Pope Francis' Pop-Rock album?
 

Pope Francis to Release Pop-Rock Album 'Wake Up!'
Hear uplifting, prog rock-inspired track, "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!"


As Pope Francis embarks on his historic visit to the United States, His Holiness will spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up! this November. The Vatican-approved LP, a collaboration with Believe Digital, features the Pontiff delivering sacred hymns and excerpts of his most moving speeches in multiple languages paired with uplifting musical accompaniment ranging from pop-rock to Gregorian chant. Wake Up! arrives November 27th, with the iTunes pre-order now available with an instant download of "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!," which Rolling Stone is proud to premiere.

"Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!" finds Pope Francis addressing a South Korean audience in English last year amid atmospheric synths, trumpeting horns and skyscraping electric guitars reminiscent of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. "Wake up / Wake up," Pope Francis says on the track. "The Lord speaks of a responsibility that the Lord gives you / It is a duty to be vigilant / Not to allow the pressures, the temptations and the sins to dull our sensibility of the beauty of holiness." Later on the moving track, the Pope tells his audience, "No one who sleeps can sing, dance and rejoice," as he urges them to wake up and go.

On Wake Up!, Pope Francis speaks to the listener in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese over 11 tracks to address issues like peace, dignity, environmental concerns and helping those most in need. For the album, the Pope's powerful messages were placed in the musical hands of Wake Up!'s producer and artistic director Don Giulio Neroni.

"For many years, I've been the producer and the artistic director of albums by the Pope. I had the honor to work with John Paul II, Benedict XVI and now Pope Francis," Neroni tells Rolling Stone. "As in the past, for this album too, I tried to be strongly faithful to the pastoral and personality of Pope Francis: the Pope of dialogue, open doors, hospitality. For this reason, the voice of Pope Francis in Wake Up! dialogues music. And contemporary music (rock, pop, Latin etc.) dialogues with the Christian tradition of sacred hymns."

Musician Tony Pagliuca, who composed several Wake Up! songs including "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!," tells Rolling Stone, "In the Seventies, I founded the prog-rock band Le Orme and topped the charts, toured Italy and U.K. and had the chance to collaborate with international artists like Peter Hammil and David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator). During the years, I also made an important journey of faith. When Don Giulio Neroni asked me to collaborate on this CD, I immediately accepted with enthusiasm. Putting my music in the service of the words and the voice of Pope Francis has been a fantastic experience and a very interesting artistic challenge."

The Argentinean-born Pope Francis, the first Pope born outside of Europe, has reignited a Catholic base and inspired millions outside his own religious denomination with his selfless, unifying messages that encourage climate change protection, assistance for the homeless and his hope for equality for all, even in the case of hot-button issues like same-sex marriage and immigration.

It's Pope Francis' belief that every person should be treated with love and respect, a message that has made him universally loved after critics chastised the Catholic Church for alienating its base and the world outside the Vatican with hardened views.

Speaking to Congress Thursday, Pope Francis asked the leaders of the most powerful and wealthiest nation to mend the "open wounds" of a planet ripped apart by hate, poverty, weapons and climate change. "I know that you share my conviction that much more still needs to be done, and that in times of crisis and economic hardship, a spirit of global solidarity must not be lost," the Pope told Congress. "At the same time, I would encourage you to keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. They too need to be given hope."

Wake Up! Track List

1. "Annuntio Vobis Gadium Mangum"
2. "Salve Regina"
3. "Laudato Sie…"
4. "Poe Que' Sufren Los Ninos"
5. "Non Lasciatevi Rubare La Speranza!"
6. "La Iglesia No Puede Ser Una Ong!"
7. "Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!"
8. "La Fa Es Entera, No Se Licua!"
9. "Pace! Fratelli!"
10. "Per La Famiglia"
11. "Fazei O Que Ele Vos Disser"



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Double album;

Angel- Fleetwood Mac
Knocking on Heavens’ Door- Bob Dylan
My Sweet Lord- George Harrison
It’s a Sin- The Pet Shop Boys
Tremor Christ- Pearl Jam
Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
God Only Knows- The Beach Boys
Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum
Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen
Personal Jesus- Depeche Mode
Papa Don’t Preach- Madonna
Sympathy For the Devil- Rolling Stones
Tears In Heaven- Eric Clapton
Pray- Take That
Losing My Religion- REM
Morning Has Broken- Cat Stevens
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now- The Smiths
Jesus He Knows Me- Genesis
Son of a Preacher Man- Dusty Springfield
God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll To You- Kiss

...cant quite believe I just spent 15 minutes of my life thinking that list up.

Oh but this truly killed me...

Touched by an Angel - Stevie Nicks

I could do with out Madonna's Papa Don’t Preach.

I would like Silent Night by Stevie.

also add.

One of Us by Joan Osborne .

No, please!
It may not be the best song but it's the funniest! (For those who don't know, "Papa" is the original italian word for "pope")

Well, I didn't know that.
I had considered 'God' by John Lennon but though that may be a tad offensive to some people.

Yes.My late dad speaks Italian.I understand alittlebit of it.

Thought this was a joke at first, wow couldn't the pope get some real strings and horns?

So why is the pope putting an album out lol

Who is that singing at the end? Couldn't be him right?

Who knows, a proper version with revised lyrics could appeal to the clergy. When last year the nun that won the italian version of "The Voice" released her cover of Madonna's "Like A Virgin" they were enthusiast.

Oh I remember you told once you were a quarter italian.

Welcome back.
It is Him:

I don't understand why some are offended by this song, or were at the time. It's a girl saying she *not* having an abortion, she's *not* giving up her child, she *IS* going to do the right thing and get married and raise her child with it's father.

"He says that he's going to marry me
And we can raise a little family
Maybe we'll be alright - it's a sacrifice
But, my friends keep telling me to give it up
Saying I'm too young - I ought to 'live it up'
What I need right now is some good advice
Please, papa don't preach
I'm in trouble, deep
Papa don't preach
I've been losing sleep
But, I've made up my mind - I'm keeping *my* baby"

How could anyone be offended by a little pro-traditional-family pop song? Is it because a woman should do what her daddy tells her to do?

I'm seriously asking.

Italian Wikipedia says: "The release of the single and the video has caused criticism by the US abortion association Planned Parenthood who believed it to be counterproductive for exalting a teenage pregnancy."

Madonna- Like a Prayer
Now there's one to really offend certain sensibilities.