Qweek Member Username: Qweek
Post Number: 19 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 4.229.153.169
| Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 2:09 am: | |
I decided to skip going to Comstock Park and I am glad I did. Today I heard talk that Dylan is coming to Detroit in the fall. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 4737 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.229
| Posted on Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 8:59 am: | |
Where, I would like to see him with his folk voice. |
Paulmcall
Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 853 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216
| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 8:01 pm: | |
I think a lot of people would just like to understand what the hell he is singing. His voice has been shot for years. He mumbles incoherently and sounds terrible. |
Mountainman Member Username: Mountainman
Post Number: 107 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 153.90.110.121
| Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 9:20 pm: | |
I saw him at Cobo Hall back in 2000( maybe 2001). He was awesome. Slightly incoherent, but awesome. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 4779 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.174.229
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 11:23 am: | |
40 years ago, Bob Dylan's folk career almost came into a end while he been injured in a car accident. He recover later but he's a wee bit disabled for a while but he can still sing. |
Themax Member Username: Themax
Post Number: 217 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.246.123.118
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 1:16 pm: | |
I saw him at the MI State Fair years ago. I couldn't understand what he was singing and I didn't know any of the songs. Total disappointment. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4234 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 2:41 pm: | |
jjaba was born May 24, 1941, same as Dylan. We are both Jews. jjaba loves his records so he finaly saw Dylan about 2000 and was totaly disappointed. You could not understand anything, including Blowing in the Wind, his anthem as an encore. What a total waste of time and money. It was inspiring to see young folks in the crowd swooning the whole night. He still sells records. His choices of songs are many new ones which makes it even more complicated to understand. His band is almost heavy metal with the electric guitars, also unpleasant. He is skinny as a rail and gaunt. He's better on tv and recordings. jjaba, The Answer My Friends is Blowing in the Wind. |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 5012 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 2:47 pm: | |
I'll go if he's in Detroit this fall, but I decided to pass on Comstock tonight. It's just too much money right now, and the gas prices are really making me rethink how much driving I'm doing in the Grand Marquis these days. I'm also not crazy about seeing Bob share a bill with a bunch of people again. Don't feel like sitting through someone I'm not interested in so I can hear half a Bob set. I've seen Dylan 9 times in the past 4 years, including all 3 shows at the State in '04, I think I can pass this time. (Message edited by the_aram on August 12, 2006) |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 890 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 2:55 pm: | |
That was a motorcycle accident! I'm not much of a Bob Dylan singing fan but he's got courage. He was down in the deep south back in the early 1960's singing civil rights and protests songs to those poor blacks working in the cotton fields when those rednecks were hanging people for less! Livedog2 |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4237 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 2:58 pm: | |
No question about who Bob Dylan is. Tis just a matter of personal taste listening to him in person. Livedog2 tells it like it tis about Bobby Zimmerman of Hibbing, Minn. Did The Aram understand his words? What's your technique? jjaba. |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 891 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 3:09 pm: | |
Jjaba, One of the best interviews I ever saw anytime, anyplace was with Bob Dylan on 60 Minutes. The interviewer kept trying to say how important Dylan was and Dylan kept saying, "I don't get it about why people think I'm some kind of messiah. I think they just don't trust themselves and want to have somebody to follow instead of their own self. I'm just an ordinary guy." The truth came right through the tube for all to hear if they were hearing along with listening! Livedog2 |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 5013 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 3:53 pm: | |
I think Jjaba's senior ears may have failed him at the loud rock concert. I've never had a problem hearing what Bob's saying, in person or in live bootleg recordings. His vocal stylings are not as bad as advertised. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 353 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 4.229.72.30
| Posted on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 4:09 pm: | |
jjaba- check out that recent Dylan documentary No Direction Home, lots of cool old footage as well as recent interviews. I think it is out on DVD now. |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 5016 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 6:24 pm: | |
set list from Comstock last night is as follows: Comstock Park, Michigan Fifth Third Ballpark August 12, 2006 1. Maggie's Farm 2. The Times They Are A-Changin' 3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum 4. Mr. Tambourine Man 5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 6. Just Like A Woman 7. Cold Irons Bound 8. Shelter From The Storm 9. Masters Of War 10. Highway 61 Revisited 11. Sugar Baby 12. Summer Days (encore) 13. Like A Rolling Stone 14. All Along The Watchtower Nothing special. Glad I didn't dump the cash on it. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4245 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 6:36 pm: | |
Good song list. jjaba could handle those. jjaba did see the Martin Scorcese documentary and has the tape. He saw the two-part program on PBS a time back. Very excellent. jjaba. |
Qweek Member Username: Qweek
Post Number: 20 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 4.229.30.120
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 7:22 pm: | |
I admire Bob Dylan. He is the hardest working man in show business and he does what ever he wants. I think he is a poet first and a musician second and it doesn't really matter if the tune is recognizable to you or not the words are still the same. He tours perpetually, he is seasoned, withered, old and grey but I love him anyway. Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you. You were trying to break into another world A world I never knew. I always kind of wondered If you ever made it through. Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of you. Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me. If I was still the same If I ever became what you wanted me to be Did I miss the mark or Over-step the line That only you could see? Seen a shooting star tonight And I thought of me. Listen to the engine, listen to the bell As the last fire truck from hell Goes rolling by, all good people are praying, It's the last temptation The last account The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount, The last radio is playing. Seen a shooting star tonight Slip Away. Tomorrow will be another day. Guess it's too late to say the things to you That you needed to hear me say. Seen a shooting star tonight Slip away. Bob Dylan Shooting Star |
Qweek Member Username: Qweek
Post Number: 21 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 4.229.30.120
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 7:30 pm: | |
Oh, and about the technique of listening to Bob live, wager on who will figure out what song he's singing first, even the most avid Dylan fans have trouble. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4250 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 11:52 pm: | |
Ain't that the truth. jjaba. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 639 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 69.136.147.97
| Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 11:53 pm: | |
or the style of music he is going to play |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 5017 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8
| Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 12:53 am: | |
quote:Oh, and about the technique of listening to Bob live, wager on who will figure out what song he's singing first, even the most avid Dylan fans have trouble.
I can usually figure it out before Bob sings a note. If not, it only takes me a couple words. Then again, I listen to literally thousands of hours of Bob bootlegs. |