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Spearheading Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Like A Rolling Stone tells a surrealistic fairytale of a girl falling from high society. Notable not only because of the new rock sound, but also because of its length (clocking in at just over 6 minutes, it was an extremely long track for the time), it became Dylan’s biggest hit up till then, reaching #2 in the UK Pop Singles Charts.
It quickly became a live favourite, most memorably perhaps as a closer for most of Dylan’s 1966 World Tour (documented briliantly in The Bootleg Series, Volume 4: Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” ). Over the years it has been played many times and a version of the song can be found on most of Bob Dylan’s other live albums.
In 2005, music critic Greil Marcus wrote an entire book on the recording of Like A Rolling Stone, called Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads .
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine declared “Like a Rolling Stone” the greatest song of all time.
It quickly became a live favourite, most memorably perhaps as a closer for most of Dylan’s 1966 World Tour (documented briliantly in The Bootleg Series, Volume 4: Live 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall” ). Over the years it has been played many times and a version of the song can be found on most of Bob Dylan’s other live albums.
In 2005, music critic Greil Marcus wrote an entire book on the recording of Like A Rolling Stone, called Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads .
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine declared “Like a Rolling Stone” the greatest song of all time.
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Eraldor wrote:
this's magic..so energetic
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mrzigge wrote:
Bad singer? I haven't heard anyone sing with more feeling than Dylan does on this track, so powerful and authentic =) It's the best "fuck you"-song ever along with "Idiot Wind" and "Positively 4th Street".... It's definitely the best rock-song ever as well.
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arsenalwa wrote:
Nearer than most people think...
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DixonHill wrote:
nowhere near? i think it's near.
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BFD31095 wrote:
Nowhere near the best song ever, but amazing nevertheless. Also, despite his voice being authentic, he has no talent to sing. Plus, the lyrics aren't exactly "uplifting" :)
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phogasmic wrote:
Quite possibly the most uplifting song I have ever listened too. The chorus makes me want to sing along every time.
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MusicaLilly wrote:
GREAT song!!
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Dora117 wrote:
Yak so porrly interpreted
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Writtenjustice wrote:
Oh my God, where have you been all my life, Mr. Dylan?
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Jatup wrote:
Well yeah, but you not liking his voice doesn't mean he's a bad singer.
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Meinfart wrote:
I didn't say he was a bad musician, because he isn't. He's an AMAZING musical artist. I, however, don't like his voice. This is an opinion, I can understand why people would like his voice, I simply don't.
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ARGBDude wrote:
bad voice? well, sire... it's a rock song
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Lowbacca wrote:
um, no. since bob dylan it ain't important how beautiful your voice is, but how authentic.
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tcjr wrote:
Um, no.
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Meinfart wrote:
um, yes
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Jatup wrote:
Um, no.
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Meinfart wrote:
Haha! This is a great song, he's an amazing song writer, but he's just such a bad singer.
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Nevermoreraven wrote:
amazing song... but greatest of all time? rolling stone magazine is so biased.
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Hetfield55 wrote:
A monument of a song.
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LostInTheHaze wrote:
"Best "fuck you!" song ever." wholly agreed. This song single-handedly changed rock forever, no longer were rock songs just about puppy love and other airy skin-deep notions.
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