CIA Torture Music

According to a recently declassified document, these bands/recording artists were used during detention and interrogation at Gitmo:

The CIA Playlist includes:

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Barney theme song (By Bob Singleton)
The Bee Gees
Britney Spears
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
David Gray
Deicide
Don McClean
Dope
Dr. Dre
Drowning Pool
Eminem
Hed P.E.
James Taylor
Limp Bizkit
Marilyn Manson
Matchbox Twenty
Meatloaf
Meow mix jingle
Metallica
Neil Diamond
Nine Inch Nails
Pink
Prince
Queen
Rage against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Redman
Saliva
Sesame street theme music (By Christopher Cerf)
Stanley Brothers
The Star Spangled Banner
Tupac Shakur

(needs moar Rush)

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Sorry, forgot the OT

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Oct 28, 2009 9:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

Meow Mix jingle.

Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...

by rotorueter on Oct 28, 2009 9:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think thats the request.

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2009 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It looks like its a fax from the NSA to the DoD. The list is probably a list of performers who want to know if their music was used…ROYALTIES!

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by say hey nation on Oct 28, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know Lars Ulrich has his calculator out.

by KrazyKrabMeat on Oct 28, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

They need to be smarter. I voluntarily listen to a lot of those artists. Although, the Star Spangled Banner is a level of evil no person should be subjected to.

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by marcello on Oct 28, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Where’s “We Make The Phones Ring”?

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by Natto on Oct 28, 2009 10:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

(probably currently in use… CLASSIFIED)

by KrazyKrabMeat on Oct 28, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Violates the Geneva Convention.

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by jcb9 on Oct 28, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So?

HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?

:-) :-) :-)

by Cookyman on Oct 30, 2009 3:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHY ARE THEY PLAYING THAT COMMERCIAL AGAIN??? UUUUUGH!

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 28, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch would have made my list.

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Oct 28, 2009 10:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I never stand up for that.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 28, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why wouldn’t you?

"It's too late now."

by ResDog on Oct 29, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t believe in God.
Even if I did, it’s arrogant to demand God to only bless America.
To demand (or ‘ask’) God to do anything defeats the whole purpose of God’s will anyways.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 30, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

9 posts and no G-Bay guitar hero joke?

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 28, 2009 11:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t know that one.

by Natto on Oct 28, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Raffi – Banana Phone?

by SnowLeopard on Oct 28, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

(of course, referring to …)

by SnowLeopard on Oct 28, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll see your Banana Phone and raise you one Baby Beluga.

by Merope on Oct 28, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The horror, the horror …

by SnowLeopard on Oct 28, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice, thanks, I was just in the kitchen starting dinner and found myself humming the words to banana phone.

by Merope on Oct 28, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

“Banana phone … what the fuck .. this song, it’s fucking crazy …”

by SnowLeopard on Oct 28, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

playing an endless loop of commercials, just like KNBR does, would be much more effective torture.

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by WTF on Oct 28, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

yes, and you can do way worse than meow mix

It needs to be updated for 2009:
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by jpolorolu on Oct 28, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

WE MAKE THE PHONES RING
WE MAKE THE PHONES RING RING

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by jponry on Oct 29, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s like everything I listened to as an angsty 7th grader.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 28, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Minus the Bee Gees.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 28, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus the Bee Gees for me.

by sakbaum on Oct 28, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

/feels confused

Is this some elaborate joke? Also, some of that doesn’t sound too bad.

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by raisingcain on Oct 28, 2009 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Needs more Timberlake

and John Mayer and Fergie-era Black Eyed Peas

by jpolorolu on Oct 28, 2009 9:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 28, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s funny. I go to many motorcycle rallies across the country and they ALL play the same songs at each and every one of them. The soundtrack is on a never ending loop. If I hear Sweet Home Alabama one more time I will break something

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by Giant among Angels on Oct 28, 2009 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sweet Home Alabama

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by say hey nation on Oct 29, 2009 6:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

/throws computer at shn

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Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's

by Giant among Angels on Oct 29, 2009 6:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ever hear Born to be Wild?

You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean

by bgunn on Oct 29, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah that’s one of them. But if they have a live band then that one usually won’t be played.

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by Giant among Angels on Oct 29, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still like...

Marilyn Manson
Pre-Black Album Metallica
Red Hot Chili Peppers

But the others… Definitely.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 28, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL BRUUUUUCE

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Oct 29, 2009 8:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Does the military pay for the rights to the songs? Someone should alert the RIAA.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 29, 2009 8:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All songs were purchased with CIA empoyees’ iTunes giftcards.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 29, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I blame Bono.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 29, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

DON'T STOP ... BELIEVIN ...

Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.

by satyricrash on Oct 29, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How about the Wiggles on continuous loop? The first time was weird, the second time amusing, the third time you start singing along, the fourth time you hate yourself for singing along, and by the fifth time you’re ready to say anything just to make it stop. (My cousin drove me from Long Beach to Malibu a couple of years ago and he was watching his 2-year-old daughter at the time, so she had dibs on the entertainment.)

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by shanghaijim on Oct 29, 2009 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs