Everything by Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Pixie Lott.

Interesting....

Not really considering the poster likes Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Britney Spears etc...most things a detainee would probably consider actually torturous.

Any artist called Justin (except Justin Hayward)
Meat Loaf
Queen
Bon Jovi
Foreigner
Most Heavy Metal (love the early stuff, e.g. Sabbath and Purple, but nothing much since)
Tina Turner as a solo artist (I like Ike and Tina Turner)
Cher as a solo artist (I like Sonny and Cher)
Contemporary R'n'B (although I love original R'n'B, i.e. Rhythm 'n' Blues from the 40's, 50's and 60's)
Most power ballads
70's/80's Soul (although I love 60's Soul)
70's Disco music
All Dance music since Disco
Hip Hop
Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce and all their imitators
Modern music generally.

Sorry, my post was not quite what the OP was asking for, but the above is certainly tortuous music for me.

Me too. An unpopular opinion since the biopic which dismissed his songs as samey and sentimental.

Likewise when it was still heavily prog

O Superman - Laurie Andersen

Outta Your Mind - Posh Spice

That rap song which features It's a Hard Knock Life from the film Annie

The Power of Love - Jennifer Rush

Don't Mess With My Toot Toot - Denise LaSalle

Babycakes - Three of a Kind

That duet Celine Dion did with Barbara Streisand

Can I Touch You There - Michael Botlon

Russians - Sting

Rock Star - Nickelback


(by the way OP I really like 2 Princes by The Spin Doctors )

It was okay the first 3000 times I heard it (well....3).

That Michael Bolton song sounds horrendous! Nickelback is a great addition to the playlist. Some arch-interrogator will be reading this and twirling his moustache right at this moment.

It is really, I am still haunted by seeing the video to it on MTV with him sporting that mullet (shudder)

(Resist curiosity. Resist curiosity.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbFsdWJLuo

Well.....what can you say to that? I think it stands for itself.

Me too, one of my favourite nineties tracks.

sorry, try not to have nightmares

I definitely agree with Rockstar by Nickelback.

My 10 are;
Rockstar - Nickelback.
Firework - Katy Perry
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Caught Out There - Kelis
What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
Baby Come Back - The Equals
Oh So Quiet - Bjork ( anything by Bjork, actually )
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Vindaloo - Fat Les
Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins ( quite hard to pick a specific track by these torture merchants)

Great thread idea, OP.

I thought I was the only one who hated Don't Stop Believin'

We Are Detectives was the Thompson Twins' top torture number IMO

can't agree with Baby Come Back though, great track

this fred is fun

some more

Can't Stop This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

I Love It When you Call - The Feeling

The futureheads version of hounds of Love

Anything by Sinitta

Anything by Gloria Estefan

Could've Been - Tiffany

Frankie -Sister Sledge

Tubthumping - Chumbawumba

Cos We Want to = Billie Piper

Lady in Red = Chris de Bleauggghhhh

I gave that "album" a shot recently......as im always intrigued to hear lps that normally appear on "Worst albums" lists, just to try and make my own judgement, its definitely not your standard album as such, its quite unbearable but at the same time its quite interesting, i often wonder why Lou and his label put this out, im all for experimentation but this one totally baffles me. Good on him though for doing something totally mad and crazy like this. i would love to hear some of our more modern artists try and make a similar statement, if this album was a statement as such!

But going back to the topic, (Although a lot of replies ive noticed are very lazy, its so easy to list the acts we don t like but im gonna list tracks by the ones that i do/did like)

Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
Boy George - Everything I Own
Evanessance - Immortal
Bette Midler (Or anyone else who has covered this god awful song) Wind Beneath My Wings
Kylie Minogue - Celebration
Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me
U2 - (Their batman theme song)
R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Lady Gaga - Aura/Artpop/Venus/Applause/Manicure/Monster/Boys Boys Boys
Natalia Kills - Mirrors/Free/Controversy
The Saturdays - Lease My Love/Puppet/Karma/Disco Love/Walking Through The Dessert
Melanie C - First Day Of My Life

I'd like the opportunity to test that belief someday.


Good twist! I'll have a go...

Ob La Di - The Beatles
Round And Round - Neil Young
Everybody Hurts - REM
The Invisible Man - Queen


Will add to it as they come to mind.

Yes! Loath those tracks with a passion!

Heretic

Frankly any of those repetitive club bangers are torture to listen to.

Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Umbrella - Rihanna
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
The Best - Tina Turner
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas

She's Got A Motorcycle - Frankie Cocozza
The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) - Las Ketchup
Axel F - Crazy Frog
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell Williams
Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus
Friday - Rebecca Black
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Mandy - Barry Manilow
It's My Birthday - will.i.am and Cody Wise
Feelin' Myself - will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana and Wiz Khalifa.

Ah, but what would happen if a detainee actually liked that kind of music? It wouldn't be torture then!

If I detainee actually liked that kind of music, then they are in the best place possible

Found this piece of information on the web:-

The song "Baby, One More Time" by Britney Spears was apparently used as a torture technique by the CIA.

Following Ally / Jim

by artists I do like

REM - Pushing a Elephant up the Stairs song

Donna Summer - I don't Wanna Get Hurt

Prince - If I was Ur Girlfriend

The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma

The Velvet Underground - Black Angel Death Song

Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams Get Into Car

The Cardigans - Rise and Shine

Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy

Debbie Harry -French Kissing In the USA

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Zeyhpr Song

The Rolling Stones - She Was Hot (hilariously bad video though)

It certainly was a statement. "I owe you two albums on my contract and you won't release me, so have some of this ..."