tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post2997077289468738510..comments2024-03-21T00:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Every Bob Dylan Song: Bob Dylan Song #66: Just Like Tom Thumb's BluesTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-85466122442851671852017-11-20T20:09:46.169-08:002017-11-20T20:09:46.169-08:00Hello there Tony, Thank you for this interesting e...Hello there Tony, Thank you for this interesting essay. Come and join us inside Bob Dylan's Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/338/Just-Like-Tom-Thumbs-Blues and listen to every version of every song composed, recorded or performed by Bob Dylan, plus all the great covers and so much more.Music of Bob Dylanhttp://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/338/Just-Like-Tom-Thumbs-Bluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-36778872236350973322013-12-29T14:24:13.665-08:002013-12-29T14:24:13.665-08:00I'm surprised there is no mention of Rimbaud i...I'm surprised there is no mention of Rimbaud in this article, though it was still excellent as is always the case. The name Tom Thumb comes from the poem My Bohemian Life.<br /><br />To me this song was always, at least on one level, about the harsh reality of 'bohemian' life in contrast with the romanticism surrounding it.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857669387066041655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-73662104284122573922011-06-22T13:50:01.393-07:002011-06-22T13:50:01.393-07:00Tom Thumb incidentally, was a little guy, no bigge...Tom Thumb incidentally, was a little guy, no bigger than a thumb, <br /><br />According to the Grimm Brothers [Spoilers]:<br /><br />"Two strangers...said, ’That little urchin will make our fortune, if we can get him, and carry him about from town to town as a show; we must buy him.’...<br /><br />To cut it short, by the end Tom tells his parents, <br /><br />’I have travelled all over the world, I think, in one way or other, since we parted; and now I am very glad to come home and get fresh air again...I have been in a mouse-hole–and in a snail-shell–and down a cow’s throat– and in the wolf’s belly; and yet here I am again, safe and sound.’...<br />’Well,’ said they, ’you are come back, and we will not sell you again for all the riches in the world.’<br /><br />Seems to tally with both the song and maybe Dylans outlook at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-91509761690020442312011-06-22T13:49:49.017-07:002011-06-22T13:49:49.017-07:00Tom Thumb incidentally, was a little guy, no bigge...Tom Thumb incidentally, was a little guy, no bigger than a thumb, <br /><br />According to the Grimm Brothers [Spoilers]:<br /><br />"Two strangers...said, ’That little urchin will make our fortune, if we can get him, and carry him about from town to town as a show; we must buy him.’...<br /><br />To cut it short, by the end Tom tells his parents, <br /><br />’I have travelled all over the world, I think, in one way or other, since we parted; and now I am very glad to come home and get fresh air again...I have been in a mouse-hole–and in a snail-shell–and down a cow’s throat– and in the wolf’s belly; and yet here I am again, safe and sound.’...<br />’Well,’ said they, ’you are come back, and we will not sell you again for all the riches in the world.’<br /><br />Seems to tally with both the song and maybe Dylans outlook at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-24046128514750119152009-06-01T11:18:53.740-07:002009-06-01T11:18:53.740-07:00Every song on Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Rev...Every song on <A HREF="http://www.tweedlr.com/albums/6/highway-61-revisited/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Bob Dylan song ratings">Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited rated & discussed</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-49577305479999158462008-12-10T16:44:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:44:00.000-08:00Yes indeed, one of my favourites of those many fav...Yes indeed, one of my favourites of those many favourites. The connection with Kerouac is self evident. By the way, Meil Young does great things with this song on the Anniversary concert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-22211403489975094622008-12-10T15:36:00.000-08:002008-12-10T15:36:00.000-08:00i never get tired of this song, don't know why, bu...i never get tired of this song, don't know why, but i don't.<BR/><BR/>like "It Takes A Lot To Laugh", my favorite part of the song aren't any of the lyrics, but at the end, when you hear the guitar (Bloomfield?) strumming at the end--it gets me every time. again, don't know why.rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-44770044359997398702008-12-10T04:46:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:46:00.000-08:00Here's Lonnie Johnson, Got The Blues For Murder On...Here's Lonnie Johnson, Got The Blues For Murder Only (1930), another song about a trip to Mexico. Obviously it was even more rough there in the 30s!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Down in old Mexico where a child will slap your face<BR/>Down in old Mexico where a child will slap your face<BR/>They make a bread with cayenne pepper, drink gun powder to kill the taste<BR/><BR/>Women down in Mexico they's bad as bad can be<BR/>Women in old Mexico they're bad as bad can be<BR/>They eats rattlesnakes for breakfast and drink the rattlesnakes' blood for tea<BR/><BR/>Down in old Mexico their bed is made out of thorns and trees<BR/>Bed is made out of thorn trees and the pillows out of rocks and stones<BR/>They got rattlesnakes for body guards, wildcats will watch over them all night long<BR/><BR/>I'm going back to old Mexico where there's long, long reaching guns<BR/>I'm going to old Mexico where there's long, long reaching guns<BR/>When they want real excitement they kill each other one by one<BR/><BR/>Down in old Mexico where's everybody's wild and free<BR/>Down in old Mexico where everybody's wild and free<BR/>'Cause over here in this country they don't kill 'em fast enough for me<BR/><BR/>Down in old Mexico where they kill 'em both night and day<BR/>Down in old Mexico where they kill 'em both night and day<BR/>Where the chief locks up the jail house and the judge goes home and staysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-61825591599652970312008-12-10T04:38:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:38:00.000-08:00Re: Kerouac. Read Mexico City Blues, the only poe...Re: Kerouac. Read Mexico City Blues, the only poetry collection Kerouac published in his lifetime. It always seemed to me the song was pretty "directly" inspired by that work and the events surrounding it's creation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-70850439357464431752008-12-10T04:33:00.000-08:002008-12-10T04:33:00.000-08:00This is one of my favorite "sing along Bob songs"....This is one of my favorite "sing along Bob songs". I love they way most lines end with the last word extended... "leaving his pooooossttt" for example. Who cares if the song doesn't seem to make sense, it's just fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-63158897132877322072008-12-10T01:58:00.000-08:002008-12-10T01:58:00.000-08:00tony i think I'm with you. the song speaks with be...tony i think I'm with you. the song speaks with beat cadences which are softened by dylan's lyricism.<BR/>sweet melinda is whoever you want her to be. I also love the way the narrative is introduced, like we all been lost in Juarez at easter when it's raining. hope you like my illustration <BR/>http://joebart.blogspot.com/2008/12/bob-dylan-just-like-tom-thumbs-blues.htmljoe butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124060105960856008noreply@blogger.com