Bobtalk

Bob Dylan's spoken words at concerts.

March 1, 1978
Tokyo, Japan
Nippon Budokan
Concert

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

Thank you!

3. Mr. Tambourine Man

4. I Threw It All Away

5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit

6. Shelter From The Storm

Thank you.

7. Girl From The North Country

8. Ballad Of A Thin Man

Okay!

9. Maggie's Farm

Thank you. That was called Maggie's Farm.

10. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

Thank you.

11. Like A Rolling Stone

Thank you.

12. I Shall Be Released

Thank you. Here's an unrecorded song. See if you can guess which one it is.

13. Is Your Love In Vain?

Thank you!

14. Going, Going, Gone

15. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

16. Blowin' In The Wind

17. Just Like A Woman

18. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy)

19. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

20. You're A Big Girl Now

Thank you. That was from Chicago. This is from the Mojave desert.

21. All Along The Watchtower

Hey!

22. I Want You

Thank you!

23. All I Really Want To Do

Alright, thank you.

24. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

25. The Man In Me

Alright! I wanna introduce this orchestra to you. Over here on tenor saxophone, flugelhorn, bamboo flute, is our good friend, a young gentleman from Los Angeles, Steve Douglas. Standing right next to him, on violin and on mandolin both, is... David Mansfield. On the rhythm guitar from Tallahassee, Florida, Steve Soles. Playing the keyboards tonight, Alan Pasqua. Bass guitar, Rob Stoner. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. Alright, see, he really does play. On the drums, Ian Wallace. On the conga drums. Bobbye Hall. And these three young beautiful ladies, I met in, ah, I first heard singing in a department store. On the right is Debbie Dye. On the left is Helena Springs. In the middle, Jo Ann Harris. Thank you very much. This is called It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.

26. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

Thank you. I wanna say hello to Don Camillo tonight, came all the way to see us from Madrid, Don stand up, take a bow! I guess he doesn’t want to. We'll leave you with this here song, this message. All right, there you are!

27. Forever Young

Thank you. Arigato.

28. The Times They Are A-Changin'


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