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...laughs at itself at times, from its over-the-top sex scene to some comical music choices, such as “Ride of the Valkyries” as Dr. Manhattan wins in Vietnam. Inclusion of Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “All Along the Watchtower?? and the overused Simon and Garfunkel hit “The Sounds of Silence” feels heavy-handed and forced, but Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” brilliantly caps a montage explaining the alternate...
...musician known for his capacity to stray from audience expectations, the concert can be called nothing short of an intensely pleasurable retrospective of Dylan’s greatest hits and most captivating recent pieces. The 14 song set, plus unforgettable encores of “All Along the Watchtower?? and “Like a Rolling Stone,” combined a perfect balance of old and new Dylan, including five from the most recent album Love and Theft (2001), as well as recognizable classics such as “Forever Young?...
...selections from Love and Theft were undeniably the most forceful and most enthusiastic on Dylan’s part, but the final encore of “All Along the Watchtower?? truly clinched an exceptional performance. In a song so popular and so-often played, there was not a hint of ennui in the delivery: it was a heart-stopping rendition of one of the greatest imaginative ballads of all time. Bob Dylan and his Band played the song, as they did most of their set, with the energy of a first-performance but the mastery of four...
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