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by DonGateley 4588 days ago
"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.
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xargs 4588 days ago
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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sanoli 4588 days ago
I sorta hate to break it to you but this happens to songs all the time. Greatest example ever: Springsteen's 'Born In the USA'.
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