Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 19:00:45 GMT
From: "W. Vuyk" (vuyk@LET.RUG.NL)
Subject: Groningen march 18
I tried to remember the set list, if I made mistakes I come back later to
you (with thanks to collegues/friends who helped out on with this).
Groningen, march 18. 1995
Martinihal
2200 visitors
time: 20.15 - 21.30
21.35 - 21.45 (encore)
1 Crash on the levee
2 If you see her, say hello
3 All along the watchtower
4 Just like a woman
5 Tangled up in blue
6 Mr Tambourine Man (ab)
7 Hattie Carroll (ab)
8 Masters of war (ab)
9 Jokerman
10 It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
11 She belongs to me
12 Maggies farm
-------------------------
13 Like a rolling stone
Bob seemed in a rather good mood, his voice sounded all right. Wore the same
clothes as before during this tour (purple shirt, black trousers). Didn't
play the guitar much, but (as was said by people who did see previous shows)
more than before this tour. It seems to me he doesn't where to put his hands
and how to stand without a guitar.... Great band, same guys as on the
Unplugged sessions.
Bob had to use handkerchiefs after every two songs and towels. They used
incense on stage, propably to clear the air.
The band travels with 2 tourbusses and 3 trucks, all UK-registered. Bob
arrived on friday 3-17 at 12.00 hours at Groningen Airport (yes, we have
one!), and stayed at the Mercure hotel, just outside the Martinihal,
according to the local press.
Wim
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 20:13:23 +1200
From: Andrew McCallum (aam@MATAI.VUW.AC.NZ)
Subject: Re: Groningen march 18
- Didn't
- play the guitar much, but (as was said by people who did see previous shows)
- more than before this tour. It seems to me he doesn't where to put his hands
- and how to stand without a guitar....
What's this about Bob not playing the guitar? Last year the songs seemed to be
extended guitar jams with Bob plucking away on lead like we've never seen him
before.
It would be good if someone could provide more details/description of this
guitarless Bob. What does do while JJ and Bucky solo? Punch a cigarette?
Conduct?
More info someone please.
Andrew.
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 21:08:57 GMT
From: "W. Vuyk" (vuyk@LET.RUG.NL)
Subject: setlists - reality
Below you can compare the setlists of Groningen and
Utrecht with what was actually played
The setlists are presented as they were used on stage.
BTW: there was NO tour book and NO tour poster (for
those who are interested in these items)
Setlist: Bob played:
Groningen
Down in the flood Down in the flood
Lay lady lay/Man in me If you see her say hello
Watchtower All along the watchtower
Just like a woman Just like a woman
Tangled Tangled up in blue
Takes a train/Tombstone/River flow It takes a lot to laugh..
------------- -------------
Tambourine Mr. Tambourine man
God on our side/Masters/Hattie Carrol Masters of war
Boots/Desolation The lonesome death of Hattie Car-
roll
------------- --------------
Jokerman/Dignity Jokerman
Shooting star/She belongs She belongs to me
Dignity/Maggie's Maggie's farm
-------------- --------------
Rolling stone Like a rolling stone
####
Utrecht
Down in the flood Down in the flood
Senor Senor
Watchtower All along the watchtower
Just like a woman Just like a woman
Tangled Tangled up in blue
Big girl/Shelter You're a big girl now
--------------- ------------------
Tambourine Mr. Tambourine man
Masters/Gates Boots of Spanish leather
Boots/Desolation Don't think twice, it's all right
--------------- ------------------
Dignity Dignity
Jokerman Jokerman
Maggie's/Highway 61 Maggie's farm
---------------- -------------------
Rolling stone Like a rolling stone
It ain't me babe
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 21:14:24 GMT
From: "W. Vuyk" (vuyk@LET.RUG.NL)
Subject: Re: Groningen march 18
In article (1995Mar23.201323@matai.vuw.ac.nz) aam@matai.vuw.ac.nz (Andrew
McCallum) writes:
-From: aam@matai.vuw.ac.nz (Andrew McCallum)
-Subject: Re: Groningen march 18
-Date: 23 Mar 95 20:13:23 +1200
-- Didn't
-- play the guitar much, but (as was said by people who did see previous shows)
-- more than before this tour. It seems to me he doesn't where to put his hands
-- and how to stand without a guitar....
-What's this about Bob not playing the guitar? Last year the songs seemed to be
-extended guitar jams with Bob plucking away on lead like we've never seen him
-before.
-It would be good if someone could provide more details/description of this
-guitarless Bob. What does do while JJ and Bucky solo? Punch a cigarette?
-Conduct?
He doesn't know what to do, just is standing there, looking to the floor,
holding up the mike. I think he is not ready for a cigarette yet (still a
bit sick, using the handkerchief and towels between two songs). In Kerkrade
and Utrecht he danced a bit I heard, esp. in Utrecht, where he seemed very
happy with the enthusiastic audience.
-More info someone please.
There's really nothing more to tell....
-Andrew.
Wim
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 15:54:33 +0100
From: gerkepott@VAX.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: Groningen march 18
small mistake in the setlist:
-
- Groningen, march 18. 1995
- Martinihal
- 2200 visitors
- time: 20.15 - 21.30
- 21.35 - 21.45 (encore)
-
- 1 Crash on the levee
- 2 If you see her, say hello
- 3 All along the watchtower
- 4 Just like a woman
- 5 Tangled up in blue
6 It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry
7 Mr Tambourine Man (ab)
8 Masters of war (ab)
9 Hattie Carroll (ab)
10 Jokerman
11 She belongs to me
- 12 Maggies farm
- -------------------------
- 13 Like a rolling stone
Heinrich
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 12:45:39 EST
From: pjest8@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU
Subject: Re: Groningen
Thank you very much for the setlist material.
I have a couple questions about these days
I saw Desolation Row printed in the setlist but not played, has he played
this recently, if so, how did he play it? I have never heard of
Bob singing this recently.
Also, has he said anything to the audience between songs or any other
reaction to audience?
Next time you seen , tell him I said, "Hi"
Thanks,
the grey flannel dwarf
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 09:57:36 -0600
From: Ronald Lamars (r.h.lamars@POBOX.RUU.NL)
Subject: What Did the Dutch Newspapers Say ...
NRC/Handelsblad, march 20, 1995. Reviewer: Jan Vollaard.
This is a national newspaper which advertises itself as the 'quality'
newspaper of the Netherlands. It is liberal to a high degree and it balances
in in its views between conservative and progressive (never radically either
way). It is popular among bussiness men and scholars. The review by Jan
Vollaard headlines: 'Bob Dylan cuts down on his carreer a little more'. It
reviews the 18 march concert in the Martinihal, Groningen. We were there.
The first paragraph kicks off with the cited question of a security man: 'Is
this the break?' Of course not; with this, the reviewer strongly makes the
point that 'five quarters of an hour' seems to be a little short. The
assembled forty-somethings leave the building without expressing discontent.
'Listless performance', is the qualification.
The author rambles on about Dylan's lack of new material; his continuation
of the Never ending tour with four 'faceless session' musicians because of a
lack of a VUT-arrangement for musicians (i.e. Earlier Retirement with good
financial conditions). Of course the 'nasal' and 'uninterested' singing does
it for Mr Vollaard. 'Sad renditions of the old protest songs Masters of War
and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'. The piece concludes with the
remark that Bob Dylan is 'emprisoned in nostalgia for a time in which he was
considered the voice of his generation.'
The old 'he should never have gone electric' cry, we think. About the
author: Mr Jan Vollaard has a long reputation for writing reviews like this;
if it's not World Music or post-punk, he'll never write a single positive
word. In this he is part of the school initiated by Elly de Waard, a Dutch
feminist self-acclaimed poet.
The concert itself: we thought it was pretty good, our company thought it
was their best so far (out of approximately 4 national and 3 international
concerts). Jokes about 'Joe Cocker' (the arms) and 'Tom Jones' (the facial
expression?) were made good humouredly; at least something new was
happening. To hear If you see her, say hello was great. During Jokerman
there seemed to be some hassle between Dylan and the band and after a good
start it sort of petered out.
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, march 21, 1995. Peter Bruyn.
The Utrechts Nieuwsblad is the local paper of Dylan's favorite hang out in
the Netherlands. It is a reasonable newspaper with, for Dutch standards,
quite a view readers, as Utrecht is the 4 th largest 'city' in the Netherlands.
This review heads: 'Dylan surprisingly in form in Utrecht'. A very positive
and friendly review of the concert at the Muziek Centrum Vredenburg,
Utrecht, March 20. Peter Bruyn sums up that Dylan has been in the
Netherlands for seven times now, three of which in Utrecht. Of the three
1995 concerts, no doubt Utrecht was the best and he adds, probably the best
of all 7. 'Energetic'; 'no masks like hat or sun glasses'; 'great part of
the concert not even behind his guitar'. 'No longer the voice of his
generation (...) he is for Rock what James Joyce is for literature'. The
reviewer gives a short overview of Dylan's career and mentions Highway 61
positively. He gives the names of the musicians and a complete (and
correct!) set list.
Very positive, indeed. We don't know anything about the author. The concert
indeed seemed to us the best of three in a row in the Netherlands. This
venue has great acoustics and we had pretty good standing places near by the
man and his band. Probably our best concert so far, though personally (-
Ronald) I will never forget Avigon 1981.
Algemeen Dagblad, march 20, 1995. Reviewed by Karen Hamerlynck.
This newspaper is an outspoken right wing one, balancing on the border of
tabloid. And national. Never the less, not a bad review (Groningen march
18). It heads: 'Dylan is nostalgia in its purest form'. Indeed, the first
two paragraphs concentrate on the bulk of the 45-somethings [!] who came to
the concert hall to see the hero of their youth. But, after this, the
reviewer concentrates on the smaller group of young ones, wondering why they
have come to see the show; of course, he is one of the few of the sixties'
great performers still alive and performing, so you must have seen him once
in your life time. She interviews a 26 years old, who tells her that for a
lack of contemporary music to be identified with political situations and
revolutions - e.g. the fall of the Wall - he gets back to Dylan, with his
'timeless' lyrics.
Well, not much of a review actually, but not too much dumb talk. We know
nothing about the author.
For the concert in Kerkrade, in the outskirts of the Netherlands (bordering
with German twin town Herzogenrath), we could not find a review, as the
local newspaper Limburgs Dagblad is difficult to find in Holland. Our
experiences were badly influenced by the bad services for food and drink the
town has to offer on a sunday night (or ever) and the pretty bad Roda Hall
(19 march 1995). The concert was probably the least of the three Dutch
concerts, but there really is little difference. Our standing place was near
a mother with her 7 or 8 year old daughter, who enjoyed herself apparently.
Robert Suvaal
Ronald Lamars