Analyze Song

Analyze Song

Analyze Song

In 1965, Bob Dylan released a song--a long, wandering number filled with odd imagery known as “Like a Rolling Stone.” This 6 minute behemoth would go on to be one of the most influential songs of all time, and considered by Rolling Stone Magazine to be the “ greatest song of all time.”

Bob Dylan Struggles to Break Away From Traditional Folk Scene

Bob Dylan’s attempts to move beyond being just a “protest singer” in well documented. It is during this part of his career that “Like a Rolling Stone” was written.

During his 1965 tour of England (captured in the documentary Don’t Look Back) Dylan became increasingly frustrated with the music business and specifically the Greenwich Village Folk scene. Dylan wanted to expand into electric music, which was beyond the grasp of most folkies at that time. Folk music was in direct competition with Rock and Roll as the dominant music of youth.