U.S. military interrogators have often blasted music at detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. According to the British law group Reprieve, these are among the songs they have used most frequently:
• “Enter Sandman,” Metallica.
• “Bodies,” Drowning Pool.
• “Shoot to Thrill,” AC/DC.
• “Hell’s Bells,” AC/DC.
• “I Love You,” from the “Barney and Friends” children’s TV show.
• “Born in the USA,” Bruce Springsteen.
• “Babylon,” David Gray.
• “White America,” Eminem.
• “Sesame Street,” theme song from the children’s TV show.
Other bands and artists whose music has been frequently played at U.S. detention sites: Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Don McLean, Lil’ Kim, Limp Bizkit, Meat Loaf, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tupac Shakur.
Come on, huh? Who wouldn’t like Don McLean’s, “American Pie”, Christ on a crutch, these insects may have even driven, Chevy’s to the levees…Bomb laden of course, but still. Oh and Aerosmith’s “Dude Looks Like a Lady”? Under a burka, with a bomb belt, or trying to escape capture, DUDES DID, “Look Like a Lady”.
12-10-2008, 07:22 AM
Music Used During U.S. Military Interrogations
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