago.  Manson was forced to go door to door trying to shock people because Eminem was doing too good a job stealing his media play.  It was good.CM ;  I always get the impression that MM is more inteligent than he lets on. He knows his image, and his audience, and plays up to both of them exceptionally well. And the whole "any publicity is good publicity" is working well for him it seems. ;  Marilyn Manson is a sell out.  I saw them back in ''96 and they were pretty good.  Still had the white makeup and all that.  But when Antichrist Superstar came out I stopped listening.  He completely sold out to mtv, and the music went to crap. ;  I have only one thing to say.HAIL SHAGRATH   [edited by - skjinedmjeet on February 15, 2004 9:18:55 PM];  he dresses like that because it sells  ;  nope, hes pretty much on record as saying he dresses like he does coz he likes dressing that way, i dare say if he wasnt in the music biz and was doing something else he''d dress the same way, its just handy that his music and dressing style happen to go together (i dare say at gigs etc he does it more over the top then setting around at home, but thats what he is paid to do so it makes sense)  