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" The lights didn&amp;#039;t come up after Bob Dylan finished singing his song on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater last night. Letterman didn&amp;#039;t have a quip. He commented on the drums, of course\u2014&amp;quot;All brushes!&amp;quot;\u2014but the two men simply shook hands and stood there in the dark. Dylan performed &amp;quot;The Night They Called It a Day,&amp;quot; one of the better cuts off his recent cover album Shadows in the Night. His voice was the best it&amp;#039;s sounded in years. By a longshot. Anyone who has seen Dylan live over the past decade and change is used to a long set of gargles and growls, new phrasings of old songs, and the man you paid to see standing off in the corner behind a keyboard, barely even making eye contact with the audience. Last night was different. Dylan gave Dave a nod of respect. Dave gave him one, too, recounting a life lesson he recently offered his son, Harry, on a long drive. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s really only two things you need to know,&amp;quot; Dave said. &amp;quot;Be nice to other people,&amp;quot; Harry replied, &amp;quot;And the greatest songwriter of modern times is Bob Dylan,&amp;quot; Dave added. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s all you need to know in life.&amp;quot; Oh, yeah, Bill Murray was there too. Not a bad night.      Read more: Revisiting David Letterman&amp;#039;s High Point: The Late Night 5th Anniversary SpecialLet&amp;#039;s Not Forget David Letterman&amp;#039;s Hilarious, Innovative Morning ShowConan O&amp;#039;Brien on What He Wants to See in David Letterman&amp;#039;s Final Episode "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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