tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post3980266714063193831..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: All About BobEllen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-10521773117409754542008-05-18T20:55:00.000-04:002008-05-18T20:55:00.000-04:00I saw Dylan a few years back, and it was the first...I saw Dylan a few years back, and it was the first time I've seen him despite my love of his music for decades. The show was utterly great. What amazed me was his sense of presence: he played music from throughout his career, but he seemed to make a conscious effort never to fall into habits, to lose the song itself. It was not satisfying in the sense of having one's love of canonical favorites ratified by watching the deity play; but it was hugely satisfying to essentially experience the songs with him--he seemed to be inventing them, almost, each time he played them, and so while some fell flat, others were hugely exciting. <BR/><BR/>And the band was great.<BR/><BR/>TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-6734727773406182042008-05-18T19:45:00.000-04:002008-05-18T19:45:00.000-04:00Dylan cannot possibly be 67. He was now close to ...Dylan cannot possibly be 67. He was now close to that age when I first listened to him in college, 197???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com