Line #38 Music/JohnGrant


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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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