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Post by solgroupie on Nov 23, 2007 23:28:59 GMT -5
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Nov 24, 2007 11:42:13 GMT -5
It's very good. If you like it I recommend the DVD. The second disc has some complete performances.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Nov 25, 2007 8:44:13 GMT -5
It was shown over here on the BBC maybe about a year ago and I really enjoyed it. Haven't seen the DVD though. The soundtrack album was an interesting listen as well.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Nov 25, 2007 16:20:56 GMT -5
Oh I think the soundtrack is great. I love those alternate takes. After I've heard a song for years it's nice to hear it in a little different version. And many of those hadn't been bootleged.
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Post by solgroupie on Dec 9, 2007 20:18:15 GMT -5
it took me this long to watch the entire program. i had hoped to watch it straight through the night it was on, but had too many interruptions. plus, work has picked up recently, so i have not had many nights free, dammit. i've watched it here and there, and finally finished it this evening. now i want the dvd and the soundtrack. it was so surreal to watch dylan's evolution throughout his career. i'm not the mega fan phantom is, but i've been interested in dylan ever since my hippie aunt made me listen to his records when i was eight years old. the thing that baffled me the most about watching the excerpts of his performances was the opposition from people in the crowd! why in the hell did they buy a ticket to one of his shows to just go and boo him all night? i started to feel sorry for dylan then, but it changed to admiration for how he handled it all - the pressure from everyone and everything around him to lead a generation that couldn't seem to make up it's freaking mind. he said himself he wasn't political - he was just a songwriter and a poet of sorts. so he wasn't allowed to change and evolve like everyone else? some of my favorite parts were those ridiculous press conferences. i loved his responses to every thoughtless question. he never caved and there is a lot to be said for that in any generation. i about came out of my chair when i found out he once opened for john lee hooker. i'm a huge JLH fan and i never knew that. i was sorely disappointed that there were no clips from that concert. i was most relieved when, i think it was liam clancey (god, how i love that man's voice - i'd like to just wrap myself up in it on a cold day) compared dylan to chaplin. i have an annoying habit of being able to bring chaplin into most any conversation, and i had been thinking the same thing while watching NDH. like chaplin, people considered dylan a genius, when, like chaplin, he was a regular guy with extraordinary talent who was in the right place at the right time. and who also was expected to forever remain the same in his art, when that is not the point of art at all, to remain static. and again - like chaplin, when he did change, he was criticized for it. anyway, i thoroughly enjoyed it. he's had a helluva life and career.
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Post by solgroupie on Dec 17, 2007 20:04:39 GMT -5
i found a copy of the soundtrack online for seven bucks. but it sounds quite used, so i might go up to the big twelve dollar one instead. either way, it'll have to wait until after the holidays pass. damn this tradition of giving to others first!
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Dec 17, 2007 21:44:17 GMT -5
i found a copy of the soundtrack online for seven bucks. but it sounds quite used, so i might go up to the big twelve dollar one instead. either way, it'll have to wait until after the holidays pass. damn this tradition of giving to others first! Give something back to yourself! You no doubt deserve it, as i said to myself as I screwed everyone out of good presents by buying myself a Wii! ;D
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