![]() At the very least, we’ve all felt the vertigo of a fall from safety and security to being “on your own with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.” We know how that feels, but we have trouble expressing it. If we haven’t “thrown the bums a dime” in our prime only to later “to be scrounging for” our next meal, we’ve probably known someone who has. What matters is what it reveals about us. It doesn’t really matter what his circumstances were when he wrote it, what particular woman he was singing to or what was fueling his anger. What makes this 1965 single so powerful is not what it reveals about Bob Dylan, the singer/songwriter. Take “Like a Rolling Stone,” for example. No, what’s important is what it tells us about you or me, the listener. ![]() Whether it’s professional criticism or fan discussion, many people assume that what’s important about a pop song is what it tells us about the performer. ![]() Discussion of popular music often suffers from a fundamental misunderstanding.
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