David Gray – Instrument of Torture
Posted Fri 4 Jul 2008 1:33PM BST by Mitch Carter in The Guestlist
Middle-of-the-road Mancunian miserablist David Gray has hit out at reports that his music has been used as an instrument of torture by US interrogators.
The singer-songwriter's hit single Babylon is said to be the preferred choice of the US military in Iraq who play the track incessantly to detainees during interrogation sessions.
"What we're talking about here is people in a darkened room, physically inhibited by handcuffs, bags over their heads and music blaring at them." said the singer taking on Radio Four's World Tonight programme.
Playing loud music repeatedly to detainees is thought to be a standard interrogation technique used by the US military.

i say no more
Plus he's home grown, support the brits, not the plastic false yank crap.
Long live Satan
quote...."Its not actually that bad. I would like to see you people sing better than that and have as many fans as he does.
I admit, the music video is a bit gay, but just listen to the music...."
The prisoners are lucky enough to be in darkened rooms with bags on their heads so they wouldn't have to see the video lol.....
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The United Nations says the following about just a little bit of noise:
Noise is an increasingly omnipresent, yet underestimated, form of pollution. Long periods of exposure to relatively low levels of noise can have adverse effects on human health, such as raised blood pressure, hypertension, disrupted sleep and cognitive development in children, diminished working memory span, and psychiatric disorders.
Imagine a whole lot of noise!