Lit Riffs by Jonathan Lethem

Author:Jonathan Lethem [Lethem, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MTV Books
Published: 2004-06-14T23:00:00+00:00

author inspiration

“I’m glad I get to write this explanation because this story wasn’t that easy for me to write. I liked the idea of writing something inspired by a song, but I didn’t want to get all deep and indie rock about it. So long before I wrote the story, I chose this song by one of my all-time favorite bands, the great AC/DC. Then, when the time came to write the story, I realized that my personal experience with the actual Highway to Hell was somewhat limited. I like to party and all that, but I don’t think of myself as the type who will go down in flames. When I tried to write from such a character’s point of view, it came off pretty phony, so then I had to rethink the whole idea. I decided that really, like a lot of us, I’m just sort of facinated with the kinds of people who live their lives knowing they are going down fast. So then I started writing about Swampthroat, which was actually the nickname of one of my childhood friends. He may not have been aware of this nickname, but my friend Roger gave it to him and it fit pretty well. The real Swampthroat is, I’m sure, not going to hell, but what a fine name for someone who is. But now that I think about it, the Swampthroat in this story isn’t such a bad guy either. I think that’s also the point of the song. Even someone like Bon Scott, the late lead singer for AC/DC, who died choking on his own vomit in 1980, was not really a bad person. In fact, he was probably quite good at heart. I’ve heard that about Bon Scott, that he was a very nice guy.

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