The First-Ever Official Video for ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

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This is important, Dylanites. Nearly 50 years after its release, Bob Dylan’s classic “Like a Rolling Stone” has finally got an official music video, and it’s pretty much the best thing ever: an interactive video that lets the viewer flip through channels on a virtual television and watch such luminaries as Drew Carey on The Price Is Right, Marc Maron on his WTF podcast, and the dudes from Pawn Stars lip-syncing to the 1965 recording of the song.

In all, there are 16 equally mesmerizing channels to choose from, from sports to cooking to world news to children’s cartoons to reality shows; some of the channels are simulations of shows currently on cable, and the best part? All of the people on them know the words to “Like a Rolling Stone.”

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/11/bob-dylan-rolling-stone-video/

Also here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-goes-interactive-in-like-a-rolling-stone-clip-20131119


I just watched this three times before I even got to Marc Maron. It's kind of weirdly mesmerizing.

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Except for the bandwidth required, this is fully awesome. n/t

[Jim Lane]

2. Thanks for posting this! One question....

Is there somewhere that has a list of all the "performers" so that I can tell who's who? I watch very little television and I don't recognize most of the people/scenes in the video.

Ideally there'd be at least a blurb about why each of them was singing the song. I had some trouble changing the channels and got stuck endlessly on the woman with the microphone apparently narrating a fashion show by singing "Like a Rolling Stone" and I have no idea why or what the context was.

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3. Couldn't find a complete list but

This is from Wikipedia

The video features appearances from comedian Marc Maron, rapper Danny Brown, The Price is Right host Drew Carey, SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy, Jonathan and Drew Scott of Property Brothers, and Pawn Stars cast members Rick Harrison and Austin "Chumlee" Russell, among others.[55]

some more info here:
http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/11/19/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-danny-brown-girl-code-marc-maron/

[Jim Lane]

4. Thanks, that gets me at least part way there. (n/t)