Monday, February 15, 2010

L'Osservatore Romano: Get Serious

In yet another scandalous piece in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper has put together a "semiserious guide on the road to good music" - a "top ten list of 'classic' rock music" ("a musical genre which has been described by the Pope has the work of the Devil"). Offensive items on the list include the Beatles' 'Revolver' ("perhaps their most drugs-influenced, psychedelic album from 1966") and U2's 'Achtung Baby' (containing the phrase "I’d break bread and wine if there was a church I could receive in"). Seems the Vatican's semi-official newspaper is still seriously in need of something...like maybe some good ol' fashioned Catholicism.

Related: Previous News Brief: What's Next for L'Osservatore Romano - Praise for Satan himself?

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