10 Songs That Have Been Used to Torture Prisoners

[Music] welcome to watch Mojo and today we'll be looking at the most prominent songs that have been used to drive prison inmates up the wall with the goal of breaking them down the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack BG's way the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is one of the best selling albums of all time hence there are undoubtedly Millions who have listened to it over and over and over again however most of those people did so of their own valtion and at a volume that was generally safe for their eardrums unfortunately the opposite was true for a

number of prisoners at the guantan bay detention Camp multiple former detainees have written about the prison's use of loud music as a torture an interrogation tool according to one report inmates were locked inside wooden boxes and force-fed the entire Saturday Night Fever soundtrack night after night just the thought of it gives us night [Music] fevers the Meow Mix jingle meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow Declassified CIA reports have revealed two criteria used by the a agency When selecting songs to wear down prisoners they had to be either offensive or just

plain annoying the Meow Mix jingle perfectly fits into the latter category sure it's cute the first time you see the commercial with the singing cats and it might even still be Charming on a 100th viewing but imagine hearing it 100 times in a row on a constant Loop terrifying right Meow Mix might be so good that cats ask for it by name but listening to the Jingle on repeat is so annoying we wouldn't be surprised if inmates confess names just to make it stop I want chicken I want liver Meow Mix Meow Mix please deliver

Take Your Best Shot dope go on and take your blow them away if you're someone who has never been subjected to torture you may think getting beat up would be far tougher than enduring loud non-stop music but but according to former Guantanamo prisoner ruhal Ahmed that notion may not be so correct it might sound crazy but as a med told the legal nonprofit reprieve you can brace yourself mentally for the physical assaults psychological torture however not a chance don't let them can't be believe them one of the songs on the torment playlist in Guantanamo Bay

was apparently Take Your Best Shot by dope AED described prisoner ERS losing their minds from the constant noise ending up so messed up that the information they provided was practically useless baby shark pink Fong baby shark baby shk any parent of a young child who's been forced to listen to Baby Shark on repeat has no doubt deemed it cruel punishment but in 2023 an Oklahoma County Special judge made it a official not for parents though but for four inmates at an Oklahoma jail these individuals were forced to listen to the song blasted on repeat as

a form of punishment in a subsequent lawsuit they accused two jail officers Christian miles and Gregory Butler Jr of using harsh techniques like forcing them to stand in stress positions for long periods and of course subjecting them to baby shark at such a loud volume that it was reverberating down the [Music] hallways bodies Drowning Pool let the the floor let the H the floor bodies by Drowning Pool is a song about the sanctity of the mosh pit and respect for the other individuals in the space however the constant lyrical refrain of Let the Bodies at

the floor has led to the track being misinterpreted as condoning violence one nothing wrong with me two nothing wrong with me three nothing wrong with me this misunderstanding got it pulled from the radio after the 911 attacks despite this temporary ban bodies was used by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay during their interrogation of muhammadu old salahi a suspected terrorist the song was reportedly played for 10 days straight while salahi was also exposed to variable lighting patterns Let the Body Theo Let the Body Theo [Music] Babylon David Gray Frid night going alls Babylon a tune about a

love that is lost and found again has been referred to as the signature song of British singer songwriter David Gray however it gained an unexpected reputation as one of the favorites in the cia's music torture playlist at Guantanamo Bay in the 2000s if you want come and get crying out loud this disturbing fact was first revealed in 2008 when prisoner Haj Ali told of his experiences being stripped handcuffed and force-fed the song at a mind-numbingly loud volume needless to say gray was not happy with the misuse of his work and he stepped up to Advocate

against the broader practice of using music for torture meone meone Enter Sandman [Music] Metallica Enter Sandman Metallica's song about a child's nightmares became a real life nightmare for many Iraqi prisoners during the war on terror us interrogators used the metal classic to break captives and Metallica elad singer James Hetfield wasn't that upset by [Music] it at a 2017 interview with Thrasher magazine he admitted that once their music is released into the world they have no control over how it is used he added I'm honored my country as using something to help us stay safe if

they are although if the CIA and the US military had downloaded the song illegally we're sure headfield would have been Furious about it never never dirty Christina agulara featuring Red Man over give me some room coming through the use of music as a tool of psychological torture wasn't just about playing a song really loud the choice of song was often a key part of the plan as was the case with Christina Aguilera's dirty which was used on Muhammad Al katani the alleged 20th hijacker of the 911 attacks to offend his observant Muslim [Music] sensibilities the

over sexualized lyrics fit in with other such tactics which also included female interrogators going topless and giving forced lap dances to the prisoners they even smeared red liquid on the detainees claiming it was menstrual blood The Real Slim Shady Eminem y act like you never seen a white person before there are conflicting reports as to whether it was M&M song The Real Slim Shady or his entire sophomore album The Slim Shady LP that was played on a loop for up to 20 days maybe it was both I'm Shady I'm the Shady you Slim Shady are

just what really matters though is that according to some CIA operatives when discussing this song as well as others the music was so foreign to them it made them frantic frantic seems like an understatement when you hear what one former Guantanamo prisoner said discussing the Relentless background music binyan Mohammad detailed how it got so bad that a report Ed L even drove some of the prisoners to harm [Music] themselves before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be

notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications the Barney and Friends theme song I love you you love me yep it's true the CIA used this famously annoying children's show theme song to aggravate prisoners so much that it became their most overused torture song according to the guardian the idea of this tune being used in that way seemed laughable to its composer Bob Singleton with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you it seems so ludicrous that

something totally innocuous for children could threaten the mental state of an adult he said he also Al added that while it might be annoying it wouldn't break me down and make me confess to crimes against humanity fortunately he's never had to endure it blasted on repeat at deafening volumes W you say you love me to speaking of children's show theme songs we have to mention another torture favorite the Sesame Street [Music] song what do you think about these songs and how they were used let us know in the comments did you enjoy this video check

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