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What do people think were the best performances of 2011??

So far I think:
{1} Gotta Serve Somebody, Taipei (Apr 3)
{2} Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking, Beijing (Apr 6)
{3} Forever Young, Shanghai [Apr 8]
{4} Can't Wait, Milan (Jun 22)
{5} All Along The Watchtower, Odense (Jun 27)
{6} Ballad Of A Thin Man, Santa Barbara (Jul 14)
{7} Tangled Up In Blue, Glasgow [Oct 8]
{8} Not Dark Yet, Nottingham (Oct 11)

From the fall tour:
Mississippi in Berlin
Not Dark Yet in Hamburg

I Dreamed i Saw St. Augustine - Cork
Tryin' To Get To Heaven - Cork
Sugar Baby - Taipeih
Mississippi - Rotterdam
Honest With Me - Glasgow 1
Simple Twist Of Fate - Hong Kong 1
Make You Feel My Love - Sursee
I Don't Believe You - Hamburg 1
Cold Irons Bound - Hamburg 1
Workinman's Blues - Rotterdam
The Lonesome Death Of H.C. - Glasgow 1

From the shows i've seen (i've not listened to many recordings)
1 Can't Wait - Milano 1
2 Cold Irons Bound - Hamburg 1
3 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking Shanghai
4 Forever Young Hammersmith 3 (for the emotion of the moment)
5 Forever Young Beijing

From "my" shows this year:

Ballad Of A Thin Man - Hamburg (June)
Cold Irons Bound - Hamburg (June)
Love Sick - Leipzig
Mississippi - Berlin

Alrik-Heaven from the fine first Glasgow show surely can't make the list due to the mess up of the vital last line? Hammersmith II's version is unique due to Knopfler's weaving presence so that might be a more apt choice?

Not dark yet - second night melbourne.

Agreed!

2 Forever Young - Shanghai
3 To Ramona - Hamburg
4 Tryin to get to Heaven - Cork
5 Things have changed - Mainz
6 Forever Young - Hammersmith 3. night
7 Visions Of Johanna - Milan
8 Forgetful Heart - Milan

All of Bournemouth!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrlHaFF- ... ture=share

Can't Wait from Milan in June all the way, of course.

If you want to include any rare choices, go for....

The Man In Me - Odense (only performance this year)
Every Grain Of Sand - Odense (only performance this year)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (played three times this year, incl. Odense)
Boots Of Spanish Leather - (played twice this year, Odense and Hamburg/October)
Workingman's Blues #2 - Rotterdam (only performance this year)
Nettie Moore - (played twice this year, Nottingham and Berlin)
Shooting Star - (played twice this year, Cardiff and Innsbruck - go for Innsbruck)
Til I Fell In Love With You - Milan/June (only performance this year)
When I Paint My Masterpiece - Milan/June (only performance this year)

Can't Wait - Milano 1
AATW - Odense
Thin man - Hamburg 1
beyon here lies nothin' - Hamburg 1
cold irons bound - Hamburg 1
Blind Willie - Bethel, NY
Forever Young - Shanghai AND Hammer #3
Mississippi - Rotterdam (haven't heard Berlin yet)

Gotta Serve Somebody - Taipei
Tryin' To Get To Heaven - Cork
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine - Cork
Blind Willie McTell - Canandaigua, NY
High Water (For Charley Patton) - Cork
Forgetful Heart - Dublin
Love Sick - Oberhausen
Nettie Moore - Berlin

btw does anyone have the berlin show in good quality?

These two from Herning

Forgetful Heart:

http://www.mediafire.com/?b7vz00d4bjby6i3

Simple Twist:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmms4gfca3hxi7m

The Bergen concert this year was overall great imo.

Tangled from Esch-sur-Alzette (just to get Wineman going)
Can't Wait from Milano
St. Augustine 16 June
Blind Willie Canandaigua
Hollis Brown Bangor

Sorry, was getting my songs mixed up. It was Hattie Carroll where he mixed up the last line in the otherwise excellent 1st Glasgow gig

Oh, and Hollis Brown in Roma was also very good.

Yes, and Down Along the Cove, oh shit, wrong year...

Can't Wait in Milan was incredible, as was Cork's Tryin' - I've never heard him sing it with that melody before.

Revised...

{01} Gotta Serve Somebody {2011-04-03, Taipei}
{02} Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking {2011-04-06, Beijing}
{03} Forever Young {2011-04-08, Shanghai}
{04} Can’t Wait {2011-06-22, Milan}
{05} Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ {2011-06-27, Odense}
{06} Every Grain Of Sand {2011-06-27, Odense}
{07} All Along The Watchtower {2011-06-27, Odense}
{08} Ballad Of A Thin Man {2011-07-14, Santa Barbara}
{09} Love Minus Zero/No Limit {2011-08-98, Canandaigua}
{10} Blind Willie McTell {2011-08-98, Canandaigua}
{11} Tangled Up In Blue {2011-10-08, Glasgow}
{12} Love Sick {2011-10-11, Nottingham, UK}
{13} Not Dark Yet {2011-10-11, Nottingham, UK}
{14} Make You Feel My Love {2011-10-21, Luxembourg}

Definitely have to cast a vote for "Blind Willie McTell" at Canandaigua... And the debut of the new arrangement.

I like the first night Byron bay version of fodder young Better than the shanghai one

At the show I thought it was a good version, but listening to it on tape, the 1st Byron Bay version is indeed superb and agreed, better than Shanghai.

Ya I've been listening to that one quite a lot recently and have come to like it more too.

Love his singing throughout, particularly on "may you always be courageous"