Presented with the unusual situation of wanting to arrest Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega, but not being able to actually attack the consulate he was seeking refuge in (a Vatican consulate, no less), the US military turned to psychological warfare – in this case, blasting music at the compound so he could not sleep. It worked – he did give up.
Then, while listening to this week’s episode of The Caustic Soda Podcast – all about bizarre music stories – I found out that Cleaning Up The Town by The Bus Boys (from the Ghostbusters soundtrack), was on the approved playlist the military used.
As crazy and dark as this is, you have to admit – it’s not a song designed to let you sleep.
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It does get kind of grating if played several times in a row.
There’s actually a lot of great music on that “torture” list. If they did (or do) this sort of thing nowadays, all they need to do is play all of the crap that passes for popular “music” these days and they’re done. In other words, just turn on the radio to the pop music channel – no special playlist required. All of that auto-tuned junk blasted non-stop at loud volumes would be torture to anyone!
PS: From the title of this article, I thought they were using the whole Ghostbusters soundtrack album for their psyche warfare