Speaking of polygamy, many moons ago I queried as to whether any of you knew about Uncle Pervy Warren Jeffs supposedly only allowing his flock to listen to recordings of him singing hymns for entertainment. I finally got my answer yesterday and it is just so much more delicious than I'd hoped for.
I dragged myself out of my sickbed for a Facing East meeting with my co-producers, one of whom is Juiceman who is in the process of editing his latest film Sons of Perdition - a documentary about polygamy's exiled youth. The kids had mentioned on several occasions that Warren Jeffs was, surprisingly, a really good song writer so, of course, Juiceman asked to hear some of the songs that he had written. One of the kids gave him an ipod and he found himself listening to the sweetly warbling voice of Warren Jeffs singing his very own greatest hits.
First song starts, played on Wal-Mart's cheapest keyboard: "Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry. Sunshine on the water looks so lovely..."
Second song, even cheaper keyboard: "How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?"
Oh, yeah - Warren Jeffs forbade his followers from listening to outside music then recorded the songs of Bob Dylan, John Denver and other of the music industry's heaviest hitters and passed them off as his own!!! Joseph Smith pilfered the Mason's Greatest Temple Ceremony Hits and Brother Warren purloined The Best of Bruce Springsteen. Seems about right.
Juicy Juice forwarded me the recordings and I wish I was computer savvy enough to share them with you. One can only assume that one has died and gone to comedy heaven when one hears that disturbingly not terrible voice singing, "Howa many rowads must a mana walk down, befora youa call him a man..."
No wonder he had so many wives - they thought he was freaking Bob Dylan! If all the other charges don't stick maybe they can at least get him on copyright infringement.
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