http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-disappointin-bob-dylan/ fire, smoke, embers Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-disappointin-bob-dylan/#comment-106 nick Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:01 +0000 http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-106 Here's the thing with Dylan - and it's no secret - sometimes he knocks your socks clean off and other times you just have to say, okay I'm going to stay because after all it is Bob Dylan and I did buy a ticket. I've seen a few concerts at RIT and they never seem to be anything to write home about. I think it's the venue. The shows are always in the gym, and a gym simply isn't an acoustically-friendly place, so the audience can't absorb the music. I saw Dylan at Frontier Field as well and he rocked, but the environment was right. If all of the people at Frontier Field had been jammed into the RIT gym, it wouldn't have been the same. I can see how a bad Dylan show combined with an unsound venue would be a recipe for disaster. Here’s the thing with Dylan - and it’s no secret - sometimes he knocks your socks clean off and other times you just have to say, okay I’m going to stay because after all it is Bob Dylan and I did buy a ticket. I’ve seen a few concerts at RIT and they never seem to be anything to write home about. I think it’s the venue. The shows are always in the gym, and a gym simply isn’t an acoustically-friendly place, so the audience can’t absorb the music. I saw Dylan at Frontier Field as well and he rocked, but the environment was right. If all of the people at Frontier Field had been jammed into the RIT gym, it wouldn’t have been the same. I can see how a bad Dylan show combined with an unsound venue would be a recipe for disaster.

]]> http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/the-disappointin-bob-dylan/#comment-97 Lloyd Mintern Sat, 10 May 2008 00:43:01 +0000 http://richardshadegardner.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-97 Gee whiz, give the guy a break. Dylan has given more live shows than any musician in history. His concert in Frontier Field last summer was sensational. His last three albums have been for many of us his best ever. I mean really, complaining about a Bob Dylan show is sort of sacreligious, and suggesting that because he was not so hot at RIT he has nothing left to offer, either live or with new recordings, is petulant. Gee whiz, give the guy a break. Dylan has given more live shows than any musician in history. His concert in Frontier Field last summer was sensational. His last three albums have been for many of us his best ever. I mean really, complaining about a Bob Dylan show is sort of sacreligious, and suggesting that because he was not so hot at RIT he has nothing left to offer, either live or with new recordings, is petulant.

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