Devils & Dust de Bruce Springsteen
Álbum de Bruce Springsteen
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 25 de Abril de 2005
- Sello Discográfico: Columbia
- Compositores: Bruce Springsteen
- Productores: Brendan O'Brien, Bruce Springsteen
Devils & Dust es un álbum de Bruce Springsteen, publicado en 2005 por Columbia. El disco incluye 29 canciones, entre ellas «Devils & Dust», «All the Way Home», «Reno» y «Long Time Comin'».
Antecedentes: ecos de "Nebraska" en tiempos de guerra
Tras el sonido de banda completa de "The Rising", Bruce Springsteen volvió a girar hacia su faceta más íntima y acústica. "Devils & Dust", lanzado en 2005, es considerado el tercer capítulo de su trilogía de álbumes folk, junto con "Nebraska" y "The Ghost of Tom Joad". El álbum fue escrito y grabado durante la controvertida guerra de Irak, y muchas de sus canciones reflejan las complejidades morales y el coste humano del conflicto.
El disco es una colección de historias sobre personajes que luchan con su conciencia, su fe y su lugar en el mundo. Son canciones sobre soldados, inmigrantes, boxeadores y gente común enfrentada a decisiones difíciles. Es un álbum sombrío y reflexivo, pero también impregnado de una profunda empatía por sus personajes.
Proceso de grabación y formato dualdisc
"Devils & Dust" fue producido de nuevo por Brendan O'Brien. Aunque es principalmente un álbum acústico, la producción es más rica y variada que la de "Nebraska". Springsteen toca una variedad de instrumentos, incluyendo guitarras, teclados y armónica, y está respaldado sutilmente por otros músicos en varias pistas, incluyendo al batería de la E Street Band, Max Weinberg.
El álbum fue uno de los primeros lanzamientos importantes en formato DualDisc, un disco de doble cara con un CD de audio en un lado y un DVD en el otro. El lado del DVD incluía el álbum completo en sonido surround 5.1, junto con un cortometraje en el que Springsteen interpretaba versiones acústicas de cinco de las canciones y comentaba su significado. Esta presentación multimedia ofrecía una visión más profunda del proceso creativo del artista.
Análisis musical y temático
Musicalmente, "Devils & Dust" se basa en las tradiciones del folk y la música americana. Las canciones son en su mayoría de ritmo lento a medio, con arreglos minimalistas que ponen el foco en la voz y las letras de Springsteen. Hay una sensación de espacio y desolación en la producción que evoca los paisajes del oeste americano.
Líricamente, el álbum es una exploración de la dualidad de la naturaleza humana, la lucha entre el bien y el mal, la fe y la duda, los "demonios y el polvo" del título. La guerra de Irak es un telón de fondo para muchas de las historias, que examinan el impacto del conflicto en las almas de los soldados y sus familias. Es un álbum profundamente moral, pero que evita los sermones, prefiriendo plantear preguntas difíciles y dejar que el oyente saque sus propias conclusiones.
Canción por canción: lo esencial
"Devils & Dust": La canción que da título al álbum está cantada desde la perspectiva de un soldado en Irak. La letra explora el miedo, la confusión y la crisis moral de la guerra. Es una de las canciones de protesta más poderosas y sutiles de Springsteen.
"Reno": Una de las canciones más controvertidas de su carrera. Narra de forma explícita y gráfica el encuentro de un hombre solitario con una prostituta. La canción es un retrato crudo de la soledad y la búsqueda desesperada de una conexión humana, por muy fugaz que sea.
"Long Time Comin'": Una canción más optimista sobre la paternidad y la esperanza de romper los ciclos de dolor familiar. Es una balada de folk con un tono de redención y un anhelo por un futuro mejor para sus hijos.
"Matamoros Banks": Una conmovedora y trágica balada cantada desde la perspectiva de un inmigrante que muere intentando cruzar la frontera. La canción se cuenta hacia atrás, desde su muerte en el río hasta sus sueños de una vida mejor. Es un poderoso comentario sobre la tragedia humana de la inmigración.
Rendimiento comercial y gira en solitario
"Devils & Dust" debutó en el número 1 del Billboard 200, convirtiéndose en el segundo álbum acústico de Springsteen en alcanzar la cima de las listas. Fue un éxito en todo el mundo y recibió cinco nominaciones a los premios Grammy, ganando el de Mejor Interpretación Vocal de Rock Solista por la canción principal.
La gira de apoyo, la Devils & Dust Tour, fue una gira mundial en solitario, similar a la de "The Ghost of Tom Joad". Springsteen actuó solo en teatros, tocando una variedad de instrumentos (guitarra acústica, piano, banjo, ukelele) y creando una atmósfera íntima que permitía que la fuerza de sus historias brillara.
Posición en listas:
- Estados Unidos (USA): 1
- Reino Unido (UK): 1
- Alemania: 1
- Suecia: 1
- España: 2
Listado de Canciones
Disco 1
- Devils & Dust4:58
- All the Way Home3:38
Letra
I know what it's like to have failed baby With the whole world lookin' on I know what it's like to have soared And come crashin' like a drunk on a bar room floor Now you got no reason to trust me My confidence is a little rusty But if you don't feel like bein' alone Baby I could walk you all the way home Well now our old fears and failures Baby they do linger Like the shadow of that ring That was on your finger Those days they've come and gone Baby I could walk you all the way home Love leaves nothin' but shadows and vapor We go on, as is our sad nature Now it's some old Stones' song the band is trashin' If you feel like dancin', baby I'm askin' It's comin' on closing time Bartender he's ringin' last call These days I don't stand on pride And I ain't afraid to take a fall So if you're seein' what you like Maybe your first choice, he's gone Well that's all right Baby I could walk you all the way home Baby I could walk you all the way home - Reno4:08
Letra
She took off her stockings I held 'em to my face She had your ankles I felt filled with grace "Two hundred dollars straight in Two-fifty up the ass" she smiled and said She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair And sat in front of me on the bed She said, "Honey, how's that feel Do you want me to go slow?" My eyes drifted out the window And down to the road below I felt my stomach tighten As the sun bloodied the sky And sliced through hotel blinds I closed my eyes Sunlight on the Amatitlan Sunlight streaming through your hair In the Valle de dos Rios The smell of mock orange filled the air We rode with the vaqueros Down into cool rivers of green I was sure the work and the smile coming out 'neath your hat Was all I'll ever need Somehow all you ever need's Never quite enough you know You and I, Maria, we learned it's so She slipped me out of her mouth "You're ready," she said She took off her bra and panties Wet her fingers, slipped it inside her And crawled over me on the bed She bought me another whisky Said "here's to the best you ever had" We laughed and made a toast It wasn't the best I ever had Not even close - Long Time Comin'4:17
Letra
Out where the creek turn shallow and sandy And the moon comes skimmin' away the stars When the mesquite comes rushin' over the hilltops Straight into my arms Straight into my arms I'm ridin' hard carryin' a cache of roses A fresh map that I made Now I'm gonna get birth naked and bury my old soul And dance on it's grave And dance on it's grave It's been a long time comin', my dear It's been a long time comin', but now it's here And now it's here Well my daddy he was just a stranger Lived in a hotel downtown Well when I was a kid he was just somebody Somebody I'd see around Somebody I'd see around Well now down below and pullin' on my shirt Yeah I got some kids of my own Well if I had one wish for you in this god forsaken world, kid It'd be that your mistakes will be your own That your sins will be your own It's been a long time comin', my dear It's been a long time comin', but now it's here And now it's here (Whoaaa) Out 'neath the arms of Cassiopeia Where the sword of Orion sweeps It's me and you, Rosie, cracklin' like crossed wires And you breathin' in your sleep And you breathin' in your sleep Well there's just a spark of a campfire left burnin' Two kids in a sleeping bag beside Reach 'neath your shirt, put my hands across your belly and feel Another one kickin' inside And I ain't gonna fuck it up this time It's been a long time comin', my dear It's been a long time comin', but now it's here It's been a long time comin', my dear It's been a long time comin', but now it's here (Whoaaa) - Black Cowboys4:08
Letra
Raney William's playground was among Haven's streets Where he ran past melted candles and flower wreaths Names and photos of the young black faces Whose death and blood consecrated these places Raney's mother said Raney stay at my side For you are my blessing, you are my pride It's your love here that keeps my soul alive I want you to come home from school and stay inside Raney'd do his work and put his books away There was a channel showed a Western movie everyday And that brought him home books on the black cowboys of the Oklahoma range The Seminole scouts that fought the tribes of the Great Plains Summer come and the days grew long Raney always had his mother's smile to depend on Along the street of stray bullets he made his way To the warmth of her arms at the end of each day Come the Fall, the rain flooded these homes In Ezekiel's valley of dry bones It fell hard and dark to the ground It fell without a sound And they took up with a man whose business was the boulevard Whose smile was fixed in a face that was never off guard In the pipes 'neath the kitchen sink his secrets are kept In the day, behind drawn curtains in the next bedroom he slept And she got lost in the days The smile Raney depended on dusted away The arms that held him were no more his own He lay at night his head pressed to her chest listening to the ghost in her bones In the kitchen, Raney slipped his hand between the pipes From a brown bag pulled five hundred dollar bills and stuck it in his coat side Stood in the dark at his mother's bed Brushed her hair and kissed her eyes In the twilight Raney walked to the station on streets of stone Through Pennsylvania and Ohio his train drifted on Through the small towns of Indiana the big train crept As he lay his head back on his seat and slept He woke and the towns gave way to muddy fields of green Corn and cotton and endless nothing in between Over the rutted hills of Oklahoma the red sun slipped and was gone The moon rose and stripped the earth to it's bone - Maria's Bed5:35
Letra
Been on a barbed wire highway 40 days and nights I ain't complainin', it's my job and it suits me right I got a sweet soft fever rushin' around my head I'm gonna sleep tonight in Maria's bed Got on a dead man suit and smilin' skull ring Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing I keep my heart in my work but trouble's in my head And I keep my soul in Maria's bed I been up on sugar mountain, cross the sweet blue seas I walked the valley of love and tears and mystery I got run out'a luck and give myself up for dead And I drank the cool clear waters from Maria's bed She give me candy stick kisses 'neath a wolf dog moon One sweet breath and she'll take you mister to the upper room I was burned by the angels, sold wings of lead Then I fell in the roses and sweet salvation of Maria's bed I been out in the desert yeah doin' my time Searchin' through the dust for fools gold, lookin' for a sign Holy man said "hold on brother there's a light up ahead" Ain't nothing like a light that shines on me in Maria's bed Well I'll take my blessings at the riverhead I'm living in the light of Maria's bed - Silver Palomino3:22
Letra
(A mother dies leaving her young son To come to terms with the loss. In remembrance of Fiona Chappel, For her sons Tyler and Oliver.) I was barely 13 years old She came out of the Guadalupe's on a night so cold Her coat was frosted diamonds in the sallow moon's glow My silver palomino Sixteen hands from her withers to the ground I lie in bed and listen to the sound Of the west Texas thunder roll My silver palomino I track her into the mountains she loved Watch her from the rocks above She'd dip her neck and drink from the winter flows My silver palomino Our mustaneros were the very best, sir But they could never lay a rope on her No corral will ever hold The silver palomino In my dreams bareback I ride Over the pradera low and wide As the wind sweeps out the draw 'Cross the scrub desert floor I'd give my riata and spurs If I could be forever yours I'd ride into the serrania where no one goes For my silver palomino Summer drought come hard that year Our herd grazed the land so bare Me and my dad had to blowtorch the thorns off the prickly pear And mother, your hand slipped from my hair Tonight I wake early the sky is pearl, the stars aglow I saddle up my red roan I ride deep into the mountains along a ridge of pale stone Where the air is still with the coming snow As I rise higher I can smell your hair The scent of your skin, mother, fills the air 'Midst the harsh scrub pine that grows I watch the silver palomino - Jesus Was an Only Son2:54
Letra
Jesus was an only son As he walked up Calvary Hill His mother Mary walking beside him In the path where his blood spilled Jesus was an only son In the hills of Nazareth As he lay reading the Psalms of David At his mother's feet A mother prays, "Sleep tight, my child, sleep well For I'll be at your side That no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell, Shall pierce your dreams this night" In the garden at Gethsemane He prayed for the life he'd never live, He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove The cup of death from his lips Now there's a loss that can never be replaced, A destination that can never be reached A light you'll never find in another's face, A sea whose distance cannot be breached Well Jesus kissed his mother's hands Whispered, "Mother, still your tears, For remember the soul of the universe Willed a world and it appeared - Leah3:31
Letra
I wanna build me a house, on higher ground I wanna find me a world, where love's the only sound High above this road, filled with shadow and doubt I want to shoulder my load, and figure it all out With Leah I walk this road, with a hammer and a fiery lantern With this hand I've built, and with this I've burned I wanna live in the same house, beneath the same roof Sleep in the same bed, search for the same proof As Leah I got somethin' in my heart, I been waitin' to give I got a life I wanna start, one I been waitin' to live No more waitin', tonight I feel the light I say the prayer I open the door, I climb the stairs... - The Hitter5:53
Letra
Come to the door ma and unlock the chain. Well I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain. There's nothing that I want, nothin' that you need say. Just let me lie down a while and I'll be on my way. I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen. With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans. Well I fought in the dockyards for the the money that I made. And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade. Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town. They payed me the moon, ma, to knock the man down. Well I did what I did, yeah it come easily. For as know ma, restraint and mercy were always strangers to me. I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud. Rain poured through the tent canvas and mixed with our blood. In the twelfth, slipped my tounge over my broken jaw. And I pounded his body into the floor. Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on. 'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone. And the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track. The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black. I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets. Well I took my good share, ma, I have no regrets. I took the fixed staid hombre with Big Diamond Don. (???) Well from high in the rafters I watched myself fall. He raised his arms, stomach twisted, and the sky it went black. (???) I stuffed my bag with their good money, ma, and never looked back. Understand me and my, every man plays the game. Well if you know anyone different then speak out his name. My life, my face, now you don't recognize. Well just open the door and look into your dark eyes. I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile. Just open the door and let me lie down for a while. Now the gray rain is fallin' and my ring fightin's done. So in the work fields and alleys, I take them who'll come. If you're a better man than me then just step to the line. Show me your money and speak out your crime. There's nothin' I want, ma, nuthin' that you need say. Just let me lie for a while and I'll be on my way. Well tonight in Stockyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt. I move to the center and take off my shirt. I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, no time can erase. I move hard to the left and I strike to the face. - All I'm Thinkin' About4:22
Letra
One, two, three, four Blind man wavin' by the side of the road In a flatbed Ford carryin' a heavy load Sweet thing sipping on a blueberry wine On a flat black highway down in Carolina Black bird slipping in a sky of blue All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you, honey All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you There ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinkin' about is you Little boy carryin' a fishing pole Little girl pickin' huckleberries from off of the vine Brown bag filled with a little green toad We hook him through the the lip and throw him off with a line A sweet pair of legs got me feelin' so blue And all I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you There ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinkin' about is you Black car shiny on a Sunday morn' Mama go to church now Mama go to church now Friday night and Daddy's shirt is torn Daddy's going downtown Daddy's going downtown Ain't no one understand the sweet thing you do All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you Ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinkin' about is you Whoaaa Field turned up, the seed is sowed Rain comin' in from over across the road Big black curtain comin' across the field Blind will see and lame will be healed Brown-eyed girl, turn my back on you Now it's lonely All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby And all I'm thinkin' about is you And all I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you There ain't nothing in this world take away these blues All I'm thinkin' about is you All I'm thinkin' about is you, baby All I'm thinkin' about is you Well baby, all I'm thinkin' about is you Yeah all I'm thinkin' about is you Ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinkin' about is you Whoaaa - Matamoros Banks4:00
Letra
Each year many die crossing the deserts, mountains, and rivers of our southern border in search of a better life. Here I follow the journey backwards, from the body at the river bottom, to the man walking across the desert towards the banks of the Rio Grande. For two days the river keeps you down Then you rise to the light without a sound Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars Your clothes give way to the current and river stone 'Till every trace of who you ever were is gone And the things of the earth they make their claim That the things of heaven may do the same Goodbye, my darling, for your love I give God thanks, Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds I walk on sandals of twine and tire tread My pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone The pale moon opens the earth to its bones I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks The touch of your loving fingertips Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks Your sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again The lights of Brownsville, across the river shine A shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks A touch of your loving fingertips Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks
Disco 2
- Devils & Dust [DVD]
- All the Way Home [DVD]
- Reno [DVD]
- Long Time Comin' [DVD]
- Black Cowboys [DVD]
- Maria's Bed [DVD]
- Silver Palomino [DVD]
- Jesus Was an Only Son [DVD]
- Leah [DVD]
- The Hitter [DVD]
- All I'm Thinkin' About [DVD]
- Matamoros Banks [DVD]
- Devils & Dust [Acoustic]
- Long Time Comin' [Acoustic]
- Reno [Acoustic]
- All I'm Thinkin' About [DVD]
- Matamoros Banks [Acoustic]
