Musical Torture.

Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogationsâ??and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.

Highlights include:
The Barney Theme Song
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Meow Mix commerican
Babylon - David Grey
Stayin Alive - BeeGees
All Eyes on Me - Tupac
Dirrty - Christina Aguilara
Raspberry Beret - Prince
American Pie - Don McLean

Link:http://motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/03/torture-playlist.html

Which begs the question: What songs would you use to torture someone?

Anything by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen or John Lennon. Especially "Imagine."

…and Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend."

Best Week Ever's list and hey, guess what the first song listed is?

Brian

I agree with a lot of the BWE ones - especially La Bouche's 'Be My Lover' and 'Who Let the Dogs Out.'

Funny…a friend and I just recently compiled a list of our most hated songs of all time. Thank God for cut and paste.

We Built This City - Starship
Smooth â?? Santana
Tubthumper â?? Chumbawamba
Kokomo â?? Beach Boys
Donâ??t Worry Be Happy â?? Bobby McFerrin
We Didnâ??t Start the Fire â?? Billy Joel
River of Dreams â?? Billy Joel
Ants Marching â?? Dave Matthews Band
I Donâ??t Want To Live Without You â?? Foreigner
Youâ??re the Inspiration â?? Chicago
Disco Duck â?? Rick Dees
Who Let the Dogs Out â?? Baha Men
The Sweet Escape â?? Gwen Stefani
London Bridge – Fergie
Believe – Cher
Mambo #5 â?? Lou Bega
Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
Two Princes â?? Spin Doctors
Crocodile Rock â?? Elton John
Hook - Blues Traveler
I've Got my Mind Set on You- George Harrison
I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles - Proclaimers
Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex
No More I Love You's - Annie Lennox
You Oughta Know- Alanis Morrisette
Danke Schon - Wayne Newton
Party All The time - Eddie Murphy
Say, Say, Say - Michael Jackson and Paul Mccartney
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Get Out of my Dreams - Billy Ccean
I Can't Dance - Genesis
Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
Butterfly - Crazy Town

C'mon, "Believe" is a great pop song.


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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogationsâ??and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.


Which begs the question: What songs would you use to torture someone?

the military did this when noriega was hiding out in the vatican embassy. . .the military used such aural weapons as the howard stern show and "panama" by van halen.

as for what songs i'd use, "achy breaky heart" by hannah montana's dad, and "macarena" would be two i'd start off with.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
the military did this when noriega was hiding out in the vatican embassy.

Laurie Anderson emulated this just before the second act of her 1990 show at Lisner.

ATB - "9pm (Till I Come)"

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
ATB - "9pm (Till I Come)"

if you're going to go the "annoying club anthem" route, the vengaboys' "we're going to ibiza" trumps "9pm". that barbie song isn't far behind.

EDIT: just realized that i'm not necessarily talking about the original, i was referring to those gawd-awful remixes that can still occasionally be heard in jersey clubs… any techno/electronica that features a synthesized trumpet as the lead line is 99.9% guaranteed to be an auditory crime against humanity.

And "Blue" by Eiffel 65. Ick.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogationsâ??and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.


Which begs the question: What songs would you use to torture someone?

the military did this when noriega was hiding out in the vatican embassy. . .the military used such aural weapons as the howard stern show and "panama" by van halen.

as for what songs i'd use, "achy breaky heart" by hannah montana's dad, and "macarena" would be two i'd start off with.

Electric Slide

Anything by Interpol

Originally posted by sweetcell:

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
ATB - "9pm (Till I Come)"

if you're going to go the "annoying club anthem" route, the vengaboys' "we're going to ibiza" trumps "9pm".

maybe it's because i graduated high school the summer 9pm came out and was doing a fair amount of partying, but i still hear that annoying fucking hook (na.na.na / naa..na.na / na.na.na / naa..na.na) in my nightmares some times

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Girlfriend- Avril

I knew some of my favorites would make this list!

My top 5 would be:
Gwen Stefani-the bananas song
Kelis-milkshake
David Hasselhoff-jump in my car
Heidi Klum-Wonderland

Originally posted by 6949:

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Girlfriend- Avril

I knew some of my favorites would make this list!

My top 5 would be:
Gwen Stefani-the bananas song
Kelis-milkshake
David Hasselhoff-jump in my car
Heidi Klum-Wonderland

Gwen Stefani-the bananas song

Good call!!

You could add the complete setlist of American Idle last night.

Does anyone remember "shadupya face" or was it just the Brits who had to endure that?

Anything by Interpol. Good call.

Originally posted by Brain Walrus:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogationsâ??and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.


Which begs the question: What songs would you use to torture someone?

the military did this when noriega was hiding out in the vatican embassy. . .the military used such aural weapons as the howard stern show and "panama" by van halen.

as for what songs i'd use, "achy breaky heart" by hannah montana's dad, and "macarena" would be two i'd start off with.

Electric Slide

Anything by Interpol

C&C music factory

right said fred

(and mank - that shadapya face song definitely made it to canadia. i don't remember it having the raw power required to be used in a torture session, but it was indeed annoying as all hell)

Originally posted by 6949:

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Girlfriend- Avril

I knew some of my favorites would make this list!

My top 5 would be:
Gwen Stefani-the bananas song
Kelis-milkshake
David Hasselhoff-jump in my car
Heidi Klum-Wonderland

Forgot to add my #5-the roof is on fire.

billy joel - we didn't start the fire

All songs by Journey deserve to be on this list.

I'd play "Ya Mama" by Wuf Ticket over and over as I dance around and lipsync it right in the prisoners faces as I interrogate them…AHHHHHHHHHHHH YA MAMA…THAT'S RIGHT I SAID YA MAMA