Re: For Esme

Wish I'd kept the e-mail for the Caulfield song now...

And right...once you read Buddy into the song, he's present in every line...

Jim

m e g h a n wrote:

> No, it is supposed to be hate. Although I see where you get hat from, hate
> makes more sense to me.
>
> The first line of "For Esme" is what made me think of Buddy the most. "Seems
> the competition is sweet like a slap in the face," because Buddy was always
> accused of wanting to be Seymour, trying to compete with him, but all the
> writing lines are very reminiscent of Buddy. Also at the end, "Esmé needs
> her story now. So don't break down" is like, the second half of the story
> when Sergeant X is going crazy, with the twitches and whatever else happens
> to him. I can't really remember, it's been awhile since I read "For Esme."
>
> I agree, there should be no choice.
>
> Meghan
>
> >From: "James J. Rovira" <jrovira@drew.edu>
> >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >Subject: Re: Re: For Esme
> >Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 19:02:17 -0500
> >
> >Hey -- in that Caulfield song, was the word "hate" supposed to be "hat"?
> >
> >It was these lines that really made me think the song wasn't for Esme, but
> >for Buddy (Salinger):
> >
> ><<Never trust an artist who tells you he has a choice.>>
> >
> >This is almost like Scottie saying if you can stop writing for six months
> >and keep from going out of your head, you're not a real writer. The song
> >is directed toward someone involved in some kind of creative expression.
> >
> ><<You can't run faster than your voice. Sing your life despite the spite it
> >may bring. It's your life to write, so sing. Just bring the drama shameless
> >and crawling. Over glass and underground. Esme needs her story now.>>
> >
> >Over glass -- I would say -- references the Glass family and obviously the
> >artist is being told to "sing" his life. This sounds like poetry or even
> >music something like this band produces, but it's words, anyhow. As in
> >Salinger's For Esme, this artist is writing about his own life, but for the
> >sake of someone else -- Esme.
> >
> >If this song is really to Buddy, it could just as easily be to
> >Salinger...their way of asking him to publish again. Could be, anyhow. It
> >could be more generic, using Buddy the artist as a stand in for all
> >artists, telling them to produce, to do their work -- because it's needed.
> >
> >They shouldn't have a choice anyhow.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
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