And from violence to torture - it's all fun, fun, fun this Monday morning. David Gray has been talking about reports that one of his songs is reportedly being used by US interrogators in their previously reported music-based torture tactics. As previously reported, the UK's Musicians' Union recently called on the global federation of musician organisations to officially condemn the use of music as a tool in interrogation, what Amnesty International have termed 'psychological torture'.
Following reports his song 'Babylon' was among those used by US interrogators, Gray told Radio 4's 'The World Tonight': "Only the novelty aspect of this story gets it noticed... Guantanamo greatest hits. 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. That is torture. That is nothing but torture. It doesn't matter what the music is - it could be Tchaikovsky's finest or it could be Barney the Dinosaur. It really doesn't matter, it's going to drive you completely nuts. No-one wants to even think about it or discuss the fact that we've gone above and beyond all legal process and we're torturing people".
'Guantanamo Greatest Hits', now there's an idea. Presumably the compilation department at one of the majors has that in development, no?