Like a rolling stone. Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan's Hate And Revenge Song

To have on your own, with no direction home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone Ahh princess on a steeple and all the pretty people They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made Exchanging all precious gifts But you better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal How does it feel, ah how does it feel? I still love this song Nice people usually talk shit about you when you're not around
But the lyrics of Dylan and the rapper have at least a 400-year history in the English language: John Skelton, a poet who wrote about a generation before Shakespeare, composed nearly all of his poems in the line I've just described

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This contrast in unities is reinforced by the contrasting descriptions applied to the camps — prettiness as opposed to raggedness
Bob Dylan
Invited to Dylan's Woodstock home for the weekend to learn new material, Bloomfield recalled, "The first thing I heard was 'Like a Rolling Stone'
Like A Rolling Stone
I'm a white woman who's about twice your age, but I also happen to like a lot of rap and hip hop even though some songs are full of violence and misogyny
The session ended just as the the band was beginning to wrap their heads around the tune
Acctually I did not review how the idea of Like A Rolling Stone came from until recently But it's not about Andy Warhol

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Suddenly it didn't feel awkward to play it.

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Then it graduated to opiates, which people told her to 'beware' of or she'd be sucked in, but she didn't believe them
Bob Dylan records “Like A Rolling Stone”
It reminds me of my freshman year of college, and it also reminds me of my first year out of college and really on my own, grinding just to be able to afford a meal, and reflecting on different perspectives I've had about certain things throughout life
Cover versions of Like a Rolling Stone written by Bob Dylan
If you've never heard their version on the "Stripped" album or, better yet, live you've never heard the song