Bob Dylan Reviews

DJ Faricy from Boise, Idaho

SAVE YOURSELF WHILE YOU STILL CAN

Just witnessed Bob Dylan in Boise. It was the worst show I have seen in my lifetime. Without the pause in between songs, it would have been one long series of random thoughts. Felt sorry for the parents bringing their children to see this legend and to be so disappointed. Please refund my money. Save yourself - do not go....

R Dub from Boise Idaho

ONE AND DONE

It was great to be in the same room as the legend. If I knew the entire concert was going to be as bad as it was, I would have left after the first song. Especially since they all sounded the same. You had a great run Robert

Randy Hall from Salt Lake City, Utah

ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS

Spent $411 for each of two seats. Hadn't seen Dylan before so wanted to experience him live. Unfortunately, I wasn't sure he was alive and someone should sue him for using the title "Rough & Rowdy Ways". As detailed in a previous review of this show, I wasn't convinced I was seeing Bob Dylan. No joke! From the 8th row the stage was ruefully dark and he seemed to be holding himself up by holding on to what I think was a spinnet piano. I couldn't even make out his face clearly from row 8. I kept telling myself out of a desire to believe it must be me and that perhaps Dylan was going to suddenly bring up the lights and the band would become rough and rowdy and what was more of a recital in a rest home than a concert given by a poet laureate. I feared for his health and finally surrendered to the belief this was a funeral for someone who had to be inserted on to the stage via computerized special effect. No apology here. I don't mean from Dylan, I mean from me.

Stever from Chicago, IL

WORST CONCERT EXPERIENCE EVER

I always felt Dylan was over-rated, so I wasn't expecting much when I was dragged to see one of his shows. He exuded no joy or enthusiasm during this "performance." He never once engaged with the audience; in fact, he often had his back to us. His "voice" (for what it is) was sometimes whiny and grating. Other times he just mumbled and often forgot his own lyrics. He performed for less than an hour. He did not do an encore in spite of the crowd begging him to (I was actually relieved he didn't). I've been a live music performer for almost as long as Dylan and never once made ONE of these mistakes nor acted with such inconsideration toward my audience. I honestly can't believe so many people hold Dylan in such high esteem. I really think he just got lucky coming on to the folk scene at the right place and right time. But instead of being grateful and humbled by his undeserved success, during interviews he appears haughty and unappreciative, which is an even bigger turn-off for me. As the old saying goes, "there's no accounting for taste."

Bill from Erie, Pa

VERY DISAPPOINTING CONCERT

Not a big Dylan fan, but know some of his music. He didn’t play anything I knew. The stage was lit so dimly, you couldn’t even see him. His voice is still good, but hard to understand him on some songs. . He never talked about the city he was in, or thanking the crowd, in a sold out arena for coming out. No personality. No encore. Waste of.money.

Ray MacPhee from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

HE (NOT THE TRIP) WAS A WASTE OF MY MONEY

My 19 son is a collector of old vinyl records. He likes to play and write of his own accord. He has 5 or 6 of Bob Dylan's records. When he told me BD was coming to TO's iconic Massey Hall and what a one time experience that would be, I thought why not, it'll be fun, but expensive, ($500.00 ea for tickets in the very back). We travelled from Nova Scotia, stayed downtown (never been). The experience for us was to have a bonding trip...over a Bob Dylan concert. I've never been fan, but he is so iconic, I thought it had to be worth it. It wasn't. Never addressed the crowd, never moved out from behind his piano, never played a single past hit. Nothing. There was hardly a break between songs such that I thought I was hearing the same song for an entire concert. My son enjoyed it, but I knew he was a little disappointed that the great man didn't play anything he knew. I thought, Bob was a waste of my hard earned $1000. However, my son and I did enjoy being in TO and had some fun anyway. My son and I have been trying catch all the "old" bands before they stop playing and none have disappointed, but BD did. Too bad for him. Didn't earn any fans here.

Fred Harrison from Boston, Massachusetts

UNINSPIRED AND UNINTELLIGIBLE

Maybe it was the sound system, or where we sat in the mezzanine, but we could not understand a word of anything. He never addressed the crowd, took no break between songs, started before the crowd was seated, wore a large hat, and played a hollow and metallic sounding grand piano. With the exception of the drummer, the musicians were emotionless, unsmiling professionals doing their job. An hour and a half of poetry, all songs we did not know, but the words were unintelligible. Phones in locked bags. Bummed.

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