I’m interested in finding out what songs have been usedby the U.S. gov’t as a means of psychological torture. The two events that come to mind are the U.S. blasting music to get noriega out of the vatican embassy and when we used a similar tactic of blasting music to try and get people out of the waco compound. I understand that this is not a tactic used often and that the point is to play the same songs over and over again, but so far all i can figure out is that “welcome to the jungle” was played for noriega(this may not even be true). I’m hoping there are other songs that have been played either in these situations or others. I want to know because burning a CD of songs that our gov’t has used as psychological weapons would be…pretty cool.
Once upon a time, I saw a documentary about the Noriega thing. I don’t remember much about it, but one thing I do remember clearly is “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie blasting out of the speakers.
Gah! And “chills” makes me think of “You’re the One That I Want” from the Grease soundtrack. Someone should tell the military to try that to their arsenal, if Geneva will allow it.
I think Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots were made for Walking” was played too.
“FBI commanders said that nonstop nightly Nancy Sinatra songs, shrieks of dying rabbits, Christmas carols and Tibetan monk chants would increase the Branch Davidians’ discomfort and sleep deprivation . .” http://prorev.com/waco.htm
Man, I love Welcome to the Jungle. I’ve already listened to it looped for over an hour, ha. And I also love AC/DC and some of the other songs mention; maybe I’m just invincible to this type of torture
