Savoy Hotel
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| - | "'''Subterranean Homesick Blues'''" is a [[song]] by [[Bob Dylan]], recorded on January 14, 1965, and released as a [[single (music)|single]] by [[Columbia Records]], catalogue number 43242, on March 8. It was the lead track on the album ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'', released some two weeks later. It was Dylan's first Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 39 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It also entered the Top 10 of the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The song has subsequently been reissued on numerous compilations, the first being the 1967 singles compilation ''[[Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits]]''. One of Dylan's first electric recordings, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is also notable for its innovative [[music video|film clip]], which first appeared in [[D. A. Pennebaker]]'s documentary ''[[Dont Look Back]]''. | ||
| - | An acoustic version of the song, recorded the day before the single, was released on ''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991]]''. | + | '''The Savoy''' is a [[luxury hotel]] located in the [[Strand, London|Strand]] in the [[City of Westminster]] in central London, England. Built by the [[impresario]] [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]] with profits from his [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Carte's family for over a century. The Savoy was the first luxury hotel in Britain, introducing electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold running water and many other innovations. Carte hired [[César Ritz]] as manager and [[Auguste Escoffier]] as ''[[chef de cuisine]]''; they established an unprecedented standard of quality in hotel service, entertainment and elegant dining, attracting royalty and other rich and powerful guests and diners. |
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| - | In addition to its influence on music, the song was used in one of the first "modern" promotional film clips, the forerunner of what was later known as the [[music video]]. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it seventh in the magazine's October 1993 list of "100 Top Music Videos". The original clip was the opening segment of [[D. A. Pennebaker]]'s film ''[[Dont Look Back]]'', a documentary on Dylan's 1965 tour of [[England]]. In the film, Dylan, who came up with the idea, holds up cue cards with selected words and phrases from the lyrics. The cue cards were written by [[Donovan]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Bob Neuwirth]] and Dylan himself. While staring at the camera, he flips the cards as the song plays. There are intentional misspellings and puns throughout the clip: for instance, when the song's lyrics say "eleven dollar bills", the poster says "20 dollar bills". The clip was shot in an alley close to the [[Savoy Hotel]] in [[London]]. Ginsberg and Neuwirth are briefly visible in the background. | + | |
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The Savoy is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Carte's family for over a century. The Savoy was the first luxury hotel in Britain, introducing electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold running water and many other innovations. Carte hired César Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine; they established an unprecedented standard of quality in hotel service, entertainment and elegant dining, attracting royalty and other rich and powerful guests and diners.
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