I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)

About I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)

"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson, released as the second single from their third studio album, Mechanical Animals (1998). It was written by the band's eponymous frontman, along with bassist Twiggy Ramirez and then-guitarist Zim Zum, and was produced by Manson and Michael Beinhorn. A glam rock song inspired by drugs, television, and religion, the track features a gospel choir and a guitar solo by Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction. The song garnered a mostly positive response from music critics, who complimented its catchiness and memorability. Critics noted similarities between "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" and the music of David Bowie, particularly his song "Fame" (1975), as well as the work of Manson's contemporaries. The song's stance on drugs garnered differing interpretations; some critics felt it glamorized drug use, while others saw it as anti-drug. Its music video was directed by Paul Hunter, and features an androgynous Manson attached to a cross made of television sets and a series of vignettes. Critics praised the video's imagery and found it critical of both capitalism and the pharmaceutical industry. Commercially, the single peaked within the top 40 of Billboard's Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts, as well as the national charts of New Zealand and Spain. more »

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1998

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Norm life baby
"We're white and oh so hetero
And our sex is missionary."

Norm life baby
"We're quitters and we're sober
Our confessions will be televised."

You and I are under dosed and we're ready to fall
Raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs

Norm life baby
"Our god is white and unforgiving
We're piss tested and we're praying."

Norm life baby
"I'm just a sample of a soul
Made to look just like a human being."

Norm life baby
"We're rehabbed and we're ready
For our fifteen minutes of shame."

Norm life baby
"We're talk shown and we're pointing
Just like Christians at a suicide."

You and I are under dosed and we're ready to fall
Raised to be stupid, taught to be nothing at all

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs

"There's a hole in our soul that we fill with dope
And we're feeling fine."

I don't like the drugs but the drugs like me
I don't like the drugs, the drugs the drugs

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Marilyn Manson

Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician and former music journalist known for his controversial stage persona and image as the lead singer of the eponymous band Marilyn Manson. His stage name was formed from juxtaposing the names of two American cultural icons, namely actress Marilyn Monroe and multiple murder convict Charles Manson as a critical and, simultaneously, laudatory appraisal of America and its peculiar culture. The seemingly outrageous visual and vocal styles he employs, his unique interpretations of familiar songs and the controversy surrounding his lyrics and imagery have led to his very pronounced public appeal. more »

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