Whether it's your 1st Bob Dylan concert or
your 1001st, the chances are that by the
time you enter the venue, you'll have a
wish-list of songs you'd like to hear
performed that night. It might be a great
version of a favourite 'classic' from his
catalogue that you're hoping for, or perhaps
your fingers are crossed for a dusted off
obscurity or rarely played gem. I, like
many, have a wish-list of unlikely suspects
as long as my arm - 'Dirt Road Blues' and
'New Pony' have been fairly high on it for
years.
If we're talking unlikely scenarios,
however, how about this? Bob and the band
stand to receive their applause after the
concluding blast of 'Thin Man', 'Watchtower'
or 'Rolling Stone' and begin to file off the
stage. Bob pauses, walks back to his
keyboard and, alone in the spotlight, digs
deep and gives us this.
Ah well, a man can dream can't he?
Many happy returns of the day Bob.
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6 comments:
That would be utterly perfect! Glad you chose this b-side version rather than the one on 'Dylan'. Beautiful.
My dream is that Bob will begin as show with 'Where Are You Tonight?' one day. It may seem odd but I have a vision for this as an opener that has stayed with me for years. Of course, it will never happen. We must compile our dream gig lists.
Happy Birthday, Bob!
Given the nod at Expecting Rain. Cool.
Singing Bear. 'Street Legal' is such an overlooked album in my opinion and much improved with the re-master a few years back. I fear we'll n'er see 'Changing of the Guards' or 'Where Are you Tonight' live again, I'm lucky to have seen them both at my first Bob show in 1978, but who knows?
Compiling our dream set-lists sounds like fun, we should get Old Pa involved too. I can't imagine that there'll be too many disagreements between us though!
Great idea I have seen Bob only about a dozen time and have always wanted him to play positively 4th street....the slow version....but alas...always like Street Legal and even better with the re-mix
Great version! Who is in the picture above???
Old Pa. I've seen a couple of Pos 4th St's, but I don't think Bob nailed it on any of those occasions. The best live version I've heard is one with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
Anon. Thanks for stopping by. I have an interest in anonymous old photos and one can usually be found at the head of my blog. I update them fairly frequently.
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