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[Music] Bob Dylan's 80th birthday
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Excellent chapter in this book when Mark Ellen interviewed Bob Dylan. Really made me chuckle, as did Danny Baker when he went backstage at a Dylan gig and wrongly identified Nick Lowe.
Love a good rock'n'roll story me.
Love a good rock'n'roll story me.
Nihal on radio 5 did a long interview with him a few days ago that I'm promising myself I'll listen to. But I know what you mean.
A friend of mine was out with his (very attractive) fiancée in a bar and Weller took a liking to her, barged in between the pair of them and tried chatting her up with the ‘I’m Paul Weller’ spiel.
Great, possibly the greatest songwriter of that post punk period, but an ******** with it too.
albionalbino
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I love this story https://www.tonybarrell.com/knocking-crouch-ends-door/
Robinjakarta
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Well, he's 80 years old and a heavy smoker over many years, so he wouldn't. I saw him in Singapore when he was 69, and it was the worst gig I have ever seen. His voice had gone, and it was barely possible to tell what a few of the songs really were. Oh, well. It's always been like that with Dylan with some great gigs and some not. Still not sorry I went.
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I saw him in the mid to late 80s in some massive venue in London. Quite possibly the worst concert I've ever been to. As you say it seems he is either brilliant or complete shite
I was definitely sorry that I went!!
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Blimey, this account still going.
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I saw him in the mid to late 80s in some massive venue in London. Quite possibly the worst concert I've ever been to. As you say it seems he is either brilliant or complete shite
I was definitely sorry that I went!!
I was him on consecutive nights at Hammersmith Apollo (?) in '89. First night was atrocious, incoherent rambling. Nearly didn't bother going the second night but a friend was keen to go. Second night, magnificent.
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I can only think of a handful that are better than his originals though, most of them by the Byrds. Most are watered down blandness imo
Just one example from a high ranking cover. One is brilliant, the other, well MEH middle of the road blandness to these ears
In fairness I HATE Joni Mitchell’s voice and pretty well everything Johnny Cash does sounds the same. Sacrilege I know
The Cash vocals sound much better on the Dylan version, maybe because his voice goes with Dylan’s better
https://youtu.be/W1QO0jQ0PB0
https://youtu.be/Je4Eg77YSSA
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boik
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Can't take that list seriously if XTCs All Along The Watchtower isn't on there.
Icy Gull
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Both Hendrix and Neil Youngs are very good but so so different to the original
I saw him in the mid to late 80s in some massive venue in London. Quite possibly the worst concert I've ever been to. As you say it seems he is either brilliant or complete shite
I was definitely sorry that I went!!
Sounds a bit like the late Mark E Smith, although in his latter years it was the brevity of his stay on stage that was the main issue (so I'm told - the one and only time I saw him was in 1981 and he was ever present back then). I prefer Smith as a singer. And a songwrite. But I would, wouldn't I?
Robinjakarta
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Peter, Paul and Mary 'Blowin' in the Wind' better than the original? Is that some kind of joke? And Dolly Parton 'Don't Think Twice, it's Alright.' It's not alright. It's absolute sh*t. I could go on but can't be arsed. Hendrix and the Byrds OK.
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Sounds a bit like the late Mark E Smith, although in his latter years it was the brevity of his stay on stage that was the main issue (so I'm told - the one and only time I saw him was in 1981 and he was ever present back then). I prefer Smith as a singer. And a songwrite. But I would, wouldn't I?
I only saw the Fall once. Sussex university - around the same time. It was prety shambolic and consisted mainly of arguments between Smith and the other band members.
I never bothered going to see them again.