Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War

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American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War Sound Targets Jonathan Pieslak Sound Targets American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War Jonathan Pieslak indiana university press bloomington and indianapolis Sound Targets This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2009 by Jonathan Pieslak All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. manufactured in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pieslak, Jonathan R. Sound targets : American soldiers and music in the Iraq war / Jonathan Pieslak. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35323-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-22087-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Iraq War, 2003—-Music and the war. 2. Popular music—Social aspects. 3. United States.—Armed Forces—Iraq. 4. Soldiers—United States—Social conditions. I. Title. ML3477.P54 2009 956.7044’38—dc22 2008046562 1 2 3 4 5 14 13 12 11 10 09 Also see http://soundtargets.com “Go To Sleep,” Cradle 2 The Grave sound track (2003), DMX. Words and Music by Earl Simmons, Marshall Mathers, Obie Trice, Steven King, Luis Resto and Unknown Writer.© 2003 EMI April Music Inc., Dead Game Publishing, Boomer X Publishing, Inc., Eight Mile Style Music, Almo Music Corp., Obie Trice Publishing, Steven King and Unknown Publisher. All Rights for Dead Game Publishing Controlled and Administered by EMI April Music Inc. All Rights for Boomer X Publishing, Inc. Controlled and Administered by Universal Music Corp. All Rights for Obie Trice Publishing Controlled and Administered by Almo Music Corp. All Rights Reserved International Copyright Secured Used by Permission. “I Don’t Give a Fuck,” Kings of Crunk (2002), Lil’ John & the Eastside Boyz. Reprinted with permission of Roynet Music. To the power of music: may it also help us reconcile with one another. ...