This is a great city to live in. I saw Bob Dylan last night at Stubb's BBQ, a smallish outdoor venue. I was about 30-40 ft from him, so I could see all his facial expressions and odd leg movements. I don't know a lot of his stuff, besides the stuff that everybody knows, but it was a pretty neat show all in all. Espeically from a 65 year old dude in a Mariachi outfit of sorts. I didn't know what to expect from the show, but I enjoyed it.
You think I'm over the hill
You think I'm past my prime
Let me see what you got
We can have a whoppin' good time
Said Bob during "Spirit on the Water". Leave it to Bob to sum up the experience for you.
Surprising (to me) is that Bob played the keyboard almost the entire time. And, he does "new arrangements" of all of his songs so that it's hard to know them even when you hear them, which is not the best thing ever, but it's interesting.
On the way in it was so crowded that the people I went with started talking about that Who concert in Ohio where people got trampled trying to rush the stage. Oddly, the guy in line in front of us piped up with "I was at that show". Later, we were looking for a place to stand and settled for a moment until we realized we stopped right next to that guy. We repositioned just in case that guy was the actual trampling initiator.
The show highlights (for me) were It Ain't Me, Babe, Cry A While and the aforementioned Spirit on the Water. Thunder on the Mountain was pretty awesome, too, but it creeped me out a little bit because apparently it's about Bob's fascination with Alicia Keys, and that's disturbing.
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yes it really is disturbing! he was married to his african american back up singer for a bit i think...
but anyway, lucky you!! he's coming this way in a week with elvis costello.
i saw him a couple years ago at the tabernacle, and it was neat. even when you don't know what he's saying, there's some sort of authority there.
i have been singing "go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed..." for several days now!!
ps. the highlight for me when i saw him cols. years previous to this was "it's all over now baby blue". it was the best version i've ever heard.
pps...alicia keys IS really pretty and talented, i saw her singing with elmo.
wes and erin, my brother, the fink, went to see this concert and didn't tell me he was going! his bandmate invited him at the last minute. what a drag. i would've gone if i'd known i wouldn't be alone at the arena. he said it was great and he really enjoyed "masters of war". he was also very impressed by elvis c.'s voice.
wes and erin, my brother, the fink, went to see this concert and didn't tell me he was going! his bandmate invited him at the last minute. what a drag. i would've gone if i'd known i wouldn't be alone at the arena. he said it was great and he really enjoyed "masters of war". he was also very impressed by elvis c.'s voice.
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