Expecting Rain

This, Contradiction Parker, is called Thread De-railing and is against forum rules.
http://www.expectingrain.com/discussion ... =6&t=68941

So then, since you've disbarred the greatest live show in the history of the universe, what we're really trying to decide is a consensus on Bob's second greatest show....

Oh man, that's a little more difficult. There's so many to choose from.

Last Waltz

Um, I dont want to state the bleeding obvious here, but:

IT'S BLEEDING OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WITH EARS THAT NO SHOW FROM 2000 ONWARDS CAN POSSIBLY BE CONSIDERED THE BEST PERFORMANCE BOB DYLAN HAS GIVEN.

if you can't wrap your head around that simple truth, well you should maybe book a long holiday to Common Sense Island sharpish. Dont bother sending a postcard - we'll be too busy discussing the really great music to miss you.

He's obviously pointing out that if it's such an obvious notion than the parameters given by the survey administrator are obviously excessive, unnecessary and only taint the validity of the research inquiry. This should be obvious to anyone with eyes and a heart bent towards the scientific method... obviously.

Well, after my last few posts were deleted (Hi Charles!), all I can say is:

If you nominate any post 2000 show, your words and views are null and void in any consensus.

Skipping half the NET is against the rules of nature and logic, as I have politely explained above. The original question was can we get a consensus, not which is the best show.

Playing by rules I fail to see the logic of, I would like to nominate the 1994 performance at Nara. I just listened back recently and it is stunning.

I think this thread demonstrates that consensus cannot be had regarding Dylan's "Greatest show". That being said, I was just looking at this thread again and noticed thank no one has linked to the Top 75 Concerts thread where ER compiled the Top 75 Concerts in Dylan's career up to 2007. The list is as follows:

The Final List: The Top 75 Dylan Concerts
November 4, 1961 – Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, NY
July 2, 1962 – Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec
October, 1962 – Gaslight Café, New York, NY
April 12, 1963 – Town Hall, New York, NY
October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
May 7, 1965 – Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
July 25, 1965 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
September 3, 1965 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
December 4, 1965 – Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA
April 12, 1966 – Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia
May 16, 1966 – Gaumont Theatre, Sheffield, England
May 17, 1966 – Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
January 20, 1968 – Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert, New York, NY
August 31, 1969 – Isle of Wight, England
February 14, 1974 (afternoon) – The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
October 31, 1975 – War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, MA
November 11, 1975 – Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
November 21, 1975 (evening) – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA
December 1, 1975 – Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
December 8, 1975 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
May 3,1976 - The Warehouse New Orleans, Louisiana
May 16, 1976 – Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, TX
May 23, 1976 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
July 6, 1978 – Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France
December 10, 1978 – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
November 16, 1979 – Fox Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA
April 20, 1980 – Massey Hall, Toronto, CA
November 15, 1980 – Fox Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA
June 29, 1981 – Earls Court, London, England
July 25, 1981 – Palace des Sports, Avignon, France
November 10, 1981 – Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
November 12, 1981 – The Summit, Houston, TX
June 28, 1984 – Minestadio, Barcelona, Spain
February 24, 1986 – Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
September 12, 1987 – Autodroma, Modena, Italy
June 10, 1988 – The Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA
June 30, 1988 – Jones Beach Music Theater, Wantaugh, PA
October 19, 1988 – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
February 8, 1990 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, England
May 9, 1992 – State University, San Jose, CA
September 12, 1993 – Greet Woods Performing Arts Center, Mansfield, MA
November 16, 1993 (both) – The Supper Club, New York, NY
November 17, 1993 (both) – The Supper Club, New York, NY
August 14, 1994 – Woodstock ’94, West Saugerties, NY
October 8, 1994 – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
March 11, 1995 – Congress Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
March 30, 1995 – Brixton Academy, London, England
March 31, 1995 – Brixton Academy, London, England
June 17, 1996 – Tempodrome, Berlin, Germany
December 8, 1997 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY
December 19, 1997 – El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA
May 19, 1998 – San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA
June 9, 1998 – Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
April 28, 1999 – Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 14, 1999 – University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
November 14, 1999 – Centrum Arena, Worcester, MA
March 10, 2000 (late) – Sun Theatre, Anaheim, CA
March 15, 2000 – Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
March 16, 2000 – Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA
September 24, 2000 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, England
September 25, 2000 – Guildhall, Portsmouth, England
October 1, 2000 – Halle Muensterland, Muenster, Germany
October 6, 2000 – Wembley Arena, London, England
October 5, 2001 – Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
February 9, 2002 – Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA
October 7, 2002 – Tehama County Fairgrounds, Red Bluff, CA
November 13, 2002 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
November 23, 2003 – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
November 24, 2003 – Hammersmith Apollo, London, England
November 25, 2003 – Brixton Academy, London, England
July 10, 2004 – Estadia Municipal Escribano Castilla, Motril, Spain
November 13, 2004 – Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
November 27, 2005 – The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
November 12, 2006 – Agganis Arena, Boston, MA
November 20, 2006 – New York City Center, New York, NY

that's so cool that the ranking quality ended up the same as the chronological order !

That's probably not sorted by votes.

Predictable that the three successive 2003 London shows get in there. I was at Hammersmith and Brixton. They were good, but non-objective allowances have been made for him these past 25 years, because he's generally been as sonorous as a wheezing giraffe. Any straw is grabbed at. So, as much as I enjoyed those two shows, I know they were only about fit enough to hold the doors open for almost any other '66 show, that should have been ushered in and given a motorcycle escort directly to the top table.

Why?

Perhaps significant, for some reasons that you could make up, but fairly desultory, sloppy and short for a concert.

No love for Nara?

I'm childlike in nature: I believe that $20 in singles is more money than a $20 bill.

With this in mind, Toad's Place from 1990 is Bob Dylan's greatest show.

Picking just one is insane, but...ok. Tokyo, 10th February 1997

What a joke that Top 75 concerts list is! You might as well have called it "List of soundboard recordings and Crystal Cats"

Atlanta February 2002? You're havin' a laugh.

Red Bluff 2002? Probably one of the worst shows from the fall 2002 tour.

Just because it's available in great quality, doesn't make it one of Dylan's greatest gigs.

In one deliberately and explicitly designed to exclude such views from consideration in the first place, certainly, yes.

No - its called a thread and the OP has stated the rules. What kind of monkey are you - you been smoking too many of those funny fags in the lab?

Like Finjan Club. For such an early show, it was captured in excellent sound. But the performance isn't that remarkable.

The next performance consensus thread will ask users to name the worst performing year of Dylan's career, and be limited to 1988-2012. Get your thinking caps on, kiddies.

Sorry UP. No exceptions - Rule 2 applies across the thread. Perhaps you can take up the challenge of a thread on the greatest NET show. Bit pointless as we know it's the last night at Hammersmith 1990. Go with the 2nd greatest NET show eh?[/quote]So then, since you've disbarred the greatest live show in the history of the universe, what we're really trying to decide is a consensus on Bob's second greatest show....

No - don't you understand UP? You seem to be a clever guy. Rule two is simple. No post 2000 shows allowed. I haven't had to say anything but some other posters have. Post 2000 shows are simply NOT worthy. As I said, if you want to start a post 2000 thread go right ahead.

Oh man, that's a little more difficult. There's so many to choose from. [/quote]

I was at MSG 11/13/2002. GREAT setlist! Great show - no effing way!

Have absolutely no evidence which would refute this so OKAY.

Manchester 66 may be the greatest show if votes are cast based on >SHOCK & AWE<

which for me are essential criteria

The most shock and awe comes from the Hawks, they were great. Dylan, at times (unfortunately) sounds like a little kid who just made a pee-pee in his pants.