We all know the song from the artist who thawed and haunts our radio anywhere we go for the duration of the holiday season. But what if the Goth King came and saved us all? James talks about it!

My Marilyn Manson Redemption Must Happen!

Biters, I must confess I dropped the ball back around Halloween. I was given a special request to look at a Marilyn Manson song. While I turned an article in for you all, it was merely fair in execution. 

It’s not worthy of you or a gothic magazine for a Halloween article. Biters, I now seek redemption this December with Bill McClintock‘s All I Want for Christmas is the Beautiful People.

I Guess That Opposites Attract Even In Songs

Now, I don’t know much about Bill. Sadly, finding his videos was a happy accident. From what I can gather, he is a skilled video editor with good musical knowledge, which he uses to create some epic song mashups. 

That said, he’s using the actual artist’s vocals and videos. So, we can only gauge Bill’s ability to mix them up and still have it work. So, let’s see how he did.

Marilyn Manson is at home in the gothic scene, but what is Mariah Carey doing here? Don’t worry. I can spin this to work. I saw a skit not long ago where no matter what the person did or where he went, he could not escape the dreaded Mariah Christmas song. 

There Is No Escaping The Jolly Christmas Queen

One of our writers all but jokingly confirmed it…

“Yep, last week of November, December first, we start thawing her out.”

— Kasey Hill

She haunts us for about two months with one sickeningly sweet holiday number. Now, thanks to me, GBM isn’t even safe from her. Guess all I can say is, “She’s Here.”

Bill adding Beautiful People to this Yuletide track, I think, was pure genius on multiple levels. Firstly, the splicing together of the two videos is like someone took an old Hallmark movie and started taping a horror movie over it. 

How Does The Fusion Merry One Another?

How you can now interpret this new fusion makes this so neat. Manson is getting the first lyric and saying, “I don’t want you, and I don’t need you,” only for Carey to respond, “All I want for Christmas is you,” making this a somewhat toxic relationship. 

I can also see this being a wholesome girl’s wish to be more accessible and uninhibited by wanting the bad boy. Or the more comedic interpretation of combining the lyrics, which paints Mariah as somebody super shallow, saying all she wants is beautiful people, only to get Manson proudly letting his freak flag fly.

Let’s talk a little about his section of the now-fused music video. You could say Carey dulls some of Manson’s edge, and you’re kind of right. 

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them!

Biters, seeing this goth music icon dress as he walked out of Tim Curry‘s Rocky Horror dressing room high, kicking across a stage like he’s one of the Radio City Rockettes to jingling Christmas bells, is hilarious.

However, if you treat this like an actual horror film, some of Manson’s shots have uncomfortable camera angles and close-ups, torture devices, creepy locations and costumes. 

I’d say we are in Mariah’s point of view, and all the jump cuts to her video are memories and flashbacks as a mad doctor, played by Manson, tries to torture and break our female lead, all while mocking her. 

I also think the signature of Mariah Carey’s high notes over Manson’s footage compliments nicely, mainly if you stick with the joke that she is some holiday ghost haunting our radio.

Let’s Watch Something To Disturb And Confuse This Holiday Season!

Well, Bill, you pass. You know your stuff. Thanks for helping us kick off the GBM Christmas season. Biters, if you want to make this overplayed seasonal song more bearable or have a reason to ask, what the hell did I just watch? Swing by Bill’s channel and give this video a view.

Happy Holidays,
James