Visual Parallels

[Cerebrot]

Hmmm I think that might be a stretch. ^ But you never know.

[Mary]

I didn't say either of them could've been inspired by another, but just that I was reminded of EM, DM because of a couple of similarities.

[Cerebrot]

Aahh my bad.

[The Empirical Guy]

Everyone knows I go in to a teenage-style daydream at the mere mention of In This Moment's Maria Brink, but when I saw this the first thing I thought was how early-era Manson it is with all the dolls. Even the skull looks like the one in POAAF.



For comparison, here's an early pic of Pogo with one of the mutilated dolls that often adorned the stage at the time.

[S.D.]

I haven't visited one of my favourite topics for a while, there's been some great ideas on the last few pages, thank you for sharing everyone.

I got a book of Polaroid photography, flicking through it I saw this pic of Andy Warhol.

This is interesting, not only because the picture comparison is cool, but also because it made me think about Warhol's influence on Mechanical Animals. There's the commonly known appropriation of "15 minutes", but I also thought about Manson referring to Coma White as a "Just bleeding like a polaroid". A polaroid picture develops automatically within seconds of being taken. The lyrical metaphor was written prior to the mass-influx of digital photography commercially, and so perhaps it was being used to describe how "stars" seem to develop so quickly, reflecting Warhol's sentiment, and the "Disposable" nature of such easily found fame. A fairly simple metaphor I guess, but there's still more to know about Mechanical Animals, and the commentaries within are probably even more applicable to the entertainment world today than when it was recorded, so I like to think further about what Manson was trying to say with it.

Also, focusing on the same period of expression, I love this picture of Marilyn Manson, my father found a copy of it for me years ago and I had it on the wall for ages. It reminds me of another favourite image, the cover art for Iggy Pop's The Idiot:-

I guess it's another slight overlap with the Bowie & Manson topic this week, given it was Bowie who produced and co-wrote The Idiot. In his Bowie biography, Christopher Sandford explains that the cover for The Idiot and Heroes were both inspired by artwork Bowie had seen at Berlin's Brücke-Museum whilst living there.
Also, Twiggy Ramirez has mentioned in interviews that the drums and bass for The Dope Show were basically lifted from Pop's Nightclubbing (also The Idiot), both of which feature as the second track on their respective albums. Oh, and unrelated to this visual parallel, but Manson also said the band tried to evoke the "Heroin Rock" atmosphere of the album whilst recording WOW. I'd say they were successful, it certainly wouldn't sound out of place on The Idiot.

[Dysmorphia]

I have not seen this posted before but I think that there is a striking similarity between the work of Fluxus artist Robert Watts and the outfits worn by the Siamese twins in the Mobscene video. The Fluxus movement was about anti-art, and so I feel that the appropriation of Watts’ work might have been intended.





I do apologise on the size of the comparison image, I have spent hours looking for a better one. As soon as I locate a better image, I’ll put it up.

[Anima XI]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but this Dali painting (which I unfortunately don't know the name of):



Seems to me to bear a striking resemblance to Phantasmagoria's Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Especially that image of them pulling up their dresses just like in the painting (does anyone have that image, I couldn't find it?)