# Help the US military more effective wager psychological warfare: pick the music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824 "2004-11-27T02:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/21 "2004-11-27T06:01:11Z")
Oh yeah, sticking with the banana theme: anything by Bananarama esp. **Cruel Summer**. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/22 "2004-11-27T06:06:26Z")
Only one album would be necessary: [Pat Boone: In a Metal Mood.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005KOE/qid%3D1101535463/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-5960230-5728151) Listening to him mangle _Enter Sandman_ is a horror I will never be able to erase from my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/23 "2004-11-27T06:07:36Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > Two words: Wayne Newton What about Liberace or Engelbert Humperdink? ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/24 "2004-11-27T08:03:01Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > [Today’s Billboard Top 40 Tracks](http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/airplay/adult.jsp). _1985_’s pretty good, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/25 "2004-11-27T08:56:02Z")
You guys have got it all wrong. Most of these guys don’t speak english, so the sucky nature of those lyrics will be totally lost on them. What we need is some instrumental music that will have them believe that Satan hisself is digging into their brains. There is only one man for this job. And his name is [Buckethead](http://www.bucketheadland.com/)! ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/26 "2004-11-27T09:13:14Z")
Send in Monte Rock III. That’ll make him drive icepicks into his ears. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/27 "2004-11-27T11:35:49Z")
Anything by Yoko Ono would do the trick. Or maybe Lou Reed’s _Metal Machine Music_. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/28 "2004-11-27T16:57:40Z")
Daniel O’Donnell would be very effective, too. I couldn’t stand even one song ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/29 "2004-11-27T17:13:54Z")
A series of country/western arrangements of Britney Spears tunes played by a bagpipe band. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/30 "2004-11-27T17:15:26Z")
\*\*Lou Reed’s \*\* _Metal Machine Music_ 64 minutes of guitar distortion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/31 "2004-11-27T17:16:50Z")
Of course, had I read the post by **An Arky** , I could have saved a post! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/32 "2004-11-27T17:26:47Z")
Random _Radiohead_ rotation would have OBL surrendering in no time (if he didn’t slit his wrists) ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/33 "2004-11-27T21:13:52Z")
I was wondering . . . how do you assure the safety of the american soldiers nearby who also have to listen to the music? Remember, they can’t wear earplugs which block out all sound; they have to be able to listen for enemies sneaking up behind them. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/34 "2004-11-27T22:25:57Z")
Nobody on earth can withstand… The Hamster Dance. ---
**Author:** ![rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/35 "2004-11-27T22:31:10Z")
You are all innocents… 😉 You want someone to HURT, you play Dayglo abortions. Possibly the worst most offensive music ever recorded. Imagine a bunch of guys torturing guitars by beating on them with kittens while screaming at the top of their lungs w/absolutely no melody to speak of. The horror has no description! And on the off chance that the listners understand english the lyrics could not possibly be more offensive. (Song subjects include the status on the olfactory sense while defecating :rolleyes: , as well as imaginative uses for small rodents :eek: Mind you, they are a little more direct in their use of vocab.) Needless to say, he’ll either kill himself or come running out screaming for the pain to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/36 "2004-11-27T23:15:50Z")
Not bad, **rabbit**. But! I have the ultimate weapon: “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”, Kylie Minogue. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/37 "2004-11-28T01:36:13Z")
That song where **Brian Adams** says “I’m ready” about a million times. Who Let the Dogs Out by **Some Pack of Asshats** Ebony and Ivory by **Paul and Stevie** That song that goes “thud thud thud” and comes out of people’s cars as they drive by my apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/38 "2004-11-28T04:43:29Z")
It might defy some International Treaties, but if we removed from protective custody and unearthed the “We like the Cars, The Cars that go Boom, We’re Tigra, and Bunny, and we like the Boom.” song, It would have the Imams shrieking to silence the Insolent harlots at any price. Kinda Cruel, maybe soften them up with some Spice Girls, first. Bruce Sterling did a wonderful take on the concept of opposing Islam with Pop Music in _Zeitgeist_. Highly recomended. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/39 "2004-11-28T04:48:23Z")
“Freebird” and anything by Creed. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824/40 "2004-11-28T13:49:59Z")
_OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH…_ 1,245,923 bottles of beer on the wall! 1,245,923 bottles of beer! You take one down and pass it around, 1,245,922 bottles of beer on the wall! _OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH…_ 1,245,922 bottles of beer on the wall!.. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-the-us-military-more-effective-wager-psychological-warfare-pick-the-music/276824.md?page=3)