Soundtrack for the future Catcher movie

Last year while lesson planning for Catcher and listening to music I realized that "Let Go" by Frou Frou would be the perfect song to have playing during the carousel scene in the movie version of the novel. Now sadly, Mr. Salinger refuses to take interviews let alone sell the movie rights, but that allows us to be creative and consider how we would make the film. This song would be a definite not only for the lyrics but the sound as well. While looking for the music video of "Let Go" to post, I found something even better. Below is a homemade music video that someone has done with a series of drawings. Some are a little depressing (and gory) so I'm giving you a heads up, but the novel is depressing and Holden's imagination can be gory. I like the simple style of the artwork and it makes me feel like I'm going through a lost sketchbook of Holden's. I can see him relating to almost every image that comes up. Now, I doubt that the artist made this video with the intent of putting in Catcher in the Rye references BUT there are a ton of them! We will watch this video in class and I will ask you to find the images that fit the novel. Give yourself a head start and check it out now. We'll discuss the lyrics, too.




Lyrics:

Drink up, baby down
Mmm, are you in or are you out
Leave your things behind 'cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy you're writing your tragedy
These mishaps
You bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like

So let go, so let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've 20 seconds to comply

So let go, so let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright'cause there's beauty in the breakdown