According to Alternet the music of Christina Aguilera has been used as a torture device at Guantanamo Bay.
Specifically, during a grueling, 20-hour interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani, suspected of being the 20th hijacker on September 11th, the interrogators played Aquilera’s music to keep him awake.
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Not to make light of the torture allegations at Gitmo, I have to say that sleep deprivation and being forced to listen to Christina Aquilera would certainly force a confession out of me.
In the interest of variety, though, I would like to offer a few other musical suggestions that might be helpful in extracting information.
-Celine Dion
-Toby Keith
-The Captain and Tennille
-Mariah Carey
-Guns N Roses
-John Ashcroft (Let the Eagle Soar)
How about you?
What singers/bands would make you give up the goat?
Although the lyrics rock, I would rather have a bikini wax every day for the rest of my life rather than hear Gloria Gaynor scream her way through “I Will Survive”.
Don’t hurt me… it’s just that I am an old fogey before my time.
I’m with you. I caught myself repeating something my Dad said about rock and roll, circa 1970 or so.
“It sounds like someone just kicked a metal garbage can down a flight of stairs!”
I don’t like rap and heavy metal, either… but techno music makes me think of a conputer that is consuming its own hard drive. Screechily.
Blech.
And now, Maestra, for your listening enjoyment, “Pachelbel’s Canon” ONE MORE TIME.
(Played too fast by 1001 strings wth no Baroque ornaments, a drum machine, and finally finished off with a big….., long……, romantic……., retard.)
ARRRRRRRRGH !
Journey, Rush, Kansas, Chicago, Jackson Brown… basically your mid-seventies FM playlist.
And don’t try to convince me otherwise! The reaction is visceral, not based on talent or quality of musicianship. Nothing you say or do will convince me otherwise.
Unless, of course, you subjected me to hours and hours and days of it, in which case I’d sign a sworn statement saying that these are and always have been, my favorite bands.
I draw the line at Jackson Browne. I was totally in love with him in high school!
Well, there’s no accounting for taste. <ducks & runs>
from what Iheard from Field and Stream, and I assume that the bevers are telling this story here. muskrats making love will make any bever cry and hollor, UNCLE…:o)
They used Jeannet Macdonald and Nelson Eddy – Naughty Marrieta I think 😉