Dust devils or dust whirlwinds are produced by the thermals that suck up soil and plant fragments and carry these materials for various distances across a landscape.
Or Bruce, circa "Devils & Dust".
The musk of enforced nobleness that permeated 2002's ponderous and vague "The Rising" is all over "Devils & Dust".
Watching him on TV, you see how Bruce Springsteen became "Bruuuuuuce!" Listening to "Devils & Dust," you can't imagine how it could have happened, or that it ever did.
And he modified the wild bluesy version of "Reason to Believe" that he sang on the "Devils & Dust" tour, giving the song a thrilling strut.
Bruce Springsteen is going on his first solo tour in almost a decade, to promote his new album "Devils & Dust," to be released by Columbia on April 26.
As a result, "Devils & Dust" is little more than a series of well-intentioned character sketches delivered in the semi-Okie accent Springsteen created for 1982's "Nebraska" (an infinitely better iteration of the short-story-as-song idea).
The evening includes some oldies; two tracks from his new album, "Devils & Dust" ("Got my finger on the trigger/But I don't know who to trust"); a discussion of his music; and a well-received impersonation of Smokey Robinson.
While the response to the song "Devils & Dust" has brought about the usual breathless praise about brilliant lyrics and a haunting melody -- read: dull but important -- HazyAgain was not the only fan left lukewarm by the track.
His "Devils & Dust" (Columbia), released last week, sold 222,000 copies in the week that ended Sunday, about 25,000 more than Ms. Carey's "Emancipation of Mimi" (Island), according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Bruce Springsteen Dream Baby Dream iTunes, 79p The Boss was in fine form on this haunting cover of the Suicide track, performed live on the 2005 Devils & Dust tour but only recently released.
