POPE BENDICT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ROCK AND CITES QUEEN AS EXAMPLES

Proud to be lutheran. Oh yeah.

"Okay, I was reading the Rolling Stone I got in the mail this week (the one with King Kong on the cover) and in the section talking about best and worst of the yr they have a blurd about the pope dissing Rock and citing Queen and Eagles as examples of how evil it is. I missed that, I would figure it would've been atleast a quirky news item. Anyone else hear about that."

I don't believe the whole thing at all! I tell you why: first, we're not in the 50's when rock and roll was banned or something like that!
Second: even the Church has more serious issues (e.g. war, famine, pollution, abortion, etc.) to deal with. Come on, why bother with rock music?
Third: Queen has no aggression, rudeness, pornography or obscenity in the lyrics, they've never had a Marylin Manson-like image or so. I don't think they've ever set a bad example to the youth, so what's the matter?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Hippolyte wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Queen and the Eagles are the best examples of "evil" the Pope could come up with? This is coming from a man who was a Hitler Youth in WWII. Go figure.[/QUOTE]
yea he should have said Ac/Dc thaey play devil's music or music to my ears !!!!

But i think it was just a bad example, but he was referring more to their personal lives i think, but that really doesnt have any effect on the music...
And did he ever hear the song Jesus???

But alas, this is one of those personal preference issues that causes fire among the masses. The pope doesnt run my life so hes entitled to his own opinion as am I.

This is old news that Rolling Stone (Yes I Read the article too), is recapping in their year in review.

This was reported in the Spring of 2005 when Pope Bendict was first elected, but as I recall, even then it was news about his overall views through his career in the catholic Priesthood and as Bishop, Cardinal, and that he actually made the statement itself, when he was Still a Cardinal I think some 6 years ago.

In March and April of 2005, at least a dozen newspapers, magazines (including music magazines), and TV news sources brought this up.

Brian also posted the Pope's quote and views about rock's "evil" and citing Queen, The Eagles, etc. as examples on his website.

Here's The Pope's views...

Read my April Blog archive article...

http://mercurysmusings.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_mercurysmusings_archive.html

and the April article from The New York Daily News, scroll down to the end of the article on the section: ''Bet You Didn't Know''.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/301720p-258307c.html

yeah, it's really annoying reading links and posts concerning old news, isn't it?

lets remember that he was a hitler youth...

I don't believe everything that's written in the press. Though let's suppose he said that. So what? Church leaders are jealous of pop/rock artists 'cause they've found a new voice to put across their thoughts to young and not so young people but Church has already been discredited.

Anyway, if I get to hell after I died why I loved and listened to Queen's music, I won't regret anyting, still it will have been worth living! :)

...and you are going to let the pope decide YOUR music taste?

hahaha the pope is a big motherfucker

I want him dead

:)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]knebworth wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]JamieSureWould wrote:

the Pope was a Nazi
[/QUOTE]
hey jamie! i am personally very interessted to know where you´ve got this news from.[/QUOTE]


oh i heard it on the news with a life story done on our new pope on one of the big news political stations, ur german eh? do u know what Nazis are.?

th's what i would also like to know not saying germans suck but i'm polish ( i have my rights so do others)and we don't like nazis at all

you are a polish

I'm naftalin

hahaha

just joking


don't get upset, you motherfucker

Thats it, we have to change something


QUEEN OF WRESTLING FOR POPE!

My first act as pope is to make "The Prophet Song" and "In The Lap Of The Gods" the official anthems of mass. I also decree that Christainity becomes one united religion so all the lutherans and catholics and other denominations would SHUT THE FUCK UP. My last act is to persecute people speaking out against Queen, acting similar to the spanish "Inquisition".

I wish to be called Pope Mini-Fred I

Well that's the Pope for you. Why must Catholics have to endure this? There are plenty of things the Pope has said that I don't agree with, and this is certainly one of them. One thing I cannot stand is what I like to call 'over-religious people'. If rock music is evil - if Queen are evil for heaven's sake - then I do wonder which bands would be classed as the opposite?