I definetly agree with the symbolism of falling off a cliff to that of a life in transition from beginning to end; the main charachter refers to his mother at the top symbolizing birth and obviously the impact at the end of his fall is the end of him. It's also interesting to note that it seems the Offspring likes the works of J.D. Salinger, finding a reference to "Perfect Day for Bananafish" here and a refrence to "Catcher in the Rye" in an earlier song entitled, "Get It Right". Favorite line in the song, "If words were wisdom I'd be talking even more."
Green Day's frontman Billie Joe has also cited "Catcher in the Rye" in his work, when he wrote and composed a song called "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" from the Kerplunk album. Just thought I'd let people know. :)
Green Day's frontman Billie Joe has also cited "Catcher in the Rye" in his work, when he wrote and composed a song called "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" from the Kerplunk album. Just thought I'd let people know. :)
I definetly agree with the symbolism of falling off a cliff to that of a life in transition from beginning to end; the main charachter refers to his mother at the top symbolizing birth and obviously the impact at the end of his fall is the end of him. It's also interesting to note that it seems the Offspring likes the works of J.D. Salinger, finding a reference to "Perfect Day for Bananafish" here and a refrence to "Catcher in the Rye" in an earlier song entitled, "Get It Right". Favorite line in the song, "If words were wisdom I'd be talking even more."
Green Day's frontman Billie Joe has also cited "Catcher in the Rye" in his work, when he wrote and composed a song called "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" from the Kerplunk album. Just thought I'd let people know. :)
Green Day's frontman Billie Joe has also cited "Catcher in the Rye" in his work, when he wrote and composed a song called "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" from the Kerplunk album. Just thought I'd let people know. :)