RE: Holden Caulfield/Kurt Cobain
Sean Draine (seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Wed, 07 Apr 1999 12:13:45 -0700
I'm trying to imagine the Boston Pops covering the musicians you mention,
but 10 bars into Mr. Tamborine Man, I get this frightening impulse to go buy
an assault rifle. Thankfully, when I stop imagining, the impulse goes away.
I guess there's no accounting for taste.
There are connections between Holden and Kurt, especially disgust with
"phonies" and the authenticity/purity of the young. And, perhaps, a kind of
sensitivity to the world that lends itself to depression.
-Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Feldmeth [SMTP:joshfeldmeth@mail.utexas.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:13 AM
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: Holden Caulfield/Kurt Cobain
>
> Depressed:
>
> I'm curious: do you think there is a correlation between "liking"
> Catcher and Cobain?
>
> On Nirvana music: I was never fond of it. I can't comment on the
> lyrics because I never took the time to read them. Musically, they were
> inventive and seemed to incite a reaction from listeners, often an
> emotional one. However, I've always been interested in truly memorable
> (and inimitable) melodies. In this regard, I don't think Nirvana makes
> the grade. Can you imagine the Boston Pop's covering Cobain? No, but
> you can with the good ones (e.g. Beatles, Paul Simon, Dylan). For all
> the hype, Nirvana's music strikes me as something any number of us could
> have churned out of own basements if we took the time to do it.
>
> Josh