Move over Guantanamo. There’s a new form of torture that’s making headlines. In New Zealand, a mall has decided to blast Barry Manilow songs from its speakers as a way to ward off destructive teens. Apparently, it’s not just Mandy who Barry knows how to send away. Go ahead and read the whole story here.
If you’re young, then you may not know who Manilow is. To catch you up, the classic crooner began making hit after hit during the seventies when I think he was actually popular among some teens. (I can’t say for sure - I’m not that old - I haven’t seen a day in that decade.)
I WANT to make YOU miserable!
I think this type of torture would work on me. Even if music and passion were always the fashion at Copacabana, too much easy listening makes me nauseous - turns my insides into mush. Of course, I don’t think this is the first time this tactic has been used to deter the unwanted. Hot Topic does a great job blasting its frightening music to keep the likes of me out. (It’s okay; I haven’t felt the need for a punked out Hello Kitty shirt in quite some time.) And my older sister and I can’t even stroll by the doors to Hollister (”private club for teens” as my little sister calls it), let alone enter them because of the awful aroma wafting from within its parameters. (Only teenagers can stand a store that dowses each individual piece of clothing in its signature scent.)
So would this torture treatment work on you, too? Which song or artist would keep you away? Do you think Barry is scary? Or just his fashion sense?
