2003 - BOB DYLAN AT THE KEY ARENA
We saw Bob Dylan live in concert last night (October 13, 2006) at the Key Arena and the show, while good, was markedly different from the performance we saw in 2003. Back then, there was no floor seating - everyone crowed, while standing, on the ground level and it was a lot of push and shove (with the occasional, polite "excuse me" and the sometimes necessary "I SAID EXCUSE ME!!!") to get to the front. But get to the front we did, and it was worth the congestion.
In 2003, Bob had no opening act and played a very long show. Much of the performance featured songs from "Love and Theft" - a CD we'd made the mistake of not listening to prior to attending the concert. This time around, we bought "Modern Times" and listened to it exhaustively ahead of time.
In 2003, Bob played several instruments, going from the keyboard to guitar to harmonica, and so on. He was very energetic, moving around the stage and interacting with the crowd about as much as he usually does - which is very little. It was a fantastic show and I only wish I had found some recorded clips of it. Though we'd never heard "Love and Theft," we liked some of the songs he played so much that we purchased the CD on the way out of the Arena.
In contrast, Bob didn't move around much in the 2006 concert and the setlist was more widely varied. Most of the songs were old classics (including, to my delight, "Tangled up in Blue.") He did play some from "Modern Times" - but that's coming later in my next posting. I'm still reviewing last night's concert in my mind so that my description of it can be accurate and non-biased ... well, as non-biased as I can get, being a solid Dylan fan ...
There are one or two or a couple of pictures coming to my Coleman Experience Photoblog. Take a look.