Review of Bob Dylan “Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour” (FOLLOW LINK TO THE REVIEW … THIS IS NOT THE REVIEW ITSELF) in concert at Bournemouth International Centre tonight. A concert of two ways – the Rough and Rowdy Ways material, and he played all of it, was great to hear. The interspersed older songs were uniformly dreadful. See the review (This is NOT the review, just a link to it) . If you get angry you can comment on the page, but do keep it civil!
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Peter Viney's Blog 
Bob Dylan is a wonderful artist but last night for 85 minutes from behind a upright piano it was dire.
The lyrics could not be heard and the music was drape and monotonous.
To the point l left no recognizable song was played unfortunately a number of us just left.
It was painful to watch.
Sorry folks you can imagine my disappointment.
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taking into account he’s 81, he’s going ok. not sure where you were sitting last night but I thought the sound was superb in the balcony seats.
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“As great as you are, man
You’ll never be greater than yourself”
“I told her I didn’t really care”
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I agree it was dire
Perhaps bad acoustics, but guitars too loud, couldn’t hear Bob clearly and piano playing non existent.
Whatever happened to sound checks
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Idiot
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Should been at the palladium genius is 81 thats it
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You could try reading the whole review.
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Rough and Rowdy Ways Album, Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, Rough and Rowdy Set. Honky Tonk piano, doesn’t get rougher than that. Standing ovation at the end. Dissect what you will, you’re missing the point.
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I moved that to the end of the review comments. The set was very smart indeed on the lighted platform, as were the band, all dressed smartly in black. Nothing rough and rowdy at all. There was not a standing ovation in the upper balcony, though I stood up to applaud myself, because I was ready to head for the exit as soon as house lights went up.
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As a Dylan fan of 58 years my life has been marked by listening to the great poet, song writer and musician.
But I was left speechless in Dublin on the 7th November. The songs were inaudible, garbled, incoherent and nothing short of awful. The backing group were too loud and and every song sounded the same. Bitterly disappointed I watched right to the end. What was the highlight, a 30 seconds of harmonic at the very end. My dreams have been shattered. Time to stop touring Bob.
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Thanks, John. I put it on the main review page too.
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