barry manilow: crime deterrent

07/10/2006 11:57:00 PM (3)
Teens are often the ones who first discover the power of music as a weapon playing loud music in their bedrooms to deliberately annoy their parents.

So how could the tables be turned?

How could music by used as a weapon against teens?

Police and the local council in Sydney, Australia have resorted to an unusual method to deter youth crime, playing the songs of Barry Manilow. Manilow's tracks "Copacabana" and "Mandy" were used to disperse crowds of young hooligans who were gathered in a car park.

Councils in Britain are also looking into the idea and the association even created their own play list that went way beyond Manilow to include; Billy Joel, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters and Gene Pitney.

According to Word Spy, this innovative new crime fighting technique now has its own phrase "The Manilow Method"
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Fast Food
I work for a fast food client - whenever they have a gaggle of teens they want to get rid of, they change the Muzak to classical. Works nearly all the time.
Posted by jbelkin on 07/09/2006 09:53 PM
new twist
Loved the 'manilow method' - great twist - although, many councils and especially train operators have been playing classical music over the system in the evenings for years, deterring the kids from 'hanging about' <br> <br>:-)
Posted by DK on 07/10/2006 07:14 AM
the manilow method
Interesting that this is cropping up again. There were reports a few years ago, also from Australia, that several malls there were using Bing Crosby to disperse roving gangs of teens. You would think a couple of earbuds would be enough to blot out Bing or Barry or just about anything else the kids are having thrown at them.
Posted by ernie on 07/10/2006 09:19 AM
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