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Qualche giorno fa, rivedendo la versione originale del film 'Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato', mi è tornato in mente questo vecchio ep dei Marilyn Manson, sicuramente il lavoro che ha aperto alla band le porte del mainstream grazie all' ottima cover di 'Sweet Dreams' proposta.
Uscito a distanza di un anno dal pregevole lavoro di debutto, 'Smells like Children' è un'opera caotica, schizofrenica, grottesca, volutamente volgare, ma di scarso valore. Si ha l'impressione di entrare nel baraccone nascosto del più lugubre luna park per ammirare gli scherzi della natura: ecco qua la donna barbuta, l'uomo dalle unghie lunghe due metri, l'uomo dallo stomaco di ferro. Alla fine del giro, l'unica sensazione che resta addosso è una certa aria di delusione, per nulla scioccati dalle attrattive proposte.
Il disco si compone essenzialmente di tre ingredienti principali: interludi, remix di vecchie canzoni e cover. Se i primi risultano abbastanza incomprensibili (a parte "F### Frankie", dedicato all'ex-tour manager fuggito dopo essersi fregato buona parte degli incassi), sono i remix ad essere totalmente inconsistenti. Puntando più sulla matrice industrial ed ottenendo solamente una blanda cacofonia, i Marilyn Manson fanno un passo indietro in quella che è la loro proposta musicale, accentuando il loro lato più oscuro, ma spogliando i brani di tutta l'ironia delle versioni originali.
Discorso a parte andrebbe invece fatto per le tre cover proposte, 'I put a spell on you' (Screamin' Jay Hawkins), 'Sweet Dreams' (Eurythmics) e 'Rock'n Roll Nigger' (Patti Smith): decisamente riuscite, iniziano a delineare i contorni di quel sound che verrà perfezionato nell'acclamato 'Antichrist Superstar'. In particolare, 'Rock'n Roll Nigger' viene proposta in una versione live (ma si sente che è rimaneggiata in studio) estremamente coinvolgente, sorretta da un compatto muro sonico in cui la voce di Manson si incastra benissimo.
In definitiva, un capitolo di transizione che esplora con insuccesso il lato più sperimentale dei Marilyn Manson.
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03 Shitty Chicken Gang Bang (01:19)
(Shitty Chicken Gang Bang has no lyrics it's an instrumental leading into
Kiddie Grinder on Smells Like Children)
05 Sympathy for the Parents (01:01)
Some Bitch: I want to know um...why it is that all of you
Seem to have satanic signs all over you
and what is that make...
Does this music cause you to do what you do?
Manson: Is that directed at us or the parents?
Donahure: That's funny......Twiggy
Manson: Does the music cause us to do what we do?
Donahure: That's your little tape recorder...ok
Manson: We cause the music to do what it does...I think
I think moshing is a sign of what christians would call uh...the
Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
...the Apocalypse
06 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (04:52)
Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Sweet dreams are made of these
Who had a mind to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what's inside you
Moving on, moving on
Moving on, moving on
Moving on, moving on
Moving on
Sweet dreams are made of these
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I'm gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside you
08 Fuck Frankie (01:48)
Abuser: Say fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck
Groupie: Fuck
Abuser: Frankie
Groupie: Frankie
Abuser: Say it
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Abuser: Say it
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck Him
Groupie: Fuck frankie
(groaning noises)
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Abuser: Say it
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Abuser: Say it
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Abuser: Keep your focus
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Groupie: Fuck Frankie
Abuser: Keep your focus
Abuser: Say fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck frankie
Groupie: Fuck
Groupie: Fuck
Abuser: Frankie
09 I Put a Spell on You (03:37)
I put a spell on you because you're mine
I can't stand the things that you do
No, no, no I ain't lyin'
No...I don't care if you don't want me
'Cause I'm yours, yours, yours anyhow
I am yours, yours, yours
I love you...I love you...I love you...
I love you I love you!
I put a spell on you
Lord! Lord! Lord!
'Cause you're mine
I can't stand the things that you do when you're fooling around
I don't care if you don't want me
'Cause I'm yours, yours, yours anyhow
I can't stand when you're fooling around
If I can't have you, no one will
I love you, you, you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, you, you
I don't care if you don't want me
'Cause I'm yours, yours, yours anyhow
Yeah!
10 May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces (03:59)
Blanche Wyer: ...6:30 this morning.
Barb Warner: I can't hear ya.
Blanche Wyer: I woke at 6:30 this morning with a headache.
Barb Warner: Oh...
Blanche Wyer: I wonder to take 'em or not...
Barb Warner: I wouldn't take 'em.
Blanche Wyer: I don't know, the headache is heavier than anything else.
Barb Warner: It's the first time that you took 'em?
Blanche Wyer: Second.
Barb Warner: Yeah...
Blanche Wyer: I had a little bit of a headache this morning.
Barb Warner: I wouldn't take 'em, mom.
Blanche Wyer: I won't take 'em now, 'cause I have a toothache that hurts too a
little bit. I've taken everything I got, been thinkin'
Barb Warner: All that blood pressure medicine you take and stuff too. You
shouldn't take those things. You're better off not to sleep then to take the...
Blanche Wyer: ?
Barb Warner: Oh, my god! No wonder you got a headache! Your pressure's probably
sky high! Why don't...You gotta take that every day!
Blanche Wyer: I try though...
Barb Warner: Are you crazy?
Blanche Wyer: It's been 3 days...
Barb Warner: That's probably why you have a headache now...Did you take it
today?
Blanche Wyer: I did this morning, yeah.
Barb Warner: That's probably why you have a headache, 'cause your pressure's up.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah.
Barb Warner: I don't know how you can forget to take it. And when that's the
only pill you take...
Blanche Wyer: I'm sorry, I have so many pills you'd be surprised.
Barb Warner: Well, the blood pressure pill is the most important one.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah, I know...
Barb Warner: There ain't no other one as important as that one.
Blanche Wyer: I got one more and then I gotta get to the store. I got two
refills on it.
Barb Warner: You only got one pill?!
Blanche Wyer: I only take one a day...
Barb Warner: Well, yeah, but you shouldn't let 'em get that low...
Blanche Wyer: I guess not, but I can take one in the morning and then go get
some more...
Barb Warner: They're expensive! If you have to pay for 'em... Procardia?
Blanche Wyer: No, the other one.
Barb Warner: Which ones?
Blanche Wyer: I gotta pay for procardia.
Barb Warner: Were you taking that every day?
Blanche Wyer: Yeah.
Barb Warner: Well, that's the blood pressure pill... The heart pill, the
procardia. And what's the other one?
Blanche Wyer: Ah, H-Y-D-R-O-T-O-N.
Barb Warner: Oh, that's something to do with water and... And... Water and, uh,
blood pressure.
Blanche Wyer: This one tag does say it's for blood pressure...
Barb Warner: Yeah, I think it works like a water pill type pressure, but the
procardia's the important one.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah.
Barb Warner: You have to take that every day.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah.
Barb Warner: You should take that the first thing when you get up...
Blanche Wyer: Yeah...I know.
Barb Warner: Well, how come you ain't got taken it?
Blanche Wyer: I took it yesterday, the procardia.
Barb Warner: Well, how come you didn't take it today?
Blanche Wyer: I had the headache today...
Barb Warner: That's why you have a headache! You gotta take the procardia...
Take it now! That's what it's for, your headache! It's to make your blood
pressure come down.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah.
Barb Warner: If you don't you're gonna ha... You'll have a stroke if you don't
take it. If you got a pretty... Headache that bad you're gonna have a stroke...
Blanche Wyer: I got a headache that bad this morning.
Barb Warner: Well, you better go take the procardia right now.
Blanche Wyer: I will, I'll take it when I hang up.
Barb Warner: You didn't take that other blood... blood pressure pill either?
Blanche Wyer: Yeah, I did this morning...
Barb Warner: Well, you should take the procardia right now.
Blanche Wyer: I'll take the procardia in after nine. Got a horrible morning...
Barb Warner: Well, you...
Blanche Wyer: I'm glad you can't see it.
Barb Warner: Well, how long has it been since you took the procardia?
Blanche Wyer: Three days.
Barb Warner: How many?
Blanche Wyer: Three...
Barb Warner: Well, see, that's ridiculous... You better go take it right now.
Blanche Wyer: I will.
Barb Warner: Then you'll find out your headache will go away.
Blanche Wyer: Yeah. I've taken it now, the procardia, just yet.
Barb Warner: Any other medicine you're taking ain't that important. You ain't
got nothing but nerve pills. They ain't important.
Blanche Wyer: I take those every day...
Barb Warner: Well, the nerve pills ain't that important. The blood pressure
medicine's important.
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