Ringo_Spar Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 (edited) there's no way that the roundhouse could get 4,800 punters in... unles they got rid of the stage even then it would be a squash it used to be about 2,000 back in the old days. The 'balcony' might be a bit bigger, but the auditorium, if anything is smaller, because the stage is enormous now <edited to say>.... just looked it up on the Roundhouse website, and 4,800 is what they claim..... which makes it nearly as big a capacity as the Brixton Academy, which sounds highly unlikely to me... oh well sifi's quiet.. he must be in shock (in a good way I hope) Was just thinking there is now way the Roundhouse holds 4,800!!! I read on a Bob site that the capacity for his show was 1,800 and that only 800 tickets went on sale to the public... edit: Thought O2 was great, he took a few songs to get into his stride, (The Times They Are A Changin' was pretty awful imho), and he didn't play guitar once. Edited April 27, 2009 by LevellerRich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 sifi's quiet.. he must be in shock (in a good way I hope) We stopped up in London, and only got home last night. Oh, and I had a wonderful time I'm not sure about the capacity of the venue. It didn't feel as big as Brixton or Hammersmith Odeon, more the size of Shepherds Bush Empire kinda size venue. But I was too busy shuffling around and enjoying the show to do a impromptu headcount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I'm loving the new album, what with that accordian sound going off here there and everywhere. Adds an interesting dimension to it all. Think It's All Good is probably the standout at the moment for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I'm loving the new album, what with that accordian sound going off here there and everywhere. Adds an interesting dimension to it all. Think It's All Good is probably the standout at the moment for me. How was the gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 How was the gig? I loved it. I believe the rumours of his live performance demise is greatly exaggerated. Thought Ain't Talkin and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right were particul tooarly good. Nice sing along on Rolling Stone. Good view and good sound too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Joy Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 His new album is Album of the Day on Radio 6. It's sounding very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 (edited) Lots of exciting Bob news of late. Firstly he's got another new album on the way. And it's a Christmas album! Christmas In The Heart will be the 47th album from Bob Dylan, and follows his worldwide chart-topping Together Through Life, released earlier this year. Songs performed by Dylan on this new album include, “Here Comes Santa Claus,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Little Drummer Boy” and “Must Be Santa.” I think he's going for fifty albums in fifty years. And secondly - he's going to be doing a voice recording for SatNav systems. "I think it would be good," Dylan said, "if you are looking for directions and hear my voice saying something like 'left at the next street, no a right – y'know what? Just go straight.'" linky And finally - and possibly my favourite - he's going a bit loopy. Sergeant Craig Spencer from Long Branch police station said: "Residents called to complain there was an old scruffy man acting suspiciously. "It was an odd request because it was mid-afternoon, but it’s an ethnic Latin area and the residents felt the man didn’t fit in. Lets just say he looked eccentric. linky Edited August 28, 2009 by sifimaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Lots of exciting Bob news of late. Firstly he's got another new album on the way. And it's a Christmas album! nothing like a dreary old man to get you into the festive mood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 nothing like a dreary old man to get you into the festive mood Dreary? I thought his last album was very upbeat. A couple of slowies, but some nice mid-tempo sounds, what that cajun type twist on it. I'd like to see what he does with some of the standards. It's all the fun of being a Bob fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 He got sent back to the hotel because he was going to see Bruce Springsteens old house. Dylan did the Beatles tour in Liverpool a few months back. Paid the 16 quid and rode the bus round Liverpool with the rest of the tour party! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 (edited) He got sent back to the hotel because he was going to see Bruce Springsteens old house. Dylan did the Beatles tour in Liverpool a few months back. Paid the 16 quid and rode the bus round Liverpool with the rest of the tour party! Apparently he turned up at the house in which Neil Young grew up in, and the new owners invited him in for a cup of tea. Edited August 28, 2009 by sifimaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 So the new album is out, his second this year, and it's a Christmas album. Apparently the same man who once intoned "How does it feel?" now asks "Who has a big red nose? Santa has a big red nose". The sales of the album will provide at least four million hot dinners to poor and homelss people on Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worm Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 47 albums? Is that man made of lyrics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 47 albums? Is that man made of lyrics? That is over a period of fifty years, mind. Christ knows how many didn't make it onto record, or onto releases. Some of his best stuff is to be found on the bootleg series. I reckon he's going for the fifty and then retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 That is over a period of fifty years, mind. Christ knows how many didn't make it onto record, or onto releases. Some of his best stuff is to be found on the bootleg series. I reckon he's going for the fifty and then retire. Nah, he'll never die. "The never ending career". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Jokers Attack Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I'm still yet to listen to the bootleg series. None of them at all. Which one is the best? Really loving Time out of mind just now, Absolute cracker of an album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) I'm still yet to listen to the bootleg series. None of them at all. Which one is the best? 1 - 3, I'd say. Covers pretty mucht he first twenty five years of his career. Essential purchase, some of the tracks - especially on disc two - are up there with some of his best works. The Royal Albert Hall ones are pretty essential too. Brilliant recording of one of the most significant tours of, well, ever. edit : If you are liking Time out of Mind, then you'd probably enjoy Volume 8 of the bootleg series, lots of outtakes and reworking of Time out of Mind on there. Plus 3 - count 'em - 3 versions of Mississippi (sp?). Edited October 16, 2009 by sifimaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo_Spar Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 So the new album is out, his second this year, and it's a Christmas album. Apparently the same man who once intoned "How does it feel?" now asks "Who has a big red nose? Santa has a big red nose". The sales of the album will provide at least four million hot dinners to poor and homelss people on Christmas day. The Metro review yesterday (not favourable) said Bob's voice brings menace to the festive season! I don't think that's a bad thing at all, gonna go out and buy it next couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) The Metro review yesterday (not favourable) said Bob's voice brings menace to the festive season! I don't think that's a bad thing at all, gonna go out and buy it next couple of days. The Times said the same thing (it was favourable review). On the demonically jaunty Here Comes Santa Claus, the lines “Hang your stockings/ Say your prayers” are intoned with a grizzled finality that would hasten even the most overexcited child to bed on Christmas Eve. What was the gist of the Metro's grousing? Edited October 16, 2009 by sifimaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo_Spar Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 The Times said the same thing (it was favourable review). What was the gist of the Metro's grousing?Well hardly anything new, apart from the comment about bringing menace to the festive season they also said that he sounds like a swaggering Xmas party drunkard, tired of ideas, all the usual... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Has His Bobness been at the whiskey? This is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted December 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) He laughs this way : ho-ho-ho. Very cool. I'm not sure about the Dasher-Dixon-Roosevelt-Nixon bit mind. Can't help but he's got a bit confused there. Edited December 3, 2009 by sifimaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Bob Dylan. Only artists to have a Top 100 of his own songs in Mojo? 1. Like A Rolling Stone 2. Positively 4th Street 3. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 4. Desolation Row 5. Blind Willie Mctell 6. It Aint Me, Babe 7. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 8. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) 9. Mississippi 10. Just Like A Woman 11. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol 12. Love Sick 13. Highway 61 Revisited 14. Mr Tambourine Man 15. Tangled Up In Blue 16. Masters Of War 17. Every Grain Of Sand 18. Subterranean Homesick Blues 19. Idiot Wind 20. Ballad Of A Thin Man 21. Visions Of Johanna 22. The Times They Are A-Changin’ 23. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall 24. I Shall Be Released 25. Hurricane 26. Shelter From The Storm 27. All Along The Watchtower 28. I Want You 29. Girl From The North Country 30. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight 31. Man In The Long Black Coat 32. Love Minus Zero/No Limit 33. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go 34. Blowin’ In The Wind 35. Isis 36. Brownsville Girl 37. Gotta Serve Somebody 38. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door 39. Dear Landlord 40. I’ll Keep It With Mine 41. Not Dark Yet 42. All I Really Want To Do 43. Million Dollar Bash 44. Forever Young 45. Lay Down Your Weary Tune 46. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 47. Jokerman 48. If You See Her, Say Hello 49. Only A Pawn In Their Game 50. I Pity The Poor Immigrant 51. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 52. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 53. She Belongs To Me 54. To Romana 55. I Threw It All Away 56. Tears Of Rage 57. One More Cup Of Coffee 58. Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 59. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 60. Romance In Durango 61. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 62. Most Of The Time 63. If Not For You 64. Song To Woody 65. Lay Lady Lay 66. Drifter’s Escape 67. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) 68. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream 69. Ghost Of Eden 70. Queen Jane Approximately 71. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You 72. Oxford Town 73. Simple Twist Of Fate 74. Things Have Changed 75. Talkin’ World War III Blues 76. I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine 77. You’re A Big Girl Now 78. With God On Our Side 79. Po’ Boy 80. Changin’ Of The Guards 81. Standing In The Doorway 82. I Believe In You 83. Tomorrow Is A Long Time 84. The Man In Me 85. Corrina, Corrina 86. Fourth Time Around 87. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 88. Lonesome Day Blues 89. Talkin’bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues 90. Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) 91. Spanish Harlem Incident 92. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown 93. Chimes Of Freedom 94. Tombstone Blues 95. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts 96. Goin’ To Acapulco 97. Sign On The Window 98. My Back Pages 99. This Wheel’s On Fire 100. Oh , Sister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 how old are you? i keep picturing you as an old fuddy duddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifi Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 how old are you? i keep picturing you as an old fuddy duddy. I don't see the relevance. At the Dylan I went to, there were people there from 16 - 60. And 68 if you count the singer. Look at that top 10 - music in there from the early sixties folk period, the thin mercury rock sound of the mid sixties, pure blues from the 80's, and what I think is one of the greatest songs I've heard released in the current decade. Lay Lady Lay - 65th! Forever Young - 44th! Knockin' on Heaven's Door - 38th! Any other artist would be proud to have that lot in their top 10! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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