March 13, 2005
The sound of pain for a new generation
by Liza Sabater
The New York Times > Arts > Music > Fighting Words. You can get a PDf of the article here.
If rock 'n' roll, the sounds of Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and Creedence Clearwater Revival, was the music of American service members in Vietnam, rap may become the defining pulse for the war in Iraq. It has emerged as a rare realm where soldiers and marines, hardly known for talking about their feelings, are voicing the full range of their emotions and reactions to war. They rap about their resentment of the military hierarchy. But they also rap about their pride, their invincibility, their fallen brothers, their disdain for the enemy and their determination to succeed.
Posted by Liza Sabater in Iraq, Music, Politics, Pop Culture, Sidelinks, War
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