Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Hero's Song (Brendan James)
2. American Terrorist (Lupe Fiasco)
3. Light Up Ya Lighter (Michael Franti)
4. Guerilla Radio (Rage Against The M)
5. Son Of A Bush (Public Enemy)
6. Empty Walls (Serj Tankian)
7. Let Them Eat War (Bad Religion)
8. White People For Peace(Against Me
9. Letter From Iraq Bouncing Souls
10. War Dilated Peoples
11. Overcome The Recapitulation RX B
12. Fields Of Agony No Use For A Nam
13. Bushonomics Talib Kweli & Cornel
14. The 4th Branch Immortal Techniqu
15. B.Y.O.B. System Of A Down
16. No More (Live) Eddie Vedder/ Ben

Disc 2:

1. Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen
2. Masters Of War (Live) Pearl Jam
3. When The President Bright Eyes
4. Gimme Some Truth John Lennon
5. The Restless Consumer Neil Young
6. Battle Hymns The Nightwatchman
7. Anthrax Kimya Dawson
8. WMD Blow Up Hollywood
9. State Of The Union David Ford
10. Yo George Tori Amos
11. Love Vigilantes Laura Cantrell
12. Black Rain Ben Harper
13. To Kill The Child Roger Waters
14. Day After Tomorrow Tom Waits

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59634 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack

Amazon.com
Body Of War is an intimate feature documentary about 25-year-old Tomas Young, who was paralyzed from a bullet to his spine while serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq. His story about dealing with his disability and finding his own unique and passionate voice against the war so moved Eddie Vedder that he wrote the song No More for the film. That song headlines the 2-CD set Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran, a musical anti-war statement that spans genres and generations, from country to punk, hip-hop to Modern Rock. The songs collected here are the sounds that have helped to inspire me and keep me going as I struggle to find the strength to deal with my new physical limitations while trying to find the energy to fight when many parts of my body and brain are telling me to stop.... Each song you hear you're hearing because I found a meaning in it that helped focus a number of emotions and turn them into something that I hope will ultimately be positive.(Tomas Young)

Customer Reviews

A Heartfelt - and Heartrending - Sentiment from Someone Who Has Been There
Just two days after the tragedy of 9/11, 22-year-old Tomas Young enlisted in the Army to defend the nation he loves. Though he expected to fight al-Quaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, in 2004 he was shipped off to a different war. After barely a week, he was shot in a Humvee that lacked armer; paralyzed by a bullet in his spine, he returned home. As he regained conscousness at Walter Reed, among his wounded peers, he asked himself what Iraq had to do with the attacks of 9/11, Islamic terrorists, or weapons of mass destruction. On this remarkable album are 30 songs that helped get this courageous American through his ordeal in Iraq and back home. These songs are brutally honest; you won't find the typical sanitized pop of the airwaves here. The music speaks from the heart; we may not "enjoy" or be entertained by the tracks, but these songs will always touch you. Bruce Springsteen's "Devil and Dust" is a sincere and heartfelt ballad. Eddie Vedder of Pear Jam who wrote two original songs for this album: "Long Nights," which speaks of Tomas's deep feelings when as he struggles through another day or night, and "No More," which captures the political reality and antiwar sentiment captured in the documentary of the same title. In the words of Eddie Vedder, Tomas's music should "be heard behind the White House gate."

Enjoyed the CD, some songs more than others
I bought this CD because I was a huge fan of Eddie Vedder's songs from the Into The Wild Soundtrack.
Although I did like his music, I was more impressed by Brendan James first song, Heroe's song. It was the one song that didn't seem to have a political statement, more so a story about a soldiers struggling. Very moving song-literally brought me to tears.
A must buy for the amazing collaboration of talent.

buy this CD, and see the movie
Full disclosure: I'm a child of the 60s, now nearing 60 myself, and my musical tastes are what you'd might guess. So most of disc one are not my cuppa tea - I say most because track 14, "The Fourth Branch" by Immortal Technique is a revelation - I keep playing it, can't get enough of it, it's almost hypnotic in its combination of musicality and politics, which are broad, deep, and acute. It's worth the price of the disc. But the second disc, to me, is gold - Pearl Jam's cover of "Masters of War" is ground-shaking. I'm in love with this disc. And do yourself a favor, go see the film and take everyone you know with ya.