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Smells Like Children (Music)
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Smells Like Children is the first EP and second release by American rock band Marilyn Manson, fittingly released a week before Halloween 1995.Similar to the band's previous output, their debut album Portrait of an American Family, the EP was produced with the help of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor; however, while Portrait enlisted several assistant producers, the EP was produced exclusively by Reznor.The EP began life as a remix single for "Dope Hat", but throughout the touring cycle for Portrait, enough music was produced to warrant another release between personnel contributions and new material. The EP was also the first work by the band to feature several longtime members: bassist Twiggy Ramirez and drummer Ginger Fish.The EP with album length was notably censored before release: "Abuse" (Part 1 and 2) didn't make the cut, however "White Trash" has been censored form the beginning.Several years following its release, Manson summarized the EP as "an album that looks like an album for children that is not for children", with a thematic center in the concept of abuse that he felt appropriately prefaced the band's next release, the album Antichrist Superstar.The EP was certified Platinum, spearheaded primarily by the smash success of the band's cover of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams", the music video of which became a MTV staple and helped to establish the band in the mainstream. | |
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Spiking the Camera: Manson does this on the album cover. | |
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Face on the Cover: Manson seen through a Fish-Eye Lens. | |
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Alliterative Title: "Fuck Frankie". | |
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Special Guest: Tony F. Wiggins was a guy the band knew when they recorded the album. According to Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, he was the most degenerate, perverted and crazy guy they have ever met and this is saying something. He's billed as big star here. | |
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Concept Album | |
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Concept Album: According to Manson most tracks deal with the concept of abuse and its most common target: innocence. | |
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What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? | |
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What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Deliberately invoked In-Universe. Manson called this "an album that looks like an album for children that is not for children". This reflects the themes of Subverted Innocence and introducing juveniles to behavior that society says are bad. | |
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Crapsaccharine World | |
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Crapsaccharine World: Already present on "Portrait of an American family", but this album plays the creepy part up even more, to the point of downright disturbing. | |
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The Cover Changes the Meaning | |
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The Cover Changes the Meaning: "White Trash" is a cover version of "Cake and Sodomy" (presented as a remix on this EP). It does change the lyrics and makes it even more disturbing: it does away with the critique of the moral hypocrisy of the Deep South and focuses more the woman character to say the least. If you know about Tony Wiggins, you might draw parallels to his real character. | |
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Ask a Stupid Question... | |
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Ask a Stupid Question...: "Does this music cause you to do what you do?" is uttered in "Sympathy for the Parents". Manson gives a snappy answer, as he always has said that the idea that art and music causing real-life crimes is absurd. | |
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Stock Sound Effects: Distorted crying baby sounds during the intro. | |
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*Bleep*-dammit! | |
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*Bleep*-dammit!: "White Trash" is censored in a very strange way that doesn't make the EP more family-friendly. All negative references to the black community were removed indeed, however the rest of the lyrics (which are disturbing) of the song was untouched, as was the many creepy remarks on the album and the cover song "Rock'N'Roll Nigger". | |
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Sampling | |
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Sampling: "Dancing with the One-Legged" and "Sympathy for the Parents" both showcase distorted sound clips from an appearance by the band on The Phil Donahue Show. This also counts as a Mythology Gag, as it's sampled from one one the most famous early public appearances by the band. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: Manson confirmed that all songs deal with abuse in one form or another. | |
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Little Green Men | |
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Little Green Men: Manson is seen in green skin on the album cover. | |
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Non-Appearing Title: "Sympathy for the Parents" does not feature the titular line, it does however appear in "Dancing with the One-Legged". | |
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Remix Album | |
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Remix Album: The album mostly consists of remixes from "Portrait of an American Family" songs, with some new material. | |
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N-Word Privileges | |
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N-Word Privileges: Subverted in "Rock N Roll Nigger", a cover of Patti Smith from her album Easter, who is also white and therefore subverted the trope. | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The title "Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter" provides an example of this trope. | |
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Spoken Word in Music | |
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Spoken Word in Music: Some tracks feature spoken parts and intervies bits, such as "Sympathy for the Parents", "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces", "Dancing with the One-Legged..." and "Fuck Frankie" | |
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Fish-Eye Lens | |
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Fish-Eye Lens: The album cover. | |
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Children Are Innocent | |
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Children Are Innocent: Several lyrics use Creepy Child imagery. | |
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Family-Unfriendly Death | |
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Family-Unfriendly Death: "Kiddie Grinder" alludes to this. | |
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Surreal Theme Tune: "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" is this in song form, note that there's also another less-surreal version of this song. | |
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Harmful to Minors | |
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Harmful to Minors: Many songs make references to child abuse. Also it makes references to the fact that Manson said the EP looks like it was made for children but definitely wasn't. | |
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Content Warnings | |
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Content Warnings: The album warns us: | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: "Fuck Frankie" is a diss to Frankie Proia, their former tour manager who embezzled $20,000 from the band during their tour for their previous release, Portrait of an American Family. | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: "White Trash" is an acoustic country-remake of "Cake and Sodomy". Very fitting as "Cake and Sodomy" was to attack the Deep South, as Manson noted. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: The album title and Manson's outfit on the album cover are a reference to the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The track "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" is a Pun-Based Title on the same movie. Diary of a Dope Fiend is a reference to Aleister Crowley's Diary of a Drug Fiend. "Sympathy for the Parents" is a shout-out to "Sympathy for the Devil" from The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet. | |
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Nightmare Face | |
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Nightmare Face: Manson on the album cover. | |
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Cover Version | |
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Cover Version: "Sweet Dreams", a Eurythmics cover, "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger", a Patti Smith cover from her album Easter, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' I Put A Spell On You is also adapted. | |
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Sympathy for the Devil | |
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Sympathy for the Devil: "Sympathy for the Parents" is an allusion to this Rolling Stones song. | |
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Lyrical Dissonance | |
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Lyrical Dissonance: Many examples here but the most obvious here is "White Trash": a nice acoustic country song with lyrics that are even more unsettling than the one it covers. | |
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Album Filler | |
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Album Filler: A phone conversation between Marilyn Manson and his mother about medicine can be heard on the album. | |
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Broken Record: "Dancing with the One-Legged" repeats one line over and over and over... | |
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Intentionally Awkward Title | |
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Intentionally Awkward Title: "Rock 'N' Roll Nigger", a cover of the Patti Smith song of the same name. Also many of the other tracks have traits of this, with "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" being probably the most awkward. | |
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Surreal Music Video | |
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Surreal Music Video: The video of "Sweet Dreams", directed by Dean Karr, depicts Manson and his band in an abandoned building, intercut with scenes where walks around in a tutu in the street and rides a pig wearing a cowboy hat, covered in mud. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: The title: "Abuse, Part 1 (There is Pain Involved)". | |
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