WHAT ARE THE MOST TORTUROUS SONGS OF ALL-TIME?

Playing loud music or white noise to prisoners is an established – if dubious – technique used by interrogators.  Now, the theme from the popular children’s program Sesame Street has reportedly joined heavy metal bands such as Metallica on the playlist of the loud music they play over and over in an attempt to obtain information from terrorist suspects about possible weapons of mass destruction.

This bring to mind the topic,“If You Played That Song Over and Over I’d Tell You Everything I Knew.” For most parents, Barney’s I Love You, You Love Me just might be the one that would break them.  For me, I think Kim Carnes’ Bette Davis Eyes played over and over would bring me to my knees and, I’m sorry, but if I had to hear Bobby McFerrin’s Don’t Worry, Be Happy over and over while I was incarcerated I might take my own life.

After you’ve had the chance to suggest the song(s) that would break you, open up the phones and try to come up with a list of the Top Ten Most Torturous Songs of All-Time. If you want to take this to whole other level, tell your audience that you are going to forward your list of torturous songs to the United States military to help them break down those terrorists just a little bit faster.

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March 11th, 2010 | Tags: Military interrogation tactics | Category: Daily Blog