British Man Fined For Blasting Milli Vanilli, Elton John, Until 5:00 AM

[Initech]

Jamie Smith, 44, made his neighbours' lives a misery for two years by playing the singer's hits until 5am.

He breached a noise abatement notice three times and was hauled into court and fined £1,000, ordered to pay £808 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge

His track list also included UB40, 1980s pop sensations Milli Vanilli, and gangsta rapper Eminem.

One neighbour, at St George House in Bristol, said: "None of us wanted to complain but something had to be done about it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10201649/Elton-John-fan-fined-for-playing-Candle-in-the-Wind-for-18-hours.html

Wouldn't this guy learn to buy headphones, or did he do that to be intentionally annoying?

[SwissTony]

1. True story: Yoko Ono brought peace to the world (or at least Nightcliff)

In the mid 80s, I lived in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia in the suburb of Nightcliff. Darwin is always hot and everyone has their windows open ALL the time (except during cyclones).

Across the street from me was a block of flats. One afternoon, some idiot decided to let the whole area listen to his music. A few minutes later, someone retaliated by playing his music even louder. This quickly escalated until both volume knobs were on 11.

Neither showed any inclination to turn their music down. So, I decided to get in on the act. I had a pretty big stereo and I positioned my speakers so that they were level with the windows and facing outwards. I then played this marvelous work of art at high volume...

Result: within a minute, both people had turned off their music. Yoko had brought peace to Nightcliff.