'Please give us something more uplifting,' said another comment on the page, which bears the junta's self-declared name: National Peace and Order Maintaining Council. Song requests poured in - for Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, the Disney hit 'Let It Go,' and for foot-tapping Thai folk music. 'Since you're reforming politics, you might as well reform your music,' said one of many postings on the page, which had over 230,000 likes by Friday evening, up exponentially from earlier in the day.
In this day and age, it's not surprising that the generals who launched Thailand's coup have set up a Facebook page.īut it was a sign of the times that the junta's vintage tunes didn't resonate with the Facebook generation.
