http://i2.cdn.turner.com/...c.list.pdf

The list above, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and posted on CNN shows a list of 35 artists whose music was used to torture inmates at Guantanamo Bay.

Prince's music is included.

How do Prince fans feel about this.

How do you think Prince might feel about this?

- BM
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I lol'd at the thread title..

but dude if torture was being forced to listen to AC/DC, Aerosmith, Queen, nonetheless Prince!.. you can torture me all day!
downright silly
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LMAO, let me guess - they're looking for royalties.

Glad both of you find torture so hilarious.

Any intelligent responses?

- BM

Put me in a CIA cell and play Jughead just once at a moderate level and I'd sell my Momma down the river.

JesusFreak said:

Did you read The Men Who Stare At Goats?

Once all the jokes about Barney were out the way it's been more or less proved that this 'torture' method didn't have the desired effect.Indeed many of the artists were (unsurprisingly) deeply unhappy about their music being used in this way.

If I were Prince I'd be livid, he should leave off youtube/imeem/bootleggers/fans and send his lawyers in the direction of the Bush administration.

CJBabyDaddy said:

Barney's theme song... that is pure torture believe me

Y´all seem to take this torture thing very lightly.....but sleep deprivation day after day is no joke, regardless of the music that´s being played.When you haven´t slept for days and they keep turning up the volume and the music is blaring out the speakers you can go insane.If I were Prince, I´d feel pissed that his music, his gift that he has been blessed to share with people, is used in this way. Instead of suing moms who film their babies dancing to Let´s Go Crazy, he should sue those who were responsible for misusing and abusing his music.

KoolEaze said:

That's a good point.. now it makes sense they would use the material they used.
Prince knows this is an earth roamed and ruled by satan himself, he knows evil is inevitable and it's downright disgusting.
If I was him I don' know what good it would do to sue..

Considering the people in the prison are probably Islamic traditionalists (extreme), and shun anything modern media related, it could be Prince, or whoever, and it would irritate them.

I'd fucking make them listen to Solo and bet that a million virgins wouldnt be worth the hassle.

emilio319 said:

True but what about those who were innocent and were kept there for more than a couple of years and who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time?
They have lost years of their lives that they are never going to get back.

OR....just as soon as they were getting used to Prince...introduce the GAYBOYZ and some of TonyM's rapping....make em suffer.

LOL....great thread

I heard most of the inmates could not make it through the first half of Planet Earth.

I remember when I used to work at a record store. My manager liked country music. I used to play 'Straight Outta Compton' just to get on his nerves.

KoolEaze said:

KoolEaze, I understand what you are saying... Unfortunately, I think in situations like that there will always be a few innocent people that get mistaken for terrorists... HOWEVER, that being said, the whole "music torture" thing will probably make them very uncomfortable, maybe a few headaches, but as far as torture goes, that's very mild and they will recover from it and not have lifelong scars, as opposed to the crueler options I mentioned earlier. What do you want the military to do? Just simply ask them for info? That's unrealistic. Of course it sucks that some innocents get caught up in this but that will always happen, it even happens to regular people in the U.S. falsely accused of crimes. Music torture is fine by me, they will survive.

I'm disgusted that they used torture. Torture belongs in dictatorships, not democracies. It's really sad that they used Prince's music. I hope he would be sad too.

emilio319 said:

Do you realize you can die from sleep deprivation? It can also cause hallucinations, depression, heart disease, hypertension,decrease immunities, the brain's ability to function deteriorates, and it effects hormone levels in the body. It's not a "mild" form of torture as it can effect the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of a person. And again, extreme sleep deprivation can result in death. Imagine the mental anguish these individuals went through, never being able to escape sound, audio stimulation to the brain, not even in sleep.


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CINNAMON GIRL


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HonestMan13 said:

yeah....that is pretty bad

i also read that they used the Barney Song and the Meow Mix cat food jingle

They must have played "Valentina" and "Ol Skool Company" for them.

Torture is never OK. Especially if they played Animal Kingdom for those poor bastards.

Torture is disgusting but Prince couldn't sue, nobody is making money out of it, which all seems very depressing. Asisde from this the list actually looks quite mainstream-as if the guards have put their Ipod on and killed two birds with one stone. It's all very grim

I'm totally against torture! And Prince needs to get with the other artists and raise some serious hell! He's always going on and freaking on about protecting his image, well if there was ever a time for his special brand of histrionics, it's now!

That being said, I did have a fleeting thought a while back of Prince working for the CIA on torture music. It was the only way I could explain Bria's CD!

There is no real torture on that list. Torture would be being exposed to James Blunt and "You're beautiful" 24/7. God, I would beg for the bullet, if they did that to me.

Something in the waterboarding does not compute.

2the9s said: