Friday, December 4, 2009
Music / News
Pope Benedict XVI Rides Around Vatican City Bumpin' Tupac
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM
This is probably a miracle:
AllHipHop.com reports that yesterday the Vatican released an official MySpace playlist—which is already kind of amazing—of its twelve favorite tracks, and in addition to Mozart's Don Giovanni and a recording of "Advocata Nostra" that features current Pope Benedict XVI's voice, they picked Tupac's "
Changes" and Fleet Foxes' "
He Doesn't Know Why."
Weirdly, no Jonas Brothers tracks are featured on the playlist, and Beyonce's awesome "Halo," despite being nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammys, is also missing. I wonder why they went with "Changes" instead of one of Pac's more overtly religious songs, like "Haily Mary" or "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z." Still, it's pretty cool. Do they play these songs, like, during Sunday mass?
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, MySpace Playlist, 2Pac, Fleet Foxes, religious music, Jonas Brothers, rap, hip-hop, Beyonce