Heyo! I'm doing a podcast episode on Pink Maggit and I was hoping someone on here might know some interesting/cool facts about this track specifically. I've found a ton of stuff about White Pony as a whole, but info on Pink Maggit seems a little skant.
If anyone has any interviews, videos, or anything where someone (band member/producer/engineer, not a rando person) is talking about the Pink Maggit, please let me know. Thanks!
Posted Feb 26, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC
https://www.reddit.com/r/deftones/comments/2s6e80/pink_maggit_song_spotlight/
I did this spotlight a long time ago. Might have some info.
This is AWESOME! And exactly what I was hoping for. THANKS SO MUCH!
You know, I think fans believe it's the "cool" thing to do to hate on "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" because Chino and company have been vocal about not liking it, particularly.
But now that I think about it, I like the version of White Pony that opens with it--specifically because I think it makes the closing track feel that much more final/devastating; a reprise of the opening track, bringing the album to a complete, full-circle ending.
Of course, the album would be (and is) a masterpiece without "Back to School," but I don't mind it's inclusion at all.
I agree that hating on Back to School is easy and common, but I do like the idea it as a bookend. Back to School is like a petulant teenager, lashing out and blaming those around them. By the end of the album there's been this growth, this evolution of the same feeling that's a little more self-reflective, and much darker. Thanks for the perspective!
Well-put. This is kind of along the lines of what I was going for. Cheers!
As far as the recording I dont have any info only speculation. I think that song encompasses all the themes of White Pony, obviously the maggot to a fly analogy goes with Change. And rising above cliques and drama "back in school we are the leaders" is pretty much the mind set of the speaker in the song "Elite".
So if there is a loose story for White Pony it feels like Pink Maggit is the culmination of it all. And the music certainly feels like it, very grandiose compared to their earlier stuff.
As far as the title of Pink Maggit. They got it from listening to rapper Kool Keith. The lyrics from No Chorus.
"You fuckin pink maggot; I'll take your mic, you can't have it You niggas be runnin around with ears open like fuckin bunny rabbits"
Shout out Kool Keith! Hell yeah! I didn't know this. 🤟🏽
"Obviously"
I'm always bad at noticing that kind of stuff. I envy some people's intelligence.
I'm not sure if Chino realized this when he named the song, but Kool Keith was actually dissing Nas, another legendary rapper, on No Chorus. Nas did a video where he wears a pink suit (an homage to the movie Casino), hence the term "pink maggot".
That's pretty dope, didnt know that thanks man! I figured he used the title as a diss to "nu metal" singers who were biting his vocal style. Referencing the Kool Keith lyrics who I definitely thought were dissing some popular rappers. Cool to know its Nas
I guess I've never listened to the album thinking about narrative through line, but you're right, it totally works! I'll keep that in mind the next play through.
I knew it was from a Cool Keith song, but I didn't know which one. Thanks for the info!