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"Like A Rolling Stone" – Interactive Video

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Re: "Like A Rolling Stone" – Interactive Video

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Post by jere »

frogpelt wrote: post #19
jere wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously?? It's just a few fake TV show clips they recorded specifically for this video. And for me, the channel buttons do nothing but bring up a description of the current "channel." [edit: the channels do change after a delay] Aside: I'm sure I've heard it all throughout my life, but it was only a few days ago that I looked up the lyrics and backstory behind this song. For a song written just shy of 50 years ago,…

The ESPN set is real with Steve Levy anchoring and obviously "The Price is Right" and Drew Carey are the real deal.

They're the real sets/hosts, but not real broadcasts of those shows.

Re: "Like A Rolling Stone" – Interactive Video

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Post by DonGateley »

xargs wrote: post #11

I was beyond skeptical when I saw this link earlier, but this is outstanding. The commenters on RollingStone and other sites, seem to have wanted some magical rose-colored nostalgia trip to 1965, but the whole point of contemporary Dylan is that you can't have 1965 back (and even if you could, you don't want to). The lyrics to this song are like the anthem of Holden Caufield... a wry, disillusioned, antisocial, antic…

"The lyrics to this song are like the anthem of Holden Caufield... a wry, disillusioned, antisocial, anticonsumption, post-war love song. Anyone who ever thought otherwise, is a turd who only loved this song because it was Top 40 and reminiscent of some lost High School dance, despite the fact that the song itself is completely anti-pop."

I sorta hate to break it to you but we knew all that back then. I don't think any other point of view was even considered.

Re: "Like A Rolling Stone" – Interactive Video

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Post by xargs »

DonGateley wrote: post #22
xargs wrote: post #11

I was beyond skeptical when I saw this link earlier, but this is outstanding. The commenters on RollingStone and other sites, seem to have wanted some magical rose-colored nostalgia trip to 1965, but the whole point of contemporary Dylan is that you can't have 1965 back (and even if you could, you don't want to). The lyrics to this song are like the anthem of Holden Caufield... a wry, disillusioned, antisocial, antic…

"The lyrics to this song are like the anthem of Holden Caufield... a wry, disillusioned, antisocial, anticonsumption, post-war love song. Anyone who ever thought otherwise, is a turd who only loved this song because it was Top 40 and reminiscent of some lost High School dance, despite the fact that the song itself is completely anti-pop." I sorta hate to break it to you but we knew all that back then. I don't think a…

You're preaching to the choir on that one, but maybe we should tell the commenters on RollingStone.com, HuffPo, etc? They seem confused (I like to read their stupid in an MST3K styled riff off; you can be TomServo, dibs on Crooow though).

"It's just a bunch of commercials. Bah" / "This is totally lame and does no justice to a great song" / "I grew up in the 60's and this is not the Dylan I know" / "I found the word VAGINAS in the video" / "This is a vapid mess. It's sacrilegious to give such lyrics this treatment!"

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Post by prawn »

jere wrote: post #21
frogpelt wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ESPN set is real with Steve Levy anchoring and obviously "The Price is Right" and Drew Carey are the real deal.

They're the real sets/hosts, but not real broadcasts of those shows.

Evident in the quality of play in the channel showing tennis...

Re: "Like A Rolling Stone" – Interactive Video

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Post by gtufano »

sneak wrote: post #27

Running flash is a terrible security risk. I won't do it even for Dylan. Bummer. Someone should've told his dev team that the times, they are a-changin'...

It can be played with the Interlude Player on mobile (at least on iOS), just hit the page on the mobile device for the download link.
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