Bridge - 10/25/03
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Ashbury Park 9/18/21
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Phoenix 05/09/22
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Denver 9/22/22
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I saw Dylan back in 2002.
It was an ok show but not on my A list nor my worst list. The reason why is because I didn't have high expectations going in. The thing about Dylan is that he is there to only entertain himself. He is not one of those people to have crowd/ artist interaction like Pearl jam. I plan on seeing him again just because the first show was a rodeo and I want a full Dylan show. The man is the an icon in music and it is truly an honor and great memory to be able to say you saw the man play live. However, the songs are really rearranged in mostly blue grass/ brassy swing style as of the last few years. Just don't go in expecting the songs to sound like the record cause they won't and he does not play a hits setlist. It will be mostly "Modern Times" material with some oldies thrown in but no telling what he will play. If you want to pay respect to an icon and a huge fan than yeah I'd go. But the majority of people come back saying he is the worst they have ever seen.
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
(Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
It is out but people still go because he is a legend. I thought about seeing him when he was here just because of who he is.
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Jeez, there's a lot of really great things you could say about Bob Dylan and I admire the guy immensely but he was never a "singer".
Do you mean he's lost his political voice?
Or are you actually thinking his vocals chords were good and now he's lost it?
Oh and I probably should add that OF COURSE you should go see him!!! I would!!!!!
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I still would like to see him though.....
No way should he hang it up.
2005: Festival, outdoors. Very short set due to reasons that were beyond Dylan's control. I don't remember many specifics about the performance, except that I realized it was not that good, but I was just happy to have seen Dylan.
2006: Dylan-headlined show, indoors. I thought it was a great performance, and I still listen to the bootleg every once in awhile(as I type this, actually) I'm not sure if his voice was helped by not having to be out in the Texas heat, or if it was just coincidence.
2007: Festival, outdoors. I enjoyed the show because I was the equivalent of about 5th row and had a great view of Dylan and could see all his mannerisms, etc., but, objectively, the performance was not very good. I downloaded a few mp3s of the performance, but did not listen to them more than once. His voice was clearly worse than the previous two shows.
The 2006 show was easily the best Dylan concert I saw. I could understand all the words, and his voice sounded very good by Dylan standards. If/when Dylan comes to Texas again, I'll try to catch another show.
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The songs now are more jam based.
there is a reason for all that.
He rarely sang off-key (hear him harmonise with Joan Baez, an indisputably excellent singer, for proof) and his voice suited the songs PERFECTLY.
There's a difference between someone having an unusual (and to some ears, unpleasant) voice and having a BAD one. Bobby could always sing. Like Caruso, if he wanted to, according to Dylan himself
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What he said......apart from I did see a full Dylan show, 2 years ago, and don't feel the need to see another.
Be warned, when I saw him he had no support and played from 7pm til 9pm.....how strange it was for everyone to be leaving in daylight.
Thanks.
He's great and all and I love his music but never considered him a singing voice.
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Yeah, I'm not buying it. I sound awesome when I sing along with Joan Baez and in key too but it doesn't mean I'm a great singer.
I didn't say he had a bad voice or even that I don't like hearing him sing, just that of all the voices out there, in terms of technical excellence I don't and have never considered him a singer but that's ok, I do think that what he does, what he has done is amazing.
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There's a reason why, when they were releasing a million pop bands' cover versions of Bob's songs in the 60s, Columbia ran an ad compaign that read "No one sings Dylan like Dylan"
I'd rather stick a knife in my ear than listen to Celine but she's a brilliant singer when she's not whining, which is never.
You won't convince me about Bob, J and holding up a record company's advertising campaign won't convince me either.
It's cool you think he is, I do not.
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Ashbury Park 9/18/21
LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
Phoenix 05/09/22
NYC 9/11/22
Denver 9/22/22
well, I could not understand a word he was saying and most of his songs were unreconizable. he would not face the crowd, he was looking at the side of the stage the whole time. and he just sang, he did not talk to the crowd one. but other than that it was good lol