Obama by way of Dylan II [Notes]
Some info for those who asked
Got more than a couple of emails asking if I knew which Dylan song the Obama video used as inspiration.
Actually, it is inspired by two songs. The melody and lyrics riff from Dylan’s Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again. The imagery borrows from a short film of Subterranean Homesick Blues created to promote the 1965 documentary Dont Look Back by D. A. Pennebaker, and is considered a precursor to the ubiquitous modern music video.
Music video has fallen, huh?
Thought I would post the videos for both songs, so enjoy! I always loved the last card in Subterranean Homesick Blues, in particular, as well as Mr. Dylan walking off, so keep your eyes peeled and stay with it until the very end!
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Thought I’d share the songlist for the only time I saw Mr. Dylan live in concert.
Bob Dylan – MSG, New York, NY, November 19, 2001
Wait For The Light To Shine (acoustic)
It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic) (Bob on harp)
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (acoustic)
Searching For A Soldier’s Grave (acoustic)
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
Just Like A Woman (Bob on harp)
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Lonesome Day Blues
High Water
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (acoustic) (Bob on harp)
Tangled Up In Blue (acoustic)
John Brown (acoustic)
Summer Days
Sugar Baby
Drifter’s Escape (Bob on harp)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
(encore)
Things Have Changed
Like A Rolling Stone
Forever Young (acoustic)
Honest With Me
Blowin’ In The Wind (acoustic)
All Along The Watchtower
WHAT??
WHAT ME WORRY.
Thelma,
I love that last card!
And never forget, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Wisdom!
Wisdom indeed.
A six-song encore! Very generous.
Thelma,
It was a great concert. I went with fellow Dylan admirer, my longtime friend Carl! When you get the chance to see a true icon like Mr. Dylan, you gotta’ go for it!