We liked A Complete Unknown. You know, even if I were unaware of the history, I still would have known Dylan was going to go electric at Newport because of the earlier scene with Chekov's amp.
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The worst kinds of music fans believe they have some kind of ownership of the person that creates art they enjoy..fuck all that. They've always existed and always ruined everything
I'll never forget the outrage after the Picnic at Blackbushe Aerodrome concert on July 15, 1978. You'd think he bit the head off a live bat or something.
That’s a shame. I’m left with my fading memories. On YouTube, I found a video of CSN&Y at Wembley stadium in 1974. Nothing like I remember. I wonder how much of what we do remember actually happened? There may be a reason for some of this. I won’t elaborate.
I saw Captain Beefheart perform at Knebworth in Hertfordshire on July 5, 1975. It was part of a festival that also featured Pink Floyd, Steve Miller Band, Roy Harper, and Linda Lewis.
There are photos on the internet from that day and I sometimes check them to see if I or any friends are there.
I missed that one. I saw the Floyd in Bristol on the previous tour and got bored. I didn’t fancy 2 hours of twiddling prog rock. Now I play their stuff all the time in the car. I’d have loved to see Steve Miller Band though. Were Ed and David with him?
So so sooo many things to thank you for, including this!
Unfortunately, your observation caused me to have a falling out with a very dear friend yesterday. They didn't believe me when I knew you were going to post that because I saw a picture of you standing in front of a sky that was blue.
When “ Like A Rolling Stone”
first hit radio in 1965 it was quite a phenomenon
WCRO in my hometown played it and it sounded like the record was 10 feet wide the song was so long
I was 17 in 1965
Loved Motown
Liked the Beatles
This Dylan guy was a whole new experience
“Like A Rolling Stone”
I first heard him in concert at the U of Mn in 1965. I had been unaware of him despite living in Minneapolis. I have to say he blew my mind. That era, in music, was continually blowing my mind. The good old days.
was hard for my 17 year old brain to digest
But something about its almost dirge like melody appealed to the quiet rebel in me
I understand “ Like A Rolling Stone” now at 76
And I miss everything it stood for
It. Is. A. Classic
I enjoyed “A Complete Unknown” enough to see it twice. 2nd time I realized the Johnny Cash was playing ‘electric’ at Newport festival the year before Dylan. At least according to the movie timeline
Al Kooper (who was in the band) claims the booing is way over exaggerated (by history) and that the audience was booing because his set was too short, they wanted more. #AlKooper #DylanNewport
Missed Newport but saw him at Forest Hills weeks later. The booing was isolated and seemed performative, playing at what was expected. Next spring I saw him in Pittsburgh, act I accoustic, act II electric. Nobody went home unhappy.
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It's truly peak entitlement.
Pre-boomers stomping their little feet because that's the "wrong" kind of guitar.
And those people are still voting, ya know.
Granted, there aren't that many of them left, but enough for them to still be increasing worldsuck, for a little while longer.
Thankfully, not TOO much longer.
We are the nihilists
We are the ones who make the music bad
So let's stop groovin'.
There are photos on the internet from that day and I sometimes check them to see if I or any friends are there.
Unfortunately, your observation caused me to have a falling out with a very dear friend yesterday. They didn't believe me when I knew you were going to post that because I saw a picture of you standing in front of a sky that was blue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1-XD_C3jh4
first hit radio in 1965 it was quite a phenomenon
WCRO in my hometown played it and it sounded like the record was 10 feet wide the song was so long
I was 17 in 1965
Loved Motown
Liked the Beatles
This Dylan guy was a whole new experience
“Like A Rolling Stone”
But something about its almost dirge like melody appealed to the quiet rebel in me
I understand “ Like A Rolling Stone” now at 76
And I miss everything it stood for
It. Is. A. Classic
You're on BLUESKY.
🤔🤔
A little later, true, but same story kinda.
::dies a little::
Best use of Chekhov's