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Old man stands on stage and incoherently shouts Bob Dylan lyrics for 90 minutes, receives standing ovation after every song: A review.
Evansville, IN - 12/3/2023
Disclaimer: I am not a Bob Dylan devotee, as it were, though I think that uniquely positions me to write an unbiased review. I know probably 5 Dylan songs well, though I can't confirm if any of them were performed because, well, as the title says...
I've been told "Oh you've got to listen to his old stuff, he was better back then." The issue is, they've been saying that since he was touring on his first album. I'm convinced that someone told us that Bob Dylan was good and we just all believed it for some reason.
My opinion of the concert itself is mostly positive. It was a performance of a great band ruined by a delusional lead singer. Throughout the night I slowly saw an increasing number of people leaving upon remembering they have a bottle of Chardonnay and some Tom Waits cassettes in their basement.
All that is nothing said of the production itself, of which there is much to be said. I've heard it often expressed about vocals "sitting on top of the mix", but never floating 80ft above it. The vocal microphone was distorting all throughout the night, and there was not a compresser to be found; though I can understand the latter as I'm sure they couldn't afford the amount of overtime that it'd be working.
The guitars and basses sounded fine, but the only thing that sounded more electronic than the acoustic drumset was the keyboard that Mr. Dylan was incessantly pounding on for the entire performance. I did grow excited upon hearing a trumpet I'd previously missed on stage, but it turned out to just the violin butchered beyond recognition.
The rest of the senses were equally berated. My sight by amber hued lights pointed straight into the eyes of the audience, which I can assume was to provide plausible deniability that the person we saw on stage was in fact an imposter -- an elderly man borrowed from the local care home for the evening.
Our phones were taken away and locked up lest a leaked video scare away potential ticket buyers. Additionally, audience members were only permitted to enter in between songs, my guess is to prevent them from running away upon hearing the sounds coming from the stage.
One earlier disclaimer I forgot to mention was the fact I had consumed a 10mg edible before the performance, whilst also having clogged ears from a sinus infection. So this review may have a positive bias based upon those factors.
All that said, I would still recommend seeing this tour, but only if you have $100 burning a hole in your pocket and want to watch a roomful of people pretend to remember what life was like before the Vietnam war.
Personally, it was the worst concert I've ever paid to see, though the funniest comedy show I've seen in years.
Worse than most of the free concerts I've gone to come to think of it...
#music #audio
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Evansville, IN - 12/3/2023
Disclaimer: I am not a Bob Dylan devotee, as it were, though I think that uniquely positions me to write an unbiased review. I know probably 5 Dylan songs well, though I can't confirm if any of them were performed because, well, as the title says...
I've been told "Oh you've got to listen to his old stuff, he was better back then." The issue is, they've been saying that since he was touring on his first album. I'm convinced that someone told us that Bob Dylan was good and we just all believed it for some reason.
My opinion of the concert itself is mostly positive. It was a performance of a great band ruined by a delusional lead singer. Throughout the night I slowly saw an increasing number of people leaving upon remembering they have a bottle of Chardonnay and some Tom Waits cassettes in their basement.
All that is nothing said of the production itself, of which there is much to be said. I've heard it often expressed about vocals "sitting on top of the mix", but never floating 80ft above it. The vocal microphone was distorting all throughout the night, and there was not a compresser to be found; though I can understand the latter as I'm sure they couldn't afford the amount of overtime that it'd be working.
The guitars and basses sounded fine, but the only thing that sounded more electronic than the acoustic drumset was the keyboard that Mr. Dylan was incessantly pounding on for the entire performance. I did grow excited upon hearing a trumpet I'd previously missed on stage, but it turned out to just the violin butchered beyond recognition.
The rest of the senses were equally berated. My sight by amber hued lights pointed straight into the eyes of the audience, which I can assume was to provide plausible deniability that the person we saw on stage was in fact an imposter -- an elderly man borrowed from the local care home for the evening.
Our phones were taken away and locked up lest a leaked video scare away potential ticket buyers. Additionally, audience members were only permitted to enter in between songs, my guess is to prevent them from running away upon hearing the sounds coming from the stage.
One earlier disclaimer I forgot to mention was the fact I had consumed a 10mg edible before the performance, whilst also having clogged ears from a sinus infection. So this review may have a positive bias based upon those factors.
All that said, I would still recommend seeing this tour, but only if you have $100 burning a hole in your pocket and want to watch a roomful of people pretend to remember what life was like before the Vietnam war.
Personally, it was the worst concert I've ever paid to see, though the funniest comedy show I've seen in years.
Worse than most of the free concerts I've gone to come to think of it...
#music #audio
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