Good 84-concert.

Concert #21 of the 1984 Europe Tour.

Dylan performed “Lay, Lady, Lay” for the first time since Salt Lake City, Utah, May 25, 1976.

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Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?

#2 – Jokerman

Setlist

1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Jokerman
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. Just Like A Woman
5. Maggie’s Farm
6. I And I
7. License To Kill
   Greg Sutton: I’ve Got To Use My Imagination (Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg)
8. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
9. It Ain’t Me, Babe
10. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate
12. Masters Of War
13. Ballad Of A Thin Man
14. Enough Is Enough
15. Every Grain Of Sand
16. Lay Lady Lay
17. Like A Rolling Stone
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18. Mr. Tambourine Man
19. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
20. Girl From The North Country
21. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
22. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
23. The Times They Are A-Changin’
24. Tombstone Blues
25. Blowin’ In The Wind

Musicians:

• Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
• Mick Taylor (guitar)
• Ian McLagan (keyboards)
• Greg Sutton (bass)
• Colin Allen (drums).

8-10, 18-20 Bob Dylan solo (vocal & guitar).
4, 9, 18 Bob Dylan harmonica.
21-25 Carlos Santana (guitar)

Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed
Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams
In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully wed
To some righteous king who wrote psalms beside moonlit streams

#6 – I & I

 

Man thinks ’cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please
And if things don’t change soon, he will
Oh, man has invented his doom
First step was touching the moon

#7 – License To Kill

1984 European Tour (wikipedia)

Dylan played some of the biggest and best known European music venues including Ullevi Stadion in Gothenburg, Sweden, St. James Park in Newcastle, England, Wembley Stadium in London, England and Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland.

Dylan was joined by several major musicians on the tour including Carlos Santana (all concerts), Joan Baez (Hamburg and Munich), Hughes Aufray (Paris and Grenoble), Van Morrison (Paris, London and County Meath), Eric Clapton (London), Chrissie Hynde (London), Bono (County Meath), Leslie Dowdall (County Meath) and Steve Wickham (County Meath).

Real Live was released in the winter 1984 which documented Dylan’s 1984 summer, released by Columbia Records. Six songs from the album were recorded at Wembley Stadium on July 7, two songs were recorded at St. James Park on July 5 and another two were recorded at Slane Castle, Ireland on July 8.

They sat together in the park
As the evening sky got dark
She looked at him and she felt a spark tingle to his bones
’Twas then she felt alone and wished that she’d gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate

#11 – Simple Twist of Fate

In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair

#15 – Every Grain of Sand

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine

#16 – Lay Lady Lay

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don’t matter, anyhow
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don’t know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
Don’t think twice, it’s all right

#19 – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
The city fathers they’re trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere’s horse
But the town has no need to be nervous

#24 – Tombstone Blues (w/Carlos Santana)

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-Egil