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Like a Rolling Stone lyrics
- Once upon a time you dressed so fine:
Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American actress and fashion model who was one of Andy Warhol's superstars, starring in several of his short films during the 1960s.[1] Her prominence led to her being dubbed an "It Girl",[2][3] while Vogue magazine named her a "Youthquaker".[4]
Sedgwick broke with Warhol in 1966 and attempted to forge an independent acting career. However, her mental health deteriorated from drug abuse and she struggled to complete the semi-autobiographical film Ciao! Manhattan. Sedgwick abstained from drugs and alcohol after meeting her future husband, Michael Post, and completed filming Ciao! Manhattan in early 1971. Post and Sedgwick married in July 1971; she died four months later of an overdose at age 28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edie_Sedgwick
- Like a rolling stone?:
Commentators attempted to tie the characters in the song to specific people in Dylan's personal life in 1965. In his book POPism: The Warhol '60s, Andy Warhol recalled that some people in his circle believed that "Like a Rolling Stone" contained hostile references to him; he was told, "Listen to 'Like a Rolling Stone'—I think you're the diplomat on the chrome horse, man."[37] The reason behind Dylan's alleged hostility to Warhol was supposedly Warhol's treatment of actress and model Edie Sedgwick. It has been suggested that Sedgwick is the basis of the Miss Lonely character.[38] Sedgwick was briefly involved with Dylan in late 1965 and early 1966, around which time there was some discussion of the two making a movie together.[39] According to Warhol's collaborator Paul Morrissey, Sedgwick may have been in love with Dylan, and was shocked when she found out that Dylan had secretly married Sara Lownds in November 1965.[39] However, in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, Michael Gray argues that Sedgwick had no connection with "Like a Rolling Stone", but states "there's no doubt that the ghost of Edie Sedgwick hangs around Blonde on Blonde".[40] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Rolling_Stone
- Like a rolling stone?:
Factory Girl (2006) While their value as works of art may be a matter of taste, as pieces of cinema the films from Andy Warhol’s Factory are virtually unwatchable. Though this biopic of Edie Sedgwick emulates the look of Warhol’s films in some of the flashback sequences, superb performances by Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce make Factory Girl eminently more enjoyable than anything Warhol directed.
The film’s opening minutes immediately set the stage. Edie’s narration (later revealed to be from a session with a psychiatrist) advises the viewer that she comes from money and believes she’ll die before her 30th birthday. A few flashback scenes establish her interest in Andy Warhol, so when the two meet at a party they each see how this can be a friendship with benefits; Edie has stars in her eyes while Andy sees dollar signs. Yet Edie’s blossoming romance with a famous folk-singer causes a rift that ultimately leads to her unravelling.
Though the famous folk-singer is obviously inspired by Bob Dylan, the threat of a legal suit led the filmmakers to change the character’s name and insist he was a composite character. No such difficulty with Andy Warhol. Though depicted primarily as a manipulative money-grabber, Guy Pearce’s performance provides many shades to the pale artist.
Likewise, Sienna Miller is a revelation as the tragic Edie. Prior to this film, the actress’s regular appearance in the tabloids put her in danger of being famous for merely being famous. But as Edie’s mother quite rightly asks – “Where is the value in that?”
https://www.thebiopicstory.com/edie-sedgwick-review
- chrome horse:
What is chrome in a horse? If a horse is described as having “chrome”, it means that the horse has many white markings. One small star and one sock doesn't really cut it. These horses are still gorgeous, of course, but they don't necessarily have “chrome”. The use of the Greek adverbs #1 μεταλλικό και #2 επιχρωμιωμένο are wrong. https://www.google.com/search?q=What+is+chrome+in+a+horse%3F+If+a+horse+...
- When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose:
Themes Unlike conventional chart hits of the time, "Like a Rolling Stone" featured lyrics that were interpreted as expressions of resentment rather than love.[31][32] Author Oliver Trager characterizes the lyrics as "Dylan's sneer at a woman who has fallen from grace and is reduced to fending for herself in a hostile, unfamiliar world".[32] The song's subject, "Miss Lonely", previously opted for easy options in life—she attended the finest schools and enjoyed high-placed friends—but now that her situation has become difficult, it appears that she has no meaningful experiences to define her character.[32] The opening lines of the song establish the character's former condition:
Once upon a time you dressed so fine Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?[33]
And the first verse ends with lines that seemingly deride her current condition:
Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging your next meal[33]
Despite the obvious vitriol, the song's narrator also seems to show compassion for Miss Lonely, and expresses joy for her in the freedom in losing everything.[31] Jann Wenner commented: "Everything has been stripped away. You're on your own, you're free now ... You're so helpless and now you've got nothing left. And you're invisible—you've got no secrets—that's so liberating. You've nothing to fear anymore."[34] The final verse ends with the lines:
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal[33]
The refrain seems to emphasize these themes:
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[33]
Dylan biographer Robert Shelton gave this interpretation:
A song that seems to hail the dropout life for those who can take it segues into compassion for those who have dropped out of bourgeois surroundings. 'Rolling Stone' is about the loss of innocence and the harshness of experience. Myths, props, and old beliefs fall away to reveal a very taxing reality.[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Rolling_Stone
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