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How Bob Dylan’s greatest song changed music history — a deep-dive into an accidental masterpiece

JL;DR SUMMARY Seth Rogovoy provides an in-depth analysis of Bob Dylan's iconic song "Like a Rolling Stone," exploring its evolution from a simple piano waltz to a complex rock masterpiece. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish MusiciansLyricsBob DylanCultural RevolutionRock MusicMusic HistoryBeat Generation1960s MusicLike A Rolling StonePhil Spector

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Manchester, England, United Kingdom
"The committed folk purists at the Newport Folk Festival who booed his electric band, the iconic heckler at Manchester Free Trade Hall who cried out Judas! (only to have Dylan turn to his band and order them to Play fucking loud), and those who complained that Bob Dylan cannot sing."
Israel
"Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."
Newport, New York, United States
"The committed folk purists at the Newport Folk Festival who booed his electric band, the iconic heckler at Manchester Free Trade Hall who cried out Judas!"
United States
"Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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