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Set List
- Cat's In The Well
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit
- The Levee's Gonna Break
- Spirit On The Water
- Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
- Masters Of War
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- John Brown
- Beyond The Horizon
- Highway 61 Revisited
- Shooting Star
- It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
- Under The Red Sky
- Thunder On The Mountain
- Ain't Talkin'
- Like A Rolling Stone
- All Along The Watchtower
Comments
GOING Going gone
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HARD RAIN fell at the JLC in London. Dylan's performance was ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY like a CORKSCREW TO THE HEART. Not only were we seated in DESOLATION ROW with rejects from MAGGIE'S FARM, we couldn't believe the IDIOT WIND who was in charge of lights and sound. It was like being STUCK INSIDE A MOBLIE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN. IT HURTS ME TOO say these words but I was KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR to please BE RELEASED from being so TANGLED UP IN BLUE. Nevertheless, I would sit UNDER THE RED SKY with Dylan anytime! Hope you stay FOREVER YOUNG and keep PRESSING ON. Luv RAINY DAY WOMAN with DARK EYES.
dylan in london
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Each year my dad and i go to a big concert. last year it was wilco at massey hall, and the year before it was wilco at centennial hall. he wanted to take me to see dylan at the jlc. we watched dylan films and videos for 3 weeks each night before the show. my favorite was when he was in england and they called him judas. we had good seats in the 115 area so we heard his keyboard and saw him looking at us and smiling/ i saw him move his feet a lot and almost dancing. he seemed to have a good time. i liked love minus zero and the jazzy kind of song. i really liked a rolling stone because i know that one when they called him judas. dad says just talkin was too long and he liked the oshawa set list was better. im 11 years old.
HOWL in London
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I thought that Bob Dylan's concert in London on Tuesday night was excellent. Dylan was in as good a voice as I have heard him in years and very animated on stage -- it really looked like he was enjoying himself. Paul James was a superb addition to the band which, by and large, cooked. And timing is all -- to hear "Masters of War" and "John Brown" on our Remebrance Day gave those songs a kind of intensity that cut the incensed air. And listening to "Like a Rolling Stone' and "All Along the Watchtower" as encores, and realizing that those two songs, often voted as among the top ten of all time rock songs, and realizing that they were being belted out by the man who wrote them all those years ago -- well, that was just plain awesome magic. A grand HOWL in London, Ontario it was!!!
fantastic
Loved the JLC show. Sound was pretty darn good in my location (on floor) and I loved the setlist. (not sure how any Dylan fan could call this set list brutally obscure) In my mind he played some of his most revered material. I didn't think Bobby was having his best night on harp but you just have to take the good with the bad right. I think alot of people don't understand his approach. Too bad people don't come to these shows with an open mind.....till next time (hope it's soon)
This was the first time I
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This was the first time I have seen Dylan and I can say I enjoyed it. I had good seats about 10 rows back in section 3 on the floor. It was probably not the setlist I would have made but I liked even the ones I didn't know (I don't own Under Red Sky) I would have liked to hear some Love and Theft or Time Out of Mind but that is just my taste. Nonetheless the interpretations of songs I knew were excellent and those I did not know were engaging.
I did not go to hear a greatest hits set and appreciated Dylan re-working songs and giving them a new sound. Hilites for me were The Levee's Gonna Break, Stuck Inside Memphis, Hiway 61, and John Brown. I suppose I found Thunder on the Mountain did not meet my high expectations. So what, I got my money's worth, thanks Bob and band it was fun.
My friend went with me and he is not the fan I am, knew way less songs and still had a blast following the band and the songs.
Thunder at the J L C
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I`ve seen Bobby since the Rolling Thunder Days on and off since 1975..maybe 15 times or so. Last nite I took my best friend who had never seen him and we had an absolute BLAST! Watching Bobby prance around the stage with his trusty harmonica in hand was poetry in motion. Forget what the critics say..we are our own critic and this one gives lasty nite`s perfomance a million shooting stars.
Abysmal Sound
Let's assume that most of the peope at the JLC last night have some concept of who Bob Dylan is and his importance in the music industry.
While it's nice, I suppose, that Bob seemed to be enjoying himself, I was not. There was simply no excuse for the pathetic sound system. From where I was sitting, it was vitually impossible to understand a single syllable that Bob "sang".
That's just not good enough - living legend or not.
Standing up for Dylan
I think the problem that a lot of people have, when going to see Dylan, is that all they want to hear is blowing in the wind, like a rolling stone, desolation row....
You’re not looking at his giant catalogue.
The people who don’t like this show are like the people who were yelling JUDAS in 66.
He seemed to be enjoying himself. I know i was.
SPIRIT ON THE WATER
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O MY SWEET LOVE, YOU KNOW WHY YOU LOVE ME
YOU KNOW WHY YOU CANT LET ME GO
AND HE KNOWS I HAVE BEEN VISITED
AND HE CALLS HER NAME
AND HE KNOWS SHE HAS RESTED ON ME
AND HE KNOWS SHE COMES IN THE FLESH......
AND SHE CALLS TO HIM
AND YOU KNOW WHY YOU CANT LET ME GO DARLIN'
AND FOR THE SAME REASON I CANNOT LET YOU GO
AND I'M GONNA ROCK YOU BABY----ALL AT ONCE
Paul James guesting for the first five songs was great
Last night in London, Ontario was the fourth time I have seen Bob Dylan invite Paul James to play guitar in his band. I must say that each and everyone of the times that James has guested with Dylan have ended up as some of my favorite Dylan concerts, last night included.
Of all the times James has guested with Dylan though this was the strangest time. This was mainly due to the fact that James came out with out Denny Freeman and Stu Kimball to be seen and stayed out there as the only guitarist for the first fiv songs. Raising the question in many Dylan fans minds whether or not Freeman and Kimball were going to come out at all at the John Labatt Centre.
At the Concert Hall (Masonic Temple) in Toronto on April 28, 1996 Paul James came out for "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35" to close the concert. In Buffalo at the Marine Midland Arean (now HSBC) on Feburary 23, 1999 James guested on four of the last five songs of the night "Highway 61 Revisited," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" and "Not Fade Away." And at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on November 8, 2001 James came out in the encore for "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Like a Rolling Stone."
Paul James shot life into Dylan and his Band for the first five songs and after his departure the show never recovered that edge and intensity that he brought to the stage. Yes there were sloppy moments especially on the 'Modern Times' material as well as Tony Garnier telling James the chord changes to end "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." Yet I do not remember many times seeing Dylan visibly and audibly laughing into the microphone as witnessed during 'The Levee's Gonna Break" and James got huge reactions for his playing from the crowd up front last night. It made for my favorite Dylan concert in my last 10 since 2006 interestingly enough also at the John Labatt Centre where I got my first listen of 'Modern Times' material and my first "Not Dark Yet."
It was also nice to see Bob come out in front of George Receli's drum kit with the harp mic for soloing on a handful of songs and pick up a Gibson ES 175 Sunburst for "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."
I hope to see Paul James at GM Place in Oshawa tonight, if not I hope I at least get "Mississippi" I've only been waiting 7 years and 28 Dylan concerts since 'Love & Theft' came out to get that song live.
I agree...a bad show
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With the greatest respect to Bob Dylan, a living legend, the greatest songwriter on the planet, with a musical legacy that rivals the Beatles, his performance in London was a big disappointment. Somehow some fans say it was a great show but I agree with the comments above, as concerts go, the overall sound was very poor sounding muddy and bland. Dylans microphone sounded like it came from the dollar store. The song choices were a disappointment but it might not have mattered what songs Dylan sings now, the lyrics are unintelligible most of the time, he mumbles and goes through the motions. Should we really get excited because he picked up his guitar for about 30 seconds as some fans say we should? How about this....why not do a concert that includes an acoustic performance by Dylan by himself on guitar and harmonica, playing his early tunes, and moving through his career highlights with the band and hey, maybe even talking about the experience a bit with the audience. Having said that, I know thats not his style and he is entitled to do whatever he wants to do, but I would never pay to go back to see a show like this one.
A Poor Show
That probably ranks as the worst show by an established act I've ever witnessed. Horrid sound, Dylan's unintelligible voice (with an irresponsible choice of vocal microphone for an arena show- a ribbon mic that provides no clarity), Dylan's incompetent work on keyboard and harmonica, a brutally obscure setlist (excusable had the band been tighter), two weak touring guitarists, one of whom was no better than a mediocrity (not including Toronto's own Paul James who performed admirably during the first five numbers as Dylan's unannounced guest), and a fine drummer forced to over-play to compensate for the lacklustre remainder of the band who knew not when to stop and start.
The Love and Theft band and tour were far superior.
Another Great Show!
I had the pleasure to see Bob and the band perform last night at the John Labatt Centre and let me tell you, it was awesome!
Bob was more personable than I've seen him in a long time....rockin' out with his mouth organ - center stage....and even picked up the guitar at one point.....
I honestly couldn't believe he played John Brown, a personal fav....it was just awesome.
He even chuckled on stage at one point, really letting loose for the audience.
Under the Red Sky was another surprise, along with a sweet version of Masters of War.
I hope everyone enjoyed this show as much as I did!
Off to Oshawa tonight - 2nd row, can't wait!
*****
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i like the pie
and the bubble
and the diamond
and the shoe
*****
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i like the pie
and the bubble
and the diamond
and the shoe
and the star
twice