Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Category: Blues


This is a segment from D. A. Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back (a documentary on Bob Dylan's tour of England in 1965). In the film, Dylan holds up cue cards for the audience with words from the song on them. While staring at the camera, he flips the cards as the song plays. Interestingly, there are intentional errors throughout the video. For instance, the song's lyrics say "eleven dollar bills," but the poster says "20 dollars". The video takes place in an alley behind The Savoy Hotel in London where poet Allen Ginsberg makes a cameo appearance.

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23 Responses to “Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues”

  1. Kuekoo13 Says:

    I love Bob Dylan. He’s so cute in that video.

  2. adha4 Says:

    I think I’m right in saying the cards were written by Bob and Donovan.

    There was another take probably in the park opposite the hotel, but they chose this one.

  3. nxllelygxlindo Says:

    LOVE BOB DYLAN his music TOTALLY rock’s he is just the best

  4. Guasona22 Says:

    Que buen teeema (L)

  5. christot2001 Says:

    hell, I wondered that..shurely not?

  6. TheAllyJowettBand Says:

    Awesome song and a great performance.

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    Ta

  7. SpaceBanaynay Says:

    please suggest the best songs i should know by bob dylan to me… up to 10 is good.

  8. trotter23 Says:

    Bob dylan is a wanker…see it’s true.His music is ****.

  9. HLC2K8 Says:

    Tosser

  10. hellosavannnah Says:

    i love Bob Dylan!

  11. froglove14 Says:

    this is wasting paper…… no wonder the rain forest is getting so smalll…………… BAD!!! Bob Dylan

  12. MollyDollyMadGurl Says:

    el you es haaayyyych

    (l-u-s-h)

    i love him and this video is aw-SOME!!!!

  13. 789959 Says:

    Yes.

  14. communiqation Says:

    Yeah, what’s awesome is that he purposefully did that. Also adding “Dig yourself” in the cards when they aren’t in the lyrics and “pawking metaws.” What a great man. He sang his songs with his soul, not his voice.

  15. gregorstrasbergar14 Says:

    And u dont know what music is. You ******* *****. Im gonna kill u. sick ****

  16. slamdunk8282 Says:

    his *** on fire flipping

  17. djbolivia Says:

    This song rocks. It inspired the title for a DJ dance mix that I just did, called “Subterranean Homesick Grooves.”

  18. smuacehouse Says:

    Has anyone noticed that this great song is a tribute to Chuck Berry’s “Too Much Monkey Business”?

  19. CultSphere98 Says:

    this song/video still manages to rock even after all these years.. this is music

  20. phototrap1 Says:

    Bob had medical tape on the hand holding the cards so it wouldn’t get cut to shreds.

  21. looktothebirds Says:

    is that allen ginsberg is the background?

  22. teamhex Says:

    Looks like em eh?

  23. haleyrenee1993 Says:

    yeah i seen that; good movie.

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