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As I mentioned yesterday, the tour’s most surprising songs were not the originals Bob had never played before. They were not the covers he’d never played before. They were the songs where you see it on the setlist and go “Huh? What the heck is that?” Google can’t provide for us no easy answers.
There were four such songs this tour. Or, depending on how you count, maybe just three. Like I said, it’s confusing.
Every night, the show opened with one of two such songs. They’re typically labeled “Train of Pain” and “Justine,” based on the most prominent lyric. But when you listen to them both, they sound similar. Like, very similar. Like, almost-the-same-song similar. They’re jams where Bob plays a repetitive little riff on synthesizer—the only time he’s played it on stage. The same riff, the same music, both songs.
The first few shows, he doesn’t sing a word. Only the backing singers sing a bit near the end (mostly enthusiastic “whoa”s). Then about a week in, Bob begins singing the same half-written verse over and over again, mumbling some of it each time so I can never get the full thing. It’s something like:
Come on baby…it won’t take long
? pretty baby, you ain’t that strong
You’re riding on the train of pain
This seems to be technically an original song—I can’t find anything else with those lyrics—but I guess not one he ever finished writing. Other times he just seems to be joyously shouting nonsense lyrics. It’s lively and uptempo and fun as hell, even without being a proper song. Here’s a version:
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And then there’s the tour’s other opening number, “Justine.” It’s basically the same music as “Train of Pain,” but with Dylan singing something different over it. Mostly the word “Justine.”
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