wrong? or the rightest thing you've ever heard of.....

[anotheranon]

From geekchick, with a bullet: The Passion of the Smiths, or something like it:

The BBC plans to mark the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ this Easter with an hour-long live procession through the streets of Manchester featuring pop stars from The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays and featuring songs by The Smiths and New Order.

In the programme, called Manchester Passion, a character representing Jesus will sing the legendary Joy Division anthem Love Will Tear Us Apart before dueting his arch-betrayer Judas on the New Order hit Blue Monday, according to senior church sources involved in the production.

Mary Magdelene, the penitent whore of the New Testament, is also getting in on the act: she is being lined up to sing the Buzzcocks hit Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't have) accompanied by a string band.

Former Happy Monday and Celebrity Big Brother winner Bez will play a disciple.

I'd SO love to see this, having been a teenage Madchester freak! And I love that this is sponsored by the BBC - you'd never see PBS doing something like this, would you?

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[(Anonymous)]

sounds like the BBC's in on the Rabbit Hole Day thing, too...

Shades of Tommy!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I had to look up "Rabbit Hole Day" - I've seen references to it everywhere and didn't know until just now what everyone was on about :P

Yeah, this probably ISN'T for real, but I'd still want to see it!