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Manson review
- To: babel-list
- Subject: Manson review
- From: Marty <mcduda>
- Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 14:21:31 +1200
- Reply-To: babel-list
- Sender: owner-babel-list
Addicted To Noise ran a review of Marilyn Manson's recent show in Toronto.
Here is an excerpt that should be of interest to Babel-listers
Marty
Funny to say then that Manson's too subtle for many people, yet this seems
to be the case. The most overtly rebellious thing he did in Toronto was to
play his rendition of Patti Smith's "Rock And Roll Nigger" after being
threatened with arrest for doing so by the lame-brained Toronto police, who
thought the nearly 20-year-old song "racist." Duhhhhh. The Rev. Manson
patiently explained that the lyrics instead refer to all people who are
oppressed for "being the way they are," for thinking and/or looking
different. Then, after a heartfelt dedication to "the fucking Canadian
Police Force," he of course played a blazing version of Smith's rebel anthem.