Bob Dylan - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
21 August 2007

Well I was given these concert tickets from a friend and can honestly say I barely know what Bob Dylan sings, I knew he did the Hurricane and a few others but that is it. So maybe it is not the best concert to start my first review but well here goes.

Hmmm well ok yes Bob Dylan definately has a unique voice but I don't get why most of his songs sounded the same. He has one of those voices where he almost talks his songs and to be honest he spoke the lyrics so fast that I could not understand what was saying. He obviously has a lot of new music because none of the songs (except one) sounded even remotely familiar to me - and he didn't sing 'the Hurricane' what is with that????

The stage set up was fairly basic, instruments on stage with a black curtain behind the band - nothing overly spectacular, Bob did no outfit changes, but to his credit he did sing for two hours straight. I think it would have been nice though if he had of interacted with his audience a little more.

The audience was quite good and seemed to enjoy the show, those few people who knew all of the songs did generally sing along, everyone else just toe tapped to the beat. There was a small congregation at the front of the stage of die hard fans standing for the best spot in front, but generally most people sat and listened. When he finished the final song, the people in the front of stage area gave a standing ovation and cheered for him to come back and do an encore but he did not make it back out.

Bob Dylan was ok, as I said it is a little hard because I do not know his music, so while I found the concert mildly entertaining, it is not one I will store in my memory bank as a favourite show. That being said, the die hards did seem to enjoy it and I guess that is all that counts!

Here is the deal, I am a generation X chic in my 30's and I love to go to see live shows. I go to heaps of concerts around Adelaide in South Australia and figure that rather than buying expensive merchandise, ill make my souvenir a blog and be a critic on each show.
I always read the write up in the Advertiser about shows and feel that the writer always just highlights the good stuff and sugar coats things to suit publication. Well I have decided that I will just tell it like it is - I dont wont to offend any major fans, I am just giving a single point of view.

I have decided that for the purpose of my blog, I am not going to limit this to concerts, Ill give my view on movies, plays, places to eat - anywhere or anything that I think warrants a mention. I am happy to receive comments either those who aggree or disagree to what I have said, but will not allow any offensive comments to be posted on the blog - I can take constructive criticism and accept that everyone has an opinion......!