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New Sat 15 Feb 25 17:16 
 Oscars - CGNorwich
Not a particuarly inspiring set of nominations for the Oscars this year but went to see "A Complete Unknown", the story of Boby Dylan yesterday.

Covers the period from from his arrival in New York to the infamous Perfomance at the Newport Folk Festival at which he played an electric guitar to the dismay of the traditionalists.

Absolutely great perfomance from Timothee Chalomet. Well worth the admission price. Recommended.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 17:37 
 Oscars - Zero
There are two artists that leave me completely cold and devoid of any interest.

Elvis Pressley is one, so I avoided that film,

Dylan will make it a brace
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 17:47 
 Oscars - CGNorwich
I think you would enjoy the film even if you don't like Dylan. Well told, brilliant acting and great locations.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 19:16 
 Oscars - Manatee
>> I think you would enjoy the film even if you don't like Dylan. Well told,
>> brilliant acting and great locations.

I thought that about 'Elvis'. Never been a fan. Although Burning Love with the Royal Philharmonic behind it, played through something with a bit of oomph, gets my toes tappin'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSik4UQz668

Actually I don't mind Dylan, I have quite a few albums. I shall watch the film.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 17:48 
 Oscars - smokie
Bob Dylan was the first concert at Desert Trip (week 2) at Coachella a few years back, which I was lucky enough to attend. It was in the same week he'd been awarded his Nobel prize.

It was the worst concert out of the 6 we saw that weekend (Stones, Neil Young, McCartney, The Who & Roger Waters). All were 2+ hours over three days. Wonderful weekend camping with old school mates... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Trip

I also don't like Elvis much as a bloke, some of his music was OK to good though. I remember driving up to the entrance of Graceland with the same buddies and turning around when we realised none of us were that interested!
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 18:28 
 Oscars - tyrednemotional
>>
>> I also don't like Elvis much as a bloke, some of his music was OK
>> to good though. I remember driving up to the entrance of Graceland with the same
>> buddies and turning around when we realised none of us were that interested!
>>

It's odd that; he often used to sing about enjoying your company......

tinyurl.com/Elvisserenade
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 18:43 
 Oscars - tyrednemotional
The problem with Dylan is that, with his voice gone, great though his sets are they just aren't how you remember him as you grew up listening.

I saw him some years ago touring with Mark Knopfler, and enjoyed the "experience" (Knopfler was excellent, and Dylan's backing band didn't put a foot wrong) but a short time before that I saw Neil Young (who was old then and is ancient now) with his classic fellow accompanists (most of whom have shuffled off this mortal since). He was an absolute tour de force, and I gather he went down well at Glasto immediately afterwards. He certainly eclipsed Dylan for me.

Given the correct setting and context, however, I can still take Dylan. I enjoyed this recent offering, as much for the setting/video as for the music.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001t5bk/bob-dylan-shadow-kingdom
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 19:13 
 Oscars - Kevin
>The problem with Dylan is that, with his voice gone, great though his sets are they
>just aren't how you remember him as you grew up listening.

My feelings too.

I prefer the earlier Dylan stuff. In my early teens I had a girlfriend whose father was a big fan and had some Dylan albums. He was also a dope-smoking alcoholic and we'd play the albums when he was sleeping off his afternoon tea. I never realised that you could buy gallon bottles of Vodka until I saw one in their kitchen.

Dylan was a good fit with the wilburys.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 19:26 
 Oscars - Zero

>> we'd play the albums when he was sleeping off his afternoon tea.

Errr? I think BBD would have spent that time to better use.........
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 20:48 
 Oscars - Kevin
>Errr? I think BBD would have spent that time to better use.........

Dylan covered up the sound of our Scrabble tiles clicking.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 20:55 
 Oscars - Zero

>> Dylan covered up the sound of our Scrabble tiles clicking.

Triple word score?
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 20:59 
 Oscars - Kevin
>Triple word score?

I promised not to tell.
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New Sun 16 Feb 25 07:41 
 Oscars - tyrednemotional
Daddy's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine,
I'm in the front room, triple-word with "Xyclorcin"......
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 18:58 
 Oscars - smokie
Hahaha...@T&E
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 19:30 
 Oscars - Robin O'Reliant
Dylan's songs are great,

But only when they're performed by other artists.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 19:36 
 Oscars - Manatee
>> Dylan's songs are great,
>>
>> But only when they're performed by other artists.

e.g.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYNWh3mm_Ro

One More Cup of Coffee - Bic Runga.
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New Sat 15 Feb 25 20:22 
 Oscars - CGNorwich
Anyone seen the Brutalist? Contemplating seeing it
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New Tue 25 Feb 25 11:54 
 Oscars - CGNorwich
Still not managed to see The Brutalist, no longer showing locally, so might have to watch it on TV.

Saw Conclave yesterday at the Abbeygate, a very nice little independent cinema in Bury St Edmunds Thoroughly enjoyed the film. Very much much reflects the age in which we live. Full of twists and turns and an unexpected twist at the end. Ralph Fiennes excellent. Could be the real thing of course very soon.
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New Tue 25 Feb 25 11:57 
 Oscars - Zero
Enjoyed Conclave, an absorbing watch.

Brutalist, found a source to download it, it will be my weekend watch.
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New Sun 16 Feb 25 09:46 
 Oscars - Bromptonaut
>> Dylan's songs are great,
>>
>> But only when they're performed by other artists.

That.

Exactly.

The Byrds did his stuff so much better.
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New Sun 16 Feb 25 11:41 
 Oscars - John Boy
I'm afraid I don't agree with either of those statements, but I think the opposite can be true. For example, when I first heard Dylan’s version of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Early Morning Rain” I thought it was a really amazing song. Long afterwards, I discovered that I already had Judy Collins’ version in my collection, yet I’d not even noticed it. I think it’s because Dylan gives the song a feeling of emptiness and yearning, which is lacking even in Lightfoot’s version.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXgy8Oai84
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New Wed 12 Mar 25 20:48 
 Oscars - sooty123
Managed to see the conclave last week. RF was really good, ending was fairly obvious from about halfway through, other than that not a bad film.
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