“Disposable Teens” by Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson kicked off Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death), the band's fourth studio album, with "Disposable Teens" on November 7, 2000, and it's a stomping anthem for kids who hit back at their parents and every other authority in reach. The chorus lifts from the Beatles' "Revolution", and a twist on a line from Orwell's 1984 becomes a jab at the old panic over Elvis's hips, mocking the idea that rock 'n' roll wrecked Western civilization.

John 5 and Jeordie White wrote the music, John 5 on guitar and guitar synth and White on bass, with Ginger Fish drumming, Madonna Wayne Gacy on keys and Bon Harris adding percussion and synth; David Sardy mixed. It went out in two parts, one backed with John Lennon's "Working Class Hero", the other with the Doors' "Five to One", and later scored the opening credits of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.

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