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Dylan looking and sounding good ( in my opinion) as he starts a small European Tour in Cork

http://johannasvisions.com/bob-dylan-co ... tlist-etc/

I saw him in Dublin, and it was possibly one of the best Dylan concerts I've been to ( starting in 1965).
He sang the normal set list (see the above link to Johanna's Visions) but he sang the songs with feelings and a little bit of melancholia.
I loved 'Things have changed' 'Love Sick', 'Tangled up in Blue' and 'The Long and Wasted Years'. They were my favourites.
If you get a chance, make the effort and approach it with an openmind.
The band were great.

daveeliver wrote:I saw him in Dublin, and it was possibly one of the best Dylan concerts I've been to ( starting in 1965).
He sang the normal set list (see the above link to Johanna's Visions) but he sang the songs with feelings and a little bit of melancholia.
I loved 'Things have changed' 'Love Sick', 'Tangled up in Blue' and 'The Long and Wasted Years'. They were my favourites.
If you get a chance, make the effort and approach it with an openmind.
The band were great.

i was there too - pity i didnt see you
it was good ,very good, being open minded and hearted is important to get the best out of a Bob concert , but Bob isn't as effortlessly good at softening and opening closed hearts as Leonard!
I would add the beautiful ' forgetful heart' to the songs you mention and i'm sure you noticed the changed lyrics in 'tangled'. Bob sang clearly enough so you could clearly hear the words -
which isn't always the case!

In my view not as good as the 2 2005 Dublin gigs at the o2 predecessor ( the point ) - widely regarded as among the best Dylan gigs of the last decade .

http://johannasvisions.com/bob-dylan-du ... tlist-etc/

cohenadmirer wrote: sure you noticed the changed lyrics in 'tangled'. Bob sang clearly enough so you could clearly hear the words -
which isn't always the case!

And hasn't been for at least 10-15 years. I go because his Bobness is a legend and like daveliver have been a Dylan fan two years longer than I have followed Leonard Cohen but I won't go again. The stage is darkened and its purgatory to even comprehend some songs until Bob's well in to it. Sorry but although the studio albums are still great, seeing Bob live isn't any more.

Just something from Wikipedia's main page ("In the news" section):

Lyrics of "Like a Rolling Stone", handwritten by Bob Dylan, sell at auction for a record US$2 million.

Blimey O'Reilly, still it is possibly the greatest song of all time.

You and I will never agree on Bob's current live performances Vicomte, and I respect you for that. I was at both gigs in Ireland and am in awe of Bob's stage presence these days. Arrogance, showman, or just a "song and dance man". Who knows? Only Bob. I would pay good money (if I had it)to see his delivery of Long and Wasted Years every night. G-d (see what I did there ) knows who he is singing to, but it is pure venom each night. (Still think it's autobiographical)

So, just when you think he has a standard set list (which he has had now for over a year), he drops this into the mix a couple of nights ago :://www.boblinks.com/070514s.html

Sadly no video or audio as yet, but I'll share as soon as there is.

Roll on John? Roll on Bob.

I shot the Sheriff by the way. Too many deputies though...

Robert

It turned out to be a very good tour .

http://johannasvisions.com/bob-dylan-eu ... 2014-tour/