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To: SamAdams76

I like Dylan, but I wouldn’t go that far. Some of his stuff is a bit ponderous, imo....”Good As I Been To You” and “World Gone Wrong” I could never wrap my head around....and the one time I saw him live (right around Memorial Day, as a matter of fact, many years ago), it was awful.

I grew up knowing songs and melodies but Dylan, I discovered, does not play the song like the record. For me, it was a disappointment.


44 posted on 05/26/2014 8:53:59 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper
They say that no two Dylan concerts are alike. That's why Dylan bootlegs have been so consistently popular. Each concert is unique with the songs being interpreted in a different way. In my opinion, it's the mark of a true artist. I find that bands who keep to a tight set list and play the songs in the same order the same way night after night are boring.

One time, I saw Garth Brooks twice on the same tour, back in the early 1990s when he was really big. I saw him in Maryland while on vacation and then in Worcester, MA about a week later. The second time was a waste of money. Every song played exactly the same way in the same order. Even the banter between songs was the exact same which really disillusioned me. I thought at least that would be spontaneous and specific to the audience at hand.

On the subject of Dylan, a lot is made of his nasal gravelly voice and how it is not "professional" singing. I think that adds some authenticity to his performances. Other artists like Neil Young, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen perform the same way. Not polished at all with their vocals but somehow that makes them more genuine and worth paying the money to go see.

48 posted on 05/26/2014 10:03:19 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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