 In his book The Great Rock Discography , music researcher Martin C. Strong describes the Byrds ' cover of " Mr. Tambourine Man " as " a timeless slice of hypnotic , bittersweet pop " and a record that " did nothing less than change the course of pop / rock history . " Author and musician Bob Stanley , writing in his 2013 book Yeah Yeah Yeah : The Story of Modern Pop , has called the Byrds ' music " a phenomenon , a drone , genuinely hair @-@ raising and totally American . " 
