June 5, 2006
Manilow music as another teenage repellent scheme
A funny follow-up on the teenage repellent box selling like hot cakes in the UK, from the
BBC.
Rockdale Council in the Australian city of Sydney has taken a different approach than the UK, to rid public places of disruptive teenagers. Instead of blasting ultrasonic sounds only perceptible to teenagers - the council will pipe Barry Manilow's greatest hits in a parking lot to drive youths away.
"Daggy music is one way to make the hoons leave an area, because they can't stand the music," Deputy mayor Bill Saravinovski told The Daily Telegraph. The music would not be limited to Barry Manilow, he said. "It will be all types of classical music and music that doesn't appeal to these people."
Rockdale Council is not the first to employ such measures. In 1999, the Warrawong Westfield shopping mall in Wollongong played Bing Crosby hits over and over again to drive away loitering teenagers. "
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