Perhaps it’s a sign seething Ben Folds-esque tunes are ripe for a comeback. Perhaps it’s indicative we have precisely zero empathy left for Cardinal George Pell.
Actually, both factors are probably responsible for Tim Minchin’s charity single Come Home (Cardinal Pell) topping the Australian iTunes singles chart today.
Tim Minchin’s controversial song slamming Cardinal Pell has stepped up to the top of the charts. #9News pic.twitter.com/FRPsHzwHjW
— Nine News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) February 17, 2016
Right now, it’s sitting pretty in eighth spot, which is no mean feat for a track that’s really all about allegedly institutionalised protection for child abusers.
The track’s already gained so much traction elsewhere, Triple M have officially added it to their network playlist, where it’ll leave Harley & Zayn to likely nestle along Jimmy & Bon.
Tim Minchin’s Cardinal Pell Protest Song Added To Triple M Network Playlist: https://t.co/uUI4VI2RID pic.twitter.com/dMFVpabTnK
— Triple M Melbourne (@TripleMMelb) February 16, 2016
In case you missed it, the comedic muso / musical comedian traded in his eye-shadow for barely-filtered contempt, addressed directly to the Cardinal.
The fund that the single’s proceeds are going towards is continuing to swell; at time of writing, over $130,000 has been raised with the intention of sending survivors of child sexual abuse to Rome, ’cause Pell is just ‘too sick’ to face the Royal Commission in Ballarat.
PEDESTRIAN.TV spoke to the fund’s co-founder Meshel Laurie earlier today; she said they’re “already in the planning with local mental health specialists” to use excess funds for a healing centre in Ballarat.
If the tune can hang around on the charts for a while yet, who bloody knows how much more funding and awareness will be raised for the cause.
Source: 9 News / Twitter.
Photo: Youtube.
