"WOW" is song by American
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Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
. It is the ninth track from their seventh studio album ''
The High End of Low
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'' (2009). Its title was revealed on April 7, 2009, in a blog which described both itself and another song from the album, "
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"Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released as the second single from their seventh studio album ''The High End of Low''. It has been remixed by the Teddybears. The song was released for dow ...
".
Music details
A blog by Metal Hammer describes "WOW" as "a grinding,
NIN-tinged sex anthem. Genuinely filthy and intensely sexy, The Wow sees Manson riding a dirty
Twiggy Ramirez
Jeordie Osbourne White (born June 20, 1971), better known Twiggy Ramirez or simply Twiggy, is an American musician, mostly known as the former bassist and guitarist of the rock band Marilyn Manson. Previously, he was the bassist for A Perfect C ...
bassline in an almost spoken-word style. Quirky keyboards interject all the way through the track while sexual female groans (occasionally spoken in German) swarm behind the crunching industrial backing track. The Wow doesn't have anything in the way of memorable hooks but it is the sort of track that would sound amazing in a goth
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...if one existed."
Reviewing for Thrash Hits, Hugh Platt stated that "for every killer track there's one like 'WOW', a gutful of sickly electro honky-tonk with Manson at his lyrically most self-absorbed."
John Robb of The Quietus deems that the song "is very
Iggy op Iggy when he swerved and went industrial on The Idiot." In an interview with BBC Radio's 6 Music, Manson acknowledged this influence, and also explained the song has literary references to the 1868
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Idiot
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'' (which the aforementioned Iggy Pop record lifts its name from).
Music video
On May 11, 2010, a music video for "WOW" was released to Manson's
Myspace account. It was directed by Marilyn Manson and consists of nothing more than a two-second clip being looped for about six minutes. The clip shows
Evan Rachel Wood
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, in make-up reminiscent of the
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, playing with the strap of her dress. According to the video's description it was filmed in 2008, about a year before the album's release, and was a "torture production technique
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used to write the song with the boys." Presumably this means the video existed before the song itself. Oddly the video continues for over a minute longer than the song.
Trivia
* Manson had the word "WOW" tattooed on his right wrist in April 2009.
* The hollow whistling noise at the beginning of the song is thought to be Manson "snorting something — whatever it might have been" as a percussive instrument. The substance was presumably, cocaine.
See also
*
Marilyn Manson discography
American rock band Marilyn Manson has released eleven studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, two extended plays, 33 singles, nine promotional singles, six video albums, and 44 music videos.
After forming in 1989 and signing a c ...
External links
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Marilyn Manson (band) songs
2009 songs
Songs written by Jeordie White
Songs written by Chris Vrenna
Songs written by Marilyn Manson