Bob dylan live
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I know there are quite a few Bob Dylan lovers here, has anyone seen him on the modern times tour? I've never seen him at all so not sure how good he is live and how his voice is and if it's worth the hefty price. Thanks.
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After several years of just playing keyboards live, Dylan has picked his strat up again. It's only for t first 4 or 5 songs per night, but it's nice to see him play guitar again.
Something to kep in mind though, is that he frequently changes the musical arrangements to his songs. For example, the version of Honest With Me from the other night, didn't even have the main riff/lick that is played throughout the studio version. It still rockd, but it was different, and I couldn't place it until he started singing. Supposedly Blowin' In Th Wind is being played in a psuedo blues fashion. We didn't get it in Hershey though, we got LARS instead. Not only does he change the musical arrangements, but he often changes the delivery of the lyrics as well, placing emphasis on different phrases/words from night to night. Just another way to keep things fresh and interesting for himself and the band.
The bottom line is if you are looking for note perfect reproductions of Essential Bob Dylan, or some other greatest hits package, stay away. He doesn't play a lot of hits, and when he does, they are usually reworked. If you like his work as a whole, and are interested in seeing a band bend, stretch, and reinterpret the material, then go.
On a side note, Bob and his band have rehearsed the last 2 tours and Modern Times (before recording it) at a small theater for a week or so at a time in the town where I work.
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I'm not gonna lie to you Dylan is real hit or miss, and maybe I just feel like this cause Dylan had a hard time getting into the show, and it was the rodeo is a western deal normally and the bands always play shorter sets.
He didn't say a single word to the crowd at all, but I've been told that's just typically Dylan, he doesn't really talk to the crowd a whole bunch if he does at all.
As an above poster said, Dylan and his band constantly change their musicall arrangements which is cool, it's just hard to tell sometimes what he is playing until he starts singing.
I hope to see Dylan again at a theater show where he plays a longer set, but I just wanted to let you know he can be hit or miss. The setlist may be great, but it's sometimes a gamble. His voice was pretty good when I saw him, but it took awhile for Dylan and the audience to connect. I've probably seen the shortest Dylan set ever too cause since it was a rodeo he only played 12 songs. The band did Mess up on Lay Lady Lay, (they played it normal like on essential and Nashville skyline, but "Rainy day women #12 and #35" had an awesome blues rock feel to it, as did "All along the watchtower" I'd honestly say go see him, cause you never know when it will be too late. I'm glad I saw him even though the whole vibe was kinda weird. Tickets were 20 bucks, and that was a deal cause no one will probably ever see Dylan for that price again.
Watch some you tube footage, of Dylan in the recent years like 2000-2007 and that may help you make your decision as well, so that way you can at least see an idea of what his live shows are like.
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I think it's interesting how he re-arranged most of his old songs though. If I didn't know the words so well, I might have missed them. The melodies were soooo different, often the metres were different, and what was left was the words and the chord progressions. It was a good concert though.
and another thing, i saw someone say he changes his sets up a lot, and that may have been true...but i checked the sets for this tour before i went to hershey and ended up calling out a lot of the songs. and he's done the same encore for all the sets that i looked at. thunder on the mountain into watchtower.
oh and highway 61 revisited was the highlight of the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X7iw8pk-84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPHwm3JSEXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt9pffIe1lw
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At the club show I saw in 2004, he was talkative,
"Hello Friends!" Then he introduced the band with a brief sentence about each player. He even made a little joke. "This is Larry Campbell, he went downtown to get a Bicycle for his Wife today, I'd say the shop owner got a good deal"
He had jimmy vaughn (SRV's brother... :rolleyes: ) open. A fucking hour of hearing that bastard.
At one point he said to the crowd "Are there any HOT ROD WOMEN out there tonight?"
I replied, loudly, : "HOW OLD ARE YOU??" he gave me the look of death I tell you.
But yeah, Dylan was fantastic. Too bad he only plays keyboards now (live).
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The last time I saw him do It Ain't Me, Babe was back in '04 when he opened for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. That version was attrocious. He gasped the chorus each time. Never wanted to hear that song again, it was that bad. The version in Herhsey was such a redemption for that song though.
Yeah, the first four or so shows into a tour are somewhat predictable. Once Bob gets comfortable though, things start to open up. Granted he's mixed things up more on other tours. This year's repetoir is up to 60 songs, compared to 110 in '05 and 79 in '06 (all with the same backing band). And he really needs to change up the Thunder On The Mountain/Watchtower encore. Thunder would make a cool opener, and Watchtower needs a break after closing out 90% of the shows the last few years. Check out this link for some interesting tour stats: http://my.execpc.com/~billp61/songpfm.html
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The concert have been "hit or miss" but I have loved them all and I have tickets to go this Friday night in Jones Beach. True, the songs tend not to sound like they do on the records, but you goto a show and you never know what ytou are gonna hear or how it will be sung. He has so many classic and great songs that even a casual fan will know some songs (although they may sometimes not recognize the song they know...) His band is really tight, and when Bob has a good night and you can make out the words he is saying, the show can be really awesome.
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1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on violin)
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
4. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on violin, Stu on acoustic guitar)
5. Every Grain Of Sand (Bob on electric guitar, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
6. The Levee's Gonna Break (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on electric mandolin, Tony on standup bass)
7. Shelter From The Storm (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
8. Things Have Changed (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin)
9. Masters Of War (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
10. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
11. Desolation Row (Bob on keyboard and harp, Donnie on electric mandolin,
Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
12. Cry A While (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on violin, Tony on standup bass)
13. When The Deal Goes Down (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on pedal steel, Stu on acoustic guitar, Tony on standup bass)
14. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel)
(encore)
15. Thunder On The Mountain (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
16. All Along The Watchtower (Bob on keyboard, Donnie on lap steel, Stu on acoustic guitar)
The only repeats from the previous night in Hershey are I't Alright Ma, Highway 61, and the encore. Tangled Up In Blue and Shelter From The Storm are the only others that have been played since the US tour kicked off.
That's a sick setlist
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given the ticket prices and his declining performance, it's something i'd really only recommend to hardcore fans and people who need the experience of seeing dylan in person (which should be mandatory for everyone, in my opinion).
his voice is about the same as you've heard on modern times. that in itself isn't what people will be disappointed by. the problem for some fans is that he no longer makes an attempt to follow the vocal lines in his older songs. he approaches them more as spoken-word poetry readings than as vocal performances. also, he mumbles a lot so it's impossible to follow the lyrics unless you know them all to begin with.
luckily, the band behind him is ridiculously good. they pick up a lot of the slack. even if bob's personal performance isn't what it once was, all music fans should be able to appreciate these guys. hell, i'd pay to see them perform without bob! they're that good (especially the drummer).
when dylan toured for "love and theft," his sets were closer to pearl jam's length (two and a half to three hours). he was able to get in more songs per set and the band would jam out extensively on each one. and bob would play guitar the whole time, which was cool. if these were the types of shows he was still playing, i'd recommend them to everyone. but he's getting old, and i guess he just can't handle that type of routine anymore. his sets are usually an hour and a half to two hours, and it looks like he really needs that keyboard to prop himself up. but he's still very good about setlist variation, and for that reason i would go to multiple shows per tour if i could afford it (which i can't).