The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965
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Features
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• Dubbed
• DVD-Video
• Live
• NTSC
In Theaters : 30 October, 2007
DVD Release : 30 October, 2007 |
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The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 Customer Reviews
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An INCREDIBLE DVD, a MUST for any Dylan fan!
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Okay, first off, this is way better than "Festival", which is surely terrific itself (particuarly Son House and Buffy Sainte-Marie). But this, a collection from all the Newport Folk Festival Dylan perfomances from his peak years, when he WAS the Greatest, is unbelievable.
Highlights are getting to actually SEE him doing Who Killed Davey Moore?; a thrilling Only A Pawn In Their Game (majestic phrasing); If You Gotta Go, Go Now, which besides being a great song, is one of those clips on here where you go: He's just a kid! A little Jewish boy, kinda small. HOW IN THE HELL DID HE WRITE THESE SONGS AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE?!!
You MUST ask yourself that. If you don't, you don't realize how unbelievable this guy was! His early material gives pause that maybe this is proof there is a God. And I'm an Athiest Jew!
Chimes of Freedom is chilling and heartwarming, man you gotta have this. The best version. One of his best songs.
And of course, the creme de la creme, Dylan's historic '65 performance.
Maggie's Farm, never one of my fave songs of his, is just incredible, with Mike Bloomfield playing the most insane guitar all over the place! It's hard to pick who he sounds like to me, I guess Mike Bloomfield! (reminds me of Link Wray at times??)
of course, the crowd reacts to this mind-blowingly FANTASTIC perfomance, as anyone naturally would: BOO! BOOOOOO!!!
and then Like A Rolling Stone; ah yes, what a perfect F--- You song, especially to play to the once-adoring masses. This version is of course unique amongst all live versions, for two reasons: 1st, the historic reason, they booed, unreal to us that they did, but most of them were in shock, they believed rock 'n' roll was the ultimate sell-out; they had lost THEIR Bobby. Who cares.
The performance is superb, venomous, with again what makes it unique: Bloomfield. I gotta something of him aside from what he did with Dylan.
(This version, played seemingly nonchantly after massive booing, is WAY more punk than anything the widdle sex pistols ever did!)
BUT, the masses get what they need, Dylan with an acoustic. Hooray, the cavalry came, the world is saved. So Dylan, with some notable tears, plays a version of Mr. Tambourine Man. They all cheer, HE's back. Then he follows up with a true goodbye, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Great version.
And there you have history right in front of you, to see and hear, really effin' cheap, and all the babies crying about "waah! this song was cut! my life is ruined!" -- IGNORE THEM!
This is a piece of genuine history that all Dylan fans should be damn grateful got released, and at this price, how can you complain?
I even enjoy some of the smaller moments, the intimacy of Joan and Bob together, so young, and she's so beautiful. Just a couple of kids.
With ONE having a muse that came from God-knows-where!
This is a must. Don't sit there wondering if it's worth buying, of COURSE it is! If you got the cash, buy it immediately! I'd gladly pay double what I paid! It's worth every penny.
Beautiful!
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