Mamma mia mi chiedo chi siano gli articolisti del Corriere!!
David Gest sarebbe una "star" d'oltre oceano!?
David è un produttore! Ha già lavorato con Michael per il 30th Anniversary Celebration e altre cose (tipo Take2 e Private Home Movies credo..)
Comunque ecco un articolo apparso sul telegraph.. il quale non può che lasciarmi dubbioso.. MJ e Gest avrebbero lavorato ad Encino!?
La vecchia casa di MJ dove adesso vivono i suoi genitori?!
Secondo me, visto che Gest parla al passato, è più facile che stia ricordando un vecchio progetto mai realizzato..
Dice " I still have all the recordings " - " Possiedo ancora tutte le registrazioni.. " come ad indicare una cosa passata da tempo..
E tra l'altro quest'articolo non sembra dare tanto per scontato il fatto che MJ sarà uno degli interpreti.. ma solo una delle "menti" dietro il progetto..
Michael Jackson records pop album of Robert Burns poems
Michael Jackson, the pop star, and friend David Gest have teamed up to record a bizarre pop album of Robert Burns' poems.
Last Updated: 1:44PM BST 27 Aug 2008
Gest, the former husband of Liza Minnelli, said they recorded the album at Jackson's studio in California with top recording artists, giving a 21st century twist to the Bard's lyrics.
Gest, a concert promoter and television personality, said that Jackson is in love with the poetry of Burns and helped pay for it to be put to music.
Scotland's national bard died in 1796 and his poems were described earlier this month by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman as "sentimental doggerel".
But Gest, 55, believes his works are as relevant today as ever.
He said: "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 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.
"I am thinking more and more about bringing Red, Red Rose back to life because I went on that bridge when I was last in Scotland looking for Tam O'Shanter.
"I felt like I was a little kid looking for all those things Burns wrote about and the curator let me lay on the bed Burns slept in at his family home. The alarm went off. It was really surreal because Michael and I think of him as one of the most brilliant minds ever."
Paxman sparked fury after he dismissed Scotland's national bard Robert Burns as "no more than a king of sentimental doggerel" in the introduction to the new edition of Chambers Dictionary.
Paxman's derogatory description of the poet incensed Burns experts, with one leading scholar describing him as being both wrong and ill-informed.
But Gest, a former I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant, said: "He was great with women and writing great poetry."
Jackson turns 50 on Friday, August 29 and to mark the occasion, an album, King of Pop, has been released this week.