R.I.P. Irony

Mother Jones recenlty compiled a playlist of all the songs the U.S. military uses to torture prisoners. First of all, we have a playlist to torture people. That in and of itself should probably be problematic enough, but it gets worse.

Some of the songs on their are what you'd probably think of when you think "music used for torture": Eminem, the Meow Mix song, the Barney Theme Song, Neil Diamond, Christina Aguilera. Surprisingly, no Dave Matthews, but I'm sure the list is still a work in progress.

The award for the weirdest song on the list goes to Raspberry Beret. I mean, if I were in a secret C.I.A. detention center in Undisclosed Location, Eastern Europe, I'd be cool with jamming out to some Prince.

But the aforementioned irony-killer would have to be that "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine is on the list. For those of you not in the know, have a sample verse:

Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed tha war canibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetery
What we dont know keeps tha contracts alive an movin
They dont gotta burn tha books they just remove em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round tha family, pockets full of shells

Yep, nothing like a shrill screed against the military-industrial complex to torture people at the hands of said military-industrial complex. This means that this is now either the official definition of irony, or the concept is indeed finally dead. Discuss amongst yourselves...