Apparently the Devil has all the best tunes, although that apparently doesn’t stop Pope Benedict XVI from rocking out on occasion –at least according to The Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, which has leapt head first into the murky waters of internetsville by publishing a list of his top ten albums. In no particular order of blessedness:
1. Revolver – The Beatles
2. If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby
3. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
4. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
5. The Nightfly – Donald Fagen
6. Thriller – Michael Jackson
7. Graceland – Paul Simon
8. Achtung Baby – U2
9. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
10. Supernatural – Santana
Apparently the list is designed as a users guide to those spiritual types who want to attend the odd festival this Summer, although the real surprise is..it’s not that bad a list. Oasis are shit obviously, and Santana lost any cool points the second he came across Ricky Martin’s phone number, but otherwise it seems the afterlife has a pretty decent jukebox, balanced out by the presence of an acid tripping lesbian dallier, and an album revolving almost entirely around the dead rising from the grave.
Rock on your holiness.
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I call Bullshit. These are all the wrong era for his Holiness, and they are all US/UK bands. The pope is a polyglot. surely there should be some non-engllish language albums in here.
BTW chaps, I hate to be a pedant, but the photo here is John Paul II, not Benedictus XVI
*polishes I-spy pope book*
Apologies Fi, this was the only candid snapshot of a pope playing a BC Rich Beast I had in my archives – And I’m tempted to agree, which foreign language artists do you reckon he’d be into though? I’m nominating Shakira’s first album and Joe Dolce’s greatest hits.
Surely Enigma must feature somewhere in this list?
and i think Nena (of the 99 balloons) would be a goer…
French, German or English version? I reckon Bowie would be up there too…
All of them Interceptor
Neunundneunzig Rouge Balloons? I’d buy that!