EVERYTHING’S STILL THE SAME - BOB DYLAN 2010

                           

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5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.8     Summary

5.8.1     Song statistics

5.8.2     Show Statistics - Summary

5.8.3     Album statistics

5.8.4     Alphabetical song list

5.8.5     Ten most played songs in 2010

5.8.6     Songs played only once in 2010

5.8.7     Live debuts of Dylan songs

5.8.8     Covers played in 2010

5.8.9     2010 vs 2009

6      NEW BOOKS 2010

7      REFERENCES & SOURCES

 

 

5                                THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.8                           Summary

5.8.1               Song statistics

Abbreviations:

es      early songs, 1961-1966                                     80     songs from the 80s

ap      songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972     90     songs from the 90s

70      songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978      00     songs from the new millennium

gp      songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982          co      covers

 

 

Tot #

 

 

 

 

# of songs from

 

 

 

 

songs

es

ap

70

gp

83-89

90s

00s

co

Tour of Japan

257

101

29

9

3

2

24

89

0

 

 

39%

11%

4%

1%

1%

9%

35%

0%

Europe Summer Tour

410

195

31

25

0

11

34

114

0

 

 

48%

8%

6%

0%

3%

8%

28%

0%

US Summer Tour

345

165

24

19

1

3

23

108

2

 

 

48%

7%

6%

0%

1%

7%

31%

1%

US Fall Tour

629

256

25

46

9

7

47

239

0

 

 

41%

4%

7%

1%

1%

7%

38%

0%

2010

1641

717

109

99

13

23

128

550

2

 

 

44%

7%

6%

1%

1%

8%

34%

1%

 

 

5.8.2               Show Statistics - Summary

1. Tour of Japan

 

2. Europe Summer Tour

 

3. US Summer Tour

 

3. US Fall Tour

 

 

1

2

3

4

S

Number of shows

15

25

23

39

102

Number of circulating shows

15

25

18

35

93

Number of circulating & complete shows

14

24

18

35

91

Number of unique shows

15

25

23

39

102

Number of different shows

15

25

23

39

102

Number of songs

66

65

58

62

78

Number of performed songs

257

410

345

629

1641

Mean number of performed songs

17

16

15

16

16

Variation

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.0

4.0

 


5.8.3               Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Freewheelin'

5

  6.8%

67

  4.1%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

2

  2.7%

18

  1.1%

Another Side

3

  4.1%

37

  2.3%

Bringing It All Back Home

3

  4.1%

23

  1.4%

Highway 61 Revisited

6

  8.1%

344

 21.2%

Blonde On Blonde

7

  9.5%

223

 13.7%

Basement Tapes

1

  1.4%

11

  0.7%

John Wesley Harding

2

  2.7%

67

  4.1%

Nashville Skyline

1

  1.4%

18

  1.1%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

1

  1.4%

6

  0.4%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

1

  1.4%

7

  0.4%

Pat Garrett

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Planet Waves

1

  1.4%

6

  0.4%

Blood On The Tracks

3

  4.1%

84

  5.2%

Desire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Street-Legal

1

  1.4%

9

  0.6%

Slow Train Coming

1

  1.4%

9

  0.6%

Saved

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Shot Of Love

1

  1.4%

4

  0.2%

Infidels

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Empire Burlesque

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Knocked-Out Loaded

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Oh Mercy

3

  4.1%

12

  0.7%

Under The Red Sky

2

  2.7%

8

  0.5%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 3

1

  1.4%

11

  0.7%

Biograph

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Good As I Been To You

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

World Gone Wrong

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

MTV Unplugged

1

  1.4%

3

  0.2%

Time Out Of Mind

7

  9.5%

120

  7.4%

Love And Theft

7

  9.5%

141

  8.7%

Modern Times

8

 10.8%

252

 15.5%

Together Through Life

6

  8.1%

143

  8.8%

 

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5.8.4               Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

1  Tour of Japan

ma

main set

2  Europe Summer Tour

en

encores

3  US Summer Tour

 

 

4  US Fall Tour

 

Song

op

ma

en

S

1

2

3

4

Absolutely Sweet Marie

1

1

 

2

 

1

 

1

Ain't Talkin'

 

9

 

9

 

2

1

6

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

41

41

13

11

10

7

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

101

 

101

14

25

23

39

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

 

7

 

7

1

3

3

 

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

 

23

 

23

2

6

3

12

Blind Willie McTell

 

11

 

11

1

5

2

3

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

13

13

4

9

 

 

Can't Wait

 

12

 

12

4

2

1

5

Cat's In The Well

3

 

 

3

2

 

 

1

Cold Irons Bound

 

48

 

48

6

14

11

17

Cry A While

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

Desolation Row

 

24

 

24

5

6

2

11

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

17

 

17

2

5

4

6

Every Grain Of Sand

 

4

 

4

2

 

1

1

Forever Young

 

1

5

6

1

4

 

1

Forgetful Heart

 

18

 

18

2

3

5

8

Girl From The North Country

 

8

 

8

3

2

1

2

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking

9

 

 

9

1

 

 

8

Happy Birthday

 

 

2

2

 

 

2

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

13

 

13

3

2

 

8

High Water (For Charley Patton)

 

45

 

45

5

12

8

20

Highway 61 Revisited

 

100

 

100

15

25

23

37

Honest With Me

 

41

 

41

6

16

7

12

I Don't Believe You

 

19

 

19

7

5

5

2

I Feel A Change Comin' On

 

6

1

7

2

3

1

1

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

26

 

26

5

12

4

5

If You Ever Go To Houston

 

5

 

5

1

1

 

3

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

14

 

14

1

7

 

6

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

15

 

15

3

3

3

6

John Brown

 

3

 

3

2

1

 

 

Jolene

 

1

84

85

15

15

16

39

Just Like A Woman

 

71

 

71

4

22

20

25

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

16

 

16

1

5

4

6

Lay Lady Lay

 

18

 

18

4

4

5

5

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

49

 

 

49

3

15

11

20

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

29

 

29

8

5

3

13

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

102

102

15

25

23

39

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

11

 

11

1

3

3

4

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

3

 

3

1

 

2

 

Love Sick

 

24

 

24

3

7

4

10

Make You Feel My Love

 

3

 

3

2

1

 

 

The Man In Me

 

6

 

6

2

1

 

3

Man In The Long Black Coat

 

6

 

6

1

2

1

2

Masters Of War

 

16

 

16

2

5

4

5

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

 

11

 

11

3

1

5

2

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

5

 

5

2

3

 

 

My Wife's Home Town

 

5

 

5

1

 

2

2

Nettie Moore

 

9

 

9

1

1

1

6

Not Dark Yet

 

13

 

13

2

4

1

6

Po' Boy

 

4

 

4

3

1

 

 

Positively 4th Street

 

2

 

2

 

 

1

1

Queen Jane Approximately

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

32

 

 

32

3

10

10

9

Rollin' And Tumblin'

 

40

 

40

2

5

16

17

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

9

 

9

1

2

2

4

Shelter From The Storm

 

18

 

18

6

7

2

3

Shooting Star

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

28

 

28

1

5

7

15

Spirit On The Water

 

23

 

23

4

4

5

10

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues

2

47

 

49

5

11

14

19

Sugar Baby

 

6

 

6

5

1

 

 

Summer Days

 

21

 

21

5

 

 

16

Tangled Up In Blue

 

38

 

38

 

7

8

23

Things Have Changed

 

14

 

14

3

2

2

7

This Wheel's On Fire

 

11

 

11

1

2

3

5

Thunder On The Mountain

 

102

 

102

15

25

23

39

'Til I Fell In Love With You

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

To Ramona

 

4

 

4

1

 

3

 

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

 

19

 

19

3

3

5

8

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

 

23

 

23

6

4

1

12

Under The Red Sky

 

5

 

5

2

2

1

 

Visions Of Johanna

 

9

 

9

 

1

1

7

Watching The River Flow

6

1

 

7

4

1

2

 

What Good Am I?

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

 

When The Deal Goes Down

 

7

 

7

2

1

2

2

Workingman’s Blues #2

 

33

 

33

1

7

11

14

 

 

5.8.5               Ten most played songs in 2010

1

Like A Rolling Stone

102

times

2

Thunder On The Mountain

102

 

3

Ballad Of A Thin Man

101

 

4

Highway 61 Revisited

100

 

5

Jolene

85

 

6

Just Like A Woman

71

 

7

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

49

 

 

Stuck Inside Of Mobile

49

 

9

Cold Irons Bound

48

 

10

High Water (For Charley Patton)

45

 

 

5.8.6               Songs played only once in 2010

Cry A While

Kansas City, Missouri, 7 August

Queen Jane Approximately

Indianapolis, Indiana, 31 October

'Til I Fell In Love With You

Sofia, Bulgaria, 3 June

 

 

5.8.7               Live debuts of Dylan songs

There were no live debuts in 2011.

5.8.8               Covers played in 2010

There were no covers played in 2010 except two Happy Birthday.

5.8.9               2010 vs 2009

30 songs in 2009 were not performed in 2010, whereas only 5 songs (Absolutely Sweet Marie, Positively 4th Street, Queen Jane Approximately, Shelter From The Storm, What Good Am I?) performed in 2010 were new compared to 2009.

 

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6                                NEW BOOKS 2010

Selections from the never-ever-ending flood of Dylan books:

 

Bob Dylan: The Brazil Series 
Prestel 2010. Hardback 192 pages. Exhibition catalogue.

Sid Griffin: Shelter From The Storm. Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Years

Jawbone 2010. Softback 254 pages.

Clinton Heylin: Still On The Road The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008
Constable 2010. Hardback 546 pages. This book charts Dylan's rise as a writer, where he gained his inspiration, the burst of energy which produced some of his most famous songs as well as the lesser known stories behind the more iconic verses.

Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: So Far Away From Home. Bob Dylan's 2009 Concerts.
Two Riders, 2010. Softback, 56 pages.

Greil Marcus: Bob Dylan Writings 1968-2010
Public Affairs 2010. Hardback 481 pages.

Jeff Perkins: Bob Dylan - Constant Sorrow 
Abstract Sounds Books 2010. Hardback 116 pages. Special edition 4 DVD & Book set

David Pichaske: Song of the Norh Country A Mid-West Framework to the Songs of Bob Dylan Continuum 2010. Hardback 360 pages. Focuses on the profound impact that Dylan’s Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics and prophetic character.

Traveling Wilburys: The Traveling Wilburys 
Genesis Publications 2010. Hardback 141 pages. A numbered limited edition of 3,000 copies presented in a cloth-bound slipcase and signed by Jeff Lynne. Litograph of  handwritten lyrics to Handle With Care by George Harrison. Unseen photograhs and more.

Colin Waters: Bob Dylan - Nothing But Mystery 
Argyll Publishing 2010. Paperback 128 pages.

Sean Wilentz: Bob Dylan in America 
Bodley Head 2010. Hardback 390 pages. A blend of biography, memoir and analysis.

 

7                                REFERENCES & SOURCES

[1]  Articles and columns in in Isis 2010.

[2]  Bill Pagel's excellent tour reports on his Bob Links page: www.boblinks.com/

[3]  Articles and columns in The Bridge 2010.

[4]  My CD-R collection.

[5]  Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: Movin’ Along. Bob Dylan's 2010 Concerts. Two Riders, 2011.

[6]  Rock Source Dylan Day by Day, www.rocksourcearchive.com/dylan  

[7]  dylanstubs.com, The Bob Dylan Ticket Stubs & Concert Poster Archive, http://dylanstubs.com/hello.htm

 

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