History Music / AntichristSuperstar

[[caption-width-right:350: ''"When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you."'']]

-> ''"When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you."''

-> ''"When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed."''

!! Tracklist:

!! The Beautiful Tropes:

--> ''The time has come, it is quite clear'' \\
''Our antichrist is almost here... it is done'' ("Antichrist Superstar")

--> ''When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you.''

--> ''Then I got my wings and I never even knew it,'' \\
''when I was a worm, thought I couldn't get through it'' ("Wormboy", repeated in "Kinderfeld")

--> ''I've looked ahead and saw a world that's dead'' \\
''I guess that I am too''

--> ''The worms will wait with baited breath''

--> ''Anti-people now you've gone too far...''\\
''Here is your antichrist superstar''

--> ''I am so all-American, I'll sell you suicide'' \\
''I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes''

--> ''I went to god just to see, and I was looking at me'' \\
''saw heaven and hell were lies, when I'm god everyone dies''

* AntiAntiChrist: Discussed in "1996"
--> ''Here is your antichrist superstar'' \\
''(...) Anti Satan'' \\
''Anti song and anti me'' \\
''I don't deserve a chance to be''

--> ''The beautiful people, the beautiful people'' \\
''It's all relative to the size of your steeple'' \\
''You can't see the forest full of trees'' \\
''And you can't smell your own shit on your knees.''

--> ''The minute that it's born, it begins to die'' \\
''I'd love to just give in, I'd love to live this lie''

--> ''When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.''

-->''Prick your finger it is done''\\
''The moon has now eclipsed the sun''\\
''Angel has spread it's wings''\\
''The time has come for bitter things''

-->''Capitalism has made it this way, old-fashioned fashism will take it away.''

--> ''Fuck it, fuck it, fuck it, fuck it''

--> ''I wasn't born with enough middle fingers''\\
''I don't need to choose a side''

--> ''There is a dream inside a dream, I'm wide awake the more I sleep'' \\
''you'll understand when I'm dead''

--> ''I wasn't born with enough middlefingers."

--> ''The beautiful people, the beautiful people,'' \\
''It's all relative to the size of your steeple'' [...] \\

--> ''There's no time to discriminate'' \\
''Hate every motherfucker that's in your way''

--> ''Cut the head off, grows back hard'' \\
''I am the hydra, now you'll see your star.''
* IfICantHaveYou: "Mister Superstar"
-->''Hey, Mister Superstar,''\\
''I'll kill myself for you.''\\
''Hey, Mister Superstar,''\\
''I'll kill you if I can't have you.''

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "1996"
--> ''Anti gay and anti dope'' \\
''I am the faggot anti-pope''

--> ''This is what you should fear, you are what you should fear.'' [[note]]These lyrics also appear in "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes".[[/note]]

--> ''Spread me open, sticking to my pointy ribs'' \\
''are all your infants in abortion cribs''

--> ''When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed...''

--> ''Hey, Mr. Superstar, I'll kill myself for you'' \\
''Hey, Mr. Superstar, I'll kill you if I can't have you'' \\
''Superstar, superfuck baby''

--> ''I'll be your lover, I'll be forever'' \\
''I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high'' \\
''Don't you want some of this?''

--> ''I'm so all-American, I'll sell you suicide, I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes'' [...] \\

--> ''You've poisoned all your children, to camouflage your scars.''

--> ''Pray until you're number, asleep from all your pain'' \\
''Your apple has been rotting, tomorrow's turned up dead.'' [...] \\
''Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear,'' \\
''pray your life was just a dream, the cut that never heals.''

--> ''The ants are in the sugar, muscles atrophied'' \\
''We're on the other side, the screen is us and we're TV''

-->''You never ever believed in me''
-->''I am your tourniquet''

-->''Anti song and anti me''
-->''I don't deserve a chance to be''

--> ''I hate the hater, I rape the raper'' \\

---> ''When you wish upon your star, don't let yourself fall, fall in too hard.''

--> ''Now you'll see your star...''

--> ''Prick your finger it is done, the moon has now eclipsed the sun'' \\
''The angel has spread its wings, the time has come for bitter things...''

--> ''The boy that you loved is the man that you fear.''

--> ''You built me up with your wishing hell, I didn't have to sell you'' \\
''You threw your money in the pissing well, you do just what they tell you.''

--> '' Each time I make my mother cry, an angel dies and falls from heaven'' \\
'' When the boy is still a worm, it´s hard to learn the number seven''

* ArcWords: "When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you" amd "When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed" only appear in one song as SpokenWordInMusic, but are obviously there to reflect all of the albums themes.

* ArcWords: "When you are suffering, know that I have betrayed you."

* BiblicalMotifs: The anti-christ, also ''"your apple has been rotten"'' in "Man That You Fear".

* ConceptAlbum: The album deals with society's obsession with beauty as its highest ideal and is divided in three cycles: "The Heirophant" (track 1-4), "Inauguration of the Worm" (track 5-11) and "Disintegrator Rising" (track 12-99).

** "The Minute Of Decay"

* AllAmericanFace: Parodied in "Irresponsible Hate Anthem":

* AntiAntiChrist: "1996"

* TheBeautifulElite: Deconstructed in "The Beautiful People", as their so-called beauty is just artificial and hides a huge pile of darkness beneath, almost leading to BeautyIsBad.

''It's all relative to the size of your steeple''

* BrokenRecord: In "Man That You Fear", the last line is repeated over and over again: [[note]]This line originates from a fortune cookie.[[/note]]

%%* CapitalismIsBad: "1996"
%%--> ''Anti money''

--> ''the beautiful people, the beautiful people,'' \\

'''''I'll kill you if I can't have you.'''''

* MightMakesRight: Discussed in "The Beautiful People". Doubles up with VirtueIsWeakness:

* AdultFear: Being confronted with the darkest things in one's own soul, as depicted in "Kinderfeld".
--> ''This is what you should fear, you are what you should fear.'' [[note]]These lyrics also appear in "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes".[[/note]]

* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: Manson wears a very deformed version of this in the music video of "The Beautiful People" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypkv0HeUvTc here]]) alongside an old-timey flying hat.

* SurrealMusicVideo:
** "Tourniquet" features an gallery of grotesque imagery within a dark and surreal environment. It is mostly about an odd humanoid, propped up on wheels to move. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmfQ7gSaJgM here]].
** "Cryptorchid" uses scenes from Merhige's 1991 experimental horror film ''Film/{{Begotten}}'', which are black and white surreal collages, with new scenes including Manson pulling out his own intestines and holding them up to the camera. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_vCNevsfY here]].

** The album title is a shout-out to ''Film/JesusChristSuperstar.''

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Loaded with social critique, its breakthrough critical and commercial success was only matched by the mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups its content elicited.

It is part of a trilogy (or a "triptych") alongside Manson's two following releases ''Music/MechanicalAnimals'' (1998) and ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath'' (2000). However, since the series' story is told in reverse chronological order, ''Antichrist Superstar'' therefore ends the narrative.

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Rife with biting social critique, its breakthrough critical and commercial success was only matched by the mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups its content elicited.

In retrospect, ''Antichrist Superstar'' has been credited for bringing an end to the {{grunge}} craze within popular music and has been honored as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time (although its sound is closer to IndustrialMetal). It's best known for the title track and the single [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown "The Beautiful People"]].

** The line ''"when you wish upon your star"'' in "Deformography," references the theme song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}.''

-> ''When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed...''
-->--- "Man That You Fear"

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Rife with social critique, it was a critical and commercial success and became his breakthrough album but also caused a lot of mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups.

In retrospect, it's been credited for bringing an end to the {{grunge}} craze within popular music and has been honored as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time (although its sound is closer to IndustrialMetal). It's best known for the title track and the single [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown "The Beautiful People"]].

The central storyline on the album revolves around a supernatural being who seizes all power from humanity in order to initiate an apocalyptic end event - a populist demagogue who is driven solely by resentment, misanthropy and despair, he uses his newfound position to destroy the world. The record can be seen as a social critique, utilizing this premise as a metaphor for the perceived fascist elements of conservatism and artificial beauty.

''''

** "Cryptorchid" uses scenes from Merhige's 1991 experimental horror film ''Begotten'', which are black and white surreal collages, with new scenes including Manson pulling out his own intestines and holding them up to the camera. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj_vCNevsfY here]].

* BasedOnADream: "Tourniquet" is based on a disturbing nightmare Manson had.

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Rife with social critique, it was a critical and commercial success and became his breakthrough album but also caused a lot of mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups. In retrospect, it's been credited for bringing an end to the {{grunge}} craze within popular music and has been honored as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time (although its sound is closer to IndustrialMetal). It's best known for the title track and the single [[Wrestling/WWESmackDown "The Beautiful People"]].

It is part of a trilogy (or a "triptych") alongside Manson's two following releases ''Music/MechanicalAnimals'' (1998) and ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath'' (2000). However, since the series' story is told in reverse chronological order, ''Antichrist Superstar'' therefore ends the narrative. The central storyline on the album revolvs around a supernatural being who seizes all power from humanity in order to initiate an apocalyptic end event - a populist demagogue who is driven solely by resentment, misanthropy and despair, he uses his newfound position to destroy the world. The record can be seen as a social critique, utilizing this premise as a metaphor for the perceived fascist elements of conservatism and artificial beauty.

* BrokenRecord: In "Man That You Fear", the last line is repeated over and over again: [[note]]This line originates from a fortune cookie[[/note]]

* MonsterFanGirl: Parodied in "Mister Superstar", where a seemingly loony fan girl goes crazy about any kind of new "star":

--> ''The boy that you loved is the man that you fear''

--> '' Each time I make my mother cry an angel dies and falls from heaven'' \\
'' When the boy is still a worm it´s hard to learn the number seven''

* MonsterFanGirl: "Mister Superstar"
--> ''Hey, Mr. Superstar''
--> ''I'll kill myself for you''
--> ''Hey, Mr. Superstar, I'll kill you if I can't have you''
--> ''Superstar, superfuck baby''
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
--> ''I'm so all-American, I'll sell you suicide''
--> ''I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes''
--> ''(...) America cannot see anything''
--> ''History is written by the winner, fuck it!''
* OffingTheOffspring: In "Man That You Fear" this is done but can't heal the emotional wounds of the perpetrator.

''You've poisoned all your children, to camouflage your scars.'' \\
''Pray unto the splinters, pray unto your fear, pray your life was just a dream, the cut that never heals.''

** The line "when you wish upon a star" in "Deformography," references the theme song from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}.''

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Rife with social critique, it was a critical and commercial success and became his breakthrough album but also caused a lot of mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups. In retrospect, it's been credited for bringing an end to the {{grunge}} craze within popular music and has been honored as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time (although its sound is closer to IndustrialMetal). It's best known for the title track and the single "The Beautiful People".

It is part of a trilogy (or a "triptych") alongside Manson's two following releases ''Music/MechanicalAnimals'' (1998) and ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath'' (2000). However, since the series' story is told in reverse chronological order, ''Antichrist Superstar'' therefore ends the narrative.

# "[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown The Beautiful People]]" - (3:38)

* AccentuateTheNegative:
** "1996" lists a lot of stuff the antichrist is against, many contradicting themselves.
** "The Minute Of Decay"
--> ''I've looked ahead and saw a world that's dead''
--> ''I guess that I am too''
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Little Horn"
--> ''The worms will wait with baited breath''

* AlbumTitleDrop: Happens during "1996" and '''not''', as you might assume, during the title track.
--> ''Here is your antichrist superstar''
* AnnualTitle: "1996".
* AntiChrist: "Antichrist Superstar".
--> ''The time has come, it is quite clear''
--> ''Our antichrist is almost here... it is done''
* AntiAntiChrist: "1996"
--> ''Here is your antichrist superstar''
--> ''(...) Anti Satan''
--> ''Anti song and anti me''
--> ''I don't deserve a chance to be''

* BeautyIsBad: "The Beautiful People".
--> ''The beautiful people, the beautiful people''
--> ''It's all relative to the size of your steeple''

* BrokenRecord: "Little Horn"
--> ''Everyone will suffer now...''
* CallBack: "Beautiful People" has a sample by Tex Watson, a member of the Charles Manson cult. UsefulNotes/CharlesManson was referenced earlier on ''Music/PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily'' (1994) and ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren'' (1995). The sample itself also was used in the Spooky Kids era track "Dune Buggy".
* CallForward: The following lines originating in "Cryptorchid" are then reheard six tracks later in "Antichrist Superstar":
-->''Prick your finger it is done''\\
''The moon has now eclipsed the sun''\\
''Angel has spread it's wings''\\
''The time has come for bitter things''
* CapitalismIsBad: "1996"
--> ''Anti money''
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Aside from regularly screaming his lines, Marilyn lets out a straight-up scream multiple times in "1996".
* ClusterFBomb: The pre-hook of "Irresponsible Hate Anthem".
-->''Fuck it, fuck it, fuck it, fuck it''

* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Manson criticized society's obsession with organized religion and beauty as the highest ideal. This is further implied in the music video of "The Beautiful People".

* EpicRocking: "Antichrist Superstar", "The Reflecting God", and "Man That You Fear" are all 5-6 minutes long.
* EvilLaugh: Marilyn chuckles at the start of the "1996" after saying "light a candle for the sinners/set the world on fire".

* HiddenTrack: The album ends with one that follows the final song, "Man That You Fear", after 82 silent 4-second tracks. It has been referred to under multiple names like "Better Messiah", "Dying Years", "Minister", "Empty Sounds of Hate", "Untitled", and "Track 99". If the album is looped, the pacing of "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" matches the distorted recitation of the hidden track, [[BookEnds forming a perfect loop]].
* HydraProblem: "Antichrist Superstar"
--> ''Cut the head off''
--> ''Grows back hard''
--> ''I am the hydra''
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "1996"
--> ''Anti gay and anti dope''
--> ''I am the faggot anti-pope''
* KickTheDog: "Little Horn"
--> ''Someone better get the dog to kick''
* ListSong: "1996" lists all kinds of things the protagonist is against.
* MinisculeRocking: The HiddenTrack that ends the album is around one-and-a-half minutes long.
* MonsterFanGirl: "Mister Superstar"
--> ''Hey, Mr. Superstar''
--> ''I'll kill myself for you''
--> ''Hey, Mr. Superstar, I'll kill you if I can't have you''
--> ''Superstar, superfuck baby''
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
--> ''I'm so all-American, I'll sell you suicide''
--> ''I am totalitarian, I've got abortions in my eyes''
--> ''(...) America cannot see anything''
--> ''History is written by the winner, fuck it!''
* OneManSong: "Wormboy" and "Man That You Fear".
* OneWordTitle: "Tourniquet", "Cryptorchid", "Deformography", "Wormboy" and "Kinderfeld".

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Man That You Fear" was inspired by an incident during Manson's youth when he found a coffee can with something rotting inside. His mother told him it was discarded meat, but later told him that it was actually an aborted fetus.
** Other sources cite that this song was created, when Brian Warner went to a family gathering, and nobody wanted to talk to him.

* {{Sampling}}:
** "The Beautiful People" contains a distorted spoken-word sample of Tex Watson saying [We would] swoop down on the town...[and] kill everyone that wasn't beautiful."
** "Minute of Decay" begins with a heavily distorted sample from a film adaptation of ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' that says "From a dead man...greetings".
* SelfDeprecation:
** "Tourniquet:"
-->''You never ever believed in me''
-->''I am your tourniquet''
** "1996:"
-->''Anti song and anti me''
-->''I don't deserve a chance to be''

# "The Beautiful People" - (3:38)

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" → "The Beautiful People", "Tourniquet" → "Little Horn", "The Reflecting God" → "Man That You Fear", "Track 99" → "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"

''Antichrist Superstar'' is a 1996 RockOpera[=/=]ConceptAlbum by Music/MarilynManson. Rife with social critique, it was a critical and commercial success and became his breakthrough album but also caused a lot of mass hysteria and controversy from religious and civic groups. In retrospect, it's been credited for bringing an end to the {{grunge}} craze within popular music and has been honored as one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time. It's best known for the title track and the single "The Beautiful People".