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"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Bringing Information technology All Back Abode
B-side	"She Belongs to Me"
Released	March 8, 1965
Recorded	January 14, 1965
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio A, New York City
Genre	Folk rock[1] blues rock[one] talking blues[1] rock and gyre[2] proto-rap[3]
Length	two:xx
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(due south)	Bob Dylan
Producer(s)	Tom Wilson
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1965) "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (1965) "Maggie's Subcontract" (1965)

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 14, 1965, and released equally a unmarried by Columbia Records, catalogue number 43242, on March viii.^[4] It was the lead track on the album Bringing Information technology All Back Domicile, released some two weeks later.^[5] It was Dylan'south first Top 40 hit in the United states, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Information technology besides entered the Top 10 of the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Singles Chart. The song has afterward been reissued on numerous compilations, the beginning existence the 1967 singles compilation Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. One of Dylan's first electric recordings, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is too notable for its innovative film clip, which first appeared in D. A. Pennebaker's documentary Dont Look Dorsum. An acoustic version of the vocal, recorded the mean solar day before the single, was released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991.

It is ranked 187th on Rolling Rock'southward 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension list.^[half-dozen] In its contemporary review, Cash Box described it every bit a "rockin'-land folk blueser with a solid beat and catchy lyrics" and "wild" guitar and harmonica playing.^[7]

References and allusions [edit]

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is an constructing of Jack Kerouac, the Woody Guthrie–Pete Seeger song "Taking It Piece of cake" ("Mom was in the kitchen preparing to eat / Sister was in the pantry looking for some yeast") and the stone and roll poetry of Chuck Berry's "Also Much Monkey Business organization".^[8]

In 2004, Dylan said, "It'south from Chuck Drupe, a chip of 'Too Much Monkey Business organization' and some of the scat songs of the '40s."^[9]

Dylan has too stated that when he attended the University of Minnesota in 1959, he fell under the influence of the Beat scene: "It was Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso and Ferlinghetti."^[10] Kerouac's The Subterraneans, a novel published in 1958 about the Beats, has been suggested as a possible inspiration for the song's title.^{[11] [12]}

The vocal's showtime line is a reference to codeine distillation and the politics of the time: "Johnny'due south in the basement mixing up the medicine / I'm on the pavement thinkin' virtually the government".^{[5] [13]} The vocal also depicts some of the growing conflicts between "straights" or "squares" and the emerging counterculture of the 1960s. The widespread utilize of recreational drugs and turmoil surrounding the Vietnam War were both starting to grab the nation, and Dylan'due south hyperkinetic lyrics were dumbo with up-to-the-infinitesimal allusions to of import emerging elements in the 1960s youth culture. According to stone journalist Andy Gill, "an entire generation recognized the zeitgeist in the verbal whirlwind of 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'."^[13]

The song as well refers to the struggles surrounding the American civil rights motility ("Better stay abroad from those / That carry 'round a burn down hose"—during the civil rights movement, peaceful protestors were beaten and sprayed with high-pressure level fire hoses). The song was Dylan's start Top 40 hit in the United States.^[14]

Influence [edit]

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" has had a broad influence, resulting in iconic references by artists and non-artists alike. (Virtually infamously, its lyric "you don't demand a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" was the inspiration for the proper name of the American radical left group the Weathermen, a breakaway from the Students for a Democratic Social club.)^[15] In a 2007 study of legal opinions and briefs that found Dylan was quoted by judges and lawyers more than any other songwriter, "you don't need a weatherman..." was distinguished as the line near often cited.^{[16] [17] [18]}

John Lennon was reported to find the song and then captivating that he did non know how he would be able to write a song that could compete with it.^{[19] [20]} The grouping Firehose (one-time members of Minutemen) took its proper noun from another of the song'south enigmatic warnings: "Meliorate stay abroad from those that carry effectually a fire hose..." In improver, the opening of the last poetry, "Ah get built-in, keep warm", provided the Australian garage rock band Jet with the title of their debut anthology Get Built-in.

In the same fashion that Dylan paid homage to Jack Kerouac'due south novel, The Subterraneans,^[11] "Subterranean Homesick Blues" has been referenced in the titles of various songs, for example, Radiohead's "Subterranean Homesick Alien" from the 1997 album OK Estimator; the ska punk ring Mustard Plug's "Suburban Homesick Blues" from the 1997 album Evildoers Beware; the Memphis indie ring The Grifters' "Subterranean Decease Ride Blues", the B-side of a 1996 single; and the British folk rock ring Deaf Havana's "Subterranean Bullshit Blues" from the 2013 album Former Souls. It was likewise the basis for the title of the second episode of Police force & Guild 'southward premiere season, "Subterranean Homeboy Blues".

In the 1980s sitcom Potato Brownish, a flashback sequence shows Brown (Candice Bergen) and her future coworker Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto) meeting for the outset time in a bar. In order to prove to one some other their genuine counterculture credentials from the mid-1960s, they join in a "claiming duet" of the first verse of "Subterranean Homesick Dejection".

Speaking to WatchMojo.com in 2011, Ed Sheeran compared Eminem to Dylan, proclaiming: "Yous might look at [them] and say they're two totally unlike acts, just all you have to do with Eminem is put a guitar behind his words and it'due south a very similar thing. Folk music tells stories and hip hop tells stories, there'southward just a beat that separates it. [...] Bob Dylan [raps] his tunes, if you lot listen to [Subterranean Homesick Blues], that's not a million miles away from an Eminem tune″.^[21]

Versions [edit]

Covers of the song bridge a range of styles, including those by the reggae musician Gregory Isaacs on Is It Rolling Bob?, his 2004 album of Dylan songs, with Toots Hibbert;^[22] the bluegrass musician Tim O'Brien on his 1996 album of Dylan covers, Cherry-red on Blonde; the stone band Red Hot Chili Peppers on the 1987 album The Uplift Mofo Political party Plan; the Cajun-fashion fiddle histrion Doug Kershaw on Louisiana Man in 1978; and the singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson on his 1974 album Pussy Cats, produced by John Lennon, who admired the vocal.^[23] The song was also covered by Alanis Morissette when she stood in for Dylan at his 2005 consecration into the UK Music Hall of Fame.^[24] In addition, Robert Wyatt's "Blues in Bob Small-scale", on his 1997 album Shleep, uses the vocal'southward rhythm as a structural template.^[25]

In Dec 2009, the rapper Juelz Santana released the single "Mixin' Up the Medicine", which features lyrics in the chorus, performed by culling rapper Yelawolf, and maintains some of the song's original acoustics. Ed Volker of the New Orleans Radiators also has performed the song in his solo shows and with the Radiators, oft paired with "Highway 61 Revisited".^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1985, British role player Tom Watt, at the fourth dimension enjoying a high profile playing the role of Lofty Holloway in EastEnders, released a version of the song that fabricated number 67 in the Great britain singles nautical chart.

Allusions in other artists' songs [edit]

Elvis Costello cited "Subterranean Homesick Blues" as inspiration for his 1978 song "Pump Information technology Up" proverb, "It's how rock and roll works. Yous take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That'due south what I did."^[26]

Echo & the Bunnymen's 1980 song "Villiers Terrace" includes the lyric "In that location'southward people rolling 'round on the carpet / Mixin' up the medicine."

R.Eastward.M.'s 1987 striking, "It'southward the Cease of the Earth as Nosotros Know Information technology (And I Feel Fine)", has been stated by guitarist Peter Buck to be an homage to the song.

The Hayes Carll runway "KMAG YOYO" is a directly homage to the rhythms and field of study matter of "Subterranean Homesick Blues".^[27]

The Jesus and Mary Chain'due south 1989 single "Dejection from a Gun" includes the lyric "Wait out kid, you're gonna get hit", a line borrowed from the Dylan rails.

Radiohead'due south song "Subterranean Homesick Alien", from their 1997 album OK Figurer, pays homage past referencing Bob Dylan'southward track in the title.

Robert Wyatt'southward song "Dejection in Bob Minor" from his 1997 anthology Shleep includes the line, "Genuflecting, bowing deeply/It don't take a weathergirl to see/Where the wind is blowing/What the wind is bending."

The Gaslight Anthem'due south song "Angry Johnny and the Radio", from their 2007 album Sink or Swim, includes the lyrics "And I'chiliad still here singin', thinking about the government" and "Are y'all hidin' in a basement, mixin' up the medicine?"

Beastie Boys' song "Funky Donkey" from their 2011 anthology Hot Sauce Committee Role Two contains the lyrics "I don't wear Crocs and I don't wearable sandals / The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle."

Deaf Havana's album Old Souls contains the song "Subterranean Bullshit Blues", which references the title in homage to the songwriter James Veck-Gilodi'southward respect for Dylan.

Adam Green's song "Novotel" includes the lyric "Novotel / The phone's tapped anyway."

Promotional film clip [edit]

In addition to its influence on music, the song was used in one of the outset "modern" promotional film clips, the forerunner of what was subsequently known every bit the music video. Rolling Stone ranked it seventh in the magazine's October 1993 listing of "100 Top Music Videos".^[28] The original clip was the opening segment of D. A. Pennebaker'south moving picture Dont Look Back, a documentary on Dylan'southward 1965 bout of England. In the film, Dylan, who came up with the idea, holds up cue cards with selected words and phrases from the lyrics. The cue cards were written past Donovan, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Neuwirth and Dylan himself.^[13]

While staring at the camera, Dylan flips the cards as the song plays. At that place are intentional misspellings and puns throughout the prune: for instance, when the song's lyrics say "eleven dollar bills", the poster says "20 dollar bills". The clip was shot in an alley close to the Savoy Hotel in London. Ginsberg and Neuwirth are briefly visible in the background. For use as a trailer, the following text was superimposed at the finish of the clip, Dylan and Ginsberg are exiting the frame: "SURFACING HERE Shortly | BOB DYLAN IN | DONT LOOK Dorsum By D. A. PENNEBAKER". The Savoy Hotel has retained much of its exterior as it was in 1965, and the alley used in the picture has been identified every bit the Savoy Steps.^[29]

In addition to the Savoy Hotel clip, two alternate promotional films were shot: one in a park (Embankment Gardens, adjacent to the Savoy Hotel) where Dylan, Neuwirth and Ginsberg are joined past Dylan'southward producer, Tom Wilson, and another shot on the roof of an unknown building (actually the Savoy Hotel).^{[ citation needed ]} A montage of the clips tin be seen in the documentary No Direction Home.

The moving picture clip was used in September 2010 in a promotional video to launch Google Instant.^[30] As they are typed, the lyrics of the song generate search engine results pages.

The 1992 Tim Robbins film Bob Roberts features Robbins in the championship function as a correct-wing folk singer who uses Dylan's cue-bill of fare concept for the vocal "Wall Street Rap".^[31] In "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video for "Bob" (a parody of Dylan'due south music and writing style), Yankovic mimics Dylan's video by dressing equally Dylan and dropping cue cards that have the song's lyrics on them.^{[32] [ improve source needed ]}

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Williams, Richard (January xiii, 2015). "Bob Dylan and the Subterranean Homesick Blues revolution". The Guardian . Retrieved Dec 8, 2019.
2. ^ John Einarson (vi September 2011). Four Strong Winds: Ian and Sylvia. McClelland & Stewart. p. 161. ISBN978-0-7710-3040-half-dozen.
3. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (March 30, 2010). "Is Bob Dylan Hip-Hop'south Godfather?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved Jan 7, 2021.
4. ^ The Original Mono Recordings. Legacy Records, 2010, liner notes, p. 51.
5. ^ ^{a b} Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 32, Ballad in Plain D: An Introduction to the Bob Dylan Era. [Part 2]" (audio). Popular Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
6. ^ "Subterranean Homesick Blues ranked #187 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List". Rolling Rock . Retrieved 23 September 2021.
7. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 20, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12 .
8. ^ "Bob Dylan - Uncut Jan 2005 CDs". Uncut Magazine. January 2005. Retrieved 2012-02-05 .
9. ^ "Rock's Enigmatic Poet Opens a Long-Private Door". Los Angeles Times. April 4, 2004.
10. ^ Biograph, 1985, Liner notes & text by Cameron Crowe.
11. ^ ^{a b} Gray, Michael (2000). Song & Dance Man 3. p. 83.
12. ^ "city-journal.org". Archived from the original on December 10, 2005.
13. ^ ^{a b c} Gill, Andy (1998). Classic Bob Dylan 1962–69: My Back Pages. pp. 68–69, 96.
14. ^ "Miva Engine Version Mismatch". Archive.fo. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on xiii September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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17. ^ Siegel, Robert (host) (2011-05-10). "Bob Dylan'southward Words Detect Place In Legal Writings". NPR. Retrieved 2011-05-x .
18. ^ According to the written report, Dylan was cited in courtroom documents 186 times; the next closest was the Beatles, cited 74 times (Los Angeles Times, May ix, 2011).
19. ^ "News". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-thirteen .
20. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2014-06-23 .
21. ^ "Y'all are being redirected..." watchmojo.com.
22. ^ "Leading Reggae Acts Have Recorded Cover Versions of Bob Dylan Songs for a New Tribute Album". BBC News. 2004-03-17. Retrieved 2008-12-10 .
23. ^ Bjorner, Olof (2001). "Covers: Subterranean Homesick Blues". Retrieved 2008-12-09 .
24. ^ "Alanis Morissette Happy to Look Back". United Press International. 2005-eleven-xv. Retrieved 2008-12-09 .
25. ^ Amorosi, A.D. (March 12–xix, 1998). "Review: Robert Wyatt's Thirsty Ear". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2008-12-10 .
26. ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Elvis Costello's OK With Olivia Rodrigo'due south 'Roughshod' Sounding Like His Song: 'It's How Rock and Ringlet Works'". Billboard . Retrieved seven August 2021.
27. ^ "Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO & other American Stories". PopMatters. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2017-12-09 .
28. ^ "Rock On The Net: Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" (1993)". Rockonthenet.com.
29. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-ten-27 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as championship (link)
30. ^ "Google Search - About Google app". Google Search - About Google app . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
31. ^ Short, Norman. "Archived copy". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2006-01-07. Retrieved 2005-08-21 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy every bit title (link)
32. ^ ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

External links [edit]

• "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Music video on YouTube

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