false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170932849m/78283.jpg 78283 7 Greil Marcus's popular appreciation of his, and Bob Dylan's, favorite song--a book that <I>Rolling Stone</I> called "essential insight into the living history of rock & roll." <P> Greil Marcus has written the definitive biography of the greatest pop single ever made. Recorded in Columbia's Studio A in New York on 16 June 1965, "Like A Rolling Stone" was instantly of its time-and so strong it has escaped time altogether. The musicians gathered in the studio never managed a second successful recording: they caught it once and only once. Then it was gone, arguably never to be bettered in Bob Dylan's countless live performances of the song. <P> Dylan's career as a folk singer--and the career imposed upon him, his unwanted role as "voice of a generation"--had hit a wall. Marcus recreates the brilliantly competitive pop world of 1965, and the energy, the anger, the thrill and the horror that Bob Dylan turned into a revolutionary six-minute single. Forty years later it remains the signal accomplishment of modern music. It drew to itself disparate traditions of American music and speech; it redrew the map of the country itself; it left behind a world that was not the same. The whole adventure is here. 209821 2005 Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads total:174|5:27|4:59|3:52|2:28|1:8| 174 591 227 22 1 2 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Feb 02 18:19:43 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 18:21:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 10 18:14:24 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 18:18:24 -0700 2009 Why are people not penning books about John Greenleaf Whittier?
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This time he takes on "Like a Rolling Stone," which he apparently considers as Dylan's masterstroke and probably the greatest song in Rock and Roll history.

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The factual history alone is fascinating. Using the studio tapes he does a terrific job in evoking the scene ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:01:45 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:05:03 -0700 2009
not all of Greil Marcus' books are as readable as this - Dead Elvis is big on the sociological meta-textualities - but this is spot on,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 07 00:22:55 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 00:24:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:18:16 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:22:16 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 16 09:22:30 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:22:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 19:28:46 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 19:28:49 -0700 2009 here]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 21:48:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 21:51:55 -0700 2009 http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=3968]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 28 22:30:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 22:32:57 -0700 2008 I liked how Frank Zappa said that when he heard the song, he was sure that the country would be turned upside-down by it. Although the song has been a tremendous popular and critical success b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 28 12:37:22 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 09 09:42:44 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:47:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:53:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 08:55:19 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 07:00:49 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Mar 21 05:58:51 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 05:59:37 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Sep 21 10:11:05 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 10:18:00 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 12 20:07:54 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 28 19:21:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 09 07:17:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 07:18:45 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=78283