Catcher in the Rye

[blp]

In My Life - The Beatles

Everybody's Happy Nowadays and Boredom - The Buzzcocks

After Hours, Sunday Morning and Beginning to See the Light - The Velvet Underground

Mongoloid - Devo

It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding, Ballad of a Thin Man and Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

[Petrarch's Love]

There's always the song that inspired the book's title, Robert Burn's "Comin' Through the Rye. There's a link here that has both the words and a sound clip with the melody (it's not the greatest rendition, but it'll give you the idea).

[mono]

This seems like a very interesting question, and I can hardly think of anything that would match the uniquity of The Catcher In The Rye, though I may recommend almost any melancholic song by Radiohead (which consists of almost all of their songs), possibly from Velvet Underground, or maybe some of the popular works by Depeche Mode.

[us183sub4]

i teach the book to my junior american lit class, and these are some of the songs i use. some of the connections are obvious, some are more of a stretch...and it may be a longer list than you were looking for!

After Midnight J.J. Cale
All The Young Dudes Mott The Hoople
Another Lonely Day Ben Harper
Baba O'Riley The Who
Behind Blue Eyes The Who
Catcher, Call Me Holden Summer Always End
changes David Bowie
Circle Of Life (Elton John) Elton John & Tim Rice
coming through the rye Cyrus Chestnut
Crazy Patsy Cline
Creep (acoustic) Radiohead
Days Of Our Lives The Blue Nile
Dear God XTC
Epiphany Staind
ether Nothingface
express yourself Charles wright
Holden Caulfield Piebald
I Am Holden Caulfield The Contingency Plan
I Wrote Holden Caulfield Screeching Weasel
I'm One The Who
IHateMyselfAndWantToDie Nirvana
Individual Bad Religion
Loser Beck
Mad World Gary Jules
Magna Cum Nada Bloodhound Gang
Marked Bad Religion
My Generation The Who
Outside Staind
Reach for the Sky Social Distortion
rebel rebel David Bowie
Rock N Roll Woman Holden Caulfield (304)
sleeping_awake pod
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters
story of my life good charlotte
Story of My Life Loretta Lynn
Story Of My Life Social Distortion
Take The Long Way Home Supertramp
teenage desperation Loudermilk
The Handshake Bad Religion
The Kids Aren't Alright The Offspring
The Story Of My Life Neil Diamond
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everthing There Is A Season) The Byrds
Unwell Matchbox Twenty
Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? Green Day
Will The Circle Be Unbroken The Carter Family
William Holden Caulfield Too Much Joy
Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
young americans David Bowie
Youth Of The Nation POD
seven nation army white stripes

[SpecteR]

I thought it was a great quick, easy read. It is definately a book I would read again.

[Miss Smilla]

I would have to completely agree with 'Mad World'. I know there are 2 versions of it though. I'm not sure who does which, but (for once) the original is a load of trollop and the cover turns the song into something glorious and thought provoking. You'll find it on the soundtrack to the movie 'Donnie Darko'. IF you don't know it already you must check it out!

[smoothherb]

I would agree with whoever said creep and I think all aplogies by nirvana I know it's a contradiction but I think the lyrics kinda link with the book I know writeing this makes me look stupid but I always think of holden when I hear it.

[mono]

I would have to completely agree with 'Mad World'. I know there are 2 versions of it though. I'm not sure who does which, but (for once) the original is a load of trollop and the cover turns the song into something glorious and thought provoking. You'll find it on the soundtrack to the movie 'Donnie Darko'. IF you don't know it already you must check it out!

Tears For Fears did the original version, I believe, and Gary Jules did a revised version for the film Donnie Darko.

[larimausi]

Hey guys.

I have to write an english test in two days, and I have to answer some questions, and I'm stuck with two of them: Chapter 25: What does he feel threatened by? What happened last Christmas, i. e. what’s going to happen just after Christmas? You would save my life by answering them. Thanks a lot.

[sumalan monica]

Like many other heroes,Holden Caulfield is an example of a young ,though shy young teenager who is in search for his own system of values,and identity.He is easily hurt by the luck of love and endowed with a great sensitivity that makes him fully realize and remember any significance of certain things,which pass unnoticed by most people.HiS attempt to find a new home in the adult world,beyond the limits of his adolescent experience,may be compared to an odyssey,a spiritual journey ,full of tests and dangers

[dramasnot6]

What are YOUR thoughts larimausi? MAybe if you share some of your ideas we can help you structure them rather than give the "answers" away. Literature isnt like math, it has many right answers.

[Matrim Cuathon]

this was the most hated book ever! we ahd to do so much **** for it in lit class. and it wasnt that good.

[JGaoiran]

Has anyone read The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger?

[barbara0207]

Hi, JGaoiran,
yes, I've read it. Great book. But it's been such a long time ago that I think I'll reread it in the summer holidays. Thanks for the suggestion.

PS: Is it true that it's banned in some US school libraries on the grounds of language?

[THX-1138]

PS: Is it true that it's banned in some US school libraries on the grounds of language?

yes it was

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bannedbookslist.html