I read an interesting thing today which made me think about a line from this song. Here it is :
"Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car or Bocks Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan. It was assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group.
The name painted on the aircraft after the mission is a pun on "boxcar" after the name of its aircraft commander, Captain Frederick C. Bock."
Source- Wikipedia.
Is that line in this song supposed to be 'smoke pourin' out of the bockscar door' rather than 'boxcar door'?
Think about it.
See Wikipedia for boxcar
It’s also the term for railroad cars used to carry cattle
Or coal or “hobos”
That broadens what Bob’s “smoke pouring out of the boxcar’s door” might mean
See Wikipedia for boxcar
It’s also the term for railroad cars used to carry cattle
Or coal or “hobos”
That broadens what Bob’s “smoke pouring out of the boxcar’s door” might mean
I read an interesting thing today which made me think about a line from this song. Here it is :
"Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car or Bocks Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan. It was assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group.
The name painted on the aircraft after the mission is a pun on "boxcar" after the name of its aircraft commander, Captain Frederick C. Bock."
Source- Wikipedia.
Is that line in this song supposed to be 'smoke pourin' out of the bockscar door' rather than 'boxcar door'? Think about it.
@sujit Very insightful. Would be just like Dylan's poetic style to toss that in, for the few that knew.
@sujit Very insightful. Would be just like Dylan's poetic style to toss that in, for the few that knew.
See Wikipedia for boxcar It’s also the term for railroad cars used to carry cattle Or coal or “hobos” That broadens what Bob’s “smoke pouring out of the boxcar’s door” might mean
See Wikipedia for boxcar It’s also the term for railroad cars used to carry cattle Or coal or “hobos” That broadens what Bob’s “smoke pouring out of the boxcar’s door” might mean