'Conviction (1)'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Oh fuck. That's some of the best music ever used in a TV show. Hmph. Joss was smart to hire mostly unknown bands to play the Bronze.
Of course, the most egregious music change was not being able to get "Nights in White Satin" for WISEGUY and the climax of the Sonny Steelegrave saga.
Supposedly the MIAMI VICE set managed to snag the original music. That must have cost boatloads, but I suppose it's one of the things you'd need to even bother putting it out.
The answer to the question: Can a song that topped a list of worst songs actually worsen?
Yes. Yes it can.
Reading the background behind it makes it even better... errrr worse: [link] (scroll down to Thursday Feb. 24)
Knee-deep in the mocha/making coffee right
So many partners/working late at night
We just want to build here--IMDS, does it pass?
We call on development to complete the task!
Living the way of being,
In the Green Apron Book!
Don't you remember?
We built this Starbucks on heart and soul!
This makes me want to kill myself. God only knows what would happen if I worked there and heard this....
Angus - I now have the official M.I.A. album if you want to swap...
That Starbucks song only makes sense if you work there, and even still, it's just annoying.
Oh, and ... is the M.I.A. CD out officially now? I was told there was a delay of who knows how long. Was I misinformed?
It's out in Canada on the 15th: [link]
the whole M.I.A. discourse is fascinating; in some ways more so than the record, though the record is ace. she's clearly epically full of shit on about 100 levels, but I don't think she's any more full of shit than Joe Strummer or Chuck D. The ilm thread Christgau links to is awesome, and well worth reading - one of those moments which show why messageboards are a great idea.