The Torture Playlist
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogations—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. Read about the guards here.
UPDATE (March 4): Listen to investigative reporter Justine Sharrock explain why the Meow Mix jingle, Neil Diamond, and the Barney theme song all lend themselves to "no-touch torture." Plus: How Metallica reacted when they found out how their music was being used. —By Gary Moskowitz
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NOTE: The specific song or songs by Rage Against The Machine are unspecified.
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I would tell them where Jimmy Hoffa is buried if they played the Barney song more than once...
Jesus Christ. American Pie?
Jesus Christ. American Pie? Neil Diamond? The Barney theme? THE MEOW MIX JINGLE? That is nightmarishly fucking cruel. The rest of it just looks like random shit people whose best option after high school was the military and who get off on torturin' sand nigras had in their CD player (Eminem, Christina Aguilera, AC/DC, etc.), although Deicide is somewhat inspired. You could have most of the playlist blared at you repeatedly at an uncofortable volume by visiting a few fratboy-oriented shot bars on a Saturday night.
haha
haha the barney song. Yeah ill have to agree with you on that one.
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It is interesting to note
It is interesting to note that in the Swahili culture the day starts at sunrise (unlike in the Arab world where the day starts at sunset, and in the Western world where the day starts at midnight).
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I think any loud music can act as sleep deprivation torture, but I could see how some tracks would do the job better.
This is a great
This is a great implementation of Swamvili.Work on the technical aspects of the collaboration is already quite advanced.
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Wow that's the best they could find? Snooze fest ...
But it is nice to see that
But it is nice to see that they're at least respectful enough not to play The Carpenters' Christmas album on infinite repeat. That would be cruel and unusual.
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I think the terrorists
I think the terrorists should get together and mount some resistance by singing Britney's 'Hit me baby, one more time.'
I don't get it: I think Rage Against the Machine would flip out if they knew their music was used to torture people. They don't need the artists' permission to use the songs for these purposes?
Back in the day, Ronald
Back in the day, Ronald Reagan used it during his platform speech and after that, Bruce didn't play Born in the USA at concerts until a few years ago because he felt people were missing the message.
Julie K - No, they DON'T need permission to use them for this since it's non-commercial use. How would the artists even hear about it outside of Mother Jones?
I'm puzzled by the David Grey selection - I've slept through it more than once.
I'm puzzled by a lot of
I'm puzzled by a lot of them. Some of them are absolute tunes that I listen to over and over anyway! Who gets to select the songs, I could think of a hundred other songs that would be better for torture!
The music can be a strong torture subject indeed.
Hey guys i've heard the tune and i can now understand why it was used in the torture... the tunes probably have pretty high frequencies that can actually mingle with your brain in certain ways... As you know rock uses lots of electrically produced sounds... anyway this stuff is not really healthy...
I suggest that they level
I suggest that they level Guantanamo Bay, but they keep one small cell and they put Bush in there … and they blast some RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE,” he said to whoops and cheers
I completely agree with your
I completely agree with your point of view.
It's a silly reason tobe
It's a silly reason tobe proud of...
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wow the barney one is very effective
i confess
Jim Henson is rolling over in his grave.
Are they sure it won't backfire? "If their music is this bad, surely victory over the infidels is right around the corner."
Hmmm.. interesting subject...
Never knew music can become such an evil tool... i guess it's all about ears that are being so close to brain...
Wow. I love making mixes for my friends, but next up is a torture playlist for my enemies? Hmmm...
Alan
"Good music in a dumb world."
www.goodmusicinadumbworld.blogspot.com
I'm listening to some of those tracks for fun now. Thanks!
great
The songs of the playlist used in the story are all on my iPod. I guess I like to torture myself.
Oh the irony of playing the Deicide song "[deleted] Your God," which, of course, is referring to the Christian sense of "God" (which, of course, is the same God as that of the Muslims when you get down to it).
Ah, ignorance.
Just downloaded and cropped
Just downloaded and cropped the first song to my mobile player, this is real torture hh=)
OMG this playlist is really
OMG this playlist is really wicked, I liked it a lot. Joe at jump higher program guide.
It's missing TroutFace by Captain Beefheart.
Gotta love the inclusion of the Eminem "White America" track with: "And piss on the lawns of the White House and replace it with a Parental Advisory sticker"
Nope, look what psyops did in south america. They jammed ac/dc until the enemy surrendered.
most songs by phillip glass on repeat are also very effective
I would gladly be torture with those songs. They should use Celine Dion, this will make them talk faster.
What? No Barry Manilow and Celine Dion? they're forced to listen to the theme song from Titanic day after day...
if any of you idiots believe this for a second, you are insane. you think the troops and personnel who work in the prisons just go about their daily work with music blasting so loud it would drive detainees crazy?
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No wonder the US isn't getting anywhere with torture. The predictably lame playlist is out of its league -- this is a job for "The Pina Colada Song".
"most songs by phillip glass on repeat are also very effective"
I was just thinking the same thing. For example, "Two Pages (for Steve Reich)" in fast forward:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0ELeXFQuc
Or Tony Conrad's "Four Violins":
http://www.amazon.com/Early-Minimalism-Vol-Alexandria-Gelencser/dp/B0000...
However, I don't think any minimalist could be as disturbing as Eminem's "Kim".
Julie, I wish that Rage would go to Gitmo and TRY to stop the Marines from playing it. You leftist sissies just don't get it. What's sad is that by the time you do it will be too late. Enjoy your latte.
military needs all the tools we can get rock on...HOOOOYAAAAAAA
First, they say water boarding is not torture. Sure, whatever. but Neil Diamond? c'mon that's just taking it too far. anyone else ever notice how much that meow mix cat sounds like axl rose?
