Comments on: Bob Dylan provides second worst concert experience.

By: Bas HC

Bas HC — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:16:10 +0000

It’s either you enjoy it or not
Musically, it’s not strong.. His singing is not strong .. If it weren’t Dylan i wouldn’t enjoy it .. But knowing Dylan and knowing well his new way of singing, despite his voice which might mumble lyrics sometimes but is touchy most of the time, I did enjoy the two concerts I went to and I would see him again .. Now when it comes to music, I don’t go to concerts to criticize !

By: heather

heather — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:05:31 +0000

Leona Naess (singer/songwriter/awesome) wrote recently that she was going to see Bob and I was excited for her, but hesitant. She just posted the following blog to her MySpace:

Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Subject: dylan live

driving out to long island may have done it. the rain. or the worst jam band music, that the kind man that was driving us was listening to, may have done it. or maybe the fact that i had not eaten since breakfast did it. i will never know. but it was one of the worst musical experiances in my life. i love dylan. i consider myself a proper fan and not just someone who says they love him cause they heard like a rolling stone and blowing in the wind a few times. i have most of his records and i still listen to them when ever i can. i have my favorite songs. that made me want to start writing, and now make me question why i bother but thats beside the point. i should have let him be. i should have stayed at home and listened to new morning while fighting with my leaking fridge.
The seats were great. not close but just right.
he started with ‘ maggies farm ‘ which i did not recognise, then into ‘ she belongs to me’ i love these 2 songs but i could not distinguish them from the following 5 . he is known to have his off days and i guess this was an off day. i did not like his band. he was playing electric piano the whole time, no guitar. as i write this i am feeling a guilty like i am commiting blasphemy. i am sure my thoughts on dylan’s live show will not matter and this is only a ripple in a vast ocean but i just want to warn you loyal fans out there to not expect the records you have grown to love. and now i sound like my parents. with that i have to go…oh on a posative note he looked cool as shit.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:00:12 +0000

I saw Bob the previous Friday in Chicago, and I thought the performance was poor as well. I knew going in that the set list would be short, and about half the songs would come from recent albums, but what was disappointing was the voice. He sounds good on the recent albums, but that kind of voice super amplified in a half filled arena was really bad. You couldn’t understand what he was singing if you didn’t already know the lyrics. All these professional critics who keep piling on praise, I think, are letting their nostalgia get in the way of a sound critique.

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:37:36 +0000

I would have left two songs in had I not been with a group of people scattered about, some of whom did enjoy it…plus I was driving, so I was stuck.

By: Babs the Queen

Babs the Queen — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:16:42 +0000

Why anybody would endure 5 hours of misery is beyond me. Get up and leave if you don’t like it/don’t get it/can’t stand it – whatever. I saw Dylan in the 60s and I saw him 2 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida and several times in between and if he comes within a 100 mile radius I’ll see him again despite all this whining I see here and one of the reasons is that he never does the same thing twice – you always have to listen for 3 verses before you know what he’s singing – DUH. How boring to sound like a record. Anyway, Jax was one of the best performances ever but I’ve seen him phone it in too. So what? You take your chances with Mr. D. I love Bob Dylan and I hope he keeps it up til he drops. I hope he goes out like Richard Avedon – on the job!

By: uwmryan

uwmryan — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:05:45 +0000

Kyle,

I appreciate the comment and understand your point. But this is Bob Dylan we’re talking about here. He’s a legend and one of the greatest musicians of all time. He has standards to live up to and doesn’t deserve a pass (at least in my book) for poor and uninspired performances.

It could be very likely that we got him on a bad night based on other comments. Needless to say I would love to have been able to see Dylan in the 60′s. Thankfully there are great videos and records I can turn to for that.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:35:09 +0000

I don’t believe you…you’re a liar! (play f-ing loud, everyone). Dylan’s voice is different, true, but like all other Dylan music, you have to understand the heart of it to understand the style. Otherwise, you end up with a bunch of folkies booing electric music because they don’t understand what’s happening around them (their paper-thin ideology wearing through) or pop fans (of an overly technical age) booing because dylan’s vocals aren’t crystal-clear. for heaven’s sake, can anybody on the face of the planet understand robert johnson or charley patton? NO! Take your crisp, clear, uninspired pop, I’ll take my Dylan.

By: scott w

scott w — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:26:11 +0000

I’ve seen ol’ Bob 7 times…some good, some bad, some horrid…

What’s interesting here is that the best Dylan show I’ve seen was just 2 months ago in Lexington, KY. Kind of what Solace wrote (see above)…

Maybe it is indeed time for “The Never Ending Tour” to stop…or at least slow down a bit. That’s what I thought after seeing him a few years ago (a terrible, terrible show in New Orleans). But after this Lexington gig, maybe not…

By: Carlton

Carlton — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:42:33 +0000

Seeing Dylan in his 60′s is nothing like seeing Dylan in the 60′s, for sure!

By: satisfied '75

satisfied '75 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:40:07 +0000

Judas !

j/k.

A.D.