VH-1 Storytellers (contd.,) | DAVID BOWIE Manhattan Centre, NY 1999

David Bowie - VH-1 Storytellers, Manhattan Center, New York City, 8-23-1999

Paul says : "Here we are with the very last "VH-1 Storytellers" album I plan on posting.

My goal was to post only episodes that haven't been released as albums. I'm breaking that rule here because this one has been posted as an album (and as a DVD). But the reason I'm posting this is because the album had some problems which I believe I've fixed. 

The album only had eight songs, with banter between them, plus four bonus tracks at the end without banter. Also, one song that was played, "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell," wasn't included at all. So I'm including the missing song. I also made some changes to make the bonus tracks fit better into the full concert. I didn't have the extra banter that presumably went with them. But I moved one song ("Always Crashing in the Same Car") to a spot earlier in the concert where it fit well with some banter to precede it there. And I made a couple other minor adjustments to make things flow better in a way that made logical sense to me. In the end, this isn't drastically different or enlarged, but I think it's a better listen."

This album is an hour and eight minutes long. 

01 talk 
02 Life on Mars 
03 talk
04 Rebel Rebel
05 talk
06 Thursday's Child 
07 talk 
08 Can't Help Thinking about Me 
09 talk (David Bowie)
10 Always Crashing in the Same Car
11 talk 
12 China Girl 
13 talk
14 Seven 
15 talk 
16 Drive-In Saturday 
17 talk
18 Word on a Wing 
19 Survive 
20 I Can't Read
21 talk
22 If I'm Dreaming My Life 
23 The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

I think that is something like 90 VH-1 storytellers posted over at ATSE so go check them all out! 

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST : Natalie Merchant NY 1998

 

Natalie Merchant - VH-1 Storytellers, Manhattan Center, New York City, 9-14-1998

Paul says: "I just posted a couple of albums of the band 10,000 Maniacs. Natalie Merchant was that band's main singer and songwriter. She left for a solo career in 1993. I have plans to continue with more albums of Merchants doing cover songs in her solo career. But before I get to that, I figured I'd post an album of her original material. 

This is from her appearance on the TV show "VH-1 Storytellers." The main idea behind the show was for the musical act to tell stories behind the songs they played, and she did definitely that here. 

This is unreleased on audio, but I believe it has been released as a video.

I believe the last four tracks weren't actually included in the original TV show, but were included in the video later. There also was a second take of the song "These Are Days," but I didn't include it since it was virtually the same as the version here.

The timing of this concert is excellent if you're just a casual fan. She had two really popular albums in 1995 and 1998 ("Tigerlily" and "Ophelia" respectively), then her sales went way down. So this captured her at the peak of her popularity, and includes most of her best known solo songs, as well as a few from her 10,000 Maniacs era."

This album is 51 minutes long. 

01 These Are Days (Natalie Merchant)
02 talk (Natalie Merchant)
03 Carnival (Natalie Merchant)
04 talk (Natalie Merchant)
05 What's the Matter Here (Natalie Merchant)
06 talk (Natalie Merchant)
07 Kind and Generous (Natalie Merchant)
08 talk (Natalie Merchant)
09 Break Your Heart (Natalie Merchant)
10 talk (Natalie Merchant)
11 Wonder (Natalie Merchant)
12 talk (Natalie Merchant)
13 Verdi Cries (Natalie Merchant)
14 talk (Natalie Merchant) 

15 Life Is Sweet (Natalie Merchant) lie Merchant)