The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (2007)

BOB DYLAN:The Other Side Of The Mirror-Live at Newport Folk Festival

This album is unequivically the BIGGEST RIPOFF of all time. I was so disappointed when I put on side one and heard nothing but dead silence. Under NO circumstances fall for this ruse. All you will get is a BLANK CD. Nothing, nix,nil,nada.. I can't believe Amazon would stoop to this depth for a few dollars. I suppose if you sell thousands of copies and only a hand ful of payiny customers complain for their money back, it pays big dividends for Amazon! I am truely disappointed. David J. McCormack, Alex., VA asin:the other side of the mirror June 29, 2008

Musical Metaphor for Society at the Time

Bob Dylan moving from acoustic to electric music reflected the switch the entire society was making from the agricultural and industrial ages to the electrical or computer age. It also bookmarked the start of the drug revolution, as people turned up the volume and distortion in answer to the mind-blowing stress of the Vietnam War. Bob Dylan's move led many others to electrical music, from folk, as well. Bob Dylan was the most influential artist of his age. May 5, 2008

a rare new piece of vintage Dylan

The producer of this film sought publication in some form for decades, and finally got it. This is a fascinating and completely straightforward portrayal without commentary or interpretation of Dylan's first three years performing at the Newport Folk Festival. The progression from uncertain newcomer to a bold, defiant leader of a new folk movement unfolds in the sequence of individual performances documented in this movie. April 7, 2008

"BOB DYLAN" Corpus Christi, Tx

Is all you have to say. Bob Dylan. He could have given us alot more if they only would have left him alone, to perform for us, anyway he wanted to. Whether acoustic or electric, makes no difference to me, he was and still is magnificent! No one likes to get booed. But he still came out with tears in his eyes (after being booed for going electric), and gave us a few more acoustic numbers, in the 1965 Newport Festival. This is a great dvd. Only one thing makes my stomach turn. The sound of Baez's voice. I don't know who's idea it was to pair them together but it was frightful. Thank God for the fast forward button. I have not seen better vintage Bob Dylan performances, than "The Other Side of the Mirror". A MUST HAVE for DYLAN fans! March 27, 2008

An INCREDIBLE DVD, a MUST for any Dylan fan!

Okay, first off, this is way better than "Festival", which is surely terrific itself (particuarly Son House and Buffy Sainte-Marie). But this, a collection from all the Newport Folk Festival Dylan perfomances from his peak years, when he WAS the Greatest, is unbelievable.

Highlights are getting to actually SEE him doing Who Killed Davey Moore?; a thrilling Only A Pawn In Their Game (majestic phrasing); If You Gotta Go, Go Now, which besides being a great song, is one of those clips on here where you go: He's just a kid! A little Jewish boy, kinda small. HOW IN THE HELL DID HE WRITE THESE SONGS AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE?!!
You MUST ask yourself that. If you don't, you don't realize how unbelievable this guy was! His early material gives pause that maybe this is proof there is a God. And I'm an Athiest Jew!

Chimes of Freedom is chilling and heartwarming, man you gotta have this. The best version. One of his best songs.

And of course, the creme de la creme, Dylan's historic '65 performance.
Maggie's Farm, never one of my fave songs of his, is just incredible, with Mike Bloomfield playing the most insane guitar all over the place! It's hard to pick who he sounds like to me, I guess Mike Bloomfield! (reminds me of Link Wray at times??)
of course, the crowd reacts to this mind-blowingly FANTASTIC perfomance, as anyone naturally would: BOO! BOOOOOO!!!

and then Like A Rolling Stone; ah yes, what a perfect F--- You song, especially to play to the once-adoring masses. This version is of course unique amongst all live versions, for two reasons: 1st, the historic reason, they booed, unreal to us that they did, but most of them were in shock, they believed rock 'n' roll was the ultimate sell-out; they had lost THEIR Bobby. Who cares.
The performance is superb, venomous, with again what makes it unique: Bloomfield. I gotta something of him aside from what he did with Dylan.
(This version, played seemingly nonchantly after massive booing, is WAY more punk than anything the widdle sex pistols ever did!)

BUT, the masses get what they need, Dylan with an acoustic. Hooray, the cavalry came, the world is saved. So Dylan, with some notable tears, plays a version of Mr. Tambourine Man. They all cheer, HE's back. Then he follows up with a true goodbye, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Great version.
And there you have history right in front of you, to see and hear, really effin' cheap, and all the babies crying about "waah! this song was cut! my life is ruined!" -- IGNORE THEM!
This is a piece of genuine history that all Dylan fans should be damn grateful got released, and at this price, how can you complain?

I even enjoy some of the smaller moments, the intimacy of Joan and Bob together, so young, and she's so beautiful. Just a couple of kids.
With ONE having a muse that came from God-knows-where!

This is a must. Don't sit there wondering if it's worth buying, of COURSE it is! If you got the cash, buy it immediately! I'd gladly pay double what I paid! It's worth every penny.

Beautiful!


February 9, 2008

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