Jacksons Album Of Poetry Pop
27.08.2008 12:13:55
MICHAEL JACKSON has a secret album of pop songs inspired by the poetry of ROBERT BURNS, according to his lifelong pal DAVID GEST.
Gest claims the King Of Pop was so inspired by the bard's poems he decided to put the verses to music and record the project at his studio in California.
He says, "Our favourite poet in the world is Robbie Burns. Michael and I were originally going to do a musical on his life with Gene Kelly directing and Anthony Perkins as executive producer - but they both died.
"So Michael and I put all the poems to contemporary music in his studio in Encino.
"We did (Burns poems) Ae Fond Kiss, Tam O'Shanter and all that. We turned his work into show tunes. It is beautiful and I still have the recordings."
Gest, Liza Minnelli's ex-husband, adds of the Scottish poet: "Michael and I think of him as one of the most brilliant minds ever... He was great with women and writing great poetry."
MICHAEL JACKSON - JACKSON'S ALBUM OF POETRY POP
Infos zu Robert Burns:
Robert Burns (* 25. Januar 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire; † 21. Juli 1796 Dumfries, Dumfriesshire) war ein schottischer Schriftsteller und Poet. Er verfasste zahlreiche Gedichte, politische Texte und Lieder. Sein bekanntestes Lied ist Auld Lang Syne, das inzwischen Teil der britischen Tradition geworden ist. Burns, der auch Werke in seinem Heimatdialekt Scots verfasste, gilt als größter schottischer Dichter aller Zeiten. Bis heute wird ihm in seiner Heimat fast kultische Verehrung entgegengebracht.