DATA’s Don't Sing is a commentary on the nature of humans and our secret motives. It investigates a Christian suburban neighborhood at a deeper level, showing that everyone involved has darker fantasies at work. The video introduces us to the 5 main characters, The Housewife, The Fat Man, The Deviant, The Catholic Girl and the Neighbor Boy. We explore their inner thoughts. The Housewife wants to kill The Fat Man. The Fat Man wants to beat his neighbor, The Deviant. The Deviant wants to have sex with the Catholic Girl. The Catholic Girl wants the Neighbor Boy to rescue her from her family, and the Neighbor Boy desires sex from The Housewife. The inner fantasies presented here are provocative and even disturbing. While the thought of beating
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Neglecting any mention of war, suffering, or ostracism. The song argues that there is a disconnect between what we sing about and what we feel. We ought to embrace this difference, as we used to, "Don't sing about love, think about the living, sing about war." In years past, musicians sung about social problems, war, suffering and injustice. Today, music has become superficial and doesn't contain commentary on current events. The world has accepted a music industry that sings about love and not war. Music has shifted from a vehicle for social or political change into an industry which attempts to simply appeal to the largest audience. Marilyn Manson's music is no longer blamed for world issues, and while this is excellent for the genres acceptance, it damages what made the genre popular. By accepting Rock and Roll, we’ve destroyed the rebellious nature of it. Our acceptance of different or deviant music has destroyed the deviant music genre. How is an artist to sing about their ostracism when they are no longer ostracized? The result is the birth of newer more deviant genres, which attempt to fill the gap Rock and Roll left behind, but Rock and Roll is fundamentally different now that it is no longer
Neglecting any mention of war, suffering, or ostracism. The song argues that there is a disconnect between what we sing about and what we feel. We ought to embrace this difference, as we used to, "Don't sing about love, think about the living, sing about war." In years past, musicians sung about social problems, war, suffering and injustice. Today, music has become superficial and doesn't contain commentary on current events. The world has accepted a music industry that sings about love and not war. Music has shifted from a vehicle for social or political change into an industry which attempts to simply appeal to the largest audience. Marilyn Manson's music is no longer blamed for world issues, and while this is excellent for the genres acceptance, it damages what made the genre popular. By accepting Rock and Roll, we’ve destroyed the rebellious nature of it. Our acceptance of different or deviant music has destroyed the deviant music genre. How is an artist to sing about their ostracism when they are no longer ostracized? The result is the birth of newer more deviant genres, which attempt to fill the gap Rock and Roll left behind, but Rock and Roll is fundamentally different now that it is no longer