15. Before the Flood

And on we go.

I write something directly after the first listening of Before the Flood - as if I have been to a live concert by Dylan. Because this is a live CD.

I knew all the songs sung by Dylan. And many of the songs sung by The Band. It felt as if I was, indeed, witnessing a live concert on the basis of listening to his LPs for years; a concert with The Band, more than just a backing band but relatively unknown to me.

The recognition of his songs, of which some are played very differently live. The energy - maybe too much energy, sometimes. The consistency in all of it. Especially 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' was an experience - but all of it was great.

I guess I will do repeated listening, by which it becomes a CD rather than the once-in-a-lifetime experience of the live concert. But then again: each hearing of a CD is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, inni'?