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Inlander:
Season 1 is the Blind Boys of Alabama, season 2 is the original, season 3 is the Neville Brothers, season 4 is a bunch of kids, and season 5 is Steve Earle. The versions for seasons 3 and 4 were recorded especially for the show. All versions except Steve Earle's are on the soundtrack C.D.! Steve Earle's version is on his own album that came out in the same year as season 5 screened. (But his version is the weakest of the lot.)
the_pied_piper:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 24 Nov 2010, 17:36 ---Steve Earle's version is on his own album that came out in the same year as season 5 screened. (But his version is the weakest of the lot.)
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David_Dovey:
Nah it's true. My ranking of the various versions goes in order of which season they were used in, funnily. Except maybe I'd switch around the original and the Blind Boys version. They're pretty close. Ideally you'd take the music of the Blind Boys version and have Tom sing on it.
--- Quote from: Algernon on 24 Nov 2010, 14:42 ---Honestly, for most of the first episode I was really just trying to figure out who was who and what the fuck was going on. But then it started to click and became fantastic.
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Absolutely, me too. I definitely appreciated Season 1 a lot more the second time, when I wasn't worried about trying to remember who each character was and just focus on plot. The Wire is a show which really rewards re-watching. It actually makes a lot of the shocks and twists of the show resonate deeper when you know what is going to happen in the lead-up, as opposed to feeling like you've been spoiler'd. The second (and third and so on) time around you'll catch the foreshadowing and all the groundwork laid down to make events fall into place, and see it unfolding in excruciating slow motion. As Freamon says "every piece matters".
Algernon:
I've actually only rewatched part of the first season, as I only finished the series for the first time a few months ago, but I can see how that would be the case.
For the music, the Blind Boys of Alabama and the original Tom Waits versions are both amazing. I think I slightly prefer the original. I liked DoMaJe and Steve Earle's takes as well. Personally, my least favorite version was the Neville Brothers. All that banging. Season three, while one of my favorites, was the only one that I fast forwarded through the credits.
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