We're all stars now, in the Dope Show

So like once again Marilyn Manson gets in the news as people protest against his up coming concert somewhere in Croatia. The Anti Christ Superstar is the devil, and when the devil comes to down, why, you just gotta knock him down right?

I presume the beautiful people at Stuff posted the article because instead of the usual priest muttering something about Marilyn being the mouth piece of (and for) sin, this time a priest has come out in defence of him. This God Rocker said ”How could Manson turn young people into satanists and drug-addicts in the two hours of his act?".

He then notes the best concert he ever went to was a MM one but then says he wouldn’t recommend a MM concert to any one, especially young people which is slightly contradictory but whatever, any priest with his own heavy metal band gets my vote for sainthood.

Manson is an easy target for moralisers. He took so much shit over the Columbine Shooting Massacre when the media made up that the two trench coat wearing sickos had listened to MM before they did the shootings. Turns out they didn’t even have his records. Michael Moore who directed Bowling for Columbine was smart enough to interview MM for the doco. He asked Manson something like "what can be done for children dealing with serious problems in their lives?"

His answer was simply, “Listen to them.” Yep, only the devil could give an answer that clever.

Manson has also been accused of promoting drugs by other Catholic priests. And in that charge is is guilty. I suspect those priests might have listened to his live album, Last Tour on Earth which has what is probably one of the best Rock God / Crowd Exchanges ever:

Manson: I was drowning in a sea of liquor ....... and I washed up on a beach made of cocaine ... The sky was made of LSD ...... and every tree was made of marijuana! But the cops pulled me over...

Audience: Oooooooooh

Manson: But they did not arrest me,

Audience: Heeeeeeeeeeeey

Manson: instead they sucked my dick!

Audience: Heeeeeeeeeeeey

Manson: And it was very beautiful that God Came down from heaven! He said Marilyn Manson we will no longer spell god G , O , D. I said so how do u wanna spell God?! He said "Give me a D!"

Audience: D!

What would Father Mulcahy have said?