Subterranean Homesick Blues
E20591
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Subterranean Homesick Blues cue-card sequence | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| bSide | She Belongs to Me ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
UK Singles Chart number 9
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US Billboard Hot 100 number 39 ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
rapid-fire
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surreal ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Radiohead
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surface form:
Radiohead (live performances)
Red Hot Chili Peppers ⓘ The Walkabouts ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | frequently cited in histories of the music video form ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine | You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political protest
ⓘ
social unrest ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | music video ⓘ |
| inspired | name of the Weather Underground ⓘ |
| isTitleAlludingTo | subterranean homesickness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle |
stream-of-consciousness
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talking blues-influenced ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | D. A. Pennebaker ⓘ |
| musicVideoFeature |
Allen Ginsberg appearing in the background
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Bob Dylan holding and dropping cue cards with lyrics ⓘ Bob Neuwirth appearing in the background ⓘ |
| musicVideoLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
behind the Savoy Hotel, London ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle | cue-card film ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early precursor of the modern music video ⓘ |
| partOf | Bob Dylan discography ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer | Tom Wilson ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Columbia Studio A, New York City
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surface form:
Columbia Recording Studios, New York City
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| recordingDate | 1965-01-14 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965-03-08 ⓘ |
| side | Side A ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1965 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dont Look Back
this entity surface form:
Subterranean Homesick Blues cue-card sequence