VH1 Storytellers (Bruce Springsteen)

VH1 Storytellers
Directed by	Dave Diomedi
Produced by	Jon Landau Barbara Carr George Travis Bill Flanagan Lee Rolontz
Starring	Bruce Springsteen
Music by	Bruce Springsteen
Edited by	Thom Zimny
Distributed by	VH1
Release dates	September 6, 2005
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

VH1 Storytellers is a concert and discussion DVD by Bruce Springsteen, expanded from the airing of an episode of the VH1 television series VH1 Storytellers on April 23, 2005. Tied into promotion for his album Devils & Dust at the time, it was released in video form half a year later.

The filming for the program and video was done on April 4, 2005 at the newly opened Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. He played guitar and piano and sang as he dissected his songs for meaning, sometimes line by line, frequently confessing at the end that his analysis was cooked for the show and that his original writing had been more subconscious. Wife Patti Scialfa contributed the occasional helping vocal. A question and answer session with contest winning audience members also ensued.

Songs performed and discussed

1. "Devils & Dust"
2. "Blinded by the Light"
3. "Brilliant Disguise"
4. "Nebraska"
5. "Jesus Was an Only Son"
6. "Waitin' on a Sunny Day"
7. "The Rising"
8. "Thunder Road"

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[1]	10
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[2]	6
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart[3]	1
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart[4]	10
Danish Music DVDs Chart[5]	2
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[6]	2
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[7]	1
German Albums Chart[8]	43
Italian Music DVDs Chart[9]	1
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart[10]	7
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[11]	2
Spanish Music DVDs Chart[12]	1
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[13]	1
US Music Videos Chart[14]	2

References

1. "ARIA Top 40 DVD" (PDF). The ARIA Report (815): 22. October 10, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
2. "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 25.09.2005". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
3. "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
4. [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Bruce+Springsteen&titel=VH-1+Storytellers+[DVD]&cat=a "Bruce Springsteen – VH1 Storytellers [DVD]"]. Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
5. "Musik DVD Top-10". Hitlisten.nu (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
6. "DVD Music Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
7. "Suomen Virallinen Lista – Musiikki DVD:t 37/2005". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved March 16, 2013.
8. [http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Bruce+Springsteen&title=VH-1+Storytellers+[DVD]&country=de "Album – Bruce Springsteen, VH1 Storytellers [DVD]"]. Charts.de (in German). Media Control. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
9. "Archivio: DVD Musicali". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved March 16, 2013.
10. "Top 10 Music DVDs". RIANZ. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
11. "DVD Audio Uke 42, 2005". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Retrieved March 16, 2013.
12. "Top 20 DVD Musical" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control GfK International. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
13. "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved March 16, 2013. Search for Bruce Springsteen Storytellers and click Sök.
14. "Top Music Videos". Billboard. 117 (39): 85. September 24, 2005. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

External links

• VH1 Storytellers at the Internet Movie Database