These are songs of unremitting, terrifying world-weariness. Dylan's voice is different now, but to dislike it is to dislike the sound of age. In fact, his voice handles slow songs beautifully. And when I say that these two more recent songs were worth the price of admission alone, believe me, it means I've forgotten how expensive the tickets were. On Time out of Mind , Dylan seemed to have forgotten the 20th century.
People jump trains and ride around in buggies.
But this was a quality show, which was greatly enjoyed by the crowd. And I imagine that makes my complaints rather silly. We'll see him play a better show in a smaller venue sometime next year.