Storytellers

One of the other things I watched over the weekend (aside from the NFL draft) was an episode of VH1's Storytellers, featuring The Dave Matthews Band. The concert took place in May, 2005, a week after their latest album, Stand Up, was released. I watched it on the Music High Definition channel, which is a pretty good place to check out musical performances, as they have alot of live performances and music videos.

DMB's set list for the performance was: Ants Marching, American Baby, Dreamgirl, Where Are You Going, Too Much, Louisana Bayou and Steady As We Go. As always the DMB never disappoint with their live performance.

I enjoy watching the 'Storyteller' or the 'MTV Unplugged' performances, because it offers the audience a behind the scenes look at what an artist was feeling, or thinking or what went into the process of developing a song that they had written. I'm fascinated with the creative process that is involved in coming up with a song, or a poem, or even a blog entry.

There's something to be said for those who can through either the written word or song poignantly and eloquently get their message across. It's a wonderful talent to have.

So, if you haven't guessed it by now the theme for today's YouTube Tuesday here on the Chicks Dig McLovin Blog is 'Storyteller' performances. Here are three great ones that I found.

First, Steady as We Go by the Dave Matthews Band. I wanted to post more performances from the aforementioned show, but this was the only one I could find. This is a wonderful, moving performance of this song. This is just a love song.




Second, a performance of Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen, with just Bruce alone at a piano. Anybody got a tissue back there.




Finally, Coldplay performing their first big US hit, Yellow. This is a great story on how this song got it's title.