#06:2012.10.12 Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena, Canada # SPOILER AHEAD #

[Pottel]

i read only one "negative" mk comment in the comments.
liked the review.

[dustyvalentino]

A review that some here will like but o read to the end ..

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/no-direction-home-for-bob-dylan-in-vancouver-1.994621

The reviewer raises some interesting questions, especially about the "right" of perfomrers to present what they want to present as opposed to what the audience expect to hear.

I found the readers' comments interesting, too, but most would go down less well in this forum, I would think.

In terms of song choices, I guess most Dylan fans would have been delighted if Dylan had played a bunch of new songs. So Mark didn't play any DS songs. Maybe not being limited by audience expectations is something that he has gained from touring with Bob.

Nice review. I think there are a lot of MKs peers who would love to be able to go out and play a hit free set. He has done very well IMO.

[shangri la 1]

WHAT IT IS - VANCOUVER 2012:-

 

[dmg]

Long interlude.  Mark not yet warmed up though!

[Love Expresso]

Yeah a little rugged and bumby. The band is good as always though. That's a quality, too. I like these high pitched notes in the interlude, seems like a new
approach to me. Would be nice to hear it in a properly played way! 

LE

[silentguy]

I liked that MK  did Miss You Blues at this show.

This was first of my 3 Northwest shows.

I think the best of the 3 too, but maybe just becoz it was my first of the tour
and the excitement was there.

[allen]

Anyone read this review before?  I was quite curious why there was no encore in this show until I read this:  http://www.straight.com/article-810426/vancouver/mark-knopfler-and-his-band-outshine-bob-dylan-rogers-arena-vancouver

[Love Expresso]

Not sure if some "clapping idiots" are responsible for mark skipping an enore. Maybe there was a curfew or something..

Also about Privateering comparing with "Gospel Plow" just as it was just the most natural thing seems a little bit adventurous to me. But a nice review over all. Nice to read from a show guest who seems to appreciate both artist the same.

LE

[stefankock]

The first 2 concerts from this tour were around 80 minutes, all concerts after that were between 70-75 minutes. The recording of this concert lasts 74m2s, which means the concert had the usual 'play time' and therefore there simply wasn't any time left for an encore. In regina (6/10) Mark ended the concert also with Marbletown.

Seems like wishfull thinking from that reviewer to me. (great review by the way)

@silentguy: You mentioned Miss You Blues being played during this concert. It's not on this recording though. Were you mistaken it with Seattle the day after where Miss You Blues was played indeed ?

[sweetsurrender]

Allen,

Tanks for the link to this great review. Thoroughly enjoyable to read.

[shangri la 1]

Anyone read this review before?  I was quite curious why there was no encore in this show until I read this:  http://www.straight.com/article-810426/vancouver/mark-knopfler-and-his-band-outshine-bob-dylan-rogers-arena-vancouver

Thanks Allen. Nice to have our man aknowledge in this way. 

[silentguy]

@silentguy: You mentioned Miss You Blues being played during this concert. It's not on this recording though. Were you mistaken it with Seattle the day after where Miss You Blues was played indeed ?

Yes I mixed up the Seattle and Vancouver shows.  Miss You Blues was played in Seattle.