the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

We interrupt this argument again to bring you the song that was #2 all summer behind I Got You Babe. The original came in #2 behind the imitator, you might just say

Bob Dylan has said this is his best record. I don't know 'bout that, but it is worth mentioning as one of the best songs ever. And again, the expert band behind him counts (and the organist Al Kooper!), along with the lyrics. Verbal-minded folks in the anglosphere frequently don't understand that the sound is more profound a "message" than mere words. Some say, that his put-down songs in this period resulted from people knocking him for going folk-rock. Heck, he practically invented it. Give him credit!

"Rolling Stone magazine listed the song at number one in their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list"
Seems a fair bet that the magazine was named after the song.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Rolling_Stone





This song made the cry, "How does it feel!" into part of the "language that we use"

"Like A Rolling Stone"

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you ?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall."
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone ?


Hey, maybe I should write a put down song for Tara? Maybe? nah...........

All in good time, my pretty! Allll in good tiiimme.........

The diplomat may be a reference to Dylan himself, who is pictured on his previous album cover holding what (it is said) is a Siamese cat.