Devils & Dust roll call...

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:18 pm

Just picked up my copy! Anybody else picking up the new Springsteen disc today?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:23 pm

I'm going to get it. Placed an order yesterday for this, plus the new Go-Betweens and Eels discs.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:36 pm

did anybody watch him on Storytellers saturday night?

what a question. the rest of you have LIVES!! you have better things to do on a saturday night!

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:55 pm

I will be buying it sometime soon.

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:31 pm

I've been listening - when I can - to it since last Wednesday. Since I only have an unlabelled burn I'm a bit vague on details. Fave track at the moment is track six - Maria's Bed?- since it is such a 'homage' to early 70's Faces , right down to the Ronnie Lane high pitch voice. Otherwise I've liked some of the more acoustic tracks. However , I'm still more excited by the new Hal album - not a dud moment on it.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:34 pm

Just downloaded it from RealRhapsody today. I enjoyed the Storytellers, but I wish they would have given him the 90 minute or 2 hour treatment. The new Ben Folds is out today too and its terrific.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:24 am

Just brought it home.

Unwrapping now.

Post by **DrSpooky** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:25 am

And... how long does it take to unwrap it? What does it smell like?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:40 am

I might sniff the plastic for a while first, before I put it in.

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:52 am

pophead2k wrote:... I enjoyed the Storytellers, but I wish they would have given him the 90 minute or 2 hour treatment...

Apparently there's an 'extended' add free version being broadcast Tuesday.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:54 am

So, Boo, what does it smell like?

More importantly, how does it sound?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:47 am

It sounds amazing. I hope it's really surprising. Regret slightly having put in the earthy explanatory film before listening to the album properly-- have listened to it once-- but am glad we get it on a separate DVD instead of the DualDisc (and that it conveniently includes the album also, in 5:1 surround).

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:54 am

I'm really digging this one... much more than I had expected (I tend to prefer the Jersey Springsteen over the Oklahoma). Like John, I'm also liking "Maria's Bed" the most so far, though I actually hear Rod Stewart singing it ("Gasoline Alley" era)

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:10 am

His voice on All I'm thinking About sounds otherworldly on the DVD, like a soul singer.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:38 am

I'll be getting this very soon; everything I've heard off it has sounded like a gem.

There's a truly great 2-part interview with him that aired on NPR yesterday and this morning, you can listen to an extended version of it here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=4616189

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:21 am

Very nice interview. Click on the "More from Bruce Springsteen" link, which gives you the full half-hour interview. The "Listen Now" link just takes you to shorter, edited version.

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:32 pm

DrSpooky wrote:What does it smell like?

Does it have that 'new CD smell'?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:32 am

It's awesome.

Thoughts later.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:25 am

All The Way Home (0.18.)

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:57 pm

a springsteen album is always welcomed.....
best tracks on this new album are devils and dust, matamoros bank & long time comin´, always a favourite!
the take on all the way home is awful.....bruce killed the song...he was probably trying to do something different with the song.....yet he butchered it......listen to southside johnny´s version and you´ll see what i´m talking about.......(southside johnny & the asbury jukes/ better days)

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:35 pm

Despite having been a big fan at one time, I haven't been paying all that much attention to Springsteen this last decade or so (keep meaning to buy "The Rising", but never seems to happen!).

Nevertheless, thought you Bruce-iaks would find this column about one of the songs on the new ablum by one of my favorite pundits, David Corn, interesting....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/a ... ngste.html

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:20 pm

What about the song about the prostitute taking it up the arse? Alexis Petridis was most surprised by this.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:08 am

This has got to be the best Bruce album ever. It's so good that it makes comparisons absurd and any promise of analysis a bit pitiful. The boss has switched into some higher plane of consciousness that seems to go past critical analysis. The stories in D & D are stories within stories pointing to common truth. He employs points of view and languages for characters till they come into vivid detail.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun May 22, 2005 6:35 pm

Hyperbole?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon May 23, 2005 7:55 am

Hyperbole, parabolas, cumulous nimbus, lightning strikes... He plays all instruments in several of the songs -- some drums, bass, guitar, keys... and it sounds like there's a band there. The keys have an effect approximating Danny Federici. His harmonica playing, as outstanding as the songs. The songs and delivery, if not the harmonica, as good as Dylan (confused?). Then, there's the real band behind him... a mix of a few of the toppest notch players. They even approach Mellencampian type excitement at times, but are rooted deep in Springsteen's territory. It really is superb. In strange ways I can hear all my favourite Springsteen albums in this one.