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Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
October 30, 2013 at 4:28 pm
I believe the FBI did something similar with New Kids On The Block during the siege at Waco, but they weren't trying to warn anyone off. They were just using psychological warfare.
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
October 30, 2013 at 4:45 pm
(October 30, 2013 at 4:28 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I believe the FBI did something similar with New Kids On The Block during the siege at Waco, but they weren't trying to warn anyone off. They were just using psychological warfare.

I'd have set myself on fire, too.
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
October 31, 2013 at 8:49 pm
(October 30, 2013 at 4:28 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I believe the FBI did something similar with New Kids On The Block during the siege at Waco, but they weren't trying to warn anyone off. They were just using psychological warfare.

Manuel Noriega surrendered after several days of Van Halen.

Perhaps they could have hastened all of it a bit if the had played Yoko Ono's music.

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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
October 31, 2013 at 10:04 pm
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 1, 2013 at 9:38 am
If I were ever under siege by government forces, I'd let it slip out to the negotiator that I totally can't stand Pink Floyd. Then I'd sit back and enjoy the great sound system.
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 1, 2013 at 4:54 pm
This would work on me awful awful song.

Verse is bad enough but the chorus....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbyG2MrBHk



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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 1, 2013 at 11:56 pm
(November 1, 2013 at 4:54 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: This would work on me awful awful song.

Verse is bad enough but the chorus....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbyG2MrBHk

I was listening to a piano concerto streaming from Classic FM from London, and I stopped to listen to this. Big mistake.

Sadly, this is what passes for pop music these days. Utter garbage. And all that crap sounds the same.
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 2, 2013 at 11:41 am
(November 1, 2013 at 11:56 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:
(November 1, 2013 at 4:54 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: This would work on me awful awful song.

Verse is bad enough but the chorus....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbyG2MrBHk

I was listening to a piano concerto streaming from Classic FM from London, and I stopped to listen to this. Big mistake.

Sadly, this is what passes for pop music these days. Utter garbage. And all that crap sounds the same.
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 2, 2013 at 7:21 pm
And why does she look like Peg from Married With Children?
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RE: Britney Spears music used to ward off pirates
November 5, 2013 at 3:23 pm
(October 29, 2013 at 4:07 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: No, seriously, it's not an Onion article:

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/...10868.html

Quote:Can Britney Spears ward off a group of swashbuckling pirates? According to the British Royal Navy, the answer is aye aye, Captain.

The "Toxic" singer's catchy early hits like "Oops! I Did It Again" and "...Baby One More Time" have been used by naval officers to ward off Somali pirates off the east coast of Africa.

"Her songs were chosen by the security team because they thought the pirates would hate them most," Merchant Navy Second Officer Rachel Owens, who works on supertankers, told Metro UK.

I think just about any modern pop music would be enough to make the pirates keep throwing up enough to where they wouldn't be physically able to carry out an attack.
Yes, we also use music as a means of psychological warfare, but normally its something that tells about war, nationalism and devotion.
Against pirates, I don't know, perhaps something that speaks about heart-breaking and teenage sex is enough.
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