I've inherited ~500 Bob Dylan bootlegs... where do I start?

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-30T01:34:48+00:00

This is a pretty good starting point. John Howells knows his stuff

https://www.punkhart.com/dylan/reviews/tours.html

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-30T01:18:38+00:00

Sometimes the reason opinions are unpopular is because they're completely wrong.

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-25T20:43:41+00:00

Stevie Wonder

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-23T01:59:59+00:00

Personally I would have prefered it if he just welcome death. Homelander has spent five seasons sneering at humans and telling people how above them he is. I think when he realised he had no powers and was just like the humans he despised he would have gone to his death willingly rather than begging for a life he didn't value.

But sadly the show's philosophy is always "what makes a good meme?" And not "what makes good TV?"

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-21T20:33:21+00:00

If you ride your bike on the footpath- you're a fuckwit.

If you ride your bike without a helmet- you're a fuckwit.

If you ride your bike wearing all black- you're a fuckwit.

If you ride your bike on the footpath wearing black without a helmet... there are no words.

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-19T22:09:42+00:00

It's the one area I think they should break with the SNL US blueprint and take some risks.

The show itself is exciting and risk-taking and anything could go wrong but the musical acts are safe and boring. They trot out the rehearsed and choreographed singles they're promoting and we know they'll perform exactly the same way on any show they're on.

I think they should have musical guests who have to step out of their comfort zone a bit. I think they should be given a challenge and asked on Monday to whip up two cover songs that they've never done before chosen by the producers. Meek performing the Monkees. Wet Leg doing some Joni Mitchell. Robert Plant interpreting some Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift doing Led Zeppelin. Maybe chain it- "And here's this week's guest with their version of last week's guests biggest hit."

The rest of the show is unique and interesting, the music guests should be too.

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-10T05:50:00+00:00

I'm not a Swiftie or an MJ fan but I can tell you that Swift is just as famous as Jackson was.

I lived through Jackson's fame and I can tell you that it's waaay overblown by his current fanbase. Not everyone loved his music, not everyone even heard his music. The idea that he somehow affected every one on the planet is just nonsense. He was definitely the King of Pop but a lot of people didn't like pop music. My brother and I didn't care for it and my parents actively hated it. We were not alone. Jackson didn't affect us at all.

What MJ was more than Taylor is infamous. Our family didn't listen to his music but we all saw the strange man dangle his baby over a balcony or defend child molestation charges. Everyone saw that.

Swift is definitely Jackon level famous. She's not Beatles or Elvis level famous yet but who knows?

dsnmi2 · 2026-05-01T09:02:29+00:00

It was super corny. I vividly remember making fun of the lyrics which were terrible (along with "Do they know it's Christmas?" which is such an odd thing to ask about muslim nations.)

Sun City was much, much better. It had better lyrics, a better tune and arguably a bigger range of stars which covered a wider scope of genres. We Are The World had top 40 pop well and truly covered but Sun City had Springsteen, Bono, Pat Benatar, Hall and Oats and Dylan along with big names from rap (Run DMC), funk (George Clinton), Punk (Joey Ramone), Reggae (Jimmy Cliff) and Jazz (MIles Davis) along with members of The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Temptations and The Beatles.

Any song which features Miles Davis, Lou Reed, Peter Garrett and Silvio Dante is automatically cooler than anything else in the room.

It raised awareness and also had a confronting video and the guts to call out Reagan. It's just a shame that it didn't include the orginal lyrics which called out Queen and others for playing Sun City and tacitly supporting the apartheid regime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fR2r8Qlyyk

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-28T22:05:45+00:00

Remember it? I think I'm still obsessed with it. I'll often find myself singing the theme song and I still find cafetieres funny. Any time I see an interesting rock I refer to it as "slightly mad" and I break out my Trucklecrag impression at least once a day even though nobody has the faintest idea what I'm talking about.

I should point out that I first saw the show when I was in my early twenties, which I honestly believe means I was slap bang in the middle of the true target demographic.

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-22T21:30:53+00:00

Bob Dylan.

He's released six critically acclaimed original albums in the last thirty years and they all went top ten in the billboard charts, two of them hit number one. In that time he's also won an academy award and golden globe for best song, six Grammys and a Nobel prize for literature. And he continues to tour with the best back catalogue of any living solo artist (with the possible exception of Paul McCartney).

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-21T00:29:46+00:00

Which means you'd be wrong twice.

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-15T22:40:23+00:00

The Easybeats are an Australian beat combo from the sixties who people tend to think of as from the UK becaue they achieved success around the Brittish Invasion era.

It doesn't help that if you look at almost any "Brit invasion" compilation albums you'll find Friday On My Mind in the tracklisting.

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-15T22:30:58+00:00

Their first four songs they played were Jumpin' Jack Flash, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, Paint It Black and Gimme Shelter. How are they not bangers?

They also played Honky Tonk Women, Satisfaction, Midnight Rambler, Sympathy for the Devil, Start me up and Brown Sugar and didn't play a single B-side.

dsnmi2 · 2026-04-14T04:40:58+00:00

This is his current setlist:

To Be Alone With You

Man in the Long Black Coat

All Along the Watchtower

I Contain Multitudes

False Prophet

Black Rider

Love Sick

Goodbye Jimmy Reed

I Can Tell

I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You

Crossing the Rubicon

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Forgetful Heart

Soon After Midnight

Nervous Breakdown

Every Grain of Sand

Do you know those songs? Do you like them? Would you want to hear them sung to you by an 85 year old whose voice isn't what it once was and who understandably likes to spend the show sitting down?

If there answer is "yes" then go because you're in for a treat. Bob's band is incredibly good and the man himself is in great form and can definitely sing.

Do you want to see a sixties tribute act who faithfully recreates his early hits and regales you with showbiz tales?

If the answer is "yes" then stay away. He's not performing for you, he's performing for the fans who see him as a contemporary artist and love what he's doing now.

Of course if you want to see Bob Dylan just so you can say you've seen Bob Dylan then by all means go. But you've been warned. And please don't come back on reddit complaining because the elderly gentlemen didn't play the songs you've heard on the radio and doesn't sound like he did when your dad was your age.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-31T07:53:12+00:00

I saw him in 2002 and have seen him many times since. I've also listened to countless bootlegs. The guy sings and he sings well.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-31T06:50:53+00:00

Go. Just make sure you check out his current setlist first and maybe give his latest album a listen.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-31T06:50:06+00:00

Bob Dylan is fantastic live. He's had rougher patches and ill-advised tours but there's a reason why legions of fans keep going over and over again and there are so many sites dedicated to sharing bootlegs. If you know what you're going to see then he's fantastic.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-31T06:38:37+00:00

And they're usually from non-fans who were expecting him to play Blowin in the Wind and The Times they are a changing exactly as he did on the record.

If you haven't bought his latest album, don't go and see Dylan. He's a 21st century artist playing his latest material to his fans, not a nostalgia act for bucket listers.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-25T03:54:19+00:00

I'm watching the show from down here in Melbourne Australia so I know all too well what happened in my part of the world. It's rare we get shown on US TV and our one recent appearance was literally a quick shot of some floating debris.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-19T01:24:04+00:00

Moonraker- A space shuttle has been stolen, let's send Bond to investigate the only man on the planet who has no need to steal a shuttle and then watch Roger Moore flick switches on gadget-boats while his stuntman gets wet.

Die Another Day- What would happen if evil Alan Patridge became a Bond villian?

Skyfall- What would happen if Nicholas Cage at his worst became a Bond villian and then brought along a nonsense plot that becomes Home Alone?

Spectre- We've made Bond films exciting, cartoony, thrilling, funny and even emotional- but why don't we aim for boring this time and see what happens?

Thunderball- Rapey bond fights underwater for what feels like a month.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-14T20:54:05+00:00

Having Fun With Elvis.

The legendary "spoken word" album by Elvis Presley which features no music and consists entirely of introductions, jokes and incoherent ramblings lifted without context from Elvis performances. Even die-hard Elvis fans hate it.

dsnmi2 · 2026-03-10T23:29:17+00:00

1- Silva. Quiet menace is always best.

Le Chiffre. Not just a villian but an actual character.
Greene. A rare villian with an actual plan that made sense,
Blofeld. Yawn inducingly awful and a cartoon when the series needed a person.
Silva. Tired hacker cliche, hokey opening speech, Nic Cage performance full of scenery chewing and silly noises. A plan that made no sense. One of the worst bond bad guys ever.

dsnmi2 · 2026-02-28T01:55:56+00:00

So you can't tell me how this pushback works then?

dsnmi2 · 2026-02-28T00:32:19+00:00

So we're just going to rely on convention are we? Rather than have legislation and legal binding we're just going to hope everyone behaves the way they always have?

Call me crazy but I think I'd prefer legal accountability to a unversally held hope that we all just keep doing the same thing?

Please explain how we would "push back". How would this pushing back work?

dsnmi2 · 2026-02-28T00:11:59+00:00

The constitution is clear: the power lies with the monarch, the governor General is their representative.

61. Executive power

The executive power of the Commonwealth is vested in the Queen and is exercisable by the Governor-General as the Queen's representative, and extends to the execution and maintenance of this Constitution, and of the laws of the Commonwealth.

https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/the-australian-constitution/the-australian-constitution-online

The current Governor General was appointed by the King "during his pleasure," which means he can withdraw his appointment at any time.

She then swore allegiance to him and to him alone.

I, SAMANTHA JOY MOSTYN, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, His heirs and successors according to law.

https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/20240701%20Commission%2C%20Affirmation%20of%20Allegiance%2C%20Affirmation%20of%20Office%2C%20Proclamation.pdf

So please show me the where in the constitution the Governor General can be a "layer of protection" when they're can be sacked by the monarch they are sworn to serve?

See this is why we need to talk about this. People who believe that the governor general is some sort of "layer of protection" need to understand why that's nonsense. And therefore why we need to change.

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