Catcher In The Rye: Music Analysis

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I uses the accompanying section of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye":

"Furthermore, the band began playing one of those truly moderate tunes, similar to "Stairway to Heaven" or "Freebird" that most likely have truly extraordinary verses or something however the melody itself simply is terrible recently dreadful. At that point this genuine fake person, with the hair all slicked back on the highest point of his head remained strong with the Sax and did a performance. I nearly passed on. That is to say, totally kicked the bucket in that spot. It must be the cheesiest solo I had ever heard. I mean he was influencing forward and backward and he shut his eyes like he was truly getting into it and all, however it was the fakest thing you at any
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She was murmuring along and influencing to the melody and for all intents and purposes simply influencing her own particular move out there. I mean I'm a really decent artist yet I detest moderate tunes. There's nothing you can do with the exception of simply stay there and hold her and move her around and sit tight for the tune to end. I would have rather quite recently sat down and requested another drink and sat tight to something else yet not old Jean. She needed to move everything. Up genuine near, so I could notice her breath. She didn't notice terrible or anything. Try not to misunderstand me, she simply didn't smell very right. I mean young ladies ought to notice a specific way-like infant powder, new garments and scent. Something that was silly, y'know. Jean, I swear, possessed an aroma similar to an organic product serving of mixed greens or Old Spice. I despise Old Spice. I mean I like Jean fine, y'know. She's extraordinary, yet I just couldn't notice her.

Christ, I should be nuts. Out of the blue I begin to envision myself as the old mariner in the Old Spice business. Ideal out there on the move floor. I begin to consider getting back home from the ocean and acquiring the duffel and that melody. It more likely than not been the god dammed saxophone since that goddam melody is going through my mind "dum de dum, dum di de dum da di dum" I see myself returning home to this truly charming young lady and wearing a mariner suit or

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