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.
