At Budokan [Live In Japan, February, 1978]

Bob Dylan - At Budokan [Live In Japan, February, 1978]

At Budokan [Live In Japan, February, 1978]
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Artist: Bob Dylan
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
Published: 1978
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Mr. Tambourne Man
  2. Shelter From The Storm
  3. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  4. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  6. Maggie's Farm
  7. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
  8. Like A Rolling Stone
  9. I Shall Be Released
  10. Is Your Love In Vain
  11. Going, Going, Gone
Music CD 2
  1. Blowin' In The Wind
  2. Just Like A Woman
  3. Oh, Sister
  4. Simple Twist Of Fate
  5. All Along The Watchtower
  6. I Want You
  7. All I Really Want To Do
  8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  10. Forever Young
  11. The Times They Are A-Changin'

Music reviews of At Budokan [Live In Japan, February, 1978]

Music Review: Fans only
Rating: 4 Stars

Bob Dylan is famous -- or infamous, depending on whom you ask -- for constantly reinventing his songs in concert. Despite holding what is unquestionably the most important catalog of songs that any 20th century artist possesses, Dylan does not treat them with the reverence that many would expect. Instead, he deconstructs them nearly every single tour -- giving them radical new arrangements, changing the sacred lyrics -- and every show is truly different because he NEVER plays a song the same way twice. At Budokan documents Dylan's 1978 tour, prior to the release of Street Legal. It features what are probably the most radical re-arrangements of his entire career, although this album is almost never talked about (by Dylan fans or anyone else.) As soon as you realize that the song that starts off the album is Mr. Tambourine Man (with prominent flute!), it is clear that all pre-conceived expectations must go immediately by the wayside. Only a handful of these songs are relatively close to their original versions -- Like A Rolling Stone, Just Like A Woman. Some of these arrangements are very well-done, even revelatory, others are indifferently successful -- and some, to be quite honest, are train wrecks. Perversely, Dylan is in excellent voice here -- the best, indeed, on any of his live albums, save the recently-exhumed Live 1975, as he was still riding high with his '75-'78 vocal peak. It is a great treat to be able to hear him use his late 70's voice on some of his classics. The awards for best arrangements here must be handed to the aforementioned Mr. Tambourine Man, which features an outstanding vocal and some great guitar work (although that flute just needs to go); Love Minus Zero/No Limit, which features a beautiful arrangement and actually benefits from the flute (yes, it's on more than one song); and All Along The Watchtower, which chugs powerfully along, aided by a violin. Especially noteworthy are I Want You, which is positively revelatory in its new-made guise: the spare instrumental backing bypasses the catchy original melody but puts newfound emphasis on the lyrics and succeeds in transforming the song from a pop number into a beautiful, endearing love song; and It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleeding, which boasts a thunderous new arrangement that adds power to the song without burying the remarkable lyrics. Blowin' In The Wind, with its piano-led arrangement, is actually quite good; it recasts the song in a new, more contemporary note, but doesn't deny the power of the words. A solid version of the then-unreleased Is Your Love In Vain? is the soon-to-be-released Street Legal's lone representative, and it features Dylan's characteristically dry humor: "Here's an unrecorded song. See if you can guess which one it is", delivered with a knowing eye directed at his famous bootleggers. The album closes out with a beautiful rendition of Forever Young, perhaps the best version of the song I have ever heard, and a fine take on The Times They Are A-Changin'. That said, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, in its new reggae guise, is an unquestionable failure. And Maggie's Farm is almost unbelievably bad -- featuring, as it does, a bombastic new arrangement that completely destroys the message of the original. Similarly bad are Oh, Sister, which features a lethargic, one-chord arrangement that just plods along, and All I Really Want To Do, whose arrangement recalls a lullaby. Needless to say, this is an album that only hard-core Bob Dylan fans need bother with. It is quite interesting and features a very generous number of songs with new arrangements, some of them very good. If you are looking for his best live work, though, then you need to check out his two most recent live releases, Live 1975 and Live 1966.
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It was Dylan himself who said "the present now will later be past" and there's no better proof of it than this bizarre live collection of his old hits performed in big band versions where nothing seems to mean what it originally did. There's something going on here and even Dylan doesn't know what it is. Following the success of Cheap Trick and Neil Diamond--who both scored with Japanese live albums--Dylan took his Las Vegas revue with him and handed up "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Shelter from the Storm," and even "The Times They Are A-Changin'" without the vehemence that made them anthems for a past generation. Weird. --Rob O'Connor

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