yeah that's a good one
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
was that 90s one where he had like Michelle Shocked and K.D. Laing and I forget who else as backup singers, and he mumbled his way through Like a Rolling Stone? (I have clear memories of this performance but forget what it was for)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
haha yeah just watched it. the backup choir is wild - michelle shocked, emmylou harris, nanci griffith, mavis staples, rosanne cash.
― tylerw, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
ah right KD wasn't there, I remember it was just this insane list of great female singers
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
feel like Dylan's was thinking to himself "words... what are words anyway?" during the whole thing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 May 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
"People like to talk about the new image of America but to me it's still the old one -- Marlon Brando, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, it's not computers, cocaine and David Letterman, we gotta get off of that."- Bob Dylan, Biograph liner notesboy dylan was wrong about that one... America is computers, cocaine and David Letterman!
― tylerw, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:52 (nine years ago) link
Dave interviewed Paul the other night, who mentioned when Dylan appeared in the 80s, the first thing he said to him backstage was "Can you introduce me to Larry 'Bud' Melman?"
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:24 (nine years ago) link
yeither got faith or unbeliefthereain't NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO neutral graaaauuuuuuuuooond
― j., Friday, 7 August 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
Just came across this---haven't listened yet, but looks promising/Promising, and be sure to read the transcribed Bobtalk:http://www.themidnightcafe.org/?p=4908
― dow, Friday, 7 August 2015 23:38 (eight years ago) link
xp j that is like the best line and there are so many great lines from this era, I love it
― marcos, Friday, 7 August 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
he almost makes me want to become a christian so i can go around judging ppl
― j., Friday, 7 August 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
all the stuff on 'slow train' about the law is about alimony and taxes, y/n
― j., Friday, 28 August 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
MIGHT BE WORKING IN A BARBER SHOP YOU MIGHT KNOW HOWTA CUT HAIR.
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 28 August 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
PEOPLE STARVING AND THIRSTINGGRAIN ELEVATORS ARE BURSTING
― marcos, Thursday, 17 September 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
GOD DON'T MAKE PROMISES HE DON'T KEEPYOU GOT SOME BIG DREAMS BABY BUT YOU KNOW THAT TO DREAM YOU GOTTA STILL BE ASLEEP
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
always think "karl marx has got you by the throat and henry kissinger's got you tied up in knots" is going to be "and henry kissinger's got you by the rocks"
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 23 October 2015 02:03 (eight years ago) link
Someone school me on Mr. Dylan, is Knock Out Loaded during or after his Christian period? As a new generation listener, Brownsville Girl, to me, is the best thing he's ever done as it feels the most honest examination of Dylan the myth and Dylan the man he ever recored. From a habitual liar, it strikes the most true. Though much later, Not Dark Yet, is a close second.
― Popture, Friday, 23 October 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Slow Train Coming, Saved and Shot of Love (to a lesser extent) form the christian trilogy (even though a lot of Dylan's other material is ofc also christian in imagery, topics etc.) so the first post-christian period album is, fittingly, Infidels (1983)
Knocked out Loaded (1986) is a terrible post-christian album but Brownsville Girl is a fantastic standout track, believe there are also some cool demos available somewhere - no live versions though afaik
Christian albums are pretty recognizable since they deal in unambiguous terms with christianity, words like satan jesus etc. pop up a lot
― niels, Friday, 23 October 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Okay, cool thanks. :) More than 30 years removed, the three years starting with Infidels to Knock Out Loaded are more blurred, at least initially to me, than they as distinct as they were at the time. I'm so excited to listen to and wade through all of Dylan, but it is not an insignificant body of work to get your arms around.
― Popture, Friday, 23 October 2015 13:58 (eight years ago) link
GOT A GOD FEARING WOMAN, ONE THAT I CAN AFFORDSHE CAN DO THE GEORGIA CRAWL, SHE CAN WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 14:01 (eight years ago) link
timely revive, was just listening to this bootleg this morning, so goodhttp://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-s17.html
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
i like the idea that when dylan is speaking in the name of the LORD his lyrics are in all caps
― j., Friday, 23 October 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
HEY KILL ME A SON
― j., Friday, 23 October 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
knocked out loaded is a terrible album but brownsville girls is like top 3 dylan tunes for me, it is amazing
― marcos, Friday, 23 October 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desertIN YOUR BUSTED DOWN FORD AND YOUR...platform heels
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
i like (the terrible) "drifting too far from shore" because i imagine it as written to himself. "they killed him" is close to the worst dylan song. "brownsville girl" obv a historic masterpiece. not christian dylan tho no. around the three albums niels mentions there are (as usual) some amaze outtakes-- "foot of pride" maybe the best source of insane ALL CAPS zingers in the period.
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
singing AMAZING GRACE all the way to THE SWISS BANKS
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
she'll feed you coconut breadand spice buns in bedIF YOU DON'T MIND SLEEPING WITH YOUR HEAD FACE DOWN IN THE PLATE!!!
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
listening to knocked out loaded right nowand i kinda wonder how much better pro forma blues raveups like "you wanna ramble" would sound w/his current band and production style, minus the gated snare and 80s backing vox etc
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
you mean without the "Sunglasses at Night" synth at the start of "Driftin' Too Far From Shore"?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
i think that his latter day approach would've done wonders for a lot his 80s material ... not quite the same thing, but I'm always surprised by how great Under the Red Sky songs sound in Neverending Tour form.
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
yeah back when I was still playing in the Dylan fantasy league Never-Ending Pool, he was suprisingly fond of "Cat's in the Well" (especially) and would also pepper in "Handy Dandy"
we ended up quitting because his setlists have really calcified compared to what they were in the mid 00s
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
man you know...who's got two thumbs and likes to critically re-evaluate an underrated Dylan ablum? - this guy - but outside of brownsville girl & a couple others knocked out loaded is straight *poop emoji*
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
^^^ didn't know whether to duck or run so you ran
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 October 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
ha yeah, it's not a dylan album i actually want to listen to. but yeah aside from a few one offs, it seems like he just picks a setlist for a tour and sticks to it these days. which actually is fine (if less fun for internet trainspotters like you & me) -- the recent shows i've heard have been really solid and together, probably because the band knows those songs cold.
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link
this is his current set, which is impressively non-greatest hits for the most part.
1. Things Have Changed2. She Belongs To Me3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'4. What'll I Do5. Duquesne Whistle6. Melancholy Mood7. Pay In Blood8. I'm A Fool To Want You9. Tangled Up In Blue (intermission)10. High Water (For Charley Patton)11. Why Try To Change Me Now12. Early Roman Kings13. The Night We Called It A Day14. Spirit On The Water15. Scarlet Town16. All Or Nothing At All17. Long And Wasted Years18. Autumn Leaves (encore)19. Blowin' In The Wind20. Love Sick
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
good to seem some stadows material in there
― j., Friday, 23 October 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
Xxp MY GOD THEY KILLED HIM
― JoeStork, Friday, 23 October 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
good to seem some stadows material in thereyeah and a couple from Stadows In The Night II: Still Stadowy
― tylerw, Friday, 23 October 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
JEFFERSON TURNIN OVER IN HIS GRAVE
― j., Sunday, 6 December 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
just put on side 2 of Saved and maybe it's just the holidays but sounds pretty good to me! remembered this as a total dud...
― niels, Friday, 25 December 2015 09:37 (eight years ago) link
I love how "In the Garden" is as much about Dylan as Jesus
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 25 December 2015 11:52 (eight years ago) link
it's certainly not abt Mel Gibson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCRFeRyfJW8
― niels, Friday, 25 December 2015 13:31 (eight years ago) link
anyone know who's drumming?
― niels, Friday, 25 December 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
It's not Stan Lynch?
― Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 December 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
I guess it must be - was that an entire tour with Petty & Heartbreakers backing Dylan?
― niels, Friday, 25 December 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
Not 100% sure, but obviously from that video you can see Petty and some other Heartbreakers, and I just glanced at Behind The Shades and some other books and it seems to be the case. And Stan didn't leave the band until much later.
― Die Angst des Elfmans beim Torschluss (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 December 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
SO much oPRESSioncan't keep TRACK OF IT NO MORE
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 26 February 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
how many 60s dinosaurs went into the 80s as cleareyed as "well i dunno which is worse / doin your own thing or just being cool"
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 26 February 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link
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this makes me of think of dylan keeping a spreadsheet of forms of oppression and needing to hire interns to update it
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 26 February 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link