Subterranean Homesick Blues

Mm-hmm.

But it's paying homage to Bob Dylan's music video Subterranean Homesick Blues, in which Bob Dylan holds up cue cards with words on them, too.

Yeah.

So, very cool.

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Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Correct.

This has turned into a music trivia show.

Take, take all our money, you know, like that, that, that right there, uh, is our golden standup standout, um, uh, signature act of the troop.

I would say, um, personally, uh, I would say it's either I love Rocky road, which is a pretty easy crowd pleaser and everyone knows the words, uh, Or Bob, which is, again, kind of a deep cut, and it's Weird Al's takeoff, I guess, you know, a style parody of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.

And that one is just so bonkers, and people sometimes don't know what it is, but they're along for the ride on that one.

And just like the Dylan song and video, Dylan in the video has these cards that he throws down with the lyrics on them.

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No. He's gone and recorded a cover of a 20-year-old song called Subterranean Homesick Blues by veteran crooner Bob Dylan.

Doesn't exactly slip off the tongue.

It's not Every Loser Wins, is it, or Anyone Can Fall in Love?

It was the first real rap song.

It was called "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

Oh, yeah.

And you should play it because, uh, it's, it's early rap.

When you watch Dylan in that film, you're seeing him interact with fans, journalists, and fellow musicians in real time.

That's the famous scene where he holds up cue cards with lyrics from Subterranean Homesick Blues, which essentially created the music video format years before MTV existed.

Pennebaker wasn't trying to explain Dylan or provide context.

He was letting audiences experience Dylan's world directly, contradictions and all.

It's all these big performances of all these Bob Dylan class.

I feel like he's wisely... drained a lot of that out of this show um and uh and and you see that i think in the set list choices the performance you know the songs that he's choosing several of which are the the first time they've ever been played subterranean homesick blues absolutely sweet marie um and um and not only those songs but you know the way that they're the way that they're put across it's a it's a short show maybe 70 minutes long short set list but like i don't know i um i i am amazed honestly at how exciting and well, well put together.

This whole thing is right from the jump.

Yeah.

When you watch Dylan in that film, you're seeing him interact with fans, journalists, and fellow musicians in real time.

That's the famous scene where he holds up cue cards with lyrics from Subterranean Homesick Blues, which essentially created the music video format years before MTV existed.

Pennebaker wasn't trying to explain Dylan or provide context.

He was letting audiences experience Dylan's world directly, contradictions and all.