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<center><h3> Dylan showcases his new strengths; <br> Costello a powerhouse open </h3></center> | |||
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About a decade or so ago, Bob Dylan used to put out albums and then arrive in concert seemingly oblivious to the fact that he had new songs at his disposal. | About a decade or so ago, Bob Dylan used to put out albums and then arrive in concert seemingly oblivious to the fact that he had new songs at his disposal. | ||
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First, though, came sets by Amos Lee, a young singer-songwriter for the Starbucks generation who acquitted himself nicely, and the great Elvis Costello. It's not clear exactly why a Hall of Famer like Costello is tooling around as an opening act, but you'll get no complaints here, aside from the abbreviated set time. | First, though, came sets by Amos Lee, a young singer-songwriter for the Starbucks generation who acquitted himself nicely, and the great Elvis Costello. It's not clear exactly why a Hall of Famer like Costello is tooling around as an opening act, but you'll get no complaints here, aside from the abbreviated set time. | ||
Touring solo for the first time in 12 years, Costello delivered his typical powerhouse set starting with "The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes," played on an acoustic guitar that brayed like an electric. Costello had a mike, but he could have sung without one | Touring solo for the first time in 12 years, Costello delivered his typical powerhouse set starting with "The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes," played on an acoustic guitar that brayed like an electric. Costello had a mike, but he could have sung without one — and did step away from it a few times while still projecting across the Petersen floor. | ||
His voice is an amazing instrument that only gets stronger and more versatile with age, and he's just as passionate as he was when he turned up in '77, whether he was belting out "Crimes of Paris," singing about his grandmother in "Veronica" or pleading for sanity on "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." | His voice is an amazing instrument that only gets stronger and more versatile with age, and he's just as passionate as he was when he turned up in '77, whether he was belting out "Crimes of Paris," singing about his grandmother in "Veronica" or pleading for sanity on "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." | ||
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Dylan stayed on guitar through so-so versions of "It Ain't Me, Babe" and "Watching the River Flow," offering a few noodling solos, then switched to piano and left the heavy lifting to Denny Freeman, who dazzled with any number of styles. After a stabbing "Love Sick" and a "Tangled Up in Blue" that sounded like a different song than the one on "Blood on the Tracks," the show went into a slow swing mode and lost some momentum with a string that included a poignant "Workingman's Blues #2" and plodding versions of "Beyond the Horizon" and "Spirit on the Water" that were way too close together. | Dylan stayed on guitar through so-so versions of "It Ain't Me, Babe" and "Watching the River Flow," offering a few noodling solos, then switched to piano and left the heavy lifting to Denny Freeman, who dazzled with any number of styles. After a stabbing "Love Sick" and a "Tangled Up in Blue" that sounded like a different song than the one on "Blood on the Tracks," the show went into a slow swing mode and lost some momentum with a string that included a poignant "Workingman's Blues #2" and plodding versions of "Beyond the Horizon" and "Spirit on the Water" that were way too close together. | ||
"You think I'm over the hill/you think I'm past my prime," Dylan sang on the latter, to a round of cheering that we're going to have to chalk up as ambiguous. | ''"You think I'm over the hill/ you think I'm past my prime,"'' Dylan sang on the latter, to a round of cheering that we're going to have to chalk up as ambiguous. | ||
The folks who came for the classic tracks got a "Highway 61" that rocked hard and wild, and that classic ode to paranoia, "Ballad of a Thin Man," guitar-driven despite Dylan being right there on keyboards. The always-swinging "Summer Days" got people up and moving and the encores of "Thunder on the Mountain" and "All Along the Watchtower" were both driven by thunderous blues jams. If there was anything resembling a perfect moment for me, it was an emotional reading of "Nettie Moore" that seemed to mirror the dreary atmosphere of the fall day. | The folks who came for the classic tracks got a "Highway 61" that rocked hard and wild, and that classic ode to paranoia, "Ballad of a Thin Man," guitar-driven despite Dylan being right there on keyboards. The always-swinging "Summer Days" got people up and moving and the encores of "Thunder on the Mountain" and "All Along the Watchtower" were both driven by thunderous blues jams. If there was anything resembling a perfect moment for me, it was an emotional reading of "Nettie Moore" that seemed to mirror the dreary atmosphere of the fall day. | ||
All told, it was hardly a Dylan show for the ages | All told, it was hardly a Dylan show for the ages — and there will no doubt be hundreds of people grumbling today about the voice or the set list — but on the Never-Ending Tour you take the highs with the lows and the in-betweens. | ||
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[[Scott Mervis]] reviews [[Bob Dylan]], Elvis Costello and [[Amos Lee]], Thursday, [[Concert 2007-10-11 Pittsburgh|October 11, 2007]], Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA. | |||
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