U Talkin’ U2 To Me? - U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean? - Devils & Dust

Episode Date: December 12, 2023

Adam Scott Aukerman go track-by-track through Da Boss’s thirteenth studio album, Devils & Dust. Plus, Scott & Scott have a spelling contest, listen to the music of Kevin Federline, and discuss what fonts they like. Holy Cannoli, what a great ep!

🎵 From born in the USA to death to my hometown, this is you springin' Springsteen on my bean. The comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things Bruce. This is good rock and roll. Music. You like that song yet? Uh, no.

I'm going to keep playing it until you do. Weirdly, I think it's having the opposite effect. You think you like it even worse now? Like it even worse? I'm not sure that's... Like it less? I don't know. What are you, the fucking grammar police suddenly? I hate it more. How about that? When did they recruit you for the grammar police you remember i was 13 years

old plus 10 so i was 23 23 okay yeah so everything you're base 13 so how old are you right now 13 plus 13 plus uh uh 29 20 13 plus. I'm 33 plus 17. Okay, forget it. Immediately bailing. Yeah, 33 plus 17. 33 plus 17. Oh, wait. So you're two,

no, you're two 13s plus, no, you're three 13s. I'm 13 years old twice. And then 24 years old once god think about that think about it i've no but really think about is this an episode of think about it i don't i think it must be hey everyone welcome to Think About It. This is Scott. And this is Scott.

And we're not just thinking about things on the show. No, no. We're talking about the things that we have thought about. Yeah. So is this one that we're currently thinking about or this is one that we... Well, this one's weird, Scott, because it's both. It's something I've thought about, but it's also something I'm thinking about. Okay, straddling. Wow. Yeah, yeah,ling wow okay all right this is a straddle special this is a straddle sesh yeah this is we're

straddle session starting now okay so think about this yeah like really think about this okay you still haven't told me what remember being 13 years old yeah let's see you remember it i was 10 plus three yeah 10 plus three uh or seven plus six sure like seven years old and then i was six plus seven oh that's fine either way it you get the same number sure 13 13 yeah there it is 13 years old you're walking around you're scott aerman, you're out on the streets making shit happen, right? Yeah, of course. That's all I did back then. Think about that twice.

Two of those. Two of those guys. Those two guys twice, then you're only 26 years old, and that's two of those guys. So wait, I don't remember the first three years of my life. Babies usually don't. So I don't remember the first three years of my life. Babies usually don't. So I don't remember now six years of my life? So I don't remember

from 14 to 17? Yeah, so you can take six off of there. Actually, I probably would be okay with taking 14 to 17 off. Okay. So what number

were you left with? So I don't remember one to three. Then from four to 13 i remember everything i'm making shit happen yeah then 14 to 17 i'm out i don't remember anything okay and then uh 18 to 26 i'm i'm fully cognizant okay so you're recording it's like it's almost like you have a dvr video tape recorder in your brain right and you you're just recording everything for posterity. Yeah.

And then when you go to sleep, it's like, I'll hit the pause button, I think. You know what? I'll put in a really weird tape. Oh, yeah. Something super bizarre because you're dreaming. That's usually a sex scene. Yeah.

Super bizarre and super sexy. Okay. okay so so yeah that's the cool thing about this uh podcast is that we're thinking about stuff like this yeah that is the cool thing about this and nothing else is cool 13 times 2 that's 26 plus yeah 24 yeah remember being 24 uh what was i doing let's see i had just uh washed out of uh being a an actor okay great i was broke great i started working at the olive garden great and the oj simpson chase passed by our restaurant did it really it? It did. You saw the Bronco? I didn't see it. It just was like, I was on a shift. Were you too busy jacking off in the bathroom? Let me guess.

Of course. Of course. Okay. So, but anyway, 24, you throw that on top of the 213s. Throw that on top of the 213s. Okay. And that's how old we are, which is so interesting to think about. That's how old we are, which is so interesting to think about. I'm actually, I'm a six and a seven plus another 13.

Right, 26. Plus an eight and a five. That's another 13. And then a nine and a four and a one. Right. Yeah, I mean, to think about that. To think about all of those ages. All of those ages.

And combine them into what i am now man that's a man right there that's a man that's a man bye bye i don't know if i like that i'm gonna say that that podcast is stupid not long for this world um adam yeah this is adam scott by the way welcome to adam scott my co-host with the comost um and uh you know him from uh a few failed pilots he talked about on this show farts and procreation farts and procreation which uh the uh the new printing of the the record is all gone. Seriously? Sold out the first day,

I believe. That's great. I bought all of them. Oh, why? People want these things. I know, I wanted to frustrate all of them. You know him from his current project. I know it starts with an S.

Science? Science. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Please welcome Bill Nye. Hi, everybody. Remember when Bill Nye was at the White House with us? Yes, I do. He was very nice.

You spoke with him. I did. I looked at him. I did not speak with him. I spoke with him. He seemed to have a, you could look, but you better not touch aura. Yeah. He was not fond of you.

He asked me to just keep it away. Intercept. Yeah. I get it. I don't know what he was doing there. I think maybe he lives there. In the White House. Yeah.

He lives in the White House. He still lives there. In a little cubby hole. Yeah. Yep. Whenever you need him. Yep. He's in a bureau, I guess is what you would call it, in the White House. He still lives there. In a little cubby hole, yeah. Yep. Whenever you need him. Yep. He's in a bureau, I guess is what you would call it, in the Lincoln bedroom.

Quick, spell bureau. B-U-R-E-A-U. Is that right? What'd you say? B-U-R-E-A-U? No, that's not right. That can't be right. No, I believe.

Okay, I'm going to try. It's a really hard... Is this an episode of Spell That For Me? I think it is. Hey, everyone. Welcome to Spell That For Me. This is Scott. And this is Scott. And we're just throwing out words that we're trying to spell.

Okay. Trying to... Okay, let me try is Scott. And this is Scott. And we're just throwing out words that we're trying to spell. Okay. Okay. Let me try. Bureau. It's very tough. B-U-R-E-A-U. Is that what you said? That's what I said.

But it can't be right. I got to look this up. I feel like there's another letter in there. Like an X? No, we be right. I gotta look this up. I feel like there's another letter in there. Like an X? No, we're right. Oh. B-U-R-E-A-U. Shit, man.

I mean, it's kind of one of the only ways you could spell it, but at the same time, it just doesn't feel right. It doesn't. It feels odd in my mouth. That's what she said. Ha, ha, ha, the office.

I couldn't spell restaurant for a long time until i was maybe 19 yeah do you think i couldn't spell restaurant spell that for me r-e-s-t a-u-r-a-n-t you got it all right you got it in one isn't it weird though it should be r-e-s-t-e-r yeah aunt a-u-n-t rest or well that would be restaurant or rest rant not rest our aunt okay uh spell this word for me okay uh uh flame Flame. Flame, flame, flame, flame, flame, flame. Use it in a sentence, please. I like the word flame. Yeah, I like the word flame. Definition, please. It is a word.

It is a noun in the English language. Okay, English language. It's a word in the English language okay English language it's a word in the English language and noun also it's a noun you can use it

well it can be both noun and a word it's both of those it's a noun and a word it's both this makes it harder um eh

right no you're oh oh flame yeah that's the word oh i didn't spell it i just said it you that's the word. Oh, I didn't spell it. I just said it. You just said the word. Okay, it's F F F A L

L M M M M L. Ma. Ma. Ma. F-L-Ma. Very good.

That's correct. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye. I'm not sure that's the podcast they should be hosting. I know. That was not correct. It doesn't seem like they know how to spell very many words. Nope.

There's got to be other. Like, what's the hardest word to spell? I know like all the like. OK, let me just look up the hardest word. Hardest word to spell well there's that one word that's like a thousand letters long or something it takes like 45 minutes okay i got the word okay let's go back to it Who's there? Who's there?

Hey, this is... Welcome to Spell That For Me. This is Scott. And this is Scott. Adam, I want you to spell... I'm going to start easy. Okay. Minuscule. Oh, shit.

M-I-N. Can I use it in a sentence? Yeah, please. Your penis is minuscule oh shit m-i-n can i use it in a sentence yeah please your penis is minuscule uh oh right oh i know this one um m-S-C-U-L-E. Incorrect. Really? Yep. Where do you think you went wrong? Oh, is it M-I-N-A-S-C-U-L-E?

Incorrect. Really? Where do you think you went wrong? I think I'm going, both times went wrong right in the middle. Okay, try it again. No. It's M-I-N-U-S. Oh, it's U, right.

See, minus. It's that vowel. It's minuscule. Ah, minuscule. Yeah. That makes way more sense. Try this one. Nauseous.

Oh, this is a tough one. Can you use it in a sentence? Yeah, could you? Look at your penis, makes one nauseous oh this is a tough one um can you use it in a sentence yeah could you okay your penis makes me nauseous um got it uh uh n-a-s e-u e e u e no this is good i'm wrong already right yeah yeah nausea how do you spell nausea nausea is a really hard word to spell i just recently just recently i was writing it and i got auto corrected and i was like

why were you writing it uh i was googling something about nausea and i was like i should why what do i feel when i look at my penis i should know yeah because i looked at my penis i was like why is why does this make me feel a certain way. For once and for all, I should not fuck up on spelling this word. Well, nausea, you spell N-A-U-S-E-A. N-A-U-S-E-A. S-E-A. See, it's so simple. Nausea.

And I always fuck it up. But then nauseous would be, so you get the N-A-U-S correct, nause. But then shus, this is the hard part. So then it goes E-O- Mm-hmm. But then shus, this is the hard part. So then it goes E-O-U-S. Okay. Nazi us.

I already, like, spaced out. I know. Anyway, we'll see you next time. Bye. Bye. Bye. I think when the better, a better second episode, Who's there?

I think when the... A better second episode. Do you think? They're finding their footing. Yeah. I think it's going to be just a real blockbuster any day now. Adam. Yeah. Yeah, bro.

We're in December, of course. Have you seen may december yet that i haven't i it's on the old list you know what i did oh is this this is i love films yeah hey everyone welcome to i love films this is sc. And this is Scott. And we're talking about films and we are... A lot of times we talk about great films in film history. That's basically all we talk about. I mean, it's hard not to because every film that's ever come out is in film history. And every film that comes out is great. Yes.

Can I just say, I love films? I'll allow it. Thank you. Can I just say I love films? I'll allow it. Thank you. Can I interrupt you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And just admit I love films. That makes me feel great because we make a podcast called I Love Films. So the fact that we both feel that way is great it's really the best way to feel it makes great it makes sense that this would be the podcast that we

we would host together yeah forge ahead with we're not saying by the way we're not saying we're experts on films no not at all we're like let me give you some film trivia. Yep. What is an Oscar? An Oscar is a movie that Sylvester Stallone made, I believe, in 1989, 1990? Correct. Directed by John Mendes. John Mendes, yeah. Thank you. So we are experts, is what I was saying.

Okay. And so we're talking about recent films. Yeah. These are all film history because they came out in the in the past yeah but their recent past and you were saying what was that adam that you were saying uh i was saying did you see the movie called may december now is this about the in madam webb the woman that you're in love with your character uncle ben parker is in love with aunt may oh no but i can tell you i don't know i haven't seen it either

so i don't know what it's about madam webb uh tell me the truth did you read the script for may december no madam webb of course you read your lines that's right but what did you you did not see this movie i haven't seen it yet no i just the screener just went live the other day well it's on netflix so you don't i don't care i need a screener i want i want that i want those numbers to pop up in the middle of the screen to let me know I'm important. And every once in a while get threatened with arrest while you're watching. That's what I love about films. If you're doing it right, people are going to arrest you during it. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're going to get taken down. I love that too. But you know what I did see last night? What's that? The Holdovers. Oh, I saw that. It's terrific. Yeah, it's so good.

Loved it. Maybe my favorite so far this year. Yeah. It could be mine too. Oh, you know what I loved? Killers. I think is my, I love the killer, but I- Oh, I meant Killers of the Flower.

Oh, I loved that as well. But my favorite, I think, is Past Lives. Have not seen it yet. It's terrific. Past Lives. So these are lives that have seen it yet. It's terrific. Past lives. So these are lives that have been passed around. That's right. Like a bottle of booze.

Just kidding. It's great. It's very good. You're just kidding tone, by the way, is the exact flat tone that you use for every other sentence you ever utter i'm offended by that just kidding all right bye bye huh interesting dipping their toe into the oscar race uh maybe i would say they are uh becoming a you know professional oscar prognosticators say that for me five times in a row oscar prognostic no you gotta start with official official oscar prognosticators official oscar prognosticators. Official Oscar prognosticators.

Official Oscar prognosticators. Official Oscar prognosticators. Okay, is there anything you want? That was almost fun. You're so close. Is there anything you want me to say? And by the way, is this an episode of Say That Five Times for me? Yep. Hey, everyone. Welcome to Say That Five Times For Me.

This is Scott. And this is Scott. And do you have anything you want me to say five times? Yes, there are several things I want you to say five times, namely, make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia. Five times. Do you want me to make, like, physically make that you want me to say it? Okay. Make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia.

Make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia. Make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia. See? Let me try it again. Make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia. Make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia make a fist and throw me an encyclopedia oh you did it oh that was good in one breath is there anything you'd like me to say five times? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Well, that can't even begin to make up for everything you've done to me, but I appreciate it. Okay. So you don't accept my apology? I accept your apology. Five times.

I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. I accept your apology. Okay, that's fine. I will think about accepting your acceptance. Is that how it works?

Yes. And then what do I do if you accept it? I accept your acceptance. You fart and run down the street. Okay, bye. Bye. It started strong. Yeah, I feel like they...

I don't know, found themselves in some sort of cul-de-sac of something. Unoriginality. Yeah, exactly. I feel like a lot of the shows we've been hearing today have been sort of doing the same thing. Like Wandering Off and Falling Flat falling flat hey is this an episode of wandering off and falling flat yep hey everyone welcome to wandering off and falling flat and this is scott i'm now checking the uh uh uh uh the the the readout on my recorder each time. To make sure you're recording.

To make sure I'm recording after a mishap earlier in the day when we recorded a little bit of stuff that never made it to tape. That's right. All right. Wandering off and falling flat. Go. wandering off and falling flat go uh so now the point of this podcast i think um is to demonstrate how easy it is yes to have yes all the good intentions yes no but no no just no wander off what's the problem no no you started so good and then just like everything you've said is garbage after that and just it kind of fell flat yeah see book

bye bye well man i mean they demonstrated they demonstrated exactly what they were talking about but it wasn't good no these guys have lost it i believe so don't you think like when when do you think when do you think it kind of i think it was good for like six months in 2014. When they had more guests on? Yeah. You know, we haven't had any guests this season. We haven't.

I don't think anyone likes Bruce Springsteen. No, I have had people write to me and say they want to be on the show. Yeah, same. And it's hard to predict when we're going to get together. I said, if you can predict it, be outside the door when we're going to record, we'll let you in. Yeah, we're all ears.

So far, they've been here other times. I've been like, are you recording now? You recording now? Is that how it's worked with all our guests? Yeah, they just happen to figure out. Like Huey Lewis. Yeah. And Mike Mills.

Yeah, they just happen to know when we were recording. I think maybe someone slipped a Bono. Just happened to be dropping by happened to get it yeah fedge fedge himself i believe i believe he just was tagging along with bonobos what about larry mullen senior son he i think he got a text from fedge while fedge was here and he was like oh no what about adam clay 2000 pounds he was actually never and he was like, oh, no. What about Adam Clay, 2,000 pounds? He was actually never here. That was AI.

What? Yeah. Holy cannoli. Is this an episode of Holy Cannoli? Yeah. Hey, everyone. Welcome to Holy Cannoli. This is Scott.

And this is Scott. And this is the show where we get an opportunity and opportunities like this so seldom come around for people like us to say holy cannoli to say holy cannoli

holy cannoli holy cannoli you know what's fun about saying holy cannoli and I mean several different fun aspects

but cannoli isn't it's a it's a dessert item it's not a religious food it's not a dessert item blah blah blah take the gun leave the cannoli sure't uh it's a it's a dessert it's not a religious dessert i am blah blah blah take the gun leave the cannoli sure or leave the gun take the but if you were really talking about religious food items you would say like maybe the communion wafers yes well a holy holy communion communion wafers it doesn't work doesn't sound as good. Although it does sound great. You know what's great about Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli?

It's a famous line from one of my favorite films. This is just I Love Films. Yeah. Hey, everyone. Welcome to I Love Films. This is Scott. And this is Scott. And we're back.

Here we are. Since we last talked to you- We took a hiatus. We have become official Oscar pros- Prosnosti-idi. Prosnosti-idi. Can I step in here? Yeah, sure.

We, Scott and Scott, are official Oscar prognosticators. Matt and Scott are official Oscar prognosticators. And we're here to call them like we see them. Yep, we're just calling balls and strikes here. And so far, the one movie we've mentioned is called May December, and neither of us have seen it. But we are talking about- Cannoli. Cannoli.

Okay. That's from a famous movie. Maybe I would say in the top 10 most famous movies. Like what are the most famous movies of all time? Like probably Avengers Endgame. Avengers Endgame. Like that's so famous that like, even if I were to say to someone in the deepest, darkest reaches of Africa, for instance, I'd be like, Avengers Endgame.

And they would like nod and go, yes, yes, yes. You think so? I think so. Okay. Yes, of course. I am Iron Man. Snap. Yeah.

The Snap. You know, Thanos. Wouldn't just like Iron Man be more popular just as a recognizable title? Yes, everyone gathers at the end, all the heroes. Tony Stark dies. What about Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome? That's definitely in the top two, if not three. Okay.

What about, let's see here. Oh, Iron Weed starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. That's the prequel to Iron Man, right? Yeah. Yeah, definitely famous. Super famous movie. Super famous. What about Barfly?

Yeah, Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rourke, yeah. Faye Dunaway. Yeah, that's like in the top two most famous movies. Probably, yeah. Top two, maybe top three. So the movie we're talking about, The Godfather, is in the top ten. Ten, yeah.

Under Avengers Endgame, under Iron Weed. You know, it's so weird, and I don't say this often, but in the case of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, it's the one time I think maybe the sequel is even better than the original. Shut the front door, Adam. I know. That is heresy. I know. A sequel cannot be better than the original.

I mean, have you seen these movies? No. They're really good. Really? Where could I see them? Do I just're really good. Really? Where do I, where could I see them? Uh, do I just go down to the mall?

Yeah. You go to the mall, you say, where are the movies? And they say, right over there. And you go over and you, and you watch the movies.

They have a place. I think that, see, this is the problem with films these days. Yeah, I know. You go to a place. Yeah.

Like the mall. Oh my God. And they have a list. They have a list of like sometimes four, sometimes five, sometimes up to 10 movies that they're playing. The first thing they do is hand you a list when you walk in. It's like a menu. Yeah. You can liken it to a menu.

You've been to a restaurant. Yeah, like I'll get the chili cheese dog and- I'll get the cannoli. Yeah, I'll get the cannoli and i'll get the i'll get the cannoli and then i'll leave the gun the i don't know what the captain marvel sure you know but you go to why can't you go to a theater and say like they say here's every movie you tell us what we play yeah it's like i want to be involved in the choice i think in the decision making process yeah you know what i mean and then whoever gets there first gets to pick and then everyone who gets there after that goes oh it's playing this okay yeah i guess we have to see this so the

public is choosing movies for each other yes curation curation that. That's the thing is we need to curate more for our fellow citizens. We need more choices these days. Life is so rigid and structured these days. We need to be able to take the power back and choose for ourselves. So when a bunch of 13-year-olds are going out to see the new aquaman movie yes we can say great film by the way step on the brakes we're watching ironweed yes one of them and they'll go we all we all say nomenclature maybe better a better saying than a dessert item like cannolis are kind of disgusting

aren't they i've never had one and i I'm Sicilian. Yeah, you are. You're one of the true Sicilians. That's right. I'm one of the true Sicilians. You're one of those dangerous Italian actors, Adam Quadrero. It's just like, to the marrow, I am Sicilian. Adam Cordero. Cordero I like that you liked

you know these actors like Pacino and De Niro still do no they're great but I wouldn't liken your style to their style necessarily have you ever I know this is veering into

territory but this is still the Holy Cannoli podcast. Yes, we're still in the middle of Holy Cannoli. Have you ever gotten a role when you've been on the phone on an upsetting phone call? If you're an actor and you're not hanging up the phone

and then slamming it down and breaking the phone, you're not earning your money. That's right. The director wants you to do that. Yeah. If you're on a pay phone you got to destroy the pay phone destroy the pay phone if you're in your office that your desk

office and you it's a little handset you got to slam it against the handset several times like you're getting paid you know 20 40 50 million dollars to be in these films and you're not you're afraid of breaking a phone i know it's a real shame doesn't make it have you broken a phone though ever every day every i did get to meet al pacino though did i tell you about that what uh is this a did i tell you about an episode did i tell you about that yeah hey everyone welcome did i tell you about that this is scott and this is scott and we're telling each other about things that we've never told each Hey everyone, welcome to Did I Tell You About That? This is Scott. And this is Scott. And we're telling each other about things that we've never told each other.

But have I told you about that? I don't think so. Okay. Where'd you meet him? I met him at a party. Okay. That's it. You don't remember what you said?

I did. I saw him from across the room were you like hey that guy looks like uh that dude from dick tracy well someone told me that al pacino was at the party and i was like was it robert de niro we have to they told me that yeah hey i don't want to i just want to tell you first of all i have nipples that's a pretty good robert de niro and you milk me al pacino's over there in the corner what's what's the the thing the little bit a little bit little bit a little bit yeah there you go i want that pill a little bit a little bit um and so i went and i found him you found the corner he was in. Yep. Naomi and I. And I was like, let's just stand here for a minute.

I just want to check him out. Naomi Campbell. Naomi Campbell. Never having seen him in real life before. So I was kind of standing next to a little plant. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This isn't at Harvey Weinstein's party, was it?

Yeah, a birthday party for him at the prison. Please tell me that you didn't look into that plant and see anything that Harvey left there. That was the whole reason for the party. No. So you're standing by a plant. No, no, no. And then I see him and then he gets up and walks over to us. You're looking at me.

That's right. That's right. You're looking at me and I'm looking at you. That's right. That's exactly right. He said, you're looking at me

and you must want to meet me? No. He came over and said that he and his son had watched All of Severance. Oh, so this is recent. Yeah, this was like a year and a half ago or something. So he probably was like, this is around when he got that woman pregnant when he's 80-whatever years old. It might have been that night. Jesus.

I don't know. I don't even know about that oh yeah he just recently good for him good for him i know i i'm gonna tell you our mutual friend tall john uh certainly sent me that and said see we're not so old that's that's great anyway great and so he came over and said that his son watched severance and did he say he and his that his son watched Severance. And did he say- He and his son together. He and his son. It was like a thing that they did. And did he say like, and by the way, you have a great ass. Yes. That's right.

That's right. Anyway, it would be so amazing if like Al Pacino comes over to you and goes like, by the way, me and my son, we just watched Severance and you stink in it yeah yeah i did not care for your work i love the show hate you um uh but so anyway had i ever told you about that no did you give him a compliment back no no no no come on no yeah i did i it would be so funny if you were like, oh yeah, you were good in The Godfather. Or like Revolution or one of his movies. It would just be so funny to give him the most obvious compliment of all time.

I loved you in Scent of a Woman. Hooah. All right, bye. Bye. anyway holy cannoli uh had i ever told you about that you hadn't okay all right bye bye wait didn't we already say bye no we said we said bye to Have I Ever Told You About That, and then we had to say bye to Holy Cannoli. Oh, right. Yeah, so Holy Cannoli.

I mean, not a lot of meat on those bones. It ended up being a much longer podcast than I was expecting. It did. Yeah, I mean, I was expecting something to be two and a half minutes maybe yeah but it it just kept growing it kept expanding a lot like the mcu yeah just multifaceted iron weed yeah others i think iron weed should be the next big mcu thing they should reboot it definitely yeah what do they mean when they say reboot uh they mean uh inject some energy into a long dormant idea use it in a sentence i'm going to reboot uh this new pair of boots you use it in a sentence is this an episode of you use it in a sentence. Is this an episode of You Use It in a Sentence?

Yeah! Hey, welcome to You Use It in a Sentence. This is Scott. And this is Scott. And you know that word reboot? Yeah. You use it in a sentence. No, you use it in a sentence.

You use it in a sentence! You use it! Fuck you! Fuck you! it in a sense you you use it fuck you fuck you eat shit bye bye i don't think they came to a resolution are we gonna start talking about bruce springsteen no i don't wanna all right right, we have to. We gotta take a break. We're gonna take a break.

And Adam, we're talking about an album called Devils in Dust today. Yeah. Yeah. You ready for this? I guess. Well, you're gonna have to put the brakes on because we have to take a break.

We're gonna come back. When we come back, we'll talk about Devils in Dust on You Spring and Springsteen on My Bean. We'll be right back bye all right all right bruce geez what is that? You love it. Okay, man. Coming on strong. Dude, like give me 10 seconds to fucking adjust my nuts before you start.

Every time you listen to a new song, you adjust your nuts. It's weird. It's like, come on. Why? Jesus Christ. That was called Mary Lou from the River Outtakes. I'm looking at my Apple Music searches from the past few months. What do you got?

One of them is Kevin Federline. Why? Because I listened to Britney Spears' book. And he's made songs? Well, or you're just looking up his- Yes, he has made music up his yes he has made play music oh he has and he has a couple music videos on here but the actual songs it's weird there's a music video for a song that is not available on here but it was his big so there's a music video for called lose yourself

lose control lose control yeah okay i'm gonna look this up hold on kevin whoa and then there's There's a music video for it. Called Lose Control. Lose Control? Yeah. Okay, I'm going to look this up. Hold on. Kevin? Whoa! And then there's an EP called Popozeo with just that song a bunch of times.

Let's hear a little bit of Lose Control by Kevin Federline. Pretty good. Yeah, it's really good. Yeah, it was really good. Let's listen to it a little more because it is very good. All right. What do you... Be honest with me. I want you to be completely honest.

What did you think of that? It's great. It's good of that? It's great. It's good, right? It's really good. Yeah. It's really good. I'm going to start getting people into this. You may as well.

I mean, it's never too late. Strike while the iron is hot. Make hay while the sun shines. Yeah. Welcome back to You Spring and Springsteen on my bean and uh oh hey everybody that's right adam during the break adam was very insistent uh that we that i remind him that he he failed to say hello to everybody earlier he wants an opportunity to do that. So Adam, take it away. Say whatever you want to whomever you want.

How long do I have? Uh, I would say between one second and 100 million minutes. Oh, how, how, what is that in seconds? I go by seconds in seconds.

It would be 60 billion seconds. I believe 60 times 100 million yeah okay i'm actually gonna get the calculator out get the old calc out for that and check my math if you don't mind times 100 million 100 million i don't know what that is. 6E9. That's when, that's these calculators when, when it's too big of a number,

it's like six, six plus nine, I don't, six plus nine zeros maybe is what they're trying to say. I'm just assuming it's a large number.

It's a large, I believe it's 60 billion, but I could be wrong about that. So that's the amount of seconds I have. Yeah. Between one and 60 billion seconds but I could be wrong about that. So that's the amount of seconds I have. Yeah. Between one and 60 billion seconds. Okay.

I'll start counting down while you say whatever you want to say to whomever you want to say. Here we go. Ready? Thank you. I would like to say hello to- 50 billion. Everybody. I would like to say hello to my friends.

I would like to say hello to my family. 59 billion. And I would like to say hello to Scott family. 59 billion. And I would like to say hello to Scott. No, 59 billion, 999. But most of all, I would like to say hello to- 59 billion. Yeah. 999,000.

That's it, man. Oh, okay. I'm done. That's all I needed. You took like three seconds. I don't think so. I think that was more like 25 30 seconds okay we can split hairs on the amount of seconds but certainly not are they pubes sure um hey springsteen fans what

is going on all right hi springsteen fans how are you hi everybody how are you what how are you how are you how are you um we're talking about a little album called devils and dust today adam does that surprise you no in fact we agreed on the terms did we not yes we did at the end of at the conclusion of our previous episode, we had a verbal agreement. We had to sit down. We would be focusing on devils and dust. Devils and dust today. Um, and,

uh, you want to talk about some stats? Yeah. Stats. Devils and dust. Released April. If you had to guess, when do you think it would come out?il i would say april um you have an album called devils and dust you're like okay devils

right around april 15th i would say either april 18th or april April slightly before April 15th. I would say just a couple days after April 15th. Adam, you were so close. April 26th. It did. Okay. I knew that. April 26th

of what year though? 2005. 2005. That is correct. You know how I know this? How do you know this? Because it came out right after Naomi and I got married. I remember that. Oh, wait a minute. So when did you get married? What day? April 15th, 2005. So tax day? Or 16th. I think it was 15th. You should know, my man. You don't want to forget the old anniversary. Don't want to get in hot water. It's so funny that that's a cliche that the man always forgets the anniversary

because I'm the one who's always reminding Kulop of what it is. Really? Yeah. But here's my point. What with electronic calendars now, why do we need to remember things? Just put it in the calendar.'ll remind you yeah so okay so that's when it came out great so yeah so this so you you got married that year yeah and then why do you remember that devils and dust came out right around when you got married i remember the coldplay single came out.

Which one? Probably Speed of Sound or something? Yes, Speed of Sound came out. And Devils in Dust came out. And you were on your honeymoon? Well, it sounds like it came out 10 days later or so. So we were probably back. But oh, I remember why I remember that.

Why? Because I got one of those iPod, like as a gift, I got one of those. Remember those iPod? The click wheels? No, no. What are you miming right now?

It's like a rectangle. Adam, by the way, Adam has his fingers out like he's rolling a doobie, but then he's also like typing on it. I don't know what is happening right now. Remember the iPods that were like the nano this yeah and it didn't have a screen i don't know i never owned one there was one that didn't have a screen you just put like a hundred songs on it and you can carry it anywhere yeah and so i was trying that out with, and I, Devils in Dust was on that.

Wait, was this a wedding gift? No. I think it was like a wrap gift or something. Why is this related to your wedding is what I'm getting at. Because I remember having that on the trip, on the honeymoon and being like, I don't like that I can't see what I'm going to listen to. What you're even listening to.

And also like, did you put all of this album on to- I must have. Because it had just come out. Yeah, but that would be back when we got back, is when this would be on there. Where did you go on the old moon? We got married on Kauai, and our honeymoon, we jumped over to Los Angeles.

The exact opposite of Kulap and I. Because we got married in LA and then honeymoon in Kauai. Went to Kauai. Where in Kauai did you go? None of your fucking business. That's what I thought. Well, that's great. So when you hear this record, you think about getting married to Naomi. So I wonder if that'll affect how you were you you when you hear this record you think about getting

married to naomi so i wonder if that'll affect how you like it okay um april 26 2005 if you had to guess how long this album is what would you say 72 minutes incorrect okay we are five seconds shy of 51 minutes album oh well album is that my new name. Oh, wow. Is that my new name? Is this an episode of Is That My New Name? Yeah. Hey, everyone. Welcome to Is That My New Name? This is Scott.

And this is album. That is your new name. Okay. So we've settled it. So what's your new name? That's the question. Oh, no.

What could my new name be? I mean, there's so many words in the world. There's world is one word. Oh, that's a good one. World. No,

I don't like it. I do. My uncle was named world. Okay. How about earth? No, my aunt was named Earth. How about Baby? No, when I was a baby, I was named Baby, and then I changed it.

How about Fart? I mean, it's simple. Yeah. It's to the point. It's evocative. Sure. It's unique. I don't know a lot of people named Fart.

I went to elementary school with a kid named Quiz. Quiz? Quiz. Spelled Q-U-I-Z? Q-U-I-Z. As in Quiz Show? Yes. I know we're very close to Isle of Films.

No, we're just skating on the top of the territory there. Boy, do I love Quiz Show. Where was Quiz from? Quiz Show is a great movie. I saw it, don't remember anything about it. Oh, I've seen it so many times. It's great. Why?

What do you like about it? It's perfect. It's one of those perfect movies. It's great. Great movie. John Turturro, man. After you realize, like, oh, they rigged the quiz show, what else is there to... It's about the moral dilemma.

Should I rig the quiz show? And it's about the... Where do I rig the quiz show? When do I rig the quiz show? Ralph Fiennes is this refined, no pun intended... Isn't that weird that his name is Ralph Fiennes? And he's very refined and he's fine it's it's strange it's almost to the point of like did he change his name just to do

that to kind of shine a light on how fine he is well you know how vin diesel changed his name because vin is you know what the vin number of a car and then diesel is the type of fuel is that really what he did yeah he you know his name was josh until fast and furious 3 oh what was his last name my uh my my car well done uh weldon yes josh weldon Weldon. Changed his name to Vin Diesel. Well, he thought he was going to be Welding because it was set in a garage. All he read from the script was interior, auto garage. He changed his name from Vin Diesel to Josh Weldon.

No, from Josh Weldon. He changed it to Josh Weldon because he thought, oh, okay, these movies are about Welding. But how would he know, when he changed his name, how would he know his career would be car-based primarily? I think when you get into the business.

Almost exclusively movies about cars. When you get into the business, a lot of people are like, what type of actor do you want to be? Do you want to be a car actor? Yeah, that's true.

I remember that. You know. And what did you say? I said I wanted to be a lame actor. I want to start in Torque if that's your answer. I want to be a motorcycle actor. That's what I said. Was Torque about motorcycles? I don't know anything about it.

You haven't seen Torque? I would imagine it was about cars, but it's about motorcycles? It's about motorcycles. I don't ride a motorcycle in the movie. Do you tell people to ride them? Like you order people around? I tell people to slow down because that's how i feel are you a cop in it yes are you yeah i'm the fbi agent let's make let's make a date to watch this together okay well we should do it on your yes show we gotta do honey i shrunk the kids and dork honey i shrunk the kids we talked about that earlier about how you would watch that.

When that movie came out, it was summer of 89, I believe. My friends and I constantly getting high and watching. Constantly getting high. We've talked about it on this show.

Really? Yes. Okay. Well, it's true. That's what we did. All right, bye. Bye. What was that?. What was that?

What show was that? I just remember we were in a show. I don't remember. Oh, that was What's My Name Again. Right. But we never came up with one for you. Oh, I think, well, I mean, it's a cliffhanger. Cliffhanger.

Next week. That's a good. Oh, that's a great movie. That I didn't. Okay, that's your name. Cliffhanger. Yep. Cliffhanger next week that's a good oh that's a that's a great name that i didn't okay that's your name cliffhanger yep cliffhanger but that movie i didn't see till like a year ago i'd never seen cliffhanger interesting great movie john lithgow oh i have subtle i have a painting very subtle work i have a painting that's like that it's a painting a recreation of the cliffhanger poster and the quote from a critic is best fucking movie ever you have a painting of that who gave

it or did you commission i got it somewhere at a art show or something at an art show yeah that's and i was like god i have this. I should see this movie. You should watch it. I love you bought the painting just for purely aesthetic reasons. I loved it. And still do. And I don't know where it is. Incredible. Not a lot of wall space in your house.

No, it's a wall-less house. Yeah. It was bold, I thought. It has a ceiling, has a floor. It's all ceiling and floor in that place. Just no walls. No walls. Anywhere.

And if you try to hang something up on the ceiling or the wall, it falls off or you step on it. Yeah. Anyway. Okay. Devils in Dust. Why is it called that? See what happens when I don't take the lead?

I mean, that was five seconds of me hosting the show. I have to say something generally. Yeah. Genuinely or generally? Genuinely, but also generally. uh bruce springsteen's uh graphic design in the last i don't know from let's say rising on no i would say human touch and lucky town on okay uh is never been my favorite i like the i like the cover of this record it's a kind of sepia looking shot of uh bruce i believe your old photographer but the record the covers for the no anton cor uh cor god corbin corbin did did this one well he took the photo i don't like

what they i don't like all the accoutrement around it. It feels affected. Well, okay, so it's got that like aged, sort of like, hey, this is an old photo from an old Western time. I think that Anton Corbin shot this at the Universal Studios Wild West Stunt Show. Oh, maybe that's why. Yeah.

I don't love that font. What fonts do you like? Oh, wait, this is an episode of What Fonts Do You Like? Everyone, welcome to What Fonts Do You Like? This is Scott. And this is Scott. So what fonts do you like so much? Comic Sans.

That's it. I'm a Wingdings guy. Oh, look at you. Doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop, doop. Okay. Bye. Bye. Huh, huh. You know what font I love is the one they use for the river.

That fucking shreds. That's a great one. I think Mac DeMarco used it for... I don't give two shits, bro. You love it, though. Why would you not care about this little piece of information? I also like the one on Nebraska because it's the same font they used to use on the... What? The... What? When you... used to use on the the this the what when you what when you had a tape or a cd and a little binding that you see if you put it in the yeah

yeah like that like when columbia records would it was just yeah the the default font that was nebraska i like the purple rain this font yeah i like the purple rain font they used Just the default font. That was... Nebraska. I like the Purple Rain font. This font. Yeah. I like the Purple Rain font. They used it for the movie Drive. Oh, I like that too. Yeah.

Yeah. Oh boy, Drive is a good movie. That's a good movie. I also love the Born to Run font. He had so many great covers. Dude, had so many great fonts. Born in the Tunnel of Love is an incredible cover. And then they just sort of...

I don't know. There's some great ones. Yeah, I'm wrong. there's some good i think right isn't rising okay rising's fine but there were a bunch of different covers for that it was kind of dependent on which format you got it i think rising is pretty good it's a blurry shot of him he well one thing that we haven't talked about on this show ever is that um bruce springsteen has the powers of the speed force um that's him vibrating yeah yeah uh it's impossible to get a photo of him yeah it's a lot like superman when he wanted to keep his identity secret everyone goes like well he's not wearing a mask well yeah he vibrates his face so no one can see him yeah which then begs the question of why was lois lane so in love with this guy she didn't even know what he looked like.

Yeah. She likes his personality. Yeah. I think that's- That's cool, right? Yeah, it's super cool. It's pretty cool of Lois Lane. That's so cool.

I wish I could find a woman who liked my personality. Me too. I wish you could too. But this one's not terrible. I mean, it's classy in that way of like hey this is a piece of art it looks expensive i just you just don't like it it looks like affected well here's the thing is we all know this is not a photo of bruce springsteen from 50 years ago in the early 1900s so well we don't think it is we don't think it is but who's

he trying to fool you know what i mean like with this whole like oh the edges are look crinkled up and oh it's such an old photograph because the colors have all been faded from it like who the fuck do you think you're fooling it looks looks like something that would be silkscreened onto a black t-shirt. Yeah. So good. Perfect. Okay. So Devils in Dust.

A little background on it. No. No. Yeah, let's hear it. So we talked about this last episode, right? When he, after Tom Joad, he went out on the old Tom Road and he wrote a bunch of songs and then was going to put out the record and was like, what the fuck am I doing? Yeah. I'm going to put out two acoustic records back to back?

Right. That's not Bruce. That's not what the fans want. Yeah. What button did you just hit on your phone? I hit done. I was reading the little blurb on Devils in Dust on Apple Music. What did the blurb say?

They say it's one of his finest albums, often overlooked. Often overlooked? Okay. I know it is a bit of a favorite, a fan favorite. We'll figure that out as we listen to it. Okay. But so, okay, so late 90s. What are you looking for?

Nothing. Wait, you're so fidgety. Are we doing the show or not? I'm here. You're here, but are you present? I am 100% present. Okay, I need you here, buddy. Yeah.

I need you. Here we go. I need your emotional support while I tell this story, because this is hard for me. Okay, I need you here, buddy. Yeah. I need you. Here we go. I need your emotional support while I tell this story. Because this is hard for me. Okay, let's do it. Okay, so late 90s, he is on the Tom Joad tour. He's digging it because he isn't having to shout the entire show. A little easier on the old chords.

The old chordies. And so he's writing a bunch of songs on the road. Yeah. Writes this whole record and kind of goes like, I'm not going to put this out. So he shelves it. Because he thinks it would be. Just another like. Yeah.

The whole 90s, he's just been putting out stuff people have not really been liking all that much. So then he gets back together with the E Street Band, right? So the E Street Band, Rising comes out in 2002. They go on tour for about a year and a half through the end of 2003. Huge hit album, huge hit tour. Huge. What's he going to do now?

Is he going to follow it up with another E Street banger? Yeah. Well, no. Instead, towards the end, uh... Instead, he, uh, towards the end of the Rising Tour, he, um, writes a song called Devils in Dust about the

war in Iraq. Mm-hmm. And it's an acoustic song, although they play it with the E Street band, I think. Mm-hmm. Um, he plays it a few times and is kind of like oh this is a good song and then um says you know what i'm i'm gonna go back and i'm gonna go back and listen to uh all that the the acoustic stuff that i did so he goes back and listens to the acoustic record that he was going to put out and decides to add this song to it, Devils in Dust.

But he also, weirdly enough, goes back to, remember we talked about when he was recording Tom Joad? He recorded the Tom Joad album at night, but during the day he recorded more upbeat songs. Right, right. So he goes back to those and picks two of those songs and then calls up Brendan O'Brien, who we all remember. Right, right. So he goes back to those and picks two of those songs and then makes this, calls up Brendan O'Brien, who we all remember. Oh, yeah. Produced The Rising

and says, Brendan, I need you, buddy. Uh-huh. Mobilize. Countdown. Three, two, one. One.

Their twin powers activate. I need you um brendan o'brien says oh cool well yeah let's uh let's record all these songs fresh and springy says like no um they do record the devils and dust song new that's the one new song that they record. Back then or like soon after the tour? When he decides this is the record he wants to do and calls up Brendan O'Brien. Brendan O'Brien wants to rerecord everything that he that that all the songs that Springsteen sent him. And Springsteen goes, I sort of like the way they're recorded. Let's just add this one new song. they're recorded let's just add this one new song so um what brendan o'brien does though is he adds instrumentation to all these so let's put it in perspective adam this is not like

tom jode no it doesn't really have the sound of tom jode it's actually a little more uh has more instrumentation it's called it's considered to be another acoustic album that's right that's what everyone refers to it as but it actually has a lot of instruments on it yeah it's doesn't have a lot of electric guitar i think that's the one difference so the other thing is is it's not even really a political album even though he wrote devils and dust about the iraq war there's only i would say like a couple political songs on it maybe a couple character studies that you could say sort of have political implications and then there's like love songs right so it's uh kind of a cross between tom jode and like tunnel of lucky town lucky town yeah um 12 songs 51 minutes

any other uh stats you want oh yeah i think it's much are we getting into our opinions about it well i just as far as how many songs are on it i think it's know, the brevity is appreciated. Meaning that you like- Following the rising, which I feel is- Have tragically long and kind of- Tragic. Holds it back from being a masterpiece, I think. Right, yeah. So you appreciate that it's 51 minutes.

I think it could be shorter. I love the good old days of nine or ten song albums right right great but you know all right so um tell you what we're gonna take a break when we come back we're gonna listen to this thing what do you say yeah i mean that's we should right basically why we're doing this like what are we even doing at this point if we don't listen to it you know all right let's take a break when we come back we'll listen to devils and dust? All right, let's take a break. When we come back, we'll listen to Devils in Dust

by Bruce Springsteen on You Springin' Springsteen on My Bean. We'll be right back. I hear the sound of your guitar Coming from the... We will, we will we will rock you hey welcome back you spring and springsteen on my bean and we're talking about devils and dust and can you believe it we haven't really started talking about it yet

but uh yeah that's starting to dawn on me and And I'm wondering when I'm going to get to leave. When you're going to get to leave? Really? You want to leave so bad? Why don't you fucking leave right now? Okay. You buy fucking shit. No, come back.

Come back. Come back. Okay. I'm back. Okay, good. All right. So 12 tracks on this. Do you want to hear him?

Yeah, I think we should. Here we go. All right. So 12 tracks on this. Do you want to hear them? Yeah. I think we should. Here we go. This is track one. This is the title song. This is Devils in Dust by Bruce Springsteen. I got my finger on the trigger But I don't know who to trust When I look into your eyes There's just devils and dust

We're a long, long way from home, Bob Home's a long, long way from us Feel a dirty wind blowing Devils in dust I got God on my side And I'm just trying to survive What if what you do to survive kills the things you love? Fear is a powerful thing. Can turn your heart black.

You can trust. It'll take a God filled soul. Filled with devils and dust. Okay. Okay, so that's the first verse and chorus, but then it kicks in a little bit here. A little more instrumentation. So if you're expecting Tom Joad, it's not that. But what's weird about this song is then, like, instrumentation goes out and then different instrumentation comes in.

You hear a little, there's Susie Terrell on the violin, the strings. Devils in Dust, what do you think, Adam? We'll let it play underneath. Yeah, I like this song a lot. It's good. This is the one, by the way, I mentioned, I think, in our first episode. I was incorrect. It wasn't on an MTV award show.

It was the Grammys. But he played this on the Grammys probably a month before the record came out. And he did this song and then stood up afterwards and said, bring him home. Talking about the soldiers in Iraq. And powerfully walked off the stage before anyone could applaud for him. God, I don't remember that. And that was one where I was watching the Grammys

and Kulap was over, and I was kind of going like, she's probably not interested in any of this. And she just was like, oh my God, after he sang this. And that's what led her into getting really into Bruce Springsteen. Oh, wow.

Is this song. Okay, so he goes in with the harmonica. Drums start kind of like really playing. This is, of course, the subject matter is a soldier in Iraq kind of wondering what he's doing out there yeah it was

it's i mean it was such a kind of all-encompassing issue at the time the war in iraq was everywhere and it was what kind of on everyone's mind yeah Yeah. It's kind of like the Obama coming in sort of washed a lot of that away. This is after 2004 when George W. Bush got reelected and he was still kind of like riding high on everyone kind of going like, yay, protect us.

Yeah. And no one really knowing how bad everything was going in Iraq yet. I think around 2006 by then, everyone was like, Yeah, what the fuck is going on right now? And this is right around the mission accomplished rally was when it started going south. By the way, here are the drums a little bit. It's almost like a...

Yeah. Like a different... I think it sounds good. Different drum beat, yeah. I like the production on this song. Yeah. He's saying, I got God on my side.

I'm just trying to survive. What if what you do to survive kills the things you love? Fear is a powerful thing. And he's talking about, sort of, he's saying that in the guise of this soldier but he's saying it about the country as well what if what you do to survive kills the things you love

yeah devils and dust adam what do you think of it i mean do you do this is one of the classics on this record this is i'd agree with this is i mean this is a i think the reason that he was like the song is so good it's the reason he was like oh maybe i should do dust off some of the acoustic stuff so is this the one they this is the new song but which is the one they recorded in the late 90s uh the all of the rest of them they recorded in the late 90s but two different there's two songs from the tom joad sessions and then the rest of them, they recorded in the late 90s, but there's two songs from the Tom Jode sessions, and then the rest of them are from this album that he was going to put out after the Tom Jode tour. Oh. Before The Rising that he abandoned, or at least shelved until now.

Oh, okay. Does that make sense? I mean, it says some of it was recorded in 0405 yes so devils and dust was recorded this is the new one but then the new it's it's the every every other one of the other songs the bones of it were recorded in the 90s got it and then they were then they did over dubs yeah like brendan o'brien did a lot of overdubs for everything else. So, yeah, so that's the new one. And that to me is like, all right, here we go. Yeah.

Political, kind of in the vein of Tom Joad, but with more instrumentation, less sparse. Yeah. All right, let's hear track two from Devils in Dust. This is All the Way Home by Bruce Springsteen. This was also a single? Yes. Whoo! On the bottom of the road And now you got no reason to trust me My confidence is literally

But if you don't feel like being alone Maybe I could walk you all alone All the way home, Adam. This is like another relationship song, sort of akin to the Human Touch, Lucky Town kind of stuff. The first lyrics seem to be talking about his marriage because he's like i know what it's like to a failed baby with the whole world looking on um i know what it's like to have soared and come crashing like a drunk on a

bar room floor um sounds like steve earl yeah it does yeah yeah i like those steve earl records like from the late 80s and early 90s. Those are really good. I like the. I just got kind of into them recently. Yeah. Transcendental Blues and stuff like that. Those are great.

Yeah. So what do you think? I like this song. This is like one of the. This is kind of telling you also like, hey, this isn't Tom Joad because it's not about a character study of a migrant or anything. This is like purely just kind of a relationship song. Yeah.

Kind of reminds me of Human Touch, Lucky Town stuff, but I like the melody. I like it. Yeah, and I like the production more than that stuff too. It sounds a little more modern. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, let's hear track three.

This is Reno. 911? No, just Reno. Wouldn't that be weird if you wrote a song about Reno 911? Then wrote a song about the state?

That would be super weird. Like a whole album about- And then Stella? Like all the branches off from- Party Down. That would be cool because I'm on that show. Yeah, okay, sure.

This is Reno by Bruce Springsteen. Took off her stockings. I held her in my face. She had your anchors. I felt filled with grace. Two hundred dollars straight in. Fifty up the ass ass She smiled and said She unbuckled my bed Back of her head Sat in front of me on the bed

She said, honey, how's that feel? You want me to go slow My eyes drifted out the window Down to the road below Felt my stomach tighten Down to the road below The fieldmaster mactagged The sun bloodied the sky Slice of hotel blinds I closed my eyes Reno, Adam.

Sunlight on the Amateur I like this song a lot. This is about, I think, Reno, Adam. I like this song a lot. This is about, I think, it feels like it's about a widower because he's mentioning, this is about a lonely man who's with a sex worker. In Reno. In Reno. He mentions at the beginning, like, she had your ankles. But then he also, first mention of anal, i believe yeah in a bruce springsteen song uh she quotes him 200 straight in 250 up the ass yeah um interesting for a

springsteen song um and by the way first mention i think on the album of maria he mentions maria a few times like i feel like i didn't know sometimes this is the same character in some of these songs but he's like uh you and i maria we learned it so i think maria is the woman that he's lost um anyway at the end of the song um the sex worker they're they have a good time and she pours him a drink and says here's to the best you ever had and he says we laughed and made a toast

it wasn't the best I ever had not even close he's obviously still emotionally still too into his previous relationship whatever happened with that interesting character study. I like this one.

I like his story songs. Yeah. Those are good prices. Yeah, truly. Just blew me away. All right. So this is now track four. This is Long Time Common by Bruce Springsteen.

Long Time Common by Bruce Springsteen. over the hilltops straight into my arms straight into my arms I'm riding hard carry to catch a rose a fresh map that I made cause now I'm gonna get birth naked and burn my whole soul and dance on the screen And dance on this grave

And dance on this grave It's been a long time coming, my dear It's been a long time coming But now it's here Yeah, now it's here Long time coming out of I remember this being my favorite. Yeah, this is one of the classics to me. Kind of makes me wish the E Street,

the Edibles had did it with him. I like it, though. I don't care that that's, I almost feel like the sort of spareness of it is. Yeah. And one of the best melodies, I think, on the album. Yeah, for sure. It's sort of about fathers another one of his songs

about his relationship with his father but also a hopeful song because I think that he's kind of talking about like at one point he says well now down below and pulling on my shirt yeah I got some kids of my own

well if I had one wish in this godforsaken world kids it'd be that your mistakes Well, now down below and pulling on my shirt, yeah, I got some kids of my own. Well, if I had one wish in this godforsaken world, kids, it'd be that your mistakes will be your own. Yeah, your sins will be your own. I think it's like a hopeful song, like now he has kids and sort of is reexamining the relationship with his father. I don't know. What do you think? Yeah, that sounds right i wasn't really honestly never really listened or tried to parse what it means or what it's really about that doesn't surprise me you want to hear what uh what david frick said sure the songs are rendered by the way just it's david fuck we can oh yeah we can curse on this podcast

uh the songs are rendered with a subdued mostly acoustic flair that smells of wood smoke and sparkles in the right places like stars in a clear plains sky it's got to be so hard to be a music critic it's like that's all such a bunch of fucking mumbo made up bumbo jumbo just trying to come up with a way on your like evoke through words what it feels like listening to music it's like impossible critics give up i really like david frick though yeah he's great um all right this is uh track five this is black cowboys by bruce springsteen Cowboys by Bruce Springsteen. We'll be right back. Rainey'd do his work and put his books away Was a channel show to Western movie every day And that brought him home books on the black cowboys of the Oklahoma range

The Seminole scouts who fought the tribes of the Great Plains The summer come and the days grew long Black Cowboys, Adam. I really like this album. Like, I love this. It's not the hookiest song, but it's such a good, interesting subject and story. It is about the... I know what you're saying.

Has Springsteen gone woke? But no, it's about the true story of black cowboys in the Old West. Also drew inspiration from Alan Kozol's 1995 book, Amazing Grace, The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, where he pulls some of the imagery. I got to admit, not one of the ones I like. Really? But I'm glad that you like it. That makes me happy. What bugs you about it?

There isn't a chorus. Yeah, exactly. It's interesting, but I definitely am just like... I feel like on Tom Joad, this is one of the songs that would have bored me. Right. But I feel like there's an energy to be. You're into the vibe.

Yeah, the added instrumentation. You like what Brendan O'Brien is doing. I'm just feeling it more and really like it. Yeah, Brendan O'Brien definitely, I think he replaced the bass on this. I think Steve Jordan replaced the drums that they originally did. Yeah, Steve Jordan, man. He had Steve Jordan doing drums.

Yeah, Steve Jordan from the Rolling Stones did tracks one through six. Yeah. Not Reno. He didn't do Reno. But yeah, what they did is they took the original recordings and they just sort of like either added. There's one coming up that's pretty much like the original with just a few added but for the most part replaced a lot of the instrumentation sometimes the vocals i think um but uh chucky plots he's still got piano on track too don't worry about

chucky plots he's doing okay for himself the plot scares federici in the house. Federici? Federici? Yeah, he played on Long Time Coming. Don't worry about that. Okay, let's go to... Now, here's another mention of Maria. This is track five. This is Maria's Bed by Bruce Springsteen. One, two, three, four. guitar solo But on barbed wire I wait 40 days and nights

I ain't complaining It's my job And it suits me right Got a sweet soul fever Rushing round my head And I'm gonna a dead man's suit and smiling skull rain. On a dead man's suit and smiling skull ring. Like a graveyard in books and a soundless thing.

I keep my heart and my work, my troubles in my head. And I keep my soul in Maria's bed Maria's bed, Adam. Here's the sort of, I guess, what you'd call the hook. Love this. This is one of the touchstones that I guess Springsteen mentioned to Brendan O'Brien is Gasoline Alley, the Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley. Oh, here's where it kicks in, by the way. Yeah, it kind of has that early, that early Rod Stewart.

Yeah, yeah. I like the feel and I don't love the song. That's what I would say about it. Let's play a little Gasoline Alley just to really tell people what we're talking about. This is Gasoline Alley by Bruce Springsteen? No, Rod Stewart. Is Gasoline Alley the name of the album? And this song, yeah. See, now this is a great chorus

but with the same feel. Is this Faces or Rod Stewart? This is Rod Stewart. Oh, just hot licks. Faces did play it live. Oh, my old man, girl. I realized, baby, I was wrong to leave. Better swallow up my silly country pride. Going home, running home, down to Gasoline Alley, where I started from. Going home, and I'm running home, down to Gasoline Alley, where I was born.

Yeah, Gasoline Alley. It's a great album. Great album. down the gasoline alley where I was born when the weather's bad Yeah, Gasoline Alley. It's a great album. Great album. So Adam, sounds like you like it. I like it a lot. I don't know why you don't like it.

I don't think it's one of the great melodies that Springsteen's ever written in. I don't know that the lyrics are really capturing me either you know i on this album the the songs that don't strike me as among the best that he's written or performed or whatever don't bother me at all as they kind of help set this. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I get it. Like it's an album you can have on and not ever want to skip anything. And not ever pay attention to it. Yeah. Well, I guess so. But it's good. Yes. I get what you mean.

Or I get how you feel about it. But let's hear the next track. This is Silver Palomino, and this is by Bruce Springsteen. This is about a car. It's about a horse. Oh, you were afraid it was about a Cadillac. Weren't you?

Yes. I was barely 13 years old. My quality. So not so good. Coats frost frosted diamonds and the sailor moon is blown My silver palomino Sixteen ants from the weathers do the crown Line bed and listen to the sound Other ways it takes a Sunday road

My silver palomino Track her in the mountains she loved Watch her from the rocks above She'd dip her neck and drink from the winter floors my silver palomino silver palomino adam uh not my fave if i was gonna trim one two, this would be a contender, but it's totally fine. This is where I start to go, what are we doing? Like, what is this?

This is around when he starts getting into horses. Like his daughter is like a competitive horse rider. I think this is where he starts, like he buys a bunch. Oh, you mean in his life he starts getting into horses. And this is just an ode to a horse. I was wondering if, which song was it? One of the earlier songs was sort of a precursor to Where We Go on Western Stars.

Yeah, I felt like that, too. I felt like, almost like Black Cowboys kind of felt like I had that feeling a little bit. And All the Way Home too. Yeah, yeah. Or no, Long Time Coming, sorry. Long Time Coming.

I'm interested to get to that album to see what we think about it. Yeah. But yeah. I've never really listened to it that much. I believe I listened

to it twice and I watched the live concert that he gave for it and that was about it. But totally into revisiting it. All right, this is the next track. This is Jesus Was an Only Son, and this is by Bruce Springsteen. By the way, this sounds like sometimes you can't make it on your own.

Well, 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 Nazarene As he lay reading the Psalms of David He let his mother's feet

Mother pray sleep tight my child sleep well For I'll be at your side. And no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell shall pierce your dreams this night. Jesus was an only son, Adam. Did he write this? He did. He realized he was writing so many songs about men and women.

He's like, what if I wrote one about Jesus? I'm not too interested in the subject matter. This, by the way, is one of the ones that pretty much went straight from the recording. Not a lot added other than the background vocals. This is pretty much exactly what he did in the demo. I don't know. What do you think? Yeah, it's, you know, not my fave.

Who, Jesus or this song? I love Jesus. The song I thought was a little dull. Yeah. Agreed. Okay, let's go a little dull. Yeah. Agreed. Okay, let's go to, we have four more songs left. This is track nine. This is Leah by Bruce Springsteen. guitar solo I want to build me a house

On high ground I want to find me a world Where there's only sand High above this road There we'll shed and die I want to shoulders of my love Figured it all out We live This is another one that's kind of the original demo

that they didn't really mess with all that much. I gotta say, I like the melody, though, better than the previous four songs. Yeah, me too. So you like this one? I do. What if it had been named adam i'd like it like 40 more no i i do like it though my only two that i'm not crazy about so far is silver palomino and jesus was uh scott ackerman's son it's what are we, we're writing songs about horses and Jesus now?

Like, have we run out of subjects? Yeah, that's what we're doing. Have we run out of subjects to talk about? All right, this is track 10. This is called The Hitter by Bruce Springsteen. Come to the door, ma, and unlock the chain I was just passing through and got caught in the rain There's nothing I want, nothing that you need to say

Just let me lie down for 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 I fought in the dockyards And with the money I made And the fight was my home And the blood was my trade That's all the responsibility And the love for you taught

Well they paid me That's all I'm supposed to do, love, and love for you, Tom. Well, they paid me every month, and I'm not the man, Tom. I did what I did, and it comes easily. A strange mercy, my love, is strange as to me. The hitter kind of we're back in Tom Joad suddenly because this is a character study about a boxer kind of feels like it's a period

piece like it's from back in the 40s going to visit his mother and talking about how fighting in the dockyards and for money and stuff like that i think this is a really interesting song what do you think yeah i sort of like more of this type of stuff but that's all what tom joad is yeah what do you mean i don't know i like the style though that he writes in, you know, just these like character study songs.

Yeah. What's interesting about this is the, they paid for a big like orchestra, not big probably, but they paid for strings and horns

and then Springsteen was like, turn them way, way down in the mix. Here, listen to it a little bit. Yeah. And the women and the money came facing the days I lost train. scene was like turn them way way down in the mix here like listen to it a little bit yeah and brendan o'brien is like we paid all this money for him like don't we want to have it be really dramatic and he's like no no turn it super down super down so it actually sounds like it just sounds like the the keyboard it sounds like

a keyboard bed that yeah that he that he would play in the 90s a lot but i think it's an interesting use of it yeah it's so interesting to think that that's actual strings and horns yeah when it could yeah um sounds good sounds good okay now we're in the homeestretch. Last two songs. This is a song called All I'm Thinking About. This is by Bruce Springsteen. One, two, three, four. Thank you. Can't even know. Sweet things sipping on a blueberry wine. On a flat black highway down in Caroline. Black birds slipping in the sky blue. All I'm thinking about is you, baby.

All I'm thinking about is you, honey. All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you, honey All I'm thinking about is you, baby All I'm thinking about is you Ain't nothing in this world I can do about it All I'm thinking about is you Going up the country I like that falsetto. Yeah, he does the whole song in falsetto.

Maybe the first time he's ever done that? Yeah. Like Prince's Kiss or something. It sounds like a song that could have several different versions. I would imagine he has a full band version of this. I like it. Yeah, I like it. This is one of the better melodies.

I wonder about the execution. Would I like a different version of it better melodies i wonder about the execution like would i like a different version of it better but uh a cool song like i i think it's a really good melody it does remind me of going up the country it's that can't eat song paul f tompkins hates going up the the way he sings it going up the country do you want to hear a little bit of what I'm talking about? Yes. Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. It's, let me play a little Going Up the Country by Canned Heat. Oh yeah, this is good. Why don't I have this?

Oh. this is so on their page on apple music this is their first three most popular songs so popular we had to list it three times because I'm sure it's on soundtracks and stuff. Why are you singing like that? All right, we're finally at the last and final song on the record. And this is a song called Matamoros Banks by Bruce Springsteen.

For two days the river keeps you down And you rise to the light without a sun Past the playgrounds A new rise to the light without a sun. Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards. The turtles eat the skin from their 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 was gone

And the things of the earth they make the claim That the things of heaven may do the same By my darling for your love I give God thanks Meet me on the matamoros Meet me on the matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros Meet me on the Matamoros banks Matamoros banks. To me, this is one of the classics.

Oh, really? This is one of the great songs on this record. This is the sequel to Across the Border. On Tom Jode? On Tom Jode, yeah. Lyrically, it's really interesting because it's told backwards uh almost as if it's harold pinter's the betrayal at him uh the first verse is about the main character is uh lying dead in the river uh the fish or the turtles eating the skin off of him then it goes flashes back to

him in the river trying to like walking on the tires uh or like trying to get to the river basically like trying to cross it in order to get across the river then the third verse it flashes back to him just about to get into the river and it ends with him diving across the river. Then the third verse, it flashes back to him just about to get into the river and it ends with him diving into the river. So sort of a tragic end to the character from Across the River. And it's a direct sequel, like he said. He has said it is, yeah.

So kind of a, because Across the River, you remember was so kind of, you kind of knew it was going to be tragic, but it was hopeful of like, well, maybe he does get across the river. Yeah. But it's interesting because it keeps coming back to the meet me on the Matamoros, meet me on the Matamoros, meet me on the Matasbora banks. Like he's saying that to whoever he's trying to get to. Is that a particular place? I don't know.

That's an interesting question. Thank you. Wasn't that interesting, but... No, I appreciate that. Interesting enough for me to look up. When I look it up, when I give it a goog, just a... Oh, you don't bring it?

There is one, yes. There are a bunch of banks in matamoros in mexico so it's either someone i can't remember if it was someone trying to get back across to mexico or someone from mexico trying to get here but um regardless i think this is one of the best songs on the album what do you think i mean, I thought it was kind of boring, but it sounds interesting when you talk about it. I love the melody too.

This is a great end to the record, in my opinion. I really like this album a lot. That is Devils in Dust. So you like this album a lot. Had you listened to it a bunch or just on that nano that you got like a long time right so it was when you listened to it this week in preparation for this you were you're over and over again you're really digging it i did i yeah i i like a lot much more than i remembered i made just maybe i just didn't really take it in back then. Well, also, it's so weird coming off The Rising where you're like Springsteen is back.

Yeah. And then it's like Screech. OK, we're going to do this for a little while. Yeah. And then it's just a couple of years later, he comes out with like a full E Street Band album. Yes. Well, we do have to talk about what he does next really briefly after we wrap up this but um yeah i i like the instrumentation and sort of sort of wish tom jode maybe had a little more of this flavor same but i think the album's schizophrenic and i'm not interested in the middle four songs yeah so for a 12 song record for me to kind of actively dislike the middle

four songs so the the four you don't like are silver palomino jesus was an only son leah and no black cowboys and maria's bet oh you don't like blackout cowboys and maria's bet no we talked about this i thought you thought they were fine they're just boring to me i like those songs oh yeah you didn't like those two jesus christ i'm remembering i like those two i i only take issue with those middle seven so for you if this was a 10 song record and those songs are six minutes and 15 so this would be a 45 minute record it'd be great for you yeah i like a shorter yeah me too um i think like he wrote devils in dust and was like shit this is great let's put it out could he use one more writing session for my taste to like edit and to edit and and but but i mean

i feel i feel that way about reno where i like, this is not the most thrilling song, but I think it's so evocative that you do maybe about black cowboys. So we'll call it a wash. All right. We're both right. Fine. I'm interested to hear where this lands on our rankings that we will reveal on the final episode of this season.

We do have to talk about what he does next. So he goes out on the Devils in Dust tour, solo acoustic tour, which a lot of those shows are great. I have about four or five of them, I think he's put out. You mean they're like available? Yeah.

If you go to brucespringsteen.net, he sells... No, I'm not going to do that. Okay, forget it. But I would suggest if you're a fan, check it out because it started around the High Hopes tour. He put out every show,

including for the River tour and the recent tour and all that. But he's only put out selected shows of previous tours. And there's about, I think, four or five of the Devils in Dust one. They're really interesting. It's interesting to hear

older songs done in this style. Um, so it was a cool tour, but he goes and does that. And then, um, then, uh,

he, now this is a weird part of the story. So in 99 ish, I think, are you playing? Oh, hold that up to the mic. Okay. So in 99-ish, I think. Are you playing? Hold that up to the mic. Okay.

So you just started playing Canned Heat on your phone? I guess I accidentally hit play. So around 99 or 98, I can't remember, for a Pete Seeger tribute album. Okay. For the Pete Seeger sessions? No, no. There's a Pete Seeger tribute album that comes out, a compilation. Oh, right.

And so Springy gets a band band together he doesn't really know anything about pete seeger yeah but he gets a band together and um records one song for it um that he puts out this was uh we shall overcome so he he gets a band together and records. This is in 97, actually. He records We Shall Overcome, right? With a band. He gets Susie Terrell out there. And it's kind of a Americana thing.

It's kind of a Lumineers-type feel, you know? Yeah, yeah. He records this one song and he's like, hey, so what we don't know is he records five i think he records five songs he only puts out the one right and he just kind of sits on this for a while and he has these five songs that he recorded and so after he does the devils and dust tour does he get back together with the east street the edibles no he picks he listens to those five songs again and goes like hey these are pretty good

i'm gonna get super into pete seger yeah so he pete seger is uh uh you know a protest singer um who was was uh uh recording songs he was uh you know in the in the early part of the century in the early part of the 1900s and he also popularized a bunch of traditional songs. So Springsteen gets super into Pete Seeger, records a full album of this kind of Americana, almost with a Dixieland vibe, with a Americana-type band, violin, tuba, upright bass, banjo.

You know, this is some mumford and son shit um and uh puts out that record we let's hear a little bit of it just to give you a feel for what we're talking about is that Ed Helms? I think it's Mark Clipper. Oh, Dan Tucker was a fine old man. Washed his face in a fine van. Calmed his hair with a wagon wheel. And died with a toothache in his heel. Get out the way, old Dan Tucker. You're too late to get your son.

I think it's a product of the time as well. Like halfway through the second Bush administration, we were all like really, you know, sick of the war and all that stuff. And this is like protest music. Protest music. I think he's trying to be like, let's get back to the days when we could protest.

Yeah. When like music kind of had an effect on stuff like this but i remember at the time being like wow he really likes pete seger um there's songs like pay me my money down um jacob's ladder eyes on the prize we shall overcome froggy really good it's it's really good so if that's your thing um and sometimes it's my thing i mean i kind of feel the way about it that i do about like radiohead's life in a glass house where it's like it's cool that if they put that one song on i don't know that i'd want a full album of radiohead doing that but but um and these were great shows as well like he went out and

toured with this record with this band and if you you like this type of music, it's like 15 people. Yeah. It's a big... And there's even a live album of this album. There's a live album and I think a live video of it too that you can get. So we're not going to cover it, but if that's your thing, check it out. It's good. And it is good

well we'll see where it lands on our rankings but we're not covering it because we don't think it's good we're not covering it because it's a cover album essentially doesn't feel like it's an essential part of the catalog but this is live in Dublin is the

live one and they do like versions of Atlantic City and some other But this is... Live in Dublin is the live one. And they do versions of Atlantic City and some other songs. Yeah. And La Bamba is on this as well. Richie La Bamba Rosenberg from The Conan Show. Adam, it was a true pleasure listening to Devils in Dust with you. As always. Wouldn't want to listen

to much else with me no wouldn't want to listen to that with anyone else uh yes that's what i'm talking about yes indeed um but we're gonna have to call it for now all right um so next we're doing magic right magic yeah that's right his tribute to david blaine yeah but it's kind of a comeback of sorts yeah why does he keep having to come back i don't know i think he was doing fine we took uh i mean it's been five years since when he comes out with this record the the seager sessions it's been five years since the rising came out right so magic comes out, I think six years later.

Right. Anyway, that's why he has to keep coming back. Okay. Anyway, we're going to do that next week. So we're going to call it for now. We'll see you next week. And until then,

we hope that you found what you're looking for. Bye. I hear the drum I hear the drum