[新聞] Las Vegas Show Reviewed
記者對 Manson 在 Las Vegas 的演出讚譽有加。
在下認為蠻有意思的是他對 Manson 之所以驚世駭俗的分析：
『以行動來確保沒有什麼還能神聖，所有偶像都要毀滅（包括他自己），
逼得人們必須為他們自己思考。』
2004-10-30
Las Vegas Show Reviewed
from The Virgin MegaStore site
http://www.virginmegamagazine.com/default.asp?aid=C76
The Church of Marilyn Manson
Few of today's music icons will ever reach the artistic heights,
influence and prowess of Marilyn Manson. The ever-evolving, gender-
defying singer, who is inspired by a glam-Goth aesthetic, thrives on
challenging the status-quo with his latest theatrical and musical
expressions of sex, death, and mutilation. Currently he is taking the
best of his biggest hits, his past live shows and staging Wednesday
night (10/27), Manson's Against All Gods tour kicked off in (where
else?) Las Vegas, with great aplomb. The tour is timed to support his
recent greatest hits album, Lest We Forget: The Best of Marilyn Manson,
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with its surprise hit single, and insanely brilliant cover of Depeche
Mode's "Personal Jesus".
When Manson took to the stage, at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay,
the crowd was upset and yelling obscenities, as many had been waiting
for more than two hours for the band to play and rumors had been
circulating that they might not show up at all. Then, close to 9:30pm,
the dark stage curtain slowly opened as Manson, who stood silent for a
moment, appeared dressed in a signature black bondage-inspired outfit.
As soon as he began to sing the creepy opening track of his new
release "The Love Song" (about violence and the government), followed
by "Hate Anthem" (from Antichrist Superstar), all was forgiven.
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Manson's latest muse and fiance, Dita Von Teese, the famous burlesque
dancer, elegantly loomed in a small, hidden room above the stage as
she carefully watched his every move.
Manson's shows have always been more like a Goth-rock opera (with
touches of industrial effects and sounds) than a straight up concert.
The music and staging are matched by his many outrageous costumes and
stage make-up. But for a rock opera, you need a cast of characters.
On this night, Manson was joined onstage by the band's original
keyboardist, Pogo, long-time bassist Tim Skold, new guitarist Mark
Chaussee, and drummer, Chris Vrenna, who is filling in for Ginger Fish
(who was seriously injured in a fall from his drum kit at the VIVA
Comet Awards in Germany last month). Vrenna, a powerful drummer
formerly of Nine Inch Nails, fit in with ease, probably since he
played on Manson's first two albums, Portrait of an American Family
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and Antichrist Superstar , as well has having toured alongside Manson
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in the Nine Inch Nails days where Manson was the opening band.
Whether your favorite Manson stunts include his performance on stilts,
the one where he sings from behind a pulpit invoking images of a
dictator, the raining confetti, or if this was your first-ever Marilyn
Manson show, you could not ignore the intensity of the hard rocking
performance where fans, many of them dressed like Manson, stood and
sang loudly along in reverence. In a time when our culture is
bombarding us with fear rhetoric and tactics, Marilyn Manson looms
large, appearing fearless at all times. Add that to his commitment to
blast stereotypes in every direction, and you have someone who is
feared by those who govern society. That is just one reason why those
in the audience, from ages 14-44, embraced Manson's outrageous props
and propositions from pretending to have sex with his microphone to
crawling on the ground like a stalked animal. But it is not the
admiration that motivates him. It is the act of making sure that
nothing remains sacred so that all idols are destroyed (including
himself), which forces people to think for themselves. This is what
appears to frighten outsiders about Marilyn Manson, as he is blamed in
mainstream media for everything from the tragic shootings in Columbine,
CO, to kids taking drugs in the suburbs.
On this night, in his latest theatrical incarnation, Manson
confidently took his time ripping through tracks with his visceral
vocals on the swaggering "Dope Show", the sinister, "mOBSCENE" and the
covers he recreates oh-so-well ("Tainted Love", "Sweet Dreams",
"Personal Jesus"). In a way, it was an affirmation that no matter who
is in power, Manson will be there standing in the shadows reminding us
that personal expression and not giving into other people's ideas of
who we should be will always reign over authority. Isn't that what
artists like Bauhaus, David Bowie and Pink Floyd have always done?
-Kim Taylor
October 29, 2004
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you came to see the mobscene i know it isn't your scene
it's better than a sex scene and it's so fucking obscene obscene yeah
You want commitment Put on your best suit, get your arms around me
Now we're going down
down
down
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