Tangled Up in Blues - Dylan gets down and dirty with a big fan favorite in Kokura, Japan, Feb. 1994
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Bob Dylan has played "Tangled Up in Blue" 1,685 times in concert to date (as of May 18, 2024). I can't say for the rest of them, but of the 65 or so times I've seen him do it live in concert, this has to be one of if not the absolute downest and dirtiest, bluesiest version I've ever experienced.
This ain't the folk-rock sound of the original released rendition on 1974's "Blood on the Tracks." This one really puts the blues in it. You hear it especially in the guitar breaks between verses, which get noisier, with more distortion and growling power cords vying for attention each time they come again. There's also a nice, long, bluesy harmonica solo before the song comes chugging to an end.
One thing that stands out about Japanese audiences - at least if you're American - is how quiet they are. For much of the show when you see Dylan in Japan, you could hear a pin drop. More often than not, polite Japanese fans hold their appreciation until the end of each song.
But the intense energy of this performance clearly got to the audience this night, with not a few people hollering out their excitement during the instrumentals - both as some nasty guitar crests at the end of one break, and when Dylan gets to work with his harmonica.
Six months earlier, Dylan's fall 1993 shows featured a lot of long guitar jams with John Jackson. All that jamming easily stretched some versions of "Tangled" from that NET leg past 11 minutes.
My first impression watching and listening to this performance now was that it seemed a lot tighter than those, and therefore must be at least a bit shorter. But turns out it clocks in at the exact same 11 minutes 8 seconds as the marathon version Dylan and his band delivered in Saratoga, NY, that past September 4.
One difference in the impression may be due to a more disciplined, directed approach to those guitar instrumentals. Instead of that loose, jammy feeling, it sounds with each one that Dylan and Jackson know exactly where they're going with it.
Another reason for the shorter impression is probably the false ending in this version. At 9 minutes and 10 seconds in, it sounds like Dylan and the band are winding up their big finale. But no...just when you think it's over, the fake wind-up turns into a slowly screaming coda that prolongs the song for nearly another 2 minutes (or 1:43 to be exact).
The audience, it's clear, doesn't mind having been toyed with. When the song finally comes to its inevitable end, you can clearly hear that they are a very happy, satisfied bunch!
Dylan never stops rearranging his own songs. Even from night to night, but even more so in different periods of his life. It's like watching a painter paint the same painting, yet each one is totally different than the one that came before, let alone the original. Amazing.
Love how they gather around the drummer that night
Man, just found this from the forum. I've been searching so for mid 70s era bootlegs and I stumbled upon Expecting Rain, then this video/account. I'm in love lol
@@philipbroderick6682 I’m so happy to hear it! 😁
Really enjoy your opinions and commentary ❤
"Could hear a pin Drop"
You know the old saying about Dylan shows, can hear the hum of all the tape decks when quiet ✌
This proves it right...lol
Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks very much! I'm really glad to know. Sorry it took me so long to reply - I've been a little bit crazed as these times are strange!
@@ArturArtist strange days indeed🤯
Hunkered down in Amish Country PA, gonna hide out for foreseeable future.
Hope you have your living arrangement straightened out✌
@@ArturArtist I just revisited this and well it don't get any better!
Down and dirty for sure.
Video work is unmatched only by the audio🤯 my goodness thanks again for taping, preserving and sharing 🥰
Have immersed myself in music since election and gonna indulge in your channel today✌
Bob has given many great performances in Japan and this is one of them. 👍
Amazingggg Bob such a heartfelt lyrics singing it this indescribable but still TANGLED way With a dash of harrrrrppppp too
Thank youu Bob Dylan🌹🌺❣️Fantastic outerworldly it is❗️💥
Beautiful!!
Great to see this geting out! Thanks for sharing!!!
I was watching this concert live.
Nearly forgot DearWinston Watson with his hair doing it all too💥🌺
Always wait for his hair to pull out drumsticks and play! The great Winston,,,
and thank you again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great 😮❤❤❤
love the 94 tour, saw a few shows that year in New York, great upload, thanks!
You’re very welcome!
wunderbar !!
Wonderful work @arturartist
Thanks, buddy!
I agree totally 🌹
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Awful
Hello, can you share with us what specifically is awful about this performance? Or is the video itself you're disappointed with? Inquiring minds want to know!
@@ArturArtist No, this inquiring mind is not going to inquire what that dude is thinking
@@d1973ld 😄. There are Dylan performances even I wouldn’t argue over if someone called them awful. Like this one: ua-cam.com/video/R-Z_hjHd_04/v-deo.htmlsi=agvfwG3mE4F81DsX
When someone picks on one that most people consider at least good if not great, I like to try to make them do the work of justifying their opinion.
Alas, very few ever do, though. Which tells you what their opinion’s worth. 😉
@@ArturArtist Agreed, none of them are 'awful', never would call into question any of it, put down my guitar to reply anyways...not everything is going to be, well, perfect, you know?
@@ArturArtisti can- Dylan's guitar playing. It'a not just awful, it's worse. Parents beat their kids if they play like that