The US government has been using pop songs to "torture" detainees at Guantanamo through sleep deprivation and possibly offensive lyrics. However, as this technically constitutes public playing of the music, they owe licensing fees to ASCAP and BMI for their use of the songs. Of course, the government has not paid.
As comedian and filmmaker Paul Provenza said this week on the panel of the NPR news quiz/comedy show Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me! (of which I am a huge fan, you should all go check it out right away), "You know, the Constitution didn't seem to make a difference, but ASCAP is gonna come to the rescue here...There's something really poetic about that I think"
Loathe as I am to support ASCAP, I'll go with whatever brings down Guantanamo the fastest. You go ASCAP! Show 'em not to mess with your crack legal team.
The following is a (not thoroughly checked) list of songs claimed to be used as torture. (From a comment on the Freakonomics blog @ NYTimes Online-see comment #6 on link, originally sourced to imeem.com, an obligatory 1 minute search failed to retrieve the original source)
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‘F**K Your God’ by Deicide
‘Die MF Die’ by Dope
‘Take Your Best Shot’ by Dope
‘White America’ by Eminem
‘Kim’ by Eminem
‘Barney Theme Song’
‘Bodies’ by Drowning Pool
‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica
‘Meow Mix Jingle’
‘Sesame Street Theme Song’
‘Babylon’ by David Gray
‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen
‘Shoot to Thrill’ by AC/DC
‘Hells Bells’ by AC/DC
‘Stayin Alive’ by The Bee Gees
‘All Eyes on Me’ by Tupac
‘Dirty’ by Christina Aguilera
‘America’ by Neil Diamond
‘Bulls on Parade’ by Rage Against the Machine
‘American Pie’ by Don McLean
‘Click Click Boom’ by Saliva
‘Cold’ by Matchbox 20
‘Swan Dive’ by Hed PE
‘Raspberry Beret’ by Prince
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Most of the list is hilarious but BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE SOLDIER WHO SUGGESTED PLAYING AMERICAN PIE AS TORTURE!!!
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