Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Judy Collins - Tom Thumb's Blues

Still remember where I was when I first heard this song, one of those magical mornings that can come when you're a teen waking up in an unfamiliar place, but feeling safe. It was my first time hearing these words since I'd never heard Bob Dylan's original version. Now I prefer Dylan's version, although I still like the quasi-chamber-music arrangement here. A lot has been written by now about the experiments in music that were taking place in 1966, and this performance of this song is very much a product of that time.

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