Bob Dylan - Galway

Mighty_Mouse

Hey. Im just wondering if anyone has any opinions on the gig. I though parts of it were really good. His voice is a bit crocked but when the band got jamming the place was completely rocking!! "Like a Rolling Stone" was one memorable moment in particular.

Though Paddy Casey wasnt too bad either and the venue was pretty good sound wise/facilities-access to toilets etc etc

Any other opinions?

tman

2 of my friends went to hop the fence/wall, the security got sick of telling them to feck off and ended up giving away 2 free tickets:D
he who dares

funktastic

Good gig, the sound was the best that I've ever heard at an outdoor gig. Some great guitar and pedal steel throughout.His backing band kinda made the gig. I think everyone expects his voice to be croacked, they way he sings in that tone for evey song, 'Mr. Tambourine man' sounded particularly weird.

Setlist was pretty varied

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
If You See Her, Say Hello
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
If Not For You
Drifter's Escspe
The Man In Me
Down Along The Cove
Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic)
God Knows
Tangled Up In Blue (acoustic)
Not Dark Yet
Honest With Me
Forever Young
Summer Days
(1st encore)

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (acoustic)
Like A Rolling Stone
All Along The Watchtower
(2nd encore)

Highway 61 Revisited

lodgepole

I'd have loved to see The Man In Me, Tangled Up in Blue and Forever Young. Some of my favorite Dylan songs... I saw him in Kilkenny where he played an exclusively older set list.

comet

Agree on the sound, absolutely crystal clear all day long and at a nice level, not too loud. No big screens, I felt sorry for anyone sitting, would have been hard to see anything. What was with the heavy handed security, people could build a pyramid without provoking too much reaction, but take a picture even with the sh1ttiest/cheapest camera and they made aggresive threatening gestures as if they were going to throw you out, pathetic attitute and it wasn't just for Dylan it was the whole day long, I have been to a hell of a lot of concerts and have never seen anything like it.
As for Dylan, if Dylan wasn't on stage and they were some annonymous band, you would have said they murdered the songs, but I know this is what they do all the time, Tamborine Man was unreal, Forever Young - one of my favourite songs - was awful apart from the chorus, mainly because the crowd were singing louder and better than the band. Its dissappointing he doesn't play guitar anymore, even with all that said it was still a good gig.

Fearo

Yo,

Enjoyed the day a lot yesterday. Just back in Dublin now!!! I was very dissapointed with Bob Dylan, he didnt acknowledge the crowd and i thought he just looked and sounded like he didnt want to be there. I still had a lot of fun. The support were very good. Paddy Casey was great.

comet

Fearo I think thats just the way he is, I actually saw him looking out to the crowd and smilling quite a bit, i think he was enjoying himself and actually in good enough form. The setlist was probably the best on the tour so far, thats if you could figure out his rendition of the songs

Marq

I enjoyed the whole day, apart from Gary Moore, whose guitar masturbation was totally at odds with the vibe of the day. The Walls were great as usual. In two minds about Dylan, obviously his voice is wrecked (in fairness though, he could never sing), and his terrific backing band hold the whole show together, but his harmonica playing is still great, and most of those songs were great despite being almost unrecognisable from the recorded versions. You're not going to see Dylan to hear him play "Blowin' in the wind" note perfect, you're going cos he's bound to die soon, and you'd be kicking yourself if you didn't.

comet

You didn't like Gary Moore?? I thought he was one of the highlights of the day, his guitar playing was astonishing, his gestures, posture, and facial expressions brought great reaction from the crowd, he's a legend.

Brerrabbit

I have to agree with Comet; Gary Moore was definitely one of the highlights (For me his performance was by far the best part of the show). His set was absolutely blistering, it was the only time the crowd really atarted getting involved in the show. Its a shame he was only given about a half hour to perform while we were subjected to Paddy "Crap wingy git" (To his friends) Casey for what seemed like an eternity (About 1 and a half hours).

All in all I thought it was a good venue; perfect size fro a gig like that, excellent access to toilets and I thought the security guys were, on the whole, pretty good natured (For security guys that is ) and the atmosphere was great very relaxed, chilled out day.

Marq

casey was on for less than 50 mins, about the same time that Gary Moore was on for. Believe me, I was counting every painful second of the guitarwank outro to an awful version of Parisian Walkways. I don't deny that he's a good guitarist, I just don't like indulgent guitar players, and he's one of the worst. And even when he was just motoring along with a bit of blues, and I'll admit it wasn't bad, I found myself thinking "I'm sorry mate, but you're just not Rory".

Agree that Paddy Casey is a moany git, and that Mundy C*nt can go fuq himself aswell.

sinus

who the hell asked gary moore to come back on and do parisian walkways - again...come on...who did it...coz i sure as hell didnt hear any one should "we want more"....

great that paddy caseys biggest cheer was when mundy came on to do mexico with him!!!

I had a great day...great weather great music..well at least i got to hear bob once!

Typical Damo though to sing songs about sexual abuse and industrial schools..note the sky turned grey at that point...time and a place damo time and a place...and WTF was with tommy tiernan not being funny...or maybe paddy casey was the punch line...i heard the laughter...

Galway City Council / GAA please take notice...

funktastic

Marq--'obviously his voice is wrecked .......You're not going to see Dylan to hear him play "Blowin' in the wind" note perfect, you're going cos he's bound to die soon, and you'd be kicking yourself if you didn't.'

Bit ****ing harsh, Dylan's last two albums are right up there with the best in his career. 'Love and theft' and 'Time out of mind' are right up there with 'Blood on the tracks' and 'Highway 61 revisited'.It's a pity more people don't want to buy them.Most of the people in front of me had only ever heard half of his first greatest hits album by the sound of it.Fat chicks that looked like they were on a hen night livening up only when 'Like a rolling stone ' kicked in.His voice isn't that bad really, suits the material well and he works the old songs nicely around it.

Gary moore was ****, Mr. Blues without variation living on thin lizzy covers

Drella118

I saw Dylan at the Fleadh festival in London but having seen the setlist from Galway, there were lots of songs I never heard him play like drifters escape, rainy day women, forever young and if you see her say hello. In any of the 3 times I've seen him, he's played little or no 70s stuff which is disappointing.

Did he play the guitar or piano at the Galway gig? What about the acoustic numbers?

I think his backing band are great, Larry Campbell really plays his songs well and he has a very talented drummer. The Fleadh was good, very easy going, Christy Moore played great and the Counting Crows were surprisingly good. Interesting how it was mostly girls rather than guys who really knew the songs.

Marq

Funktastic - I own Love and Theft and Time Out Of Mind, and I know they're fuqing great. I'm not disputing how good he is, I'm simply telling people that they shouldn't bitch and whine about his voice not being what it used to be. I thought the show was quality.