Court Links: Vatican Top 10 Albums and CD Releases

God's Favorite Bands?

Are you a good music virgin? Let me point you to a place that knows their music. No, not Rolling Stone or Spin. No, not even MTV or VH1 (well, let’s be honest there is nothing worth mentioning there). Good music has been put together by a place you would never usually turn to for real good music. I mean, I like Vatican mass music just as much as the next guy. What!?! Did this guy just write Vatican.

The Vatican Official Newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, is your one shop stop for classic rock n’ roll albums. The list of music is “Our modest guide can point you on the road to good music,” according to the article. I am sure you are all wondering what is on this list. Probably “Creed” or some other religious bands. No. How do bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon and Carlos Santana sound to you. Yeah, just because they are much more religious than most will ever be does not prevent them from smoking mary jane and staring at the wall while listening to “Brain Damage” off of Dark Side of the Moon or listening to the man that proclaimed that his band was bigger than Jesus (who is pretty big in their minds) sing about “Doctor Robert” on Revolver which may be a reference to Dr. Robert Freymann, who supplied amphetamines to famous people . Okay maybe that is going a little too far. Check out the rest of the list as well as humorous commentary: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/the-vaticans-names-its-top-ten-classic-albums/story-e6frfn09-1225830490764

CD Release for 2/16/10

Scratch My Back by Peter Gabriel

Are you a fan of interesting music experiences? Well, are you familiar with Peter Gabriel? Oh, you know his mainstream stuff like “Solsbury Hill” and “Shock the Monkey.” Well, let me introduce you to 60-year-old Peter Gabriel’s new album or fantastic orchestral covers of songs by artists like David Bowie and Lou Reed to name a couple. Gabriel is a musical genius and this fact is unknown by many. I plead to you, check out this album. It is a beautiful mix of musical creativity.

Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_My_Back