Um.

[foxxcub]

Am I a complete and utter failure of an English major for just now realizing Ryan Ross is quoting Jack Kerouac at the end of Northern Downpour?

/o\ /o\ /o\

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[universeunfold.livejournal.com]

hee. i'm sure a ton of people miss that, since you are actually the first person i've seen point it out.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

That...makes me feel slightly less like an idiot! :P

[xsnarkasaurus.livejournal.com]

uhm. no, because I didn't get it either, and I'm also an english major. O_o

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

DDDD:

[sinuous-curve.livejournal.com]

Ha, you're totally not since I'm an English major and it went flying over my head. O.O

edit: An English major who can't spell. *headdesk*

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

HEE. *pets you*

[violentfires.livejournal.com]

:)

ilu. xxxxx

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

SO THAT'S A YES. DDDD:

[wordsalone.livejournal.com]

English majors who failed to get the reference UNITE!

ETA: I just started reading 'On the Road' a few days ago for the first time. It's not my fault! The system failed me.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

*fist bumps*

Dude, don't worry, I've never actually read it, either.

[overloved.livejournal.com]

kerouac shmerouac.

call me when ryan ross starts quoting jk rowling.

[gingerbreadkula.livejournal.com]

bwahahaha! lol I'd pay money I don't have to make this happen.

[highschoolhussy.livejournal.com]

No. You're certainly not alone, because this English major didn't get it either. But I do really hate Kerouac, so.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, okay, good. <3333

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

...I knew it sounded familiar?

So, I would say no. Although now that you say it, of course it makes sense.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

Right?? I feel thwarted by Ryan Ross's brain. :P

[siren-mage.livejournal.com]

. . . I'm an English major who has never had to read Kerouac or, you know, heard much about him so. Oops?

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. *high fives*

[supergrover24.livejournal.com]

English major! Never read Kerouac! So no, you're not a failure.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

I...have never read it, either! But I feel like I should've known regardless! CURSE YOU, RYAN ROSS. *shakes fist weakly*

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

What's the line he was quoting? I am neither an English major nor a fan of Kerouac, so...

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

"The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved; the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."

from On the Road

Oh, RyRo.

[salire]

Wow, that is my very favorite thing from Kerouac ever; I even quoted it in a community once, and I still didn't catch it.

*facepalm*

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

That makes me feel better! :D

[cmonkatiekatie.livejournal.com]

um yeah, that line always makes me think of Joni Mitchell.

But it's not my fault! I was a film major. All I did was watch movies!
I may currently be an English major. Possibly.

Whatever, not my fault.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

I does sound like it could be Joni Mitchell-ish! MAYBE HE'S QUOTING BOTH?

[stardustonsable.livejournal.com]

So....a. no, you dont fail and b. does it make me a snob that I went "eh, call me when he quotes Ginsberg"?

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

LOL LOL I'm thinking Ginsberg was old skool Panic. I'M waiting on him to start to start quoting Whitman. You cannot tell me he doesn't sit around some days reading Leaves of Grass, SERIOUSLY.

[walking-paradox.livejournal.com]

I am a huge dork because the first thing I did was to go and listen to the end of the song again and see if I can catch it. I am not a big Kerouac fan so we can both fail together, okay? :D

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

You are not a huge dork! I would've done the same thing, except I didn't have access to my iPod/iTunes. :D

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

oh, I had NO IDEA.

I frankly am pretty lost trying to make sense of those songs. maybe he has a song generator with tons of classic, and where the word "moon" is programmed to pop up as much as possible?

I don't know *hands*

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

Hee, a Panic song generator would be AWESOME. :D

[annon-of-rhi.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! Of course, I'm not an English major, but. The ending of that song is even *more* gorgeous now. ♥RYAN♥

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

Right?? Ugh, Ryan. <3333