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Tickets on sale today for his autumn tour. Obviously a legend but I've heard he is pretty ropey live and its £60 for standing. Anyone seen him live recently?
Tickets on sale today for his autumn tour. Obviously a legend but I've heard he is pretty ropey live and its £60 for standing. Anyone seen him live recently?
if people have the brains to understand
his voice doesn't sound like his first few albums anymore, that he won't play most of his early stuff (as he's actually released great albums recently and concentrates on those) and that he's an old man, he's still great live most of the time. but people going to see him not realising most of those things get what they deserve really.
I am well aware of all these things
And still find him utterly disappointing live. Granted he always plays a couple of belters in a set (invariably from one of the recent albums); but he just has complete disdain for his audience. He doesn't care about putting on a good show and doesn't appreciate how much people have paid to see him/how much they adore him and his music. I don't think his age is an excuse, People like Joan Baez & Leonard Cohen still put on a fantastic show and seem genuinely pleased and appreciative to be there.
So yeah, as much as I love the man, I think saying he's still great is a bit generous. I would recommend that everyone sees him at least once though, but certainly not for any more than £40-£50.
Worst thing about Dylan gigs:
Being surrounded by people who only know 5 of his songs, who spend the whole gig moaning and repeatedly going to the bar; before shouting like Liam Gallagher through 'Like a Rolling Stone' and leaving before the encore.
(I have no issue with anyone only knowing 5 of his songs, for the record,
they just shouldn't go to his gigs).
When he was touring the last album a few years ago
the setlists were pretty great on paper with plenty of early stuff in there. Though from youtube clips they barely sounded like the same songs really.
A part of me would love to see him before he eventually gives up, even though I'm not really into most of the newer stuff or how he sounds now and know I probably wouldn't enjoy it that much, simply because he made some of my favourite albums ever nearly 50 years ago. It's probably a bit silly really.
Thanks
was planning on taking my Dad but think he'd be disappointed if the majority of stuff wasnt from pre Blood on the Tracks era. Can you recommend any recent stuff I should get hold of?
Time Out of Mind
Love and Theft
The Bootleg Series Volume 8
Best stuff from his later career
Don't know if it counts as recent,
But Oh Mercy is essential. As is Modern Times.
I saw him live in Saigon
earlier this year. I'm not a Dylan fan but went along with an open mind. He was fucking awful, and I'm informed it was one of his better nights. He doesn't bother singing, just mumbles incoherently, his band are a bunch of slick, soulless session musos, & none of them seemed to even notice or care that there was an audience present.
I don't buy into this myth that he's a genius or that he's earned the right to perform however he damn well likes - he was shit, end of story.
My Quietus review here, complete with outraged comments from frothing Dylanologists:
http://thequietus.com/articles/06062-bob-dylan-live-in-vietnam-review
Well he is a genius
but yeah he's pretty erratic live these days
His band is fantastic
...
It seems a bit wrong seeing any mention of him being a terrible live performer
without the caveat "these days". Even when that's obviously what's meant it still feels like a bit of his history is being erased, considering the 64 and 66 live Bootleg Series albums are incredible.
he
is the most overated artist around.
Sounds like a dog having a strawberry slowly inserted into his anus
nice one
avoid
Only person ive ever seen live and fell asleep during (This was around 96/97 in Hyde Park) Truly bad......
I saw him play Brixton Academy about five or six years ago. He was
very bad live. The only good thing was that the gig was over by about 9:30pm and so the pubs were still open.
i saw one of those shows
and thought it was great.