Friday, 9 May 2008

Bob Dylan - Live, Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, 30 March, 2007 + Videos



Bob Dylan - Live, Spektrum, Oslo, Norway, 30 March, 2007

MP3 256 kbps | ZIP x 3 |90.1 MB, 23.8 MB, 77.6 MB | 104:29


We can have a whoppin' good time!


On the third leg of Dylan's 2007 Europe Spring Tour, Bob plays electric guitar on 4 tracks, and sings 5 songs from the majestic Modern Times.


Bob Dylan - All along the Watchtower



What a brilliant concert!! Absolutely unbelievable!!

First shock: Bob's playing electric guitar again! And giving us some really nice solos, too! Hmm..this looks promising!

After a shaky "Cat's In The Well" Bob gets down to business. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is the first of many highlights. Strong, powerful vocals, great arrangement. "Watching The River Flow" is next. It clear Bob is enjoying himself. The rhythm section really cooks. I'm starting to believe we are in for a night to remember!

"When The Deal Goes Down", first of five songs from "Modern Times". Another highlight, really gorgeous singing!

"Highway 61 Revisited", Bob is bopping at the keyboard, the band is rocking. Great fun! I haven't seen Bob enjoy himself like this for a longtime!

"Spirit On The Water", again really, really wonderful singing! My voice is starting to get shot from all my yelling! I can hardly believe my ears. What a show this turning out to be!

"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", wow, one of the best versions I've ever heard! (If this gets any better, I'll faint, for sure!!) "Rollin' And Tumblin'", what a great blues band! "Tangled Up In Blue", oh, my God! What a great arrangement! "Nettie Moore", another stunning number! "Summer Days", the band is swinging like crazy!

After a grand and majestic version of LARS the band leaves. We're all on our feet yelling for more.

"Thunder On The Mountain", another treat.

Band introductions and then "All Along The Watchtower". George Receli is pounding his drums like crazy, driving the band like a mighty engine. They all gather at front of stage, Bob grins and raises his hands like a winning prize fighter.

And, yes, he played some wonderful harp, too!

One of Bob's best concert in Oslo ever (maybe even the best!) Me, I'm so happy I'm could cry!

"We can have a whoppin' good time!" Yes, indeed!

Thank God Bob is still blessing us with shows like this!!

by Ole Bernt Lysne



Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone




I must admit I was more excited than in many years for this show. Being slightly disappointed the last times I saw him, both with this band and with Freddie Koella et al. earlier, I’ve heard the shows from last tour and knew that the band had got it together after Modern Times.

We had nice seats at 12th row, slightly right of the stage. When the lights went down, and the speaker started “Good evening ladies and gentlemen…”, I soon saw Dylan pick up his guitar and the band started with the same song as in Stockholm two days earlier, “Cat’s In The Well”. I had hoped that he had dropped that one this time around, but the good feeling of seeing Dylan as “himself” with the guitar in front of he band made up for the rather disappointing opening. It felt more like a Dylan-concert now…

Donnie Herron was playing violin, but there was absolutely no way we could hear him, he was mixed way too low unfortunately. They quickly continued with “Don’t Think Twice…”, Stu Kimball had changed to the acoustic guitar. Fine version, not the best, but I noticed how well Dylan was singing now. The words rang out so clearly for every line.

After a few chords on the third song, I recognised “Watching The River Flow”, no favourite of mine, but it had its nice bluesy feeling, and Dylan seemed to enjoy himself on the stage, wagging from one leg to the other, playing through the song. It was also interesting to see how Tony Garnier sent small messages to Dylan and he others with eyebrows, looks etc. when they were going from verse to a bridge or other changes in the songs.

Fourth song was not surprisingly “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” which he has done quite regularly over the last years. It is indeed a song with nice lyrics, but might have been slightly more Dylan on autopilot singing-wise.

When ended, the guitar was put down for the rest of the show, and back to the keyboard and it was right over to “When The Deal Goes Down” which was a treat indeed. His singing was tender and the band played so nicely. I’ve heard recordings of the song from the last tour, but it was no doubt something special to see them do it.

The only thing I’d noticed was that the setlist after the five first songs were identical to the second Stockholm show, and I was wondering whether we were going to continue with that (although that hardly ever happens). And not this time around either!

The band banged into “Highway 61 Revisited”, a setlist regular for many, many years, but it’s a song that I like to see him and the band to, much more than hearing it on a tape (and in my book a better song than “Honest With Me”, which had that spot in the previous show).

One of the highlights for my part was up next, “Spirit On The Water”, with lovely harp-playing. Once again, his singing was so good and heartfelt. We even shouted “no” after the “over the hill/passed my prime” lines…! I had some small difficulties recognising the next song at first, but after a few lines I discovered it was “Things Have Changed” in new arrangements, maybe not to the better really. More of a regular rock-song than the original arrangements, but that’s Bob…! Donnie was playing violin again, but still I just saw him play it, rather than actually hearing it…

Back to early days for the next number, in a beautiful “Hard Rain”. Because his voice was so good, and perfectly mixed with the music, I kept following all those brilliantly written lines, the whole journey from “the blue eyed son” to the last hard rain had fallen down…

From this lyrical journey, it was time to rock’n’roll again, with “Rolling’ And Tumblin’”. Perhaps not the strongest lyrics, but it made the house rock, and Donnie Herron’s electric mandolin gave it a very cool sound.

There was little doubt about what was next when I heard the first chords from Stu’s acoustic guitar of the next song, we we’re “Tangled Up In Blue”. I’ve heard this so many times in both shows and tapes, but it was like meeting an old friend again, nicely played, and the minor lyrics-changed from last tour (or was it before that..?) was still in place.

It was also a nice warm-up for the evening’s definite most beautiful moment, “Nettie Moore” (this time slightly more of the violin was to be heard, but not enough…). The way Dylan sang it, and the band played it is difficult to explain…it was just such a big treat, and around where we were sitting, people stood up and started clapping along (to the discomfort of people at the back, and the sat down again after a while…). The was he sang the chorus was like a warm summer-breeze sweeping over us all… Probably a good thing that the next song out was one of my least favourites, and a regular these days “Summer Days”. And it was exactly “Summer Days”, nothing more, nothing less.

When the first chords of the 14th song were played, I quickly wrote down “Like A Rolling Stone” on my sheet of paper, but then a sudden harmonica-solo (well, not a solo really, but unexpected harmonica-playing.) I wasn’t quite so sure, but it was indeed “LARS”, but in all new arrangements (at least to my ears). Much more low-key than the ones we've heard over the years. No doubt very popular amongst the crowd, despite the somewhat unfamiliar arrangement. The band then left the stage, but was cheered and clapped back fairly quickly, and I was pretty sure we were going to hear “Thunder On The Mountain”…and we were!

It’s an excellent concert-song, gives lots of tempo and Dylan was still dancing along behind his synth. Band intros with jokes about how Denny Freeman drives a limo in his spare time and was it possibly Donnie Herron drives a bus in his spare time…? (Ihave to go back the recording to check that out).

Underneath the last spoken words from Dylan, we started to hear “All Along The Watchtower”lurking around and that was the finale… It’s been done better, but is atthe same time a perfect closing song. The grouped in front and bowed, andthe show was over… So…was my excitement met?

Oh, yes, this was the best show for some time, I must back to the Charlie Sexton years to find anything as good as this….no less than FIVE songs from Modern Times of the 16 song long setlist.

I loved it…

- Espen Aas


Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall







Tracklisting

CD1: (62:04)

 01. Intro
02. Cat's In The Well
03. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
04. Watching The River Flow
05. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
06. When The Deal Goes Down
07. Highway 61 Revisited
08. Spirit On The Water
09. Things Have Changed
10. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
11. Rollin' And Tumblin'

CD2: (42:25)

 01. Tangled Up In Blue
02. Nettie Moore
03. Summer Days
04. Like A Rolling Stone
(encore)
05. Thunder On The Mountain
06. All Along The Watchtower


Band Members:

 Bob Dylan - electric guitar (CD1, tracks 1-5), keyboard, harp
Tony Garnier - bass
George Recile - drums
Stu Kimball - rhythm guitar
Denny Freeman - lead guitar
Donnie Herron - electric mandolin, violin, pedal steel, lap steel



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