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Are we transforming into a Dylan forum?
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dcba
Hopefully yes!
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CaptainAcid
"OK before we go any further I wanna thank the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. I say it's a rare privilege to play with a band like this. Anybody could sound good, even you. You'd sound great with a band like this".
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"OK before we go any further I wanna thank the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. I say it's a rare privilege to play with a band like this. Anybody could sound good, even you. You'd sound great with a band like this".
Btw I never understood Bob's love for an (imho) average bar band. In 1988 with a bunch of nobodies Dylan made far better music.
Maybe someone more intelligent than me can explain this mystery?
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dcba
Okay I retreat to my cave...
OT but Colonel, isn't that Frankfurt'82 III tape quite enjoyable (once being drastically reworked of course).
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"OK before we go any further I wanna thank the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. I say it's a rare privilege to play with a band like this. Anybody could sound good, even you. You'd sound great with a band like this".
Btw I never understood Bob's love for an (imho) average bar band. In 1988 with a bunch of nobodies Dylan made far better music.
Maybe someone more intelligent than me can explain this mystery?
Well, Dear F. i absolutely disagree. Bob had many good bands backing him, and Tom Petty & Heartbreakers are among the best. Especially with a players like Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. Their 1987 tour was among the best. And that tour restored Dylan`s faith in himself, according to his autobiography.
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"OK before we go any further I wanna thank the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for backing me up tonight. I say it's a rare privilege to play with a band like this. Anybody could sound good, even you. You'd sound great with a band like this".
Btw I never understood Bob's love for an (imho) average bar band. In 1988 with a bunch of nobodies Dylan made far better music.
Maybe someone more intelligent than me can explain this mystery?
Well, Dear F. i absolutely disagree. Bob had many good bands backing him, and Tom Petty & Heartbreakers are among the best. Especially with a players like Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. Their 1987 tour was among the best. And that tour restored Dylan`s faith in himself, according to his autobiography.
I didn't take part of this discussion, as things are complicated with the Heartbreakers. In several US 1986 shows, they were terrible - but so was Dylan. But I was re-watching the Hard To Handle movie today (Sydney 1986) and they are as good as good can be.
And a poster here, Leonard Keringer, who left about 10 years ago, told me about a visit to a studio in the 80s. And they wondered who the heck let in these amateurs in the studio next to them - it sounded like teenagers. But it turned out that it was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
So they need to be "on" to get it right. But actually that is a good sign. No fakery. Mike Campbell can be really terrific, same goes their piano player.
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retired_dog
All in all, compared to 1978, the whole adventure felt a bit anticlimactic. Solid, yes. But nothing more. Transcendent? Definitely not.
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All in all, compared to 1978, the whole adventure felt a bit anticlimactic. Solid, yes. But nothing more. Transcendent? Definitely not.
Compared to 1978, just about anything falls short, so that's no argument!
Just joking, as I find it nice to hear that you think the same.
Btw, I think you meant Europe 1987. Way better tour. But a really hit or miss.
I think Dylan was drinking heavily at the time.
But "Hard To Handle"......that's out of this world, IMO. And they really chose the great tracks for this video. As some (mostly the cover-songs) were horrible.
The only thing I blame them for, is not including Lucky Old Sun. Then again, it's pretty similiar to I'll Remember You, when it comes to chord-changes, and tempo
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Of course I meant Europe 1987, sorry for the mistake, hope it's not a sign of my memory beginning to fade...!
What I definitely remember from all the 1984 and 1987 shows I attended is my impression that Dylan was on a search again after his 1975-1981 peak.