Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Sunday, October 21st, 2007“Subterranean Homesick Blues” was the first Bob Dylan song I really got into. My first introduction was the cover done by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their (arguably best) album the “Uplift Mofo Party Plan” (with “Special Secret Song Inside” and featuring the classic lineup of Hillel Slovak on guitar and Jack Irons on drums). Based on the Chili Peppers’ “recommendation” I bought the Dylan album – “Highway 61 Revisited” – little did I know that it was not only one of the most famous/important Dylan albums, but that it would completely blow me away – every song on the album is a classic.
Is this the first music video? I don’t know and probably not – but rumor has it that the bald dude off to the side is beat poet Allen Ginsberg.