#VH1 Storytellers

[greendayauthority]

VH1 Storytellers | MTV/VH1 Studios | Santa Monica, CA | 15 February 2005

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)

[cleoselene]

Y'ALL this made me have a minor music-gasm

[thebowerypresents]

Jason Isbell Thrills Beacon Theatre with New Music

Jason Isbell – Beacon Theatre – February 21, 2025

Americana singer-songwriter Jason Isbell weaves tales of place, particularly focused on the Southeastern United States. Born in Alabama, Isbell now makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, and his music has rightfully earned him multiple Grammys for its insightful narratives about the South and his journey into fatherhood. The politically outspoken artist has stood up for police reform, abortion rights, gun control, and LGBTQ+ and transgender rights. In 2021, he fulfilled his promise with Georgia Blue, a charity album featuring covers by Georgia artists following Joe Biden’s victory in the state in the 2020 United States presidential election. And with a new solo album, Foxes in the Snow, out soon, he performed at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, the first of two sold-out weekend dates.

Billed as An Evening with Jason Isbell, the former Drive-By Trucker approached the stark stage with just his acoustic guitar for “Bury Me,” the forthcoming record’s opening track. The Southern gent primarily played new material and songs from his previous album, 2023’s Weathervanes, for the top half of the show. The stripped-down set was reminiscent of an episode of VH1 Storytellers, as Isbell shared personal anecdotes behind the songwriting. “King of Oklahoma” was written while he was filming Killers of the Flower Moon, and “Middle of the Morning” was done during the pandemic when he recalled “not knowing where to put my shadow.�� 

Despite not being familiar with the soon-to-be-released material, Friday’s Beacon attendees were rapt hearing “Foxes in the Snow,” “Gravelweed,” “Eileen” and “Open and Close.” Delighting longtime fans, Isbell dipped into his 2010s catalog for “Alabama Pines,” off 2011’s Here We Rest, “Cover Me Up,” from 2013’s Southeastern, and “If We Were Vampires,” off 2017’s Nashville Sound. The briefest of exits called the singer back to encore with two new songs, “Ride to Robert’s” and “True Believer,” bookending a cover of Bon Iver’s “Beth/Rest.” Needless to say, the March album likely will be a resounding success, possibly leading to even more Grammys. —Sharlene Chiu | @Shar0ck

Photos courtesy of Toby Tenenbaum | @tobytenenbaum

[darkbluetennessee]

taylor saying she can't remember if she's ever played eyes open live before.......and i took that personally

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town 1958

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a song written and recorded by American singer Johnny Cash. It was released in December 1958 as the first single from his second studio album The Fabulous Johnny Cash. The single was his fifth release to reach #1 on the country chart, where it stayed for six weeks. The song was also a crossover hit peaking at #32 on the pop chart.

As was the case with many of his hits, Cash re-recorded the song on several occasions. In 1974, he recorded it in a more modern arrangement for the album The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me which also updated some of the lyrics. A more straight remake was recorded for the 1988 album Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series. He also recorded a live version with Willie Nelson for the 1998 release VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson.

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" received a total of 70,4% yes votes! Previous Johnny Cash polls: #81 "Hurt".

[finnickodaiir]

Eyes Open at VH1 Storytellers save me, Eyes Open at VH1 Storytellers save me

[goldduststevie]

-Stevie was never a big risk taker, she loves her comfort zone and she needs her band.-

i agree with you that's why i don't see her trying to do something more intimate or stripped down, honestly the only way i think it would work is doing it with lindsey like when they'd do landslide (wont happen for obvious reasons) but i don't think she'd feel confortable being so exposed by herself (or doing it with who? waddy? meh)

I was thinking that her VH1 Storytellers was probably the most intimate and sort of stripped back thing she's done, but that still featured her full band.

Maybe there will be a Landslide with Lindsey again, who knows, if it does it will be very special.

[moonseason92]

About You ought know

Alanis Morissette - Live VH1 Storytellers (1999)

[ziggy-stardust-is-in-love]

my head is a dangerous place right now

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Meat Loaf - Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back

[cleoselene]

OMG the Storytellers archive is even more impressive

GREEN DAY PERFORMING THE ENTIRETY OF AMERICAN IDIOT Y'ALL

[bruce-springsteen-live-studio]

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - The Song (From VH1 Storytellers)

[thebreakfastgenie]

I want to thank the camera operators on this VH1 Storytellers thing for cutting to Crystal Taleifero after a fan made fun of Billy Joel for having two first names because her "oooooooh" reaction is priceless. Also Crystal I would die for you.

[zeroaddzero]

Bruce Springsteen on parenthood, from VH1 Storytellers [X]

[retropopcult]

"Thirty-Three" is a song by American rock band Smashing Pumpkins. It was released as a single from their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995), in November 1996. The song peaked at #39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on January 24, 1997, becoming the band's fourth and final top-40 hit.

Lead singer Billy Corgan described it as "a simple song in a country tuning", and was the first song that he wrote after the Siamese Dream tour. The guitars in the song are tuned to EGBGBE half a step down, and the drum machine track is exactly the same track Corgan recorded when he laid down the demo version of the song, because he was unable to recreate it.

In a taping of VH1 Storytellers, Corgan joked that he planned on making "Thirty-Three", "Sixty-Six", and "Ninety-Nine", but only finished "Thirty-Three".