We're off to see Bob Dylan tomorrow night. This will be my fourth concert. It will be the first time I've seen him back on the guitar (though he still performs most of the songs from the keyboards), which he put down for several years for some reason. Elvis Costello is opening for him. His Academy Award (Oscar for Things Have Changed) remains taped to his keyboard amp on stage.He continues to rework his old songs and perform his new ones, especially off the new Modern Times album as well as from Love & Theft and Time Out of Mind. On this tour he's done a song or two that he's never done in concert, at least in memory.
On that note, we leave you this song performed live by Paul Simon and Bob Dylan:
A gift of grace in the Divine Providence to schedule Dylan after HoB, our Lord is too kind!
ReplyDeleteMy wife Ann and I saw him tonight at John Paul Jones in Charlottesville, VA. He was, as always awesome! He did some old well know songs, but differently, but wonderful as well. Although he didn't do this one, I have thought of these lyrics this past week as I have been reading what went on with the TEC bishops:
ReplyDeleteYou got a lotta nerve
To say you are my friend
When I was down
You just stood there grinning
You got a lotta nerve
To say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that's winning
You say I let you down
You know it's not like that
If you're so hurt
Why then don't you show it
You say you lost your faith
But that's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose
And you know it
I know the reason
That you talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd
You're in with
Do you take me for such a fool
To think I'd make contact
With the one who tries to hide
What he don't know to begin with
You see me on the street
You always act surprised
You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"
But you don't mean it
When you know as well as me
You'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once
And scream it
No, I do not feel that good
When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief
Perhaps I'd rob them
And now I know you're dissatisfied
With your position and your place
Don't you understand
It's not my problem
I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment
I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
To see you
Fr. Glenn Spencer
All Saints Anglican Church
Charlottesville, VA
I saw Bob Dylan Sunday night @ Clemson Univ. Elvis Costello opened for him. Bob's voice has really become rough. He was hard to understand, but the sound was over-amp'ed. His poetry has not suffered, though, imho.
ReplyDeleteCharles, I agree. We saw him at Duke about 18 years ago at Cameron, I think. He played the guitar the whole time, but his voice was rough then as well. We had a hard time understanding the lyrics and especially since he retooled the old stuff. I wonder if that's just what to expect in his concerts. OK with me, he music is worth it. His poetry is wonderful.
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Great comments, friends! fr. glenn spencer, I think you are right. I heard similar comments as I left the concert from those around me who couldn't figure out some of the songs. In the area where I was sitting - which had a of long-time Dylan fans - we were having a contest on who could figure out the song first (I did well on the new ones - the old ones sometimes took a bit). Blowin' in the Wind was one that took some time to figure out, but I loved the arrangement.
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Anything he wants to do in his concerts is fine with me. I dig the man. I don't need a sing-a-long with Bob Dylan. I'm really happy to have found this site that is devoted to Dylan and Anglicanism. Cool.
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Thanks so much for dropping in!
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