Get Your Gunn is a song by the American rock band Marilyn Manson , released as a single from the debut album Portrait of an American Family on June 9, 1994 via the Nothing Records label . The song was written by frontman Marilyn Manson, along with guitarist Daisy Berkowitz and bass player Gidget Gain . The songs were produced by Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson himself, respectively. Get Your Gunn was inspired by the murder of abortionist David Gunn , a pro-life activist whose death angered Manson.
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| Single Marilyn Manson from the album Portrait of an American Family | |||||||
| Side B | "Revelation # 9" | ||||||
| Released | June 9, 1994 | ||||||
| Format | CD | ||||||
| Recorded by | Criteria Studios ( Miami , Florida ), The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles, Los Angeles , California ) | ||||||
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| Duration | 3:19 | ||||||
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| Label | Nothing / Interscope | ||||||
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Classified as gothic rock and hard rock , Get Your Gunn received mostly positive reviews from music critics who described the song as creepy and well-produced, while Manson was recognized for his vocal abilities. The song features a saxophone played by vocalist Hope Nicholson of the American alternative rock band Sugarsmack and cut out a sample from a video where American politician and treasurer Robert Dwyer performs an act of suicide during a television press conference. According to guitarist Daisy Berkowitz, writing the song marked a change of direction for Manson, after which he began to write more politically charged songs. Get Your Gunn has been accused of ultra-right-wing texts in the US for the Columbine School carnage , and many critics consider it one of the most controversial songs of all time. The music video was filmed by director Rod Chong and was released in 1994. The video clip received acclaim from critics, and hit the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 11 three years after its first release.
Background and Release
Abortionist David Gunn was shot dead in 1993 by Christian fundamentalist Michael Frederick Griffin, who opposed abortion. At the trial, Griffin claimed that he was manipulated by John Burth , the leader of Prolife and a former member of the Ku Klux Klan , to kill Gann. Gann's death was, according to Dalia Litwick of the American online publication Slate , “the first targeted killing of an abortionist in America” [3] [4] . This murder inspired the spelling of the song “Get Your Gunn”, hence the spelling of the word “gunn” ( pun - gun Rus. Gun and the name of the doctor Gunn Rus. Gunn ) in the song title. Marilyn Manson, in a 1999 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, said that Gann ’s death “was the final hypocrisy I saw as a child: these people killed someone in the name of“ Prolife ”” [5] .
Manson also said the murder “almost made me laugh, but it made me very angry.” When you think about it, it’s so fucking inconsistent in spite of all the Christian faith in “love your enemy” and all that ” [6] . When writing the track, Marilyn Manson also drew inspiration from his long-standing passion for abortion [7] . Commenting on his songs “Get Your Gunn” and “ Lunchbox ”, Manson noted that “several positive messages from these songs, as a rule, those who make sensations, misinterpret; they interpret them as the promotion of the very things that I condemn ” [5] .
Arguing over the direction of the Portrait of an American Family album, Manson and his bandmate Daisy Berkowitz decided to comment on what they consider the American media to be hypocrites. Discussing Get Your Gunn with Noisey Magazine in 2014 , Berkowitz said: “When we started [writing Manson’s text], there was more psychedelics. That was weird. We acted out oddities, not something social. As events unfold, we become more social and political. For example, with our song “Get Your Gunn“, this is definitely not what we started to do. ” [8]
Marilyn Manson said Get Your Gunn is his favorite song from the Portrait of an American Family album [6] . Manson told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper, “What’s good is that [“ Get You Gunn “] being the most non-profit work has become the most politically incorrect” [9] . It was originally planned to make the band's debut single “Snake Eyes and Sissies”, but “Get Your Gunn” was released on June 9, 1994 [10] . The single’s tracklist, in addition to the song itself, included the song “Misery Machine” from the album, as well as two other songs: “Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn” and “Revelation # 9”. The names of the last two songs are puns based on songs from The Beatles' white album [10] . The child depicted on the cover of the single is Wes Brown, the half-brother of the bass player of the Twiggy Ramirez band [11] .
Music video
The video is directed by Rod Chong. The video shows the performance of a song by a group in an abandoned house. This is one of four video clips where Manson does not have his eyebrows shaved [12] . Video was taken by MTV . Although it was rarely broadcast over the network, it was featured on Headbangers Ball . Manson told the New York Times that MTV wants to censor the word “goddamn” in the chorus of the song, commenting: “They wanted to cram the word“ God “backwards because it was a damn swear” [11] . The clip focuses on Manson’s eyes and shows images of light penetrating through windows [9] .
Team Rock 's Simon Young called the video “Get Your Gunn” one of the group’s “classic music videos” [12] . Sandra Schulman of Sun-Sentinel called the video “a burning and dense piece of work” [9] . Dan Epstein of Revolver wrote that “Marilyn Manson is perhaps best known as a musician, but he also made his mark as a video artist, while luring and disgusting the audience with the 1994“ Get Your Gunn ”video, right up to “Heavily armed nuns-nuns” in the 2017 video “ We Know Where You Fucking Live ” [13] . Rob Machini from MTV views this video clip as one of Manson’s “early nuggets” [14] .
In pop culture
“Get Your Gunn” is included in the soundtrack of films such as Japanese City (1994) [7] and Strange Days (1995) [15] .
List of Songs
All lyrics were written by Marilyn Manson , all music was composed by Daisy Berkowitz and Gidget Gein , with the exception of Misery Machine - Gidget Gein, Daisy Berkowitz and Madonna Wayne Gacy .
- CD single ( Australia , Europe and the USA : IND – 95902 · Canada : CINTD – 95902 · Japan : MVCT – 12009)
| No. | Title | Duration |
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| one. | Get Your Gunn (Album Version) | 3:18 |
| 2. | Misery Machine (Album Version) | 4:44 |
| 3. | Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn (Remix by Trent Reznor) | 5:39 |
| four. | "Revelation # 9" | 12:57 |
Record Members
- Marilyn manson
- Marilyn Manson - Vocals , Producing
- Daisy Berkowitz - solo guitar , rhythm guitar
- Gidget Gein - Bass
- Madonna Wayne Gacy - Keyboards , Brass , Magnifiers
- Sara Lee Lucas - Drums
- Production personnel
- Trent Reznor - Executive Producer, Mixing , Music Programming
- Sean Bevan - music programming, brass, producing, mixer assistant, digital editing
- Charlie Closeer - drum programming, digital editing
- Raleigh Mosimann - sound engineer
- Barry Goldberg - Assistant Engineer
- Alan Molder - Sound Engineer, Producer, Mixer Assistant
- Robin Perrin - Photographer
- Chris Vrenna - percussion , music programming, assistant engineer
- Gary Talpace - packaging design
Charts
| Chart (1997-98) | Position on the chart |
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| Australia ( ARIA ) [16] | 97 |
| Canada ( Billboard ) [17] | eleven |
Notes
- ↑ Zakosek, Matt (October 17, 2004). "A shocking thing about Manson CD: It doesn't suck . " The Chicago Maroon . Archived from the original on January 20, 2018.
- ↑ Shafer, Joseph. The 10 Best Marilyn Manson Songs . Stereogum (April 8, 2015). Date of treatment April 28, 2017.
- ↑ Sara Rimer . The Clinic Gunman and the Victim: Abortion Fight Reflected in 2 Lives (March 14, 1993). Archived on April 28, 2017. Date of treatment January 17, 2018.
- ↑ Lithwick, Dahlia The Murderer Who Started a Movement . Slate (October 31, 2017). Date of treatment January 17, 2018. Archived on November 2, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Marilyn Manson (June 24, 1999). Columbine: Whose Fault Is It? Rolling stone . No. 815. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Louvau, Jim Marilyn Manson: "I Like To Smoke and Hang Out With The Gangsta Rappers" . Phoenix New Times (May 30, 2013). Date of treatment January 17, 2018. Archived March 19, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Reighley, Kurt (Apr 15, 1998). Marilyn Manson . Macmillan Publishers . p. 52.
- ↑ Tron, Gina Daisy Berkowitz: Portrait of an American Ex-Marilyn Manson Member . Noisey (April 14, 2014). Date of treatment January 17, 2018. Archived on November 13, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schulman, Sandra (July 17, 1994). "Manson Dwells On Dark Side . " Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on January 19, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Get Your Gunn - Marilyn Manson . " AllMusic . Archived from the original on July 16, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Reighley, Kurt (April 15, 1998). Marilyn Manson . Macmillan Publishers . p. 45. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Young, Simon The 13 best Marilyn Manson videos . Team Rock (January 5, 2016). Date of treatment January 18, 2018. Archived January 19, 2018.
- ↑ Epstein, Dan 5 Most Horrifying Moments From Marilyn Manson Music Videos . Revolver (July 17, 2014). Date of treatment December 10, 2017. Archived December 11, 2017.
- ↑ Mancini, Rob Marilyn Manson Plans Live Album, Home Video . MTV (September 7, 1999). Date of treatment January 17, 2018. Archived January 18, 2018.
- ↑ Muir, John Kenneth. The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia . - Applause Theater & Cinema Books. - P. 266.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. - Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing, 2011.
- ↑ Canadian Singles Chart | May 10, 1997 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media (May 10, 1997). Date of treatment October 5, 2017. Archived on January 20, 2018.
Literature
- The Children's Folklore Review, Volume 24-27: [ eng. ] . - East Carolina University , 2002 .-- P. 49.
- Smith, Paul. Boys: Masculinities in Contemporary Culture: [ eng. ] . - Westview Press , 1996 .-- P. 182.
- Sean Plummer. Marilyn Manson "Get Your Gunn" . The Most Controversial Lyrics in Music . MSN (September 16, 2011). Archived January 3, 2013.