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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: palahniukkubrick on November 14, 2006, 06:06:00 pm
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Anyone else gonna catch his show on Friday? I'm excited to see him for the first time, although friends have said to not get my hopes up too high because he's not a very good performer. Apparently he croaks his lyrics and only plays keyboards. Hmm...
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yup, i'll be there. yup, he's not an impressive performer - so expectations are being managed accordingly, but definitely still looking forward to the show. the fact that you can understand his lyrics on the record is pure studio magic that can't be recreated live :)
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Don't have any sort of hope. Sometimes he's insufferable, other times merely mediocre. And yeah he only plays keys now.
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i have seen dylan 3 x's in the past 2 yrs. went bacause i never paid. i won't go again even if it is free. the back up band is good. dylan sux. he only plays keyboards now and you can't understand a word he is saying. plus you can hardly make out what song he is playing. i think they always put out guitars and a mic for him at the guitar position just in case he decides to go that route. the opening acts are good.
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Originally posted by you be pickup:
Anyone else gonna catch his show on Friday? I'm excited to see him for the first time, although friends have said to not get my hopes up too high because he's not a very good performer. Apparently he croaks his lyrics and only plays keyboards. Hmm...
Yep, I'll be there. People have given me similar comments. And after reading all the posts here, I am so PUMPED to see him! :D
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Originally posted by anarchist:
i have seen dylan 3 x's in the past 2 yrs. went bacause i never paid. i won't go again even if it is free. the back up band is good. dylan sux. he only plays keyboards now and you can't understand a word he is saying. plus you can hardly make out what song he is playing. i think they always put out guitars and a mic for him at the guitar position just in case he decides to go that route. the opening acts are good.
Going, although I keep swearing that I'll never go back to this horrid venue. Also, please tell me where you keep getting free Dylan tickets, as Ticketmaster charged me about 80 bucks apiece.
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i'll be there, to see the master dylan and that jack white circus show side act. can't wait. got a great seat somehow, as well, though still don't believe you can "tailgate" at patriot like someone on here said, seeing how it's a college. but what do i know.
dylan could just sit there eating french fries and ketchup and tell the audience to "go to hell and you die," and it'd be worth it.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
dylan could just sit there eating french fries and ketchup and tell the audience to "go to hell and you die," and it'd be worth it.
And he probably will.
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I'll be there, it'll be my first time seeing him. Yeah, I heard he's whatever, but that his backing band is amazing. And I'm looking forward to seeing the Raconteurs.
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I'll be there. It'll be something like my 10th Dylan show.
Dylan most certainly does not suck these days, but you need to be prepared for what you're going to hear. You're not getting the "classic" Bob Dylan sound. It's not going to be Bob and an acoustic guitar singing folk songs. You're getting the Dylan that made "Time Out Of Mind", "Love And Theft" and "Modern Times". If you don't like the way those records sound (both musically and vocally), then stay home - you're going to hate the show.
I'm with you on the keyboard thing though.
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I wish I was going. I don't care if he doesn't sound tip top...he's still Bob Dylan.
I saw him 2 years ago, and have seen him about 8 times total, and he still sings some of his older stuff. Just not the whole time.
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seems like in the past 5 years his performances have deteriorated a bit. I've seen him about 8 times from 1994-2001, and the period right after his heart attack was his best. I randomly saw him play a college prom in 1996...strangest scenario ever, but I was about 3 feet away from the man, and he put on one of the best shows I've ever seen. He may not be performing at his best anymore, but the man is still a legend.
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i'll be there, but honestly it's only because i'll feel terrible if he dies soon and i'll have missed his last area show. and that's been my reasoning the past couple times. the first few stadium shows were pretty fun. the one back in august was not good. i saw him at some arena a few years ago (bender?) and that wasn't very good. sure, his backing band is good, but i mean, who cares? we ain't paying $60 for top session players. maybe playing the new material will revitalize him. we'll see.
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This show was fantastic. Dylan's band was super tight and rolling. Dylan in fine form. Really good overview of modern Dylan - new songs done well, Plus Love Sick. Cold Irons Bound. Mixed w/ a fine selection of classics - Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (highlight for me), Tangled Up in Blue, Highway 61, Boots of Spanish Leather. A clear Masters of War. Just a really nicely done show. Raconteurs rocked. Full hour set. Bowie cover. Great mix of melodic and rocking stuff. Jack White on fire yet also deferring to Brendon. Highly enjoyable night at the Patriot Center.
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what mobius said.
need to grab a few zzz's, but damn that was a fine show. maybe it was because we arrived with lowered expectations, but my group left rather impressed. raconteurs were several times better tonight then at VFest. saw Jack rocking out during dylan's set behind the security gate, he was digin' it. dylan mixed up the old with the new, all the while messing with cadence, phrasing and delivery so that it was impossible to sing along - one had not choice but to shut up and listen. backing band was as slick as a half-inch of 10W30. apparently a majority of dylan's fans are male and alcoholic, 'cause i've never seen line-ups for the mens' room that long.
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raconteurs did a kick-ass cover of nancy sinatra's "bang bang (my baby shot me down)", jack playing most of the song holding up his guitar with his fretting hand, no strap. best opening act in recent memory.
among the nuggets that dylan broke out were "all along the watchtower" and "like a rolling stone". "tangled up in blue" was an unexpected treat.
that was indeed a great show.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
dylan mixed up the old with the new, all the while messing with cadence, phrasing and delivery so that it was impossible to sing along - one had not choice but to shut up and listen.
I thought that was hilarious. People around me looked like they really wanted to belt out that "How does it feel?" line from 'Like a Rolling Stone' but couldn't because of his phrasing. I also liked that 'Tangled Up in Blue,' had Bob rewriting and reorganizing the lyrics.
Overall, I was not as disappointed as I had expected to be. Bob's band was excellent, and he kept up with them fine. Some of the new arrangements are a bit too slick, which kind of killed the intimacy of the earlier tunes (although 'Senor' sounded great). Maybe if Bob had taken a cue from the Raconteurs--who were outstanding-- and grunged up the songs a bit they would have sounded better. Nonetheles he did a great job with both the old and the new tunes, and I'd happily see him again.
By the way, here's the setlist:
Patriot Center
November 17, 2006
1. Cat's In The Well
2. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
3. Rollin' And Tumblin'
4. Boots Of Spanish Leather
5. Cold Irons Bound
6. When The Deal Goes Down
7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
8. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
9. Masters Of War
10. Spirit On The Water
11. Tangled Up In Blue
12. Nettie Moore
13. Highway 61 Revisited
(encore)
14. Love Sick
15. Thunder On The Mountain
16. Like A Rolling Stone
17. All Along The Watchtower
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this was a really good 21st century dylan show. much better than some of the ballpark shows i've seen recently. his voice was in shockingly fine form, the new material did seem to reinvigorate him. "tangled up in blue" was great. i'm so sick of every show ending with "rolling stone" and "watchtower," but what're you gonna do? i got to beat the traffic out, at least. fucking traffic. caused me to miss all but 20 minutes of the raconteurs, oh well. seemed like a rockin' good time, jack white is one of those guys that looks like he was born to have a guitar in his hands. it's like an extension of his body. good times.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
among the nuggets that dylan broke out were "all along the watchtower" and "like a rolling stone". "tangled up in blue" was an unexpected treat.
He always plays AATW and LARS. Would have liked to see Tangled though, never heard anything from Blood on the Tracks live.
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most of the times i've seen him he's played tangled up in blue--if you look at some of his past set lists, it shows up pretty often--great song though.
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Given that this was my only Dylan show, I was pretty pleased. I wasn't familar with all of the songs he played but enjoyed his whole set. The Raconteurs were also very good so I'm glad I got a chance to see both sets.
I did find it odd that he only introduced half his band. Unless I missed something he only introduced two guitar players and that was it. Is this a normal thing at a Dylan concert?
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He introduced everyone in his band I'm pretty certain, not that I remember anyone but the guitar player on the right (Steve Kimock? is he famous from other stuff?). Did the bass player remind anyone else of the the from SNL in the GE Smith years. My friend just pointed out that he plays his bass rather high (like that guy) and that's all I could think of after he said that... not that I was close enough to see what anyone looked like.
This was also my first sitdown concert and besides that it was great, I knew not to expect Dylan on guitar and even before hand that fact didn't dissapoint me at all... I mean it's Bob Dylan, the man's done whatever the hell he's wanted to do for what 40 something years so I'm glad he's not just standing still. I mean how can anyone really go to a Stones show and want to hear Satisfaction. But I digress... he did introduce his whole band I'm pretty sure.