Gin[C] a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?[D]
The old song was about teenagers meeting in the fields of rye to make out.
Salinger changed it too Catch a body coming through the rye, as in stop them growing up.
Axl changed it to
"Somebody Took a body" turning it back on Salinger. I always thought that was smart, given what the song is about, even presented in this composite form.
Another thing is it's not about the book directly. It's sung from the perspective of a Holden Caulfield Syndrome suffer ie a victim of the book. Axl is trying to sing from the perspective of those individuals young and old effected by the book. Then end up in a mental hospital. Then the last verse is Axl paying tribute to Lennon while point his finger at the Salinger. The chorus is kind of mocking the verses.
Another thing is it's not about the book directly. It's sung from the perspective of a Holden Caulfield Syndrome suffer ie a victim of the book. Axl is trying to sing from the perspective of those individuals young and old effected by the book. Then end up in a mental hospital. Then the last verse is Axl paying tribute to Lennon while point his finger at the Salinger. The chorus is kind of mocking the verses.
Like some said there may refs to book scattered through out it, but according to Axl he only read it once and threw it straight in the trash, so I don't it's much more than semi-conscious refs.
Personally When I heard it I felt it was about Kurt Cobain's suicide, but that's another story...
I was looking at the old song Comin' Thru the Rye
Gin[C] a body meet a body Comin thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body, Need a body cry?[D]
The old song was about teenagers meeting in the fields of rye to make out.
Salinger changed it too Catch a body coming through the rye, as in stop them growing up.
Axl changed it to
"Somebody Took a body" turning it back on Salinger. I always thought that was smart, given what the song is about, even presented in this composite form.
Another thing is it's not about the book directly. It's sung from the perspective of a Holden Caulfield Syndrome suffer ie a victim of the book. Axl is trying to sing from the perspective of those individuals young and old effected by the book. Then end up in a mental hospital. Then the last verse is Axl paying tribute to Lennon while point his finger at the Salinger. The chorus is kind of mocking the verses.
Another thing is it's not about the book directly. It's sung from the perspective of a Holden Caulfield Syndrome suffer ie a victim of the book. Axl is trying to sing from the perspective of those individuals young and old effected by the book. Then end up in a mental hospital. Then the last verse is Axl paying tribute to Lennon while point his finger at the Salinger. The chorus is kind of mocking the verses.
Like some said there may refs to book scattered through out it, but according to Axl he only read it once and threw it straight in the trash, so I don't it's much more than semi-conscious refs.
Personally When I heard it I felt it was about Kurt Cobain's suicide, but that's another story...