Well, it’s not the “Monster Mash” but Bruce Springsteen has decided to give us all a little Halloween treat that is tastier than even the sweetest miniature-sized Almond Joy–a video for a brand new song.
The bluesy haunt of “A Night with the Jersey Devil” is very un-Bruce, but his wild stomping howl (think Nick Cave, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, or Tom Waits) is a nice fit to a song that tells the tale about an evil creature that haunts South Jersey. The locals refer to it as Jon Bon Jovi the New Jersey Devil.
Dim the lights, lock the door, don’t go into those woods, and watch it here.
I grew up in the woods in South Jersey, and I had a friend whose stepfather made a living guiding “Jersey Devil hunts”. Basically it was guided hiking and camping in the pine barrons, but he’d have people looking for tracks in the sand, and tell them all the old stories about the leeds child. Not a bad gig.
It’s to make up for shutting down the Halloween decorations at his house: http://stereogum.com/archives/springsteen-…
I luv the ‘Apocalypse Now’ beginning… http://www.foryoubruce.com