Bands want to know if their music was used on Gitmo detainees (Barfo Alert!)

CNN ^ | 10/22/09 | CNN

[AngelesCrestHighway]

A coalition of top musicians, including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, want to know if their music was used by the U.S. military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The artists have endorsed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, which were filed Thursday morning, asking the U.S. government to declassify documents that would reveal which artists' work was used on detainees at U.S. prison facilities and military detention centers, including the one at Guantanamo Bay. The National Security Archive, a Washington-based independent research institute that advocates "for the right to know," filed the requests on behalf of the Close Gitmo Now campaign, which launched this week, the archive's senior analyst Kate Doyle said.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What the hells the point you bunch of cry babies?...It was 24/7 Barbara Streisand...

[GoCards]

Oh Lord. I did hear they played Metallica? I love Metallica!

[Daveinyork]

Maybe their music is torture.

[bassmaner]

I’m sure Uncle Ted got quite a bit of air time at Gitmo ... hell, the Nuge would probably play a live show there if he was asked!

[o_zarkman44]

Torture would be Barry Manilow or Sonny and Cher.

[stop_fascism]

It is to me. Do they want royalties?

[mmichaels1970]

A coalition of top musicians, including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, want to know if their music was used by the U.S. military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Of course we didn't use YOUR music. As we've said before, we don't engage in torture.

[DGHoodini]

Another attack from the P*ssy Brigades.

[dfwgator]

I can’t think of any worse torture than The Backstreet Boys or NSync.

[NMEwithin]

The Grateful Dead? I know that crap is like torture to me...

[theDentist]

Well, folks, your music IS sh**y enough, but it would have been embarrassing to be seen buying your CDs.

[Scythian]

Ship them all to Iran ...

[theDentist]

Well, folks, your music IS sh**y enough, but it would have been embarrassing to be seen buying your CDs.

[vpintheak]

Their music is pure torture these days. Pearl jam was alright in the early 90’s. Eddie Vetter the bed-wetter.

[LearsFool]

REM? Pearl Jam?

No, we couldn’t risk violating the Geneva Convention.

[dfwgator]

Of course we didn't use YOUR music. As we've said before, we don't engage in torture.

LOL! That's the perfect response.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

If I were running things I’d say - why yes - we used your songs as part of the song rotation. Just to make ‘em crazy!

[vpintheak]

Oh, I suppose this is soem of the hard-hitting news we can expect from the commie news network.

[domenad]

R.E.M.? Okay, I would’ve talked.

[Robe]

10 to 1 says it was BAGPIPES 24/7

[Abathar]

Tough s***, as long as it came off a paid copy and wasn’t used to make any money off of it I hope they get told to go pound sand.

D*** prima donnas, just shut up and sing already.

[Red Badger]

It’s a Small World................

[Tzimisce]

Yeah I could see punishing someone by forcing them to listen to REM and Pearl Jam.

Personally I’d break in 10 minutes.

[Former Dodger]

I think a loop of “Kumbaya” and “It’s a Small World” would have worked better...

[BenLurkin]

.It was 24/7 Barbara Streisand...

Oh the humanity!

[DemforBush]

here’s the story link to a partial list of bands/songs used

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/10/22/music.list.pdf

The Meow Mix themesong is apparently among the list...

[T-Bird45]

Do they want royalties?

My first thought, too. If they really care, assuming the .gov holds ASCAP/BMI/SESAC licenses, the bands ought to donate all license fees to some appropriate charity so they aren't enriching themselves through "torture."

[Tribune7]

I wouldn't be surprised. Pearl Jam is torture.

Frankly, doing a loop of the refrain from "Don't call me daughter" would break anyone, I suspect.

[Cyber Liberty]

Isn’t this an admission their music sounds like crap? Just sayin...

[Recovering_Democrat]

So what if it WERE used?! These bawlers have no power to stop it AT ALL. tough crap, so-called “artists”.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

It’s a Small World................

Oh God!...I give up! I’ll tell you were Bin Ladin’s hiding!

[Buckeye McFrog]

everyone knows that the way to make ‘em talk is a vinyl copy of Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini with the hole drilled off-center....

[Cyber Liberty]

“It’s a Small World”

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

[tarheelswamprat]

It was actually “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band that was played, 24/7...

Most effective... /g

[P from Sheb]

I love playing Heart’s Barricuda whenever I pass a jutebox.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Do they want royalties?

Hell no!...they’ll get some ACLU lawyer to sue us...The American taxpayer!

[Snickering Hound]

[sbMKE]

Cruel and unusual punishment.

[DirtyHarryY2K]

I’m starting to wonder if it wouldn’t be a good idea to let the muzzies take over the USA just long enough to let them clean up the mess, It would be very entertaining to watch all of these bleeding heart libtards and Hollywood types get their retarded heads lopped off..

[mmichaels1970]

The Meow Mix themesong is apparently among the list...

LOL...could you imagine they pull you in to question you because you break and swear you'll tell them whatever they want to know....they sit you in a chair....they ask you what you know...you respond with...

Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Meow Meow Meow
Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow

[Blue State Insurgent]

These lame bands obviously have no leg to stand on because, as I understand it, music is used to keep detainees awake rather than to put them to sleep.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Oh the humanity!... People...People who need people...

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Holy crap!...I prefer waterboarding!

[DemforBush]

hahahahaha!!!

[anglian]

The Telle-Tubbies. 24 hrs a day.

[johnandrhonda]

Loud Bluegrass music would have made them crazy, and the bands that made the recordings would have been proud of their contribution to nation security (except Ralph Stanley—he's a lib).

[anglian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzaVwdBz5WM

[ErnBatavia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ar79f8aN8

[humblegunner]

I’d be proud if my music was used to torture terrorists!

[FarRightFanatic]

Here is the list:

Agency names 35 artists, songs used on U.S. military terror suspects

A Freedom of Information Act request filed on Thursday names 35
musicians or songs that it said were used against detainees at U.S. military
detention centers, including the one at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The National Security Archive — the Washington-based independent
research institute that filed the request — said the documents it is seeking
“contain explicit references to the following bands or songs”:

— 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