Talk:Electric Dylan controversy

message: The article in question (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6085476/dylan_goes_electric_in_1965), with which many of the facts this article is based on, isn't entirely factual. The article claims Dylan's performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival prior to going "electric" consisted of "All I Really Wanna Do" and "Mr. Tambourine Man". Dylan played "All I Really Wanna Do", "If You Gotta Go, Go Now", and "Love Minus Zero/No Limits" acoustically, and not Mr Tambourine Man until after going electric. If you want proof, look up the tracklist of the documentaries on the festival: "The Other Side of the Mirror", or "Festival", both of which document his performances in their entirety.
(Here's a link if you need one: http://www.wcny.org/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.garden_flypage/product_id,300/category_id,3/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,155/vmcchk,1/)
If you need more proof that this article is wonky, they make the statement that Like a Rolling Stone was cut on June 16th, though they do not mention that the song was released on July 20th (five days before the concert), which downplays the single's importance in the matter since practically no one had heard it and it had yet to be a top 10 hit.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.72.36 (talk) 00:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The previous poster is correct: the set list for the July 24 show as it was stated was not correct.  I have adjusted it to reflect the selction of songs and order in which they were actually played that day (verified by watching a recording of the concert on the DVD "The Other Side Of The Mirror.")
Cal (talk) 00:20, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faulty Reference/Rolling Stone Article 

message: Apparently, the identity of the person who shouted "Judas!" is disputed, and seems to be likely as not someone called Keith Butler.  So I'm adding this.  --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 13:17, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: John Cordwell?

message: It was actually at Royal Albert Hall that someone called Dylan "Judas"; anyone who owns Live Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (a remastered recording of this concert) could confirm this, which I am doing here and now as I own the record and can say for a fact that this did not take place at Manchester Free. 62 Misfit (talk) 05:17, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Royal Albert Hall

message: I've added a fair bit of detail to this section. It seems out of place at the moment as the remainder of the article is less detailed. This page covers a fascinating bit of history, hopefully it'll get fleshed out more and more. AndoDoug (talk) 08:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Newport 1965 set' section addition 

message: I think that Bob Dylan is one of the genius of the music, without him, a part of the real music woulndn't exist.
he is the example, i said  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.77.111.86 (talk) 19:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  anomimous 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support move: much clearer title proposed, the "controversy" over Dylan going electric was not restricted to just one show.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:50, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Has this ever actually been referred to as the "Electric Dylan Controversy"? If not, I don't think we should imply that thats what it was known as. --Feeling free (talk) 15:52, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Line 

message: This article states that when the crowd threw up a handful of E harmonicas, Dylan grabbed an F that was thrown amongst them, and, that in order to play the two songs he planned to, he needed to put on a capo. This makes no sense, as both "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" are in the key of E, and Dylan plays them in that key. And besides, you would have to capo a guitar on the fourth fret to play a D-shaped chord as an F-chord (for "Mr. Tambourine Man"), and you would have to place a capo on the fifth fret to play a C-shaped chord as an F-chord (for "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"). If you look at the footage, you can tell that Dylan is playing on the regular frets (3d and 4th). BootleggerWill (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  F-Harmonica  

message: *I've added a "tone" tag to this article: It seems to read like an essay most of the time, but it also sounds anecdotal when explaining itself. The facts are all there (and the article is surprisingly well cited compared to similar articles), but it needs to be rewritten so that it reads in a concise and relevant manner. bwmcmaste (talk) 23:12, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've started to re-write and re-work this article. There is solid info here, but, in places, it is diminished by speculative interpretations of events. Mick gold (talk) 10:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The tone of the article is improved and I have removed the tag. bwmcmaste (talk) 02:44, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone