
"It was just kind of an in-the-moment thing," Ramsey says of the lyric change. In the song "Smooth Sailing," Old Dominion replaced the line "They ain't got a dog in this fight" with a more fitting word, "ruff." The album only contains one other word that isn't meow. The guys had to leave the room because they couldn't stop laughing, and if one person cracked, the rest of us would." "It's a lot of just meowing on the same note. "The first song that we did was 'Never Be Sorry,' which is probably the most mind-numbing one of them all," Ramsey recalls. As fans could imagine, it was hard for the group to get through recording a song without bursting out laughing. The five bandmate including Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung and Brad Turski, were all a part of the recording process. And we were like, 'Let's do a meow one,' and then it started with one song, and then we were like, 'Oh, let's do the whole album!'" "We just thought it was funny, and then some of our crew thought it was funny, and then the label's always asking us to do different versions of songs - acoustic, things like that. The band's lead singer, Matthew Ramsey, tells People the album is "just a bunch of grown men making a joke." He explains how it all started during a band meeting when someone made a point, and another replied with "meow, meow." It became a running joke that would even slip out sometimes during soundcheck. Old Dominion (Meow Mix) replaces almost all of the album's lyrics with the word "meow." 11.On Friday (August 7), Old Dominion released a unique remake of their latest album that left fans wondering what exactly was going on. A thought flashed through my head: ' Chop his fucking fingers off.'" Lagoruias was immediately revolted that the thought had even suggested itself. When I looked at him, the anger surged, amplified by the flashing lights and the booming noise. The prisoner, still not cooperating, was making me increasingly angry."Īnother night: "Khalid was right where I left him, calm and serene. "The music and the lights were making me increasingly more aggressive. I realized I wasn't going to be able to stand this much longer. My throat was sore, my ears were ringing, and the lights were disorienting. We pushed forward, getting harsher with our words.

I imagined he was crying behind his sandbag. After about a half hour, he started moaning. His head twisted around as he tried to figure out where we were. Army interpreter, almost lost it one day while interrogating a prisoner who had been receiving some very heavy metal: " As Umar knelt, we took turns yelling our questions into his ears. Music torture often had significant effects on U.S. People hyperventilated, losing control of their senses, hitting their bottle of water against the cell, against other people, trying to scrape their hands against the concertina wire, sometimes breaking down and crying." 10.

"Many people suffered from various kinds of anxiety attacks. the random aspect of when it would start or end was frustrating, makes you tired, agitated, upset, on top of all the other situations of not knowing when you're going to be released, interrogated, or moved to those cells. The other thing that they did was play the music at various times. You lose the ability to have a routine sleep. or so, but your ability to sleep was already disturbed. The worst part of the whole ordeal for Begg was the sleep disruption. They received the most horrifying introduction imaginable. The men who suffered most were those coming from more rural parts of Afghanistan and Yemen, who had never been exposed to Western music before. "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminemīegg, the man who was forced to listen to disco, said he was not as unnerved by the music torture as others. Here are 11 songs that have been turned into torture devices. But to hear about the experience of people who've been subjected to these songs is to see just how terrible it is to have a beloved song turned against you. That's when we come in and talk to them."Īny torture method is of debatable merit - music torture was, in part, popular because it seemed more palatable to the public. Psychological Operations team, described the efficacy of the tactic: "If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken. The process is designed to "create fear, disorient … and prolong capture shock" in prisoners. Music torture has been common practice for the CIA ever since it began its " enhanced interrogation program" in the early 2000s.
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Queen's " We Are the Champions" has been playing on repeat for 30 hours now at full volume, and you've lost your ability to think.

You're isolated in a small, dark room with earphones you can't take off. Imagine you are chained with your hands between your legs, crouching.
