Bob Dylan 2001.08.11 in Des Moines
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan Subject: Re: Last Night's Show ??????? From: Bdylan8879 bdylan8879@aol.com Date: 12 Aug 2001 02:17:33 GMT Yes, well, i'll say a thing or two....the highlight of the show was It ain't me Babe... very nice harp playing....large crowd was very unsettled, at times it was hard to stay into the show...so much movement and just fair like kinda deal... i suspect a lot of people there out of curosity... nobody sitting around us had ever seen Bob before...that is a first for me....but that being said, once the encores started and Bob started playing those songs that he seems to be very bored with, this crowd loved it.... although i liked this version of Knockin on Heavons door...and Blowin in the wind too.. (thank God he did'nt finish off with 12 & 35....) Anyway going to Springfield Sunday night.... oh yea, looks like Bob got some new buses... 3 in all, i guess the boys in the band get something other than a minivan... no no no... i can't recall there being anymore than one bus before... am I wrong here? also there was a fire on the midway right outside the grandstand.... and the fireworks show afterwards was very nice... ok, one more thing i forgot.... after part 1 of the show, before leaving the stage Bob did this very funny looking jump from foot to foot and kinda like a shrug thing with it.... the guy in the Des Moines Rag asked the question... was he just giddy from playing in front of a sold out show of 10,000 plus, or was he telling us that after all these years, he truely is just a plain ole song and dance man.... i love it.... ok, have fun everybody, and don't ever hesitate on going to a Bob show... ya never know when it might be your last.... (of course i've been thinking that for 15 years now, and i'm glad i have had that attitude, let me see a lot of great shows)