Music Torture - Beastie Boys, Sabotage

I chose this song because it has the ability to "dissolve subjectivity, releasing a person into a paradoxical condition that is both highly embodied and almost disembodied in the intensity with which one forgets important elements of one’s identity, and loses track of time’s passing." (Cusick, Music as Torture/Music as Weapon) The song contains shouting and yelling, as well as scratching and distorted noises. These all contribute to acoustic bombardment when played loudly at an extremely high volume and/or repeatedly, over and over. The song is a classic of the Beastie Boys, and it strikes me as very Western. It is also a song that I could image soldiers having on their iPods already, not needing to seek out or download new music in order to use it as torture.