Dave Simpson
Friday June 1, 2007
The Guardian
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The no longer Antichrist Superstar has had a beast of a year: a divorce petition from Dita Von Teese and the appalling career blow of not being blamed for the Virginia Tech shootings. Thus, with his influence waning, Manson's latest, "more personal" offering sounds like an attempt to finally broaden his appeal, with the universal subjects of love and melancholia allied to the less-than-universal sound of an old Sisters of Mercy album. Any substance has to be sifted through metaphors aimed at pacifying the regular fanbase of people with purple hair. Romance is compared to a vampire-victim relationship, and They Say Hell's Not Hot is either Manson breaking down or creasing up with laughter. The songs and Ziggy guitar solos are more accessible than usual. Manson can croak like an undead, but can't sing to save his life.
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markfiend
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Meh. Marilyn Manson hasn't done anything musically interesting since (or even other than) Mechanical Animals. And that was a commercial bomb so he just turned to repeated re-hashings of Antichrist Superstar. Diminishing returns from someone who was only ever really a one-trick-pony.
...In my opinion.
...In my opinion.
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No worries 
If it's the Dave Simpson I think it is who wrote that article, he used to be a DJ on the "goth" floor at the Pink Parrot in Liverpool ~15 years ago. So that could explain the Sisters reference.
If it's the Dave Simpson I think it is who wrote that article, he used to be a DJ on the "goth" floor at the Pink Parrot in Liverpool ~15 years ago. So that could explain the Sisters reference.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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—Bertrand Russell
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thats choque's mate again 
i met dave at a party a few weeks ago. top chap... a massive joy division fan & keen drummer. think he lives in deepest north-west yorkshire somewhere (but not leeds).
i met dave at a party a few weeks ago. top chap... a massive joy division fan & keen drummer. think he lives in deepest north-west yorkshire somewhere (but not leeds).
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Saw MM on the Antichrist tour at the Barras and was mightily impressed, I'd never heard anything by him/them just thought I should go see. I bought the album and still enjoy it, later a mate gave me a borrow of Mechanical Animals (which I taped - can it be so long ago?) then later still Holywood which I wasn't impressed by. I think it was all done on AS and MA, I'd still love to read his autobiography.
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I love Mechanical Animals, such a shame his audience just didn't get it...markfiend wrote:Meh. Marilyn Manson hasn't done anything musically interesting since (or even other than) Mechanical Animals. And that was a commercial bomb so he just turned to repeated re-hashings of Antichrist Superstar. Diminishing returns from someone who was only ever really a one-trick-pony.
...In my opinion.
‎"We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some very wrong trousers."
Me and Mags went to see him in Glasgow a couple of years ago, great show 
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Marilyn Manson are just great performers, and I love every cover they ever made as well...
And of course, a man who likes his women like this:
...can't do much bad in my opinion!
IZ.
And of course, a man who likes his women like this:
...can't do much bad in my opinion!
IZ.
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He's not the Antichrist, he's just a very naughty boy.
I remember watch a "diary of.." on MTV one evening & I was actually quite alarmed at how "normal" the guy was.
I especially enjoyed when he was on the phone to his mum. Priceless
Never been a hard core mm fan, but picked up the greatest hits disc in a bargin bucket & enjoy listening to it from time to time.
I especially enjoyed when he was on the phone to his mum. Priceless
Never been a hard core mm fan, but picked up the greatest hits disc in a bargin bucket & enjoy listening to it from time to time.
I no longer get very wrought up over the liminals
Yeah they are...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markturner/52251711/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carnifex/162263291/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornethomson/506390159/
They're too interested in track suits and IKEA furniture for my liking
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markturner/52251711/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carnifex/162263291/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornethomson/506390159/
They're too interested in track suits and IKEA furniture for my liking
I no longer get very wrought up over the liminals
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Kinda funny that someone is _surprised_ that he seems like a regular guy...well duh, he's obviously a poseur and a *product*.
He is a band that has been created by the record company just in the same way as just about all the bands featured in MTV these days. It used to be different to an extent in early 90s still.
Selling the don't belong, as some has said.
He is a band that has been created by the record company just in the same way as just about all the bands featured in MTV these days. It used to be different to an extent in early 90s still.
Selling the don't belong, as some has said.
we've got beer and we've got fuel
I wasn't surprised Dei, I was alarmed.
Big difference (IMO).
I was actually really hoping he was going to be some sort of evil incarnate & was relishing the diary of program.
But he wasn't.
I don't really want a regular geezer doing that kind of stuff. I want satan himself giving it large
If he is just a normal bloke, then imagine what hell could be let loose with a total nutcase
I think that is pretty alarming, don't you?
Big difference (IMO).
I was actually really hoping he was going to be some sort of evil incarnate & was relishing the diary of program.
But he wasn't.
I don't really want a regular geezer doing that kind of stuff. I want satan himself giving it large
If he is just a normal bloke, then imagine what hell could be let loose with a total nutcase
I think that is pretty alarming, don't you?
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There's a very silly interview with him in today's Metro:
What a pie!
When was the last time you got so drunk you threw up?
Two days ago on my arrival in London. The jet lag and obligation to do promotional things during the daytime, when a vampire like me should be sleeping, make me feel ill...
What's your favourite holiday destination?
I don't think I've ever had a vacation. I just never had the reason to. I'd go to Transylvania - they have a Dracula theme park that seems pretty amusing.
What a pie!анархия
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Why is he suddenly pretending to be a vampire? He wasn't doing that when I used to be a fan... 