Word: dylan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Some cheered, some booed, some simply walked out," reads the back cover of Bob Dylan's new release Live 1966: The 'Royal Albert Hall' Concert, a 2-CD set from Sony Records. The official release of the most bootlegged and one of the most controversial performances of all time has perpetuated so much hype about "The Poet" going electric that one would confuse the album's only value to be a historical relic rather than the legendary musical performance that it was. But let's just get one thing clear: Bob Dylan's Live 1966 is the greatest popular music...
Maybe you know the myth, maybe you don't. It simply doesn't matter. Forget all your preconceptions about Bob Dylan--the poet-troubadour, the over-rated 60's protest-song writer, Mr. "Blowin' in the Wind", or even the man with a voice that sounds like a cat choking on a hairball. It simply doesn't matter--Live 1996 will surprise Dylan-lovers, haters and I-don't-knowers alike...
...Dylan's May 17, 1966 performance in England was not made a "legend" by his work alone. The tapes were supposedly purposely mislabeled as Dylan's final 1966 performance in Royal Albert Hall (it was actually recorded in Manchester, England). The reasons for its misidentification are the subject of much speculation--could it possibly have been to build up the myth even more? At the end of July that year, Dylan was thrown from his motorcycle, breaking his neck and going into total seclusion until November 1967. He returned with a haircut and a beard, releasing the calm...
...Judas!" taunted one dissatisfied listener. "I don't believe you," Dylan sneers back, hauntingly echoing the words of an earlier song, "you're a liar". If not for this exchange, Dylan's performance might have been regarded as merely a dissatisfaction to the audience, rather than pure treachery. To them, Bob Dylan was supposed to be the protector of the "Old Guard" against Rock and Roll, a crusader for the rights of the common people through his songs--the liner notes suggest that this concert marked him as "a traitor to the proletariat cause...
...adventure aspect of the movie grows to be so sprawling that there is no room left for the delicate humor that older viewers will appreciate. The Rugrats Movie starts out harmlessly enough. "Rugrats" fans of all ages will be thrilled by the entrance of a new cast member: Dylan Pickles, who is promptly and unfortunately nicknamed "Dil" by his very own parents. He turns out to be just as sour as his namesake, much to older brother Tommy's dismay. To allay Tommy's miseries, his father Stu takes him to the basement and bestows "responsibility" upon...