VIDEO WATCH: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Here’s Bob Dylan’s 1965 music not video for Subterranean Homesick Blues. The clip will be followed by a brief history lesson courtesy of youtube commentators.
stealthisname67 (2 weeks ago)
Video wasn’t used in these days; back then these kinds of “videos” were called promos, and I don’t believe this was the first promo to be made, there are a few from bands like the Kinks.I still love this video, it’s one of my favorite Dylan songs.
Baflar (2 weeks ago)
Very little video tape was available in 1965, but of course, the video medium was still available via film - so it is fair to call this a ‘video’. The term ‘promo’ came later, as in 1965 no-one had seriously considered promoting a single via a video. Not surprising really, as this was the first (I assure you, this status is widely accepted.) Earlier filmed performances certainly do exist; there’s a colour version of the Animals doing ‘House of the Rising Sun’, for example.
March 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
I’ve just discovered this blog page, and I’m pleased that my comments on YouTube seemed worth conveying from there to another site. But… why? I feel sure you’re making a point, but I’m not sure what it is! Has there been some controversy about Subterranean Homesick Blues in your circle?
B.t.w., if you want a much older example of promotion within a film, try Artie Shaw’s ‘Concerto for Clarinet’ in the rather second-rate Fred Astaire film ‘Second Chorus’ (1940). But the 78rpm single is much better than the edited version in the film…