As Dennis Miller might say, I don't want to get off on a rant here but there were times growing up where music was used to exclude rather than include. I never understood the "fans" who accused bands of selling out once they signed to a big label or stopped being indie darlings. I never understood the "tortured" artist who hated fame but refused to stop making albums or give back the money earned from lucrative record contracts.
I didn't read "Catcher In The Rye" until last year but I now recognize the vast amount of "phonies" I interacted with throughout high school and college who would look down at my Top 40/Oldie listening habits. I felt like I had to apologize for liking songs that had melodies or lyrics I could understand and to which I could relate.
I also did not go through any real rebellious period in my teen years. I had parents and family that loved me and a core group of strong friends...some of whom are still in my life today.
Nirvana hit it big as I became an adult. College was almost over and I just could not understand the fascination with this band or its sound.
I interpreted today's assignment differently until I read The Squid's and Marc's choices for this day. I thought I had to find a song I liked from a band I normally hated. This is much easier.
Enjoy!
About A Girl by Nirvana
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Catcher in the Rye is in my stack of books I'm planning to read soon. Have I missed anything by not having read it in all these years. Nirvana is okay, but not my favorite band. I mostly like older stuff.
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First to Lee, read Catcher. Apart from helping you to understand phonies, a better character sketch does not exist in this world. I am both intimidated and amazed by that book anytime I read even part of it.
ReplyDeleteI feel similarly about Nirvana. I've always felt a little guilty about NOT liking them. REM and, indeed, the Smiths fall into that category, too. A lot of my favorite people adore those bands. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI read Catcher in the Rye but it didn't speak to me the way it does other people (Mark David Chapman, for example). I was much more enamored with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
ReplyDeleteHow can "spotting the phonies" compete with "blowing up the entire planet to make way for a galaxy highway"? C'mon! Keep your phonies.
Meant to say I read Catcher in the Rye as an impressionable young teen, and it didn't alter my world view in any way.
ReplyDeleteI thought To Kill a Mockingbird was a much better "coming of age" story.
Smacky, I enjoyed all three books, actually. Lord of the Flies, on the other hand - I didn't care for that one.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...perhaps we should brainstorm another 30 day challenge around books.....
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