Bob Dylan Live

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,134
    I have seen Bob Dylan a dozen or so times since 1986.  Agree with others.  50-50 chance of it sounding good and hearing songs you want. But if you are a live music fan and the tickets are not too expensive, I say go.  Unless you have something better to do on that night. Keep expectations in check and go have a good time seeing one of the all time greats perform.
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,762
    Saw him at 90's Woodstock.  They rocked out. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,494
    TOMORROW. CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT


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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,494
    edited September 2022
    The Rough and Rowdy Ways songs are not made for a half full arena
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    When I saw him, it was with my sister who loves him. Both of us were seeing him  for the first time and were really excited to see a legendary artist. He didn't play a single "hit song"  just stood and sang unintelligible songs without a word to the audience the entire show .  I cannot say I know much of his new stuff but I expected some type of hit here or there.....just mumbles and songs that all sounded the smae to me
     If that is your cup of tea go for it.  We both left thinking this was the worst show we ever saw, and we have seen some real doozies over the years

  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,327
    I have heard from many his shows are awful.

    legendary dude, but he shouldn’t be touring anymore.
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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Wobbie said:
    I have heard from many his shows are awful.

    legendary dude, but he shouldn’t be touring anymore.
    I’m not age has anything to do with it. I saw him 20 years ago and it wasn’t good. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    pledgeagrievance said:
    Wobbie said:
    I have heard from many his shows are awful.

    legendary dude, but he shouldn’t be touring anymore.
    I’m not age has anything to do with it. I saw him 20 years ago and it wasn’t good. 

    My sister saw Dylan in Sacramento about that same number of years ago and she said it was one of the best shows she has ever seen.  I think getting in a great Dylan show is petty much luck of the draw.  If I were still going to live shows, I would take my chances, especially if I had never seen him (I'm luck, I did see him with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and that was a knock out show!). 
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,494
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
    There is an eternity of difference between watching an artist "not in their prime" and what Bob Dylan is doing on stage.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,162
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
    There is an eternity of difference between watching an artist "not in their prime" and what Bob Dylan is doing on stage.
    So......you really enjoyed the show?
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  • brianlux
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    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
    There is an eternity of difference between watching an artist "not in their prime" and what Bob Dylan is doing on stage.

    I don't see what the big deal is.  Dylan still performs because it's what it loves doing.  If you don't like it, save your money and don't go.  It's that simple.
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  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,290
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,267
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
    There is an eternity of difference between watching an artist "not in their prime" and what Bob Dylan is doing on stage.
    exactly....it's almost like he tries to sound like shit
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  • brianlux
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    ZoSoTim said:
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.

    LOL, yeah, that would be next to impossible.
    To my ears, the cool thing about that is that it keeps the songs from becoming too stale or rote.   Years ago, a friend pointed out that Willie Nelson never plays any of his songs the same way twice.  When I finally got around to seeing him and his Family Band live, I saw/heard exactly what he meant.  Each song sounded fresh, even the more well known songs I had heard many times before.  I (in my own limited way) try to do the same thing when I play my guitar.  It makes playing more fun and interesting. 
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    Gern Blansten said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't understand why people go to see old performers who are well past their prime and then bitch about it. The point of going to shows like that is to see a living legend and be glad you could.  When I saw Dizzy Gillespie late in his life, of course he could blow that horn like he did in the 50's!  But I got to see him! 
    There is an eternity of difference between watching an artist "not in their prime" and what Bob Dylan is doing on stage.
    exactly....it's almost like he tries to sound like shit
    It is so weird how he can sound so terrible some nights but sound so great others.  I wonder how much is due to sound checking etc.  At this point I know I am getting the worn out gravel voice so that is not the problem, I actually enjoy it.  Why I can understand every sandpaper scraped word some nights but have no idea what is happening other nights is the mystifying part.  It isn't due to age either, this is just the way it is when going to see a Bob Dylan show since my first concert in 1999.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,267
    brianlux said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.

    LOL, yeah, that would be next to impossible.
    To my ears, the cool thing about that is that it keeps the songs from becoming too stale or rote.   Years ago, a friend pointed out that Willie Nelson never plays any of his songs the same way twice.  When I finally got around to seeing him and his Family Band live, I saw/heard exactly what he meant.  Each song sounded fresh, even the more well known songs I had heard many times before.  I (in my own limited way) try to do the same thing when I play my guitar.  It makes playing more fun and interesting. 
    I don't follow that take at all...not criticizing you, it just doesn't jive with me. 

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  • brianlux
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    Gern Blansten said:
    brianlux said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.

    LOL, yeah, that would be next to impossible.
    To my ears, the cool thing about that is that it keeps the songs from becoming too stale or rote.   Years ago, a friend pointed out that Willie Nelson never plays any of his songs the same way twice.  When I finally got around to seeing him and his Family Band live, I saw/heard exactly what he meant.  Each song sounded fresh, even the more well known songs I had heard many times before.  I (in my own limited way) try to do the same thing when I play my guitar.  It makes playing more fun and interesting. 
    I don't follow that take at all...not criticizing you, it just doesn't jive with me. 


    That's cool, Gern.  Different strokes, that all.  I love hearing songs being reinvented, others like consistency. 
    Years (several decades ago, actually, lol), a friend of mine went to see Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The next day I saw him and asked him how it was.  He said, "They sounded exactly like their recordings.  I could have saved the money and stayed home and listened to the fucking record."  :lol: 
    I totally get that.  I'm always more interested in seeing something fresh created on stage.  To me, that kind of spontaneity is close to being a privilege.  It's like watching music being born.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,162
    edited October 2022
    brianlux said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    brianlux said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.

    LOL, yeah, that would be next to impossible.
    To my ears, the cool thing about that is that it keeps the songs from becoming too stale or rote.   Years ago, a friend pointed out that Willie Nelson never plays any of his songs the same way twice.  When I finally got around to seeing him and his Family Band live, I saw/heard exactly what he meant.  Each song sounded fresh, even the more well known songs I had heard many times before.  I (in my own limited way) try to do the same thing when I play my guitar.  It makes playing more fun and interesting. 
    I don't follow that take at all...not criticizing you, it just doesn't jive with me. 


    That's cool, Gern.  Different strokes, that all.  I love hearing songs being reinvented, others like consistency. 
    Years (several decades ago, actually, lol), a friend of mine went to see Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The next day I saw him and asked him how it was.  He said, "They sounded exactly like their recordings.  I could have saved the money and stayed home and listened to the fucking record."  :lol: 
    I totally get that.  I'm always more interested in seeing something fresh created on stage.  To me, that kind of spontaneity is close to being a privilege.  It's like watching music being born.
    I am the same way, too. Much prefer to hear differences in live performance as compared to studio recordings.

    When I look at things from the perspective of the performer, I can totally understand why they sometimes want to do things differently, especially when they have been playing the same songs for several decades. Must get boring after playing "Blowin' In The Wind" for over 50 years.

    One of the reasons I saw Dylan so many times is that it was different every night. Sometimes it was bluesy or reggae-ish. Sometimes more gospel/roots oriented. In the late 90's when he was playing guitar, many nights were straight up, dirty rock and roll. Each show was its own thing and it was beautiful.
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  • brianlux
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    dudeman said:
    brianlux said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    brianlux said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    I haven't seen Dylan in a few years but I'd go see him again. Yeah his voice is pretty shot but he was never a great singer anyway. What annoys me more is how much he changes the songs which makes it impossible to sing along to. Lol.

    LOL, yeah, that would be next to impossible.
    To my ears, the cool thing about that is that it keeps the songs from becoming too stale or rote.   Years ago, a friend pointed out that Willie Nelson never plays any of his songs the same way twice.  When I finally got around to seeing him and his Family Band live, I saw/heard exactly what he meant.  Each song sounded fresh, even the more well known songs I had heard many times before.  I (in my own limited way) try to do the same thing when I play my guitar.  It makes playing more fun and interesting. 
    I don't follow that take at all...not criticizing you, it just doesn't jive with me. 


    That's cool, Gern.  Different strokes, that all.  I love hearing songs being reinvented, others like consistency. 
    Years (several decades ago, actually, lol), a friend of mine went to see Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The next day I saw him and asked him how it was.  He said, "They sounded exactly like their recordings.  I could have saved the money and stayed home and listened to the fucking record."  :lol: 
    I totally get that.  I'm always more interested in seeing something fresh created on stage.  To me, that kind of spontaneity is close to being a privilege.  It's like watching music being born.
    I am the same way, too. Much prefer to hear differences in live performance as compared to studio recordings.

    When I look at things from the perspective of the performer, I can totally understand why they sometimes want to do things differently, especially when they have been playing the same songs for several decades. Must get boring after playing "Blowin' In The Wind" for over 50 years.

    One of the reasons I saw Dylan so many times is that it was different every night. Sometimes it was bluesy or reggae-ish. Sometimes more gospel/roots oriented. In the late 90's when he was playing guitar, many nights were straight up, dirty rock and roll. Each show was its own thing and it was beautiful.

    How cool that you have seen so many sides of Bob!  This could be the album that defines your experiences!
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  • dudeman
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