There Is No Cat

Why yes, I think it is out of the question

With all this stuff going on with the Cardinals being summoned to Rome over the abuse scandals and the calls for resignations going right to the top, I pulled out an album by one of my favorite bands, Ninetynine from Melbourne, Australia, so I could her the song Popemobile. It’s a charming, catchy little 1:54 of punky noise and melody:

I wonder how it would feel
To be riding in a Popemobile
The Mafia’s right-hand man
Get fashion tips from Milan

It must be so fantastic
Even though the glass is plastic
With all the [damned if I can figure these words out]
Into the Vatican

And it is such a farce
With all those bodyguards
And for all the world’s redemptions
I suppose that sex is out of the question

I used to think this was kind of an undignified take on the subject (and all the funnier for it), but compared to what happened in Rome this past week, it seems downright staid.

Sadly, I couldn’t find the audio of this online anywhere to link to, but you can hear a couple of other tunes on the web site of their Canadian label, Endearing Records.

Posted at 9:02 PM