MUSIC IS HELL
MSNBC reports that US forces are using bad music to torture persuade Iraqis to talk:
Your parents aren’€™t the only ones who hate your music–some Iraqis hate it, too. U.S. military units have been breaking Saddam supporters with long sessions in which they’€™re forced to listen to heavy-metal and children’s songs. “€œTrust me, it works,”€ says one U.S. operative.
THE IDEA, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subject’€™s resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that are being played include “€œBodies”€ from the Vin Diesel “€œXXX”€ movie soundtrack and Metallica’€™s “Enter Sandman.” “These people haven’€™t heard heavy metal before,”€ he explains. “They can’t take it.” Few people could put up with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie songs aren’€™t that much easier, especially when selections include the “€œSesame Street”€ theme and some of purple dinosaur Barney‒s crooning.
At least we’re not using rap. That would make us no better than the terrorists.
Wait! I hope we paid for that Metallica music!!
The ultimate irony, though, would be if we used Madonna’s or Chrissy Hynde’s music to break down the Iraqis. Perhaps we can show them “Howard the Duck,” starring a young Tim Robbins. Heh.