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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The greatest mother***er that you've ever gonna meet.]] |
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4 | An American singer/songwriter, formerly a member of TheCzars. |
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6 | Born in 1968, Grant intended to become a German translator, but discovered his English was not adequate enough for the task. He and Chris Pearson later founded the Czars, an AlternativeRock band, releasing 7 albums and 4 singles between 1995 and 2005. After a brief hiatus from the music industry, Grant released a solo album, ''Queen of Denmark'', in 2010. Dealing with depression, homosexuality and substance abuse, the album was a critical success, with British magazinge ''Mojo'' naming it the album of the year. This was followed up with ''Pale Green Ghosts'' in 2013 and ''Grey Tickles, Black Pressure'' in 2015. |
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8 | Grant's musical style includes elements of Folk, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]], SynthPop, and Industrial Dance. Though dealing with serious thematic elements, his lyrics often border on BuffySpeak, combined with a rather frank and colorful vocabulary. |
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10 | John currently lives in Iceland. He is openly gay, and in 2012 publicly acknowledged that he is HIV positive. |
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13 | !! Discography: |
14 | * ''Queen of Denmark'' (2010) |
15 | * ''Pale Green Ghosts'' (2013) |
16 | * ''Grey Tickles, Black Pressure'' (2015) |
17 | * ''Love Is Magic'' (2018) |
18 | * ''Boy from Michigan'' (2021) |
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21 | !! Tropes associated with John Grant: |
22 | * AntiLoveSong: "Where Dreams Go To Die". |
23 | * BigBeautifulMan: The video for "Disappointing" is full of "bears". John himself qualifies. |
24 | * BrutalHonesty: His frank and autobiographical writing style. |
25 | * [[BsodSong BSoD Song]]: "Queen of Denmark" is a ''very'' heavy one. |
26 | * CasanovaWannabe: The subject of "He's Got His Mother's Hips". |
27 | * DeadpanSnarker: A few songs, including "Silver Platter". |
28 | * EpicRocking: Several songs clock at over 6 minutes. The longest one in his discography is "The Only Baby" (9:38), while those over 7 minutes are "The Rusty Bull" (7:58), "Just So You Know" (7:57), "What Time?" (7:55), "Glacier" (7:38), "Boy from Michigan" (7:37) and "Diet Gum" (7:25). |
29 | * GratuitousGerman: The end of "That's the Good News". |
30 | * IAmSong: "GMF" is a satirical one. |
31 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: The subject of "GMF". Implied in "Snug Slacks" as well. |
32 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Supernatural Defibrillator". |
33 | * ListSong: "Disappointing". |
34 | * LoveHurts: Several songs, most notably "Vietnam": |
35 | --> Your silence is a weapon, it's like a nuclear bomb. |
36 | --> It's like the Agent Orange they used to use in Vietnam. |
37 | * PepTalkSong: "Glacier". |
38 | * PrecisionFStrike: A staple of his work, often crossed with LyricalDissonance, with notable examples being "Chicken Bones", "I Hate This Town", "GMF", and "Queen of Denmark." |
39 | * PretenderDiss: The subject of "Black Belt": |
40 | --> You think you're mysterious, you cannot be serious |
41 | --> You got lots of time to think of new ways to deceive yourself |
42 | --> You are callipygian, but look at the state you're in |
43 | --> You got really nice clothes, bet you didn't pay for those |
44 | * ProtestSong: "Glacier", again. |
45 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You and Him" underlines how much the listener and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler have in common. Grant even suggests [[RefugeInAudacity the two should get married]]. |
46 | * ReligionRantSong: "JC Hates Faggots". |
47 | * ShoutOut: The song "Sigourney Weaver" references both the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise and ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. |
48 | -->And I feel just like Creator/SigourneyWeaver |
49 | -->When she had to kill those aliens |
50 | -->And one guy tried to get them back to the earth |
51 | -->And she couldn't believe her ears |
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53 | -->I feel just like Creator/WinonaRyder |
54 | -->In that [[Film/BramStokersDracula movie about vampires]] |
55 | -->And she couldn't [[OohMeAccentsSlipping get that accent right]] |
56 | -->Neither could [[Creator/KeanuReeves that other guy]] |
57 | * SillyLoveSong: "Disappointing". |
58 | * SkewedPriorities: "Global Warming" is about "first-world problems", like the global warming of the title ruining a person's fair skin. |
59 | * SophisticatedAsHell: The word "callipygian" seen in the above quotation from "Black Belt"? It's Greek for "having a nice butt". |
60 | * SuperheroesWearTights: The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFWpbb_NqE&list=RDzcamcBY2-4M&index=19 "Chicken Bones"]] has Grant as a Wonder Bread-inspired superhero. |
61 | * TerriblePickupLines: "Snug Slacks" is four minutes of John awkwardly trying to hit on a younger man. |
62 | * ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Disappointing" is a gender-inverted version of this, since it is set in a gay sauna. However, John is fully clothed throughout. |
63 | * VillainSong: "That's The Good News," sung in a [[AllGermansAreNazis creepy German accent.]] |
64 | * WhenHeSmiles: ...it's the most beautiful thing in the world, according to "Disappointing". |
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