Great suggestions
"Stray" sounds cool to me, "Mr.D" too - "Voodoo" sounds great as well.
Thanks for introducing me to Toonces, Cindy - never heard of that cat before


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

He looks like Mr. Jones.(Dylan)...to me...


JR

How cute! I also have a siamese! Excellent choice...

I agree "Gomper" is a great name, playfull and has that oriental tinge suitable for a siamese.

How bout "Jajouka"? Sounds exotic too.

If you call him Voodoo you must make a little sign saying voodoo lounge for his favorite hangout.
Mostlikely it will the best couch you have to offer at your house

ryanpow Wrote:
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> you should name your cat Toonces.


I actually did name a cat after Toonces back in the 90's.It passed away but,at least it didn't drive my car off of a mountain.

thats awesome, Theif. If I ever get a cat thats what Im naming it.

Black Pussy

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Rubicon?

sweet little kitty, Lorenz! awwwwwwww

how about "chuck"? or "berry" ?

or "elmore"?

"otis"?

Coconut

LOL! Barroomqueen - I wish I had a litter of kittens for all those names. Chuck, Otis and Elmore. ELMORE! Haha..

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Dragger

Boy: Mr. D
Girl: Amanda Jones

Lukester Wrote:
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>
> > it....you can always get a laugh when you mention
> Toonces The Cat...always!!!

Its a crowd pleaser.

COCONUT in memory of Keith holidays

Mary?
Please dont give him/her a stupid name, the best ones are often very "normal" people names. Julian. Ushi? Anita? Brian?

Nicky

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Erik_Snowball if it's white. :-D

JumpingKentFlash

stone-relics Wrote:
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> He looks like Mr. Jones.(Dylan)...to me...
>
>
> JR


Mr. Jones IS NOT Bob Dylan. "BALLAD OF A THIN MAN" is not about Dylan. It's about a gay man walking in on a gay orgy. Listen to the words - YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM / WITH YOUR PENCIL IN YOUR HAND / YOU SEE SOMEBODY NAKED AND YOU SAY, "WHO IS THAT MAN?" / YOU TRY SO HARD BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND / JUST WHAT YOU'LL SAY WHEN YOU GET HOME.....BECAUSE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING / AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS / DO YOU, MR. JONES ? (who was a close friend of Dylan's that was also a gay artist?)

cheers, chelseadrugstore!

go and get yerself a batch of kittens then! and give them all the cool soul/blues names.

name that tune... er, i mean, kitten!

Hey MB,

I never heard that story before (granted I've never read any Dylan biographies).

I didn't know this was based on a person, I always just thought Mr. Jones (Jones being a such a common name) was his way of labelling what he considered to be the American middle-class close-minded mentality.

That changes everything, i'll have to re-listen.

Hold the phone, CindyC...I hope MicksBrain is joking because that has got to be the most shallow interpretation of Dylan's Mr. Jones I've ever heard. The picture that Dylan paints, in my opinion is a much deeper interpretation of a man and his search for belonging. It is a portrait of loneliness and misunderstanding. John Lennon refers to Mr. Jones in his song on the Beatles White Album, "Yer Blues." It's a blues song of loneliness and suicidal tendencies. The Counting Crows song "Mr. Jones" features a much less dismal interpretation of our protagonist. In fact I saw Dylan perform in 1978 and he introduced the song with a story of a geek (not nerd...look up the true definition) in a traveling sideshow and how that man couldn't fit in with the other freaks in the carny side shows. Gay orgy? Indeed. You should be ashamed of yourself, MicksBrain. You decide. Here's the lyrics. Oh, and Lorenz, I'd name the little feline Toonces.

Highway 61 Revisited
1965

Ballad of a Thin Man:


You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel
To be such a freak?"
And you say, "Impossible"
As he hands you a bone

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations

You've been with the professors
And they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of
F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
You're very well read
It's well known

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan"

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin' around
You should be made
To wear earphones

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?



Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music

Lukester Wrote:
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> Hold the phone, CindyC...I hope MicksBrain is
> joking because that has got to be the most shallow
> interpretation of Dylan's Mr. Jones I've ever
> heard. The picture that Dylan paints, in my
> opinion is a much deeper interpretation of a man
> and his search for belonging. It is a portrait of
> loneliness and misunderstanding.

Very good post Lukester.
Every exact explanation of Ballad of A Thin Man is incorrect,
it's such a wide and unclear subject, yet very.... I'll have to do this in Norwegian to write what I mean, so nevermind.
Anyway, why would a man have a pencil to gay-orgy? Or was it another word for something else?
Nice post, Lukester!

Thank you, Erik. And I agree that there can be many interpretations of our complicated, yet simple, Mr. Jones. MicksBrain's interpretation is a new one on me. Sure Dylan had gay friends, Alan Ginsberg being one of them, but I really doubt that the pencil in this song is a phallic symbol, for crying out loud. To me the pencil means that Mr. Jones was taking notes, as in a quest for knowledge.....gay orgy, hah!!!

Oh and Lorenz...Voodoo is also a good cat name.

I had a cat once. I named him Tom.

You're welcome Lukester!
I also liked Voodoo and Jack Flash, as chippy suggested, or even better... "Flash".
The cat looks like it's under a flash from a camera, so that's suitable.
Thanks JumpingKent too, for your suggestion!

biggi bangi

I named my siamese cat Tattoo.

Lukester Wrote:

The picture that Dylan paints, in my opinion is a much deeper interpretation of a man and his search for belonging. It is a portrait of loneliness and misunderstanding.

Hi Luke,

I liked your post. I picked up on all those themes that you mention as well. Especially here in this particular lyric.

And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

That one always gets to me, just to feel so out of place like that is a terrible feeling.

Thank you so much, CindyC. It really is great to hear validations from others on this very interesting song. Dylan, being the true artist, will never reveal his inspiration behind the song, which adds to the beauty of it. You see, when artists reveal their inspiration behind a work of art, it cheats the viewer or listener out of their own interpretation, in my opinion. This is one reason why I loathed the onset of music videos. I prefer to use my imagination to invision a theme behind a song. I've acquiesced mostly now on my loathing, because there are some cool videos out there. Stones videos being some of them.

And CindyC...can't you just feel the loneliness of Ballad Of A Thin Man? The haunting tune fits the mood perfectly, in my opinion.

Oh yeah, Lorenz, how about naming the cat Coco (as in coconut?).



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Lukester Wrote:
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And CindyC...can't you just feel the loneliness of Ballad Of A Thin Man? The haunting tune fits the mood perfectly, in my opinion.


Yes Luke, I feel the same about this song. I love it, it's one of my top 5 of his, yet it always leaves me feeling unsettled.

Wasn't looking too good, but I was feeling real well.