Commentary Bobtalk
Bob Dylan's spoken words at concerts.
February 12,
1986
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Concert
1. Train Of Pain (Bob Dylan?)
6. That Lucky Old Sun (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith)
Thank you! Alright. Thank you! That was one of my most prophetic songs, there. I wrote all types of songs, sometimes, they're called prophetic songs. I'm going to get out of here right now, I'm going to give you, <inaudible> applause for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, one of the last great American rock bands.
8. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Thank you, all right. I have a very special friend here tonight, whose birthday is today. So if you all wanna help me out here, I want to sing Happy Birthday to my very special friend. Her name is Queen Esther. So, you know Happy Birthday. You know how it goes. It goes like this. (In the middle of the song) Let me hear you! (At the end) One more time! (At the end of the second go round) Louder!
10. Happy Birthday (Patty Hill, Mildred J. Hill)
Thanks for singing around with me. Anyway, I had to do that, because I forgot to get her a birthday present.
11. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Thank you. <inaudible> Tom and I are going to sing one of those old songs we'd sing when we were growing up. <Inaudible> We used to listen to this kind of stuff all the time on the radio. You can't hear this kind of music on the radio anymore, you know. So we're going to do this song by Cecil Null.
12. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Cecil A. Null)
14. I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow)
Alright, <inaudible> Here's a song I wrote a while back. About a guy considered one of America's greatest. You know, man, I don't know about here, but in the United States, they don't take good care of their idols. <inaudible> Saw a play downtown called "Sweet Bird of Youth" written by Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams was a guy who died in a hotel room. <inaudible> Weren't anybody even there. And you got people today, writing and saying things, and it's so bad it's pathetic. And they're making millions of dollars. <inaudible> ... a man who can't just get a break. And here's a song I wrote about one of those kind of guys.
15. Lenny Bruce
16. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky
17. Lonesome Town (Baker Knight)
That was called, "A Lay Lady Lay"… <inaudible> I believe you missed that. You missed it.
18. Seeing The Real You At Last
Thank you. Thank you. Lets have some light up here. A little bit more light. All right, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are gonna play a few more songs for you so give 'em a warm hand.
All right, we're gonna try something different here. Here's something I wrote a while back, it’s all about the space program. I suppose you heard about America's tragedy, right? And let me tell you it really was a tragedy. It was a tragedy , it really, though. Because, these people had no business going up there. Like, there's not enough problems on Earth to solve? So I wanna dedicate this song to all those poor people, who were fooled into going somewhere.
21. License To Kill
22. I And I
All right, thank you. Thank you very much. Another hand for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. On the keyboards, Benmont Tench. On the drums, Stan Lynch. You can do better than that. Playing the bass, Howie Epstein. You can clap louder than that. On the guitar, Mike Campbell. And on, the center, Tom Petty himself. You know my singing girls are over there. I know you know who they are. It’s now that time ... (loud calls from the audience) Shut up! Shut up! Anyway it's that time of the night when we must part company. Anyway I wanna sing you a song about my hero. Everybody's got a hero, right? You know back in the States Ronald Reagan is a big hero to a lot of people. Sylvester Stallone he's also a hero. Ever heard of him? Or over here maybe Mad Max is a hero? Yeah we got a lot of heroes over in the United States at the moment. Michael Jackson, he's one of the biggest. And my good friend Bruce Springsteen. He's turned into quite a hero these days. I'll tell you something. I don't care nothing about none of these people. I got a different hero. He might have lived a long time ago, but you know what was good yesterday is still good today. He's the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. I don't know if these current heroes are gonna be.
24. In The Garden
26. Rock 'Em Dead
<inaudible> and she is here right here... all the way from the shores of the USA!
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