Pedantry to begin with. The intro: "...Who was written off as a has-been by the end of the '80s, and who suddenly shifted gears releasing some of the strongest music of his career beginning in the late '90s..." Which is true; Time Out Of Mind is (imo) a stunningly good album, certainly ranking up there with stuff like Blood On The Tracks or Blonde on Blonde. So There :P
I think a lot of the issue is down to acoustics, cos they were pretty poor imo. If you manage to get past that, then actually he was ok. Yeah, he changes the songs a bit (well, a lot), but thats really to be expected, and is kinda cool to hear.
First time I saw him, I felt as short-changed as you do (and I didnt even pay for the ticket that time). But over time I found myself remembering bits of the concert, sorta replaying it in my head, and eventually thought "actually, it was ok". Yeah, he's not the best performer, but his music's still pretty great (when you can understand it...).
AFAIK, he doesnt play guitar live any more cos of his back. Or something.
aiusepsi
· 8 months ago
My memories mostly seem to have been papered over with bits of memories of his recordings. The mind is a funny thing.
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"...Who was written off as a has-been by the end of the '80s, and who suddenly shifted gears releasing some of the strongest music of his career beginning in the late '90s..."
Which is true; Time Out Of Mind is (imo) a stunningly good album, certainly ranking up there with stuff like Blood On The Tracks or Blonde on Blonde. So There :P
I think a lot of the issue is down to acoustics, cos they were pretty poor imo. If you manage to get past that, then actually he was ok. Yeah, he changes the songs a bit (well, a lot), but thats really to be expected, and is kinda cool to hear.
First time I saw him, I felt as short-changed as you do (and I didnt even pay for the ticket that time). But over time I found myself remembering bits of the concert, sorta replaying it in my head, and eventually thought "actually, it was ok". Yeah, he's not the best performer, but his music's still pretty great (when you can understand it...).
AFAIK, he doesnt play guitar live any more cos of his back. Or something.
memories of his recordings. The mind is a funny thing.