It's amazing that over 3 million people are able to witness this moment and all the impact it had - and still has - 56 years on. I uploaded this in January 2018 and it was instantly flagged and blocked by ContentID (understandable.) In December 2020 it was mysteriously unblocked, I can only assume this was done manually, so my thanks go to whoever did that, allowing so many to experience this incredible, electrifying moment in history.

I was there. My family had just moved to Newport and my parents took me to the folk festival as my 13th birthday present. Next year I’ll turn 70. The quality of this video is amazing, as are the memories.

In 1969 I was a runaway 15 yr old hippie kid living on the streets in LA this song was like an anthem to me. In my darkest, loneliest, hungriest nights I would play this song in my head to find the rebellious strength to carry me thru another night on the streets. Thank you Bob

I was there -- at Newport in 65. I'd say about 25 percent of the audience booed at first, but more cheered, and by the time Bobby sang this song, just about everyone liked it. Most people could feel in their hearts a new, terrific chapter in music had begun.

My favorite song - this is for my husband who died of cancer, this was his favorite music, Dylan!!

“I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids will love it.”

August 2023..Bob my hero...all of his songs have sung my life..and I am 75...thank you

Early Dylan was pure genius. I've been listening to him for 60 years now and never cease to be amazed at how good he was.

This is not music... This is ART!!!!

One of the greatest moments in music history.

Imagine buying tickets to boo the tour for the greatest lyrical rock album in history.

He had so much courage back then under so much pressure and agression.Amazing young man,poetic,performer,singer etc.

In 69 i was in Vietnam. Semper Fi. Old rocker still rocking 😎

Bob Dylan + electric guitar = pure unadulterated magical moment in Rock and Roll history.

As soon as that guitar starts playing at the start, I get goosebumps. You truly can feel the world changing in that moment

Until this song came out most recordings lasted just over two minutes in length. This really was an industry changer.

Historically perhaps the most iconic Dylan performance. Mesmerizing.❤

One of the most important moments of the '60s.

I can't fathom writing a song of this timeless quality and messaging in my early twenties, that so masterfully bridges several genres in one go to boot. I totally believe it deserves the crown as best original composition ever. Dylan in the 60s was, is legendary.

One of the most memorable events in music history. The song that changed music history. Every musician who came after him was influenced by Dylan.

This song changed everything....Dylan took rock 'n' roll and gave it legitimacy. It was no longer something adults could dismiss.

Dylan goes electric the rest is history, little did people know what they were witnessing

"When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose. You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal. How does it feel?"

Every once in a while life takes a turn for the worse and humbles me. Dylan is timeless, like a rolling stone. Legend.

Dude this video has the best sound quality of a live performance from this era I’ve ever seen

Like a skilled surgeon, Bob Dylan knew how to cut through all the flesh and reach right into your soul and tug on it like no other.

Still probably the greatest lyrics ever written, absolutely astonishing, almost defies belief. 😮😮

The greatest folk/rock poet of my generation.

My old man loved Bob Dylan. Now I understand why my dad was so cool.

There will never be anyone like him again, a real legend.

We are SO PRIVILEGED to have lived in the time of Dylan... I was extra lucky to be invited in 1972 to an after party in his motel room with Janis Ian, Maria Muldaur and a few other fellow folkies hanging out with Bobby. Such a genius. He sang 2:10 train for us. I understood my privilege in that moment.

I saw Dylan at the Hollywood Bowl a few months after this Newport performance. I was 16, stole my mom's '65 Impala from our summer rental in Newport Beach, gripped the wheel and somehow drove I-5 North to the Hollywood Bowl exit to see Dylan. There was an intermission after about 1 hour. Then a bunch of people came on the stage. Ten minutes in I asked the adults next to me if they knew when Dylan would be coming back on. They said, "That IS Dylan... with THE BAND"... wow. Ok... I was there when he made that transition from his genius folk period to THE BAND and his electric period... so cool.

Bob Dylan and the biggest song in the history.

Bob Dylan is that man who became my best friend without even having to ever meet him.

2024 anyone…

I am just incredibly thankful and joyous that I lived in his time. Everything about Zimmie punctuates my life, articulates my face, fills my dreams.

Great artists always do what they think they have to do, not what people want them to do.

This video and footage is a gift to humanity. Thank god for this being unblocked! Let’s hope it stays that way.

Imagine Michelangelo being asked to paint the Sistine Chapel every night, or Van Gogh asked to paint "Starry Night" every night...that's what musicians are asked to do every night on tour; "repaint" their masterpieces...act like trained seals. No wonder Dylan had such an attitude with the press and the public. The fact he's survived 60 years in the music business in the face of such scrutiny is testament to his work ethic.

One of the top ten greatest songs of all time....word.

You're watching the world change in six minutes and 12 seconds.

Perhaps the most defining song of the 1960s. It takes me back to a time of turmoil that was yet filled with hope and promise. This man could write some poetry! He fully deserved that Nobel Prize for Literature.

Having Mike Bloomfield on guitar certainly is awesome. He was considered a freaking good player.

A pivotal moment in popular music history. "Like a Rolling Stone" changed everything. And, oh, those Michael Bloomfield string bends... so smooth.

The film crew had a good day that day. They captured the moment well, brilliant footage and angles of this historic performance.

Love it!! I am nearly 71....yes I know...a "Boomer".....have to be cliched but this brings me right back to my Teenage years......aged 15 then!!

And just like that, the musical world shifted on its axis. A moment in time that will never be repeated.

I really love how on just about every old Dylan video I watch the comments are always friendly, appreciative, and respectful. Thanks folks.

And it was at this moment when Bob Dylan, a college dropout from Duluth, Minnesota, conquered the world at the age of 25.

Another Dylan classic that’s timeless never tire of listening to this

One of the most beautiful live song ever

Search for the book about recording the song. The song is miraculous, but so is the specific recording. Apparently it worked like a miracle on one particular take, but never before or after on other takes. As we know the renowned recording, it is amazing musical perfection, starting with the iconic drum hit, and the moving organ part by Al Kooper, and Mike Bloomfield's jaw dropping guitar, and of course Bob's seering vocals that tell this timeless story. I love hearing this song live, but to me , the real gift we received is the recording, which is a portal into a different world. Yeah Bob! Happy 80th Birthday!

The most incredible troubadour, what a talent to be able to sing the poetry you've written. Huge respect.

I was there! Saw it, incredible!

One of the best songs....ever written.

This song is what made me become a guitar player and performer.

Simply the greatest composer of all time. Genius.!!!

"When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose" 🎶

This song is always fresh; never gets old!

If I had a time machine...this is where you would find me each and every day. What a place to be ...

The moment music changed forever.

This was the first public performance of the song, several days after its release as a single.

No one instinctively embraces change. Even those who think the art they love is counterculture. They think what they love should be static, frozen in time, unchanging. Like your first kiss, you want it to go on forever. But it can’t. Learning to embrace change is one of the great challenges in life. It opens you up to new possibilities…and yes sometimes change isn’t good…or for the better. There are no promises made except the only thing that never changes, is change itself. Thank you for a lifetime of great music and learning Bob.

For me, this is required daily listening. Love you Bob.

How effortlessly does genius work its wonders? No histrionics, posturing, posing, rock 'n' roll raving; just intense focus on the song, it seems.

My first-hand account: I was just as excited to hear the sounds of Butterfield booming across the PA as I was with the anticipation of seeing Dylan. Then when I found out they were going to be the back-up band for Dylan, that was the superfecta. What I remember about the night itself was lining up with all these ragtag people and the chatter that was going on. I wound up being closer to the back, and as you were going up the hill you could hear the unmistakable sounds of the amplified harmonica and the booming bass and Mike Bloomfield’s riffs screaming out. The anticipation was: What is Dylan going to be blasting us with? It wasn’t the folk purist thing. He was going to be messing with the Holy Grail that the Newport quote-Folk-unquote Festival was supposed to be about. To me, it was great: “Like a Rolling Stone,” he was belting it out. Then we started to hear these sounds and I thought they were saying, “Down in front!” so they can see what’s going on. It wasn’t what was supposedly reported where the crowd booed the electric guitar numbers. He’s getting the same reaction now that he did 50 years ago [by regularly rearranging his songs]. To me, as a lifelong fan, it’s all the same thing, a continuum. Noë Gold is the Founding Editor of Guitar World magazine, has held editing positions at Crawdaddy, the Hollywood Reporter and Movies USA, and been a columnist for the Village Voice and the New York Daily News. He is the author of articles and books on the music of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King, among others

Unbelievable, still gives me chills knowing what's happening off stage 👏👏👏👏👏

The most transformational song writer/musician of the 20th century and beyond. I’ve seen Dylan live 13 times. The first in the mid seventies; the 13th last April in Greensboro.

I used to hear only his nasal twang but can now I’m older I appreciate his musicianship, the way his vocals break into the instrumentals with timing timing, and his wonderful breath control.

He was only 24 here? Dylan wrote great songs before he even turned 25..

An all time classic that will never grow old. Can relate to the lyrics. Fighting as hard as I can to not be homeless again

As a lover of R&B this song has so much soul. Gives me the goosies. I was 2 when this song came out.

Still amazing after 55 years!! Incredible poetry in song.

80 yeqars old today and still going strong! Waht would it have been like without this man? Happy Birthday Bob many you have many others!

I was only 6 years old when this came out but was able to hear it on the radio growing up and always loved it as much as I do today at 62 years old.

Thank you! For some reason this song carried me though dark days of a stroke recovery.

What an outstanding version of one of his greatest songs.

The tones and sound composition is utterly outstanding but you need to make sure you hear Dylan’s lyrics to fully appreciate this masterpiece.

Bob Dylan is the greatest, we used to sit on the lawn & listen to his music!! His music lives on forever!

Iconic. A guy with a guitar, with a single light above his head, revolutionising the world of music. Great stuff!

I was 15. Didn't every hear of Bob Dylan at the time. Wasn't till 2 years later when I was introduced. Glad I was able to break out of that "bubble"! Definitely deserving of the Nobel Prize!

Considering what everyone else was writing songs and singing about in 65 this was pretty heavy. Even the Beatles and Stones were not there yet. Also gotta love those one-take recordings. 🎸🤯

This was written and performed legendary.. Top 5 best song ever..

I used to do busking in my local city centre back in the 1990s and when I done this one, I used to play the end harmonica piece for about a minute or so, really going for it. It was amazing how my guitar case used to get loads of coins (and notes) dropping in from appreciative watchers who had been gathered around. I used to do a few Dylan ones and they would always be popular.

I miss the 60s and I was born in 93.. it takes a real master to perform that act!

No one can imitate Bob Dylan-Like a rolling stone as good as the mysterious star

I bought this album when it came out in the 1960's. It has a power then blows me away into the music where I am there and loving it and feeling it and living in it now. Paul McCartney when he first bought this record said that he could keep listening to it forever.

I was there.. 17 years old, just graduated high school.. loved every minute.

the poet laureate of the 21st century..on the way from Newport!...to Nobel! how does it feel? Living Legend!

changed many lives, including my own. its hard to imagine not knowing these words. what an incredibly good film!!

What a truly fortunate individual we’re are to be a first person witness to musical history.

Lucky you I always love Bob Dylan 64 year and love his music❤

Of all the amazing song-writing talent of the last century, Dylan surely stands at the top.

I'm 65 years old now ! I discovered this song at my young age and tried to sing it with a harmonica and my acoustic guitar. it was the only reason why I decided to found my proper music group at my fourteen. .

The Rolling Stones are still rocking today!!!! Talk about being good even past your expiration date. Sweet!!!!

i just turned 15 on the 8th in jan this year, only me and a few of my buds are the only teens we have met that know and love dylan, beatles, the stones, artists like that.

This song got me through a drug detox ,, I musta listened to it 1000z o times..Now after 30 yrs using hard drugs..I'm Clean. I'm not the girl in the song anymore .but it's a classic 🎶🇬🇧

I am still shocked now every time I listen to this song, exactly the same way when I discovered it decades ago. Genius is immortal. Let's not forget the brilliant performance of Bloomfield; Arnald, Lay, and, above all, Al Kooper.

The way Mike Bloomfield comes in at the intro is magical !

I wish I could have been bless to see him but I was 13 by 19 I was living the life in Bay Area I was enjoying the greatest poet and now at 71 my heart beat with all the good feeling and love he gave our generation we were the best no killing but trying to express our selves and bring free thank u Tube for being able to go back ❤❤❤❤