BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis

Subject: RE: BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis
From: outfidel
Date: 21 May 03 - 11:58 PM

Sesame Street is pretty good to my ears, but Barney & Metallica would fly me over the cuckoo's nest.

Subject: RE: BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 May 03 - 08:14 PM

Sesame Street has some great songs from Joe Raposo, including the theme song. Here's a list of a few of them. Personally, I really loved "Put Down the Duckie (If you Want to Play the Saxophone)." And lots of others. "Oh, How I Miss My X:" the one with the shark signing about brushing his teeth, a couple by Smokey Robinson, James Taylor, Paul Simon, so many good performances on there.

My Dad, the folksong purist, thought it might be torture many years ago when I told him I had a tape I wanted him to listen to. It was composed of songs I'd recorded over months of watching Sesame Street with my kids and hopping up to record just certain songs. He was charmed and entertianed by what we played for him. Sesame Street isn't just for kids.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis
From: Desdemona
Date: 21 May 03 - 06:40 PM

Personally, I *love* Seasame Street, and would much prefer a rousing chorus of "C Is For Cookie" to most of what's played in the mainstream.

That said, a couple replays of the Barney song & I'd sing like a canary!

Subject: RE: BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 21 May 03 - 05:45 PM

According to the Today programme on Radio 4 yesterday, Psych Ops were hoping that just annoying prisoners by playing them Sesame Street would encourage them to divulge useful information about international terrorists etc.

Subject: BS: Music as torture: Sesame Street & Iraqis
From: outfidel
Date: 21 May 03 - 05:31 PM

Apologies if this has been posted already...

Sesame Street breaks Iraqi POWs

Some helpful advice on torture