"As for "Rolling Stone"; it is a one dimensional travelogue of lachrymose poetic symbolism that motors along with the same adroit sentimentality of anything produced by the Tin Pan Alley hacks of the day.It was aimed at the charts just like any Motown single and the chorus probably came from a Blues song (as with The Stones' "The Last Time")"

I agree with this 100%, well worded. But the point is, it did hit the charts and it hit hard. Dylan was classified by the media back then as being the protest singer for the new generation (i'm not arguing that he was, but that was the hype). As I mentioned in a previous post to this thread it opened a lot of doors and minds to the 'new protest movement'. This protest movement changed a lot, whether you want to admit it or not. So, as insignificant as this song was lyrically or whatever, it certainly carried a lot weight in opening up the new movement.

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