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When Bob Dylan launched “Similar to a Rolling Stone” in July 1965, it didn’t just shake up the charts—it tore down the boundaries of what a well-liked song might be. Clocking in at above six minutes, it was an audacious crack from radio convention. With its jangling organ riff, snarling vocals, and surreal, cutting lyrics, Dylan tells The s