Reports have it that Michael Jackson is keen on putting some of Pope John Paul’s prayers to music on behalf of The Catholic Church. You heard: The Catholic Church and Michael Jackson.
You know when you first meet someone and you’re just looking for commonalities to keep the chit chat flowing? Well, we all wonder what kind of hobbies and past times’ll come up at the big oak desk, once the contract is signed and Jackson and a handful of crowded-around Catholic priests stumble upon an awkward conversational pause.
We’ve a whole tornado of inappropriate jokes in there, now don’t we?
There is a faction of the Catholic Church that is in charge of musical goings on at The Vatican. Said faction is called Edizioni Musicali Terzo Millennio (that’s Italian don’t ya know, and it’s means: Millennium Music Society),
and they are in possession of about 24 Pope John Paul prayers. The
current desire is to gather together an international group of
musicians and put it to music.
One of the names attached to these very early stages of the project
is media hot-cake Michael Jackson (CDs). Those in charge of the would-be
album are well aware of Jackson’s controversial past. Father Giuseppe Moscati,
of the Music Society, has spoken about Jackson (who was raised a
Jehovah’s Witness) quite a bit, and here’s a whole jumble of what he
said:
"We have been contacted by people close to Michael Jackson who have expressed interest and we are thinking about it… As
a celebrity he is perhaps a bit remote from the teachings contained in
the Pope’s prayers. But if he can help us put together a group of
singers that fulfil the criteria of the project then we’ll study the
proposal."
But wouldn’t it seem a little, y’know, weird to have Michael Jackson – a man who never seems far from a child molestation charge, singing on behalf of The Pope? Moscati doesn’t think so:
"He has been cleared of all charges."
Moscati may or may not have even said: "…and if in the music
video, Jackson could morph into a puma and seriously smash some car
windshields, we’d see if we couldn’t broker a deal with St. Peter on
his behalf."
Or: "What? This partnership isn’t that weird, in heaven everyone listens to Off The Wall."
This deal has not yet been proposed to the Vatican, who own the rights to the prayers.
Well, Millennium Music Society, if you can’t get rights to those
prayers, hecklerspray has several Christmas dinners on video tape. In
’96 Uncle Rudy said grace for an unprecedented 25 minutes, we kid you
not. The majority of which was him standing there arms folded and one
eye open saying he saw us reaching for a roll Sure, it sounds dull,
but if you set it to a Thriller instrumental, it’d be right churchy.
Read more:
Jacko may sing late Pope’s prayers – Australian
[story by Shawn Lindseth]
Danny Haszard says
As a life long Jehovah’s Witness myself I wish Michael Jackson the best of luck on his collaboration with the pope.-Danny Haszard