bluesmobile, blumo, blu-mo, blue mo, bluesmo

[sigmfsk]

What's the earliest reference to "blumo"?

I suppose someone had to say it first. I see it here in 2005:
www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/3463-sold-canada-bb2k-movie-car-57-ontario/#entry4440

But I expected to find earlier references to it.

Here:
bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rumors&action=display&thread=1086

we talk about a letter from Bill Gates saying that Dan Aykroyd said "blu-mo", and a letter from Don Weir saying that Dan Aykroyd said "blue mo".

And you can't get a better reference than TI4438 watching Dan write it directly on his dash:


from
www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=owners&thread=60&post=10250

I see two board references to "blu-mo"
bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=details&thread=622&post=3603
bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=blues13&action=display&thread=1307
but I think we usually spell it "blumo".

[Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier)]

I always figured the 'correct' spelling should be "Blusmo", but "Blumo" just sounds 'cleaner'. ;D

Rob

[sigmfsk]

Jun 11, 2013 13:04:55 GMT -5 Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) said:

I always figured the 'correct' spelling should be "Blusmo", but "Blumo" just sounds 'cleaner'. ;D

Rob

Another good option!
I found this pic of a "bluesmo"


and put it here:
www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=sightings&thread=139&post=10337


And I see reference to "bluesmo" here:
> the Ford Bluesmo in BB2000 could fit the entire band, btw!
www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=2078

I added "bluesmo" to the thread title.

[sigmfsk]

Anybody? Hey you old timers. Steam, when did you first hear the word blumo? On BBC? An interview with Dan Aykroyd? On a written note from Bill Gates?

[Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier)]

I first heard it used on the BBC.

Rob

[Steam McQueen]

I don't recall ever actually hearing Dan say the word Blumo, but I do recall seeing it as a quote from Dan in a print article and I'm pretty sure it was Blumo. But that's just how the writer interpreted it.

After seeing what Elwood himself wrote on TI's dash I'll probably go with capital B, hyphen, small m ... Blu-mo, from now on. I wonder if Dan started writing it that way after the introduction of Blu-ray?

[Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier)]

Yer a suck-up Steam. ;D

Rob

[Steam McQueen]

^ lol

Dan ... is ... my ... lea ... der ... must ... o ... bey ... Dan

;D

[sigmfsk]

Jun 14, 2013 16:05:26 GMT -5 Steam McQueen said:

^ lol

Dan ... is ... my ... lea ... der ... must ... o ... bey ... Dan

;D

I think we'll rib you a bit about blu-mo, Steam, but the spirit of the blues works in mysterious ways, and if you want to use it, that's great. To me, "blu-mo" is a special word to be used mainly by Dan and those he awards it to (like TI4438). So I'll keep using blumo, but I respect and appreciate the Dan / Elwood approved "blu-mo".

[sigmfsk]

Dan Aykroyd's facebook page refers to "blue-mos"
www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=rumors&thread=1085&post=10407

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And Don S. Weird claims that Dan calls it a "blue mo"
> I am a close friend of Roy Dixon, Dan's brother in law, and I have
> a "Blue Mo" as it is called by Dan and Roy and other people that
> are associated with this car.
www.allpar.com/history/dodge/bluesmobile.html
from
www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=rumors&thread=1086&post=7322

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This supposed letter from Dan Aykroyd to Bill Gates refers to "blu mos"

from
www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=rumors&thread=1086&post=7303

[Elwood]

I don't care who said it first - it still annoys me.

[sigmfsk]

Jul 25, 2013 18:21:21 GMT -5 Elwood said:

I don't care who said it first - it still annoys me.

Ahh, any shortened nickname instead of the full and complete "bluesmobile" annoys you. I can respect that. And there are always these reference options:
- Black and white 1974 Dodge sedan with Illinois plates
- shit-box Dodge
- 1974 Dodge sedan

[Elwood]

Jul 26, 2013 4:36:40 GMT -5 sigmfsk said:

Jul 25, 2013 18:21:21 GMT -5 Elwood said:

I don't care who said it first - it still annoys me.

Ahh, any shortened nickname instead of the full and complete "bluesmobile" annoys you. I can respect that. And there are always these reference options:
- Black and white 1974 Dodge sedan with Illinois plates
- shit-box Dodge
- 1974 Dodge sedan

See, that's the funny thing: None of the others you listed annoy me at all. (Probably because whenever I read them, I hear them in my mind as they were spoken in the movie. ), but "Blumo" just.....irkes me.

There's a lot of other things involving words - and the abuse of words - that irk me as well, but that's for another thread. ;D

[ti4438]

Not only did I witness Dan sign my dash,but he also told me twice "Nice Blu-Mo!".

[Steam McQueen]

I feel weird writing it with a hyphen. I can't take it anymore, I can't do it. Sig was right, he knew it'd get into my brain like that Hitchcock movie.

Movie car = Bluesmobile
Other = Blumo (as per for reference only)
[Just my own personal thing until Dan signs my Sunfire, "Nice Blu-Mo"] Heh, as if

I have mild OCD by the way. Maybe, I'm not sure. For a long time when I parked the car the radio had to be on the same station when I turned the car off. I can leave it on a different station now when I turn the car off but I think about it lol.