By now we're all aware how our government chose to use torture in attempts to extract information from those they deemed terrorists. Well, it should be no surprise music was incorporated into their techniques of information extraction.

In some cases, songs would be played in repetition for hours or days on end, as to drive the prisoner to insanity. Music was also used to prevent detainees from sleeping, which is another way of creating delirium and vulnerability in the detainees. Some songs were chosen because they were annoying, while others were chosen because they may have been offensive to the prisoner’s culture or religion.

The list— you can read it here—is mostly what you'd expect: bad metal, hiphop, and a couple kids' favorites, so mainly stuff you'd reckon conservatives or your grandparents would find off-putting. To me, it's obvious why Tupac, Dope, Saliva, Eminem, and Deicide songs were used, but the inclusion of the Top 40 hits like the Bee Gees' "Stayin’ Alive," Don McLean's "American Pie," and Prince's "Raspberry Beret"? I guess if all secular Western music is considered pagan, or whatever, then even the most well-known American radio hits are abusive.

As for the rest of the list, and I don't mean to be flip, but as a grown-up I have a DEEP understanding of how repeated playing of the Barney & Friends theme song, the Meow Mix jingle, David Gray's "Babylon," Matchbox 20, any bit from Janeane Garofalo/Ben Stiller's Feel This Audiobook, and the Sesame Street theme song could result in "delirium and vulnerability." Hmmm, I wonder how many of these songs Dick the Dick has on his personal iPod™?