October 1, 2015
Review by Steinar Daler
In my hometown of Oslo, most people I talked to after the concert last
night were happy, some were even very happy and some newcomers were
surprised by his good singing and the great band. The reviews in Norwegian
newspapers today are telling about a very good concert.
Yes! The band is great!
Yes! Bob’s singing is great!
Yes! The arrangements are great!
Yes! The venue and the sound was great as well!
BUT, I have seen Bob in more than 200 concerts, and to me it is one of the
few concerts I have seen that I rate really low.
WHY? When I’m going to a Dylan concert, I want Dylan songs, not a
«Sinatra» cover band (even if I probably like this «cover band’s
vocalist» better than «old blue eyes». To me the 7 «Sinatra songs»
performed are boring – not my kind of music. «Autumn Leaves» is kind
of OK, but I know at least 500 Dylan songs I like better. A couple of his
own songs played last night; «Beyond Here Lies Nothing» and «Spirit On
The Water» is also kind of boring. And «Early Roman Kings» is not a
masterpiece either. More or less 10 songs I don’t like or feel are
boring – that’s half the concert. I can’t remember last time I saw a
Dylan concert with half the setlist boring. Maybe never.
I have of course heard Dylan doing cover songs that I have loved during
all the years since 1978. I can name a lot, but 7 boring covers in the
same concert I have never heard before.
Nice versions of «Duquesne Whistle», «Tangled Up In Blue», «High
Water» and «Blowin In The Wind» and really great versions (as always)
of «Long And Wasted Years» and «Love Sick» is not enough for me to
call it a good concert.
Don’t know what to expect tonight, probably the same thing. My only
realistic hope is that he will play «That Lucky Old Sun», the only song
from «Shadows In The Night» that I really like.
Steinar Daler
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