Gravity Kills - Personal Jesus (Original Demo)

[@GLITZandGLOOM]

Finally! THIS is the version I heard first. When Manson announced he had covered this song in 2004, before it was actually released that Fall, this version floated around as a "leaked" version of Manson's. Always loved the GK album version, but prefer this demo version. Even prefer it to Manson's version, and Manson's my favorite band. Hell, I even prefer it over the original and I love Depeche Mode too 😀

[@sabinsx]

say whatever else you want to about Manson, but his cover was hot garbage compared to Gravity Kills.

[@GLITZandGLOOM]

​@@sabinsxpretty much what I had already said. I prefer this version overall.

[@kalebjones5891]

I've been looking for this song for years. My dad got it off of limewire a while back under Marilyn Manson's name. Me being a seventh grade kid at the time and just getting into music, I we clueless. For years I thought it was the Manson version until I went to show my friend on KZbin, only to find it wasn't the same. I've been liking for it ever since then. I'm so glad I finally found it.

[@jordinyc]

Back in the Napster Kazaa days, people had to manually enter tags and filenames for MP3s, so people would just put a song title with no artist. Having no idea who actually made it, eventually they were mislabled. Any humorous song would end up shared as Weird Al or They Might Be Giants, and this one was almost always shared as Marilyn Manson. Thanks for uploading this and helping to set people straight.

[@joshuawolters6664]

In limewire days, some artists deliberately uploaded songs with misinformation. Thanks to the original drummer of Dream Theater, I was introduced to the amazing band "Superior".

[@danielrock04]

EXATAMENTE por esse motivo que eu estou aqui, eu estou organizando minhas Tags das minhas musicas MP3, e eu devo ter baixado nessa epoca pois a minha musica estava nomeada como Marilyn Manson! Hoje 14-jan-2024 eu finalmente sei quem é o verdadeiro artista! (e minha biblioteca do Itunes agradece!)

[@jreagan27]

For the longest time I've thought this was Manson...

[@sauragnmon]

He did a cover of the song as well, it's originally a Depeche Mode song, that's been covered by a number of other artists over the years.

[@dustinprewitt]

I dont blame you. I blame limewire and kazaa.

[@luisdominguezj7640]

The first version what i've heard too, and i find it as Gravity Kills, thanks for share

[@piercer7562]

Classic Kills!

[@missunderstood539]

I love you Matt, I love GK! Always!

[@NathanDePaulo]

Well Jeff, I owe you an apology. I had thought you did yourself a disservice by putting Personal Jesus on Superstarved "after" Manson had famously covered it... what I didn't know then was that you beat him to punch by more than four years and Brian totally ripped you off! Always a fan of your music. I appreciate you sharing the behind the scenes!

[@gravitykillsmusic]

@TreCoolness The band decided to redo Superstarved in 2001, so they edited their songs that they chosen and removed some other songs, so this cover for song was electronically adjusted to the way the band wanted it. -Chris Earthquake

[@lokithor83]

This cover will always be lore among 90s manson fans

[@gravitykillsmusic]

@DavidDeath57 the demos for "Superstarved" were re-made before the official album for Superstarved was released in 2002.

[@mattcasteel84]

they played this version on the alternative rock station in columbia mo in 2001...

[@grendelaamstad8157]

I love the industrial sound it has in it. But hey, I'm a great fan of industrial music so yeah that's why

[@mecca6801]

i had the demo before i got the album and played it in the club, i feel your pain bro

[@bastarthur]

Man, why is this not on Spotify??

[@Dukefazon]

I was listening to this song a lot, thinking it was a Manson cover, than came the announcement that Marilyn Manson is doing a cover of Personal Jesus. I was like yeah, sure, I've been listening to it for months or years now, how's that possible!? Turns out you can't trust every ID3 tag you saw in early mp3 files from dubious sources...

[@charliedear7043]

I’m sure even the presenter on Kerrang! Radio at the time said this was Marilyn Manson’s version when I first heard it back in 2004, now I know why could never find this version 🤦‍♂️

[@ganirintiniano]

buena!!

[@VIDEOgameDROME]

I'm trying to find the demo in lossless (FLAC, WAVE or APE). I bought Superstarved and was gutted that they didn't use this version. Anyone have it?

[@the.m00nbeard]

Ryan McFarlane Any luck finding a lossless file?

[@VIDEOgameDROME]

Nope. Seems hopeless.

[@gravitykillsmusic]

*sign. Don't worry, it's the same with everybody else mate. :/

[@Dukefazon]

I better like the demo version than the final one. And definitely better like this than Manson's cover. Waaay better instruments.

[@kdcobra64]

GK..Kills this

[@grendelaamstad8157]

It's sooooooo much better than MM's cover. Don't get me wrong, I love Marilyn Manson and all of his songs including that cover, but this one is better imho.

[@exiledPostman]

For 14 years, until today, I thought this was Marilyn Manson because of misinformation. I like this version so much better, too.

[@princebloodgrave8097]

Too bad THIS version isn't also available on iTunes, as well.

[@niles8102]

Demo versions of songs just sound more raw!

[@mecca6801]

the demo sounds better than the album version...at least in a club

[@dachshund_gaming]

What clubs are they playing this in? I’m genuinely curious, I’m from seattle and don’t go clubbing

[@mecca6801]

@@dachshund_gaming goth and alternative clubs!

[@dandruff3414]

lol I'm not the only one who thought this was Manson's cover

[@dandruff3414]

His singing does sound a bit like manson

[@gravitykillsmusic]

@DavidDeath57 ok

[@JamesGames101]

Hilarious that they think Manson ripped them off when the two covers have completely different sounds

[@enlighten92]

All my life I thought this was by Marilyn Manson. 10 years or more, I guess