I presume that most of us have seen that US interrogators are using Heavy metal music and popular American children's songs to break the will of their captives in Iraq. Favourites are said to be 'Bodies' from the XXX film soundtrack and Metallica's “Enter Sandman”. The theme tune from the US children's programme Sesame Street and songs from the purple singing dinosaur Barney are also on their hit list.

You could almost feel sorry for them!

So the question is, what music played over and over again would make you talk?

The Birdie Song. I'd sing like a canary at the mere threat of it.



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Saw a blurb about this on the news yesterday, in which they suggested that listening to Barney's "I love you" song over and over might count as cruel and unusual punishment, and that many parents might be inclined to agree.

Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep or No charge


No charge came on totp2 the other day, I ran out of the house when my daughter threatened to put it back on

there are probably others but they're the first two to mind

eeeewwww

ick ick ick

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actually he says peep, cheep, chirrup, squalk,muttermuttergrumblegrumble, oh and now he falls off his pirch whish is followed by a sheepish peek round to see if anyone was looking and a quick scramble back up

There's an Elvis song 'Yoga is as Yoga Does' which is excruciating. The worst couplet:

You tell me just how I can take this yoga serious
When all it ever gives to me is a pain in my posteriors

For the full horror, it must be heard. Lyrics at

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'Grandma we love you' would have me begging for a labotomy after the first bar.
Mind you any bar with lots of alcohol would be preferable

And Clive Dunn's song 'Grandad'

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Forgot to put my own nightmare songs - anything by Phil Collins/Billy Joel/The Beatles (singularly or together) plus those already mentioned above.

I'm with Jon totally on this one. "The Birdie Song" is the most infuriating tune ever written. It's even worse than "Manamana" (if that's how you spell it - I've never seen it written down), and that's bad enough.



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Sarah

Auntysassy: surely not *anything* by the Beatles ? They recorded so much and in so many styles.

I'd hate to be trapped anywhere with a David Grey cd playing. His songs are all so mid-tempo aren't-I-sincere-and-meaningful

Never liked them, ever since I was little. Some people think they're great, some don't - I fall in the latter. Can tolerate George Harrison in the Travelling Wilburys and some of the very early Beatle stuff but not for long. Other than that, I'd be singing like the proverbial if I had a promise of their music stopping.

I once had a boyfriend who said he hated any music ftom the 60's. I think it was partly an affectation, put on to influence what I did. He was insecure, jealous and dreadful with money. I eventually dumped him for his best friend.

It was one of the best things I've ever done.

anything with heavy steel guitars would make me want to spill the beans immediately. Some of the country songs from the 70's were heinously filled with the "whah, whah, whaaaaahhhhh" of nasty old steel guitars. EEESH!

Oh and pretty much anything with a lot of rap would make me want out quickly!

I love steel guitars, me. And music from the 60s? Canned Heat anyone? Mungo Jerry?

Mind you, banjos are better than steel guitars anyday -- any other fans of Bill Munroe, Earl Scruggs, Carter Family out there?

Maybe we should ban discussions of music as well as religion and politics . . .

Or maybe I should get me coat . . .



Jesus saves; Buddha does incremental backup.

bluegrass and banjos are just fine...there's just something so sad and whiney about steel guitars...it all smacks of the

"my wife left, my truck quit running, my dog died and I'm all out of beer" moroseness of cookie cutter country music...especially from the 70's. ICK!

By the way, sadness over June Carter Cash passing away this week :( I listened to her a lot when I was a kid. I don't particularly like country music anymore, but I love the harmonies the Carter family did.

"Daddy sang bass, mamma sang tenor and little brother joined right in..." :)

So, how do the rest of you feel about Scottish bagpipes? I rather like their sound, as long as they're being played by somebody who knows what he or she is doing (and not in a rather confined space), but realise that a lot of people would disagree...

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They tend to make me run away. I encounter them in the city centre on weekends and holidays - as buskers, I suppose they're marginally better than *another* Oasis cover, if only for the national pride feeling (or at least "If i was a tourist I'd think that was cool").

I wouldn't choose to listen to them, anyway.



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There was a lone bagpipier as I cycled down Glen Coe a few years back. That somehow seemed apt - no one else around, full kilt and regalia, Rannoch Moor in the mist in the background - but a bit touristy. In general I'm not a fan.

There are a lot of buskers in Manchester. Two are well known. One is a guy who plays the most fabulous blues guitar, and attracts large and admiring crowds (I believe he does pubs and clubs in the evenings).

The other is a bloke from Bury (where he may also be found) who is convinced he can play the bagpipes. He is wrong about this. He can clear a crowd faster than tear gas, and can be heard several blocks away.

I prefer the uillean pipes myself (the Irish sort you work with your elbow). Much more tuneful.



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There's been a string quartet in Leeds recently. Very pleasant.