U.S. bands blast use of their music in Gitmo interrogations

Friday 23rd October, 07:19 AM JST

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bobbafett at 05:12 PM JST - 23rd October

music is forbidden

In some cases it should be like SMAP. If they really wanted to drive them nuts they should have played SMAP. Bin Laden would have been hog tied and delivered on a spit by now if SMAP was feed into the caves on the Khyber pass and into Cells at Gitmo.
SuperLib at 05:51 PM JST - 23rd October

Just force the government to use Apple products when torturing. After hours of converting files and updating iTunes they'll probably just give up. If you're going to torture using Apple products, you're gonna have to torture the way Apple tells you to...
Taka313 at 09:07 PM JST - 23rd October

I'd feel pretty bad on a number of levels if I found out my music was used to torture. First of all, I oppose torture.
Secondly, I know I would find myself wondering, "Is it really THAT bad?!?"

Definitely a blow to the ego of the songwriter to have their work considered as a "torture aid."

Taka
skipthesong at 09:20 PM JST - 23rd October

Well, country music was the solution in Mars Attacks.
Sarge at 09:44 PM JST - 23rd October

"They should play them the Bic Camera song"

How about the Don Quihote song?

"anything by kenny g. would be effective. phil collins, ouch that is worse"

How about Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits?

"I'd feel pretty bad on a number of levels if I found out my music was used to torture. First of all, I oppose torture"

So, you support our efforts to capture, hold and get information from the scumbags at Gitmo who would torture and kill you without hesitation or remorse, right?

"Secondly, I know I would find myself wondering, "Is it really THAT bad?!"

Duh!
Sarge at 10:44 PM JST - 23rd October

zurc - What's wong with Barracuda? Heck, that was in a Charlie Angel's scene too!
zurcronium at 10:46 PM JST - 23rd October

Saw Heart last Summer, they can still rock hard.
Good_Jorb at 11:12 PM JST - 23rd October

Sesame Street tunes

I wonder if they played the rubber ducky song, just before the prisoners were waterboarded?

Rubber Duckie, you're the one, you make bathtime lots of fun.
usaexpat at 11:32 PM JST - 23rd October

I heard that Guns and Roses was not on the playlist. I would think that "My Michelle" at 11 would surely make an islamic funide spill the beans. Great song by the way. Ac/Dc, NIN, REM, Marilyn Manson, Pearl Jam, even the Beegees but I would tell you anything you wanted if you blasted Brittney Spears.
WilliB at 02:18 AM JST - 24th October

Actually, most what these bands produce is torture, I´d have to agree there. Still, even I wouldn´t say that it is comparable to beheading people on TV while shouting God is great or flying airplanes into buildings.

But there you go... for the Hollywood crowd mass murder is preferrable to loud music.
ca1ic0cat at 04:16 AM JST - 24th October

A day late and a dollar short, I think. This is old news and they are just getting around to being upset? Oh, the outrage!
YuriOtani at 04:21 AM JST - 24th October

Think the reason they are upset is the truth. Their music is painful to listen to and is in fact a form of torture! Another reason could be they do not have a life being music otaku.
grafton at 06:13 AM JST - 24th October

I would reason that having to listen to any of the above mentioned even at infrequent intervals and low volume as being torture. Not that I’m feeling any great pangs of sympathy for the Gitmo crazies.
Mark_McCracken at 10:04 AM JST - 24th October

The text mentions AC/DC, Britney Spears, the Bee Gees, Marilyn Manson and Barney as being played at Gitmo, but none of those singers was quoted or mentioned as being outraged. Since the headline read, "U.S. bands blast use of their music in Gitmo interrogations" perhaps the text could show a specific band which sold recorded music and is now unhappy that their music is being played at Gitmo.
Madverts at 05:36 PM JST - 24th October

No wonder people have comitted suicide. Just one moaning rendition from REM could temp me...