The final song from The Shield
Well, The Shield series finale was tonight and they ended it in great fashion. I won’t get into the issues I have with it, but I’ll just comment on the song they closed the series with. The song was by Concrete Blonde and the title is “Long Time Ago”. Here are the lyrics to “Long [...]
The Song From The Max Payne Trailer
Ok, the latest marketing exec to hit a musical homerun is the one that paired the new Max Payne trailer with Marilyn Manson’s “If I was your Vampire”. The song fits perfectly with the dark world of Max Payne. The scene in the trailer where the Valkrie pulls the guy out of the window is [...]
Music from The Shield
Whoever is picking the music for The Shield new season commercials on FX is hitting homerun after homerun. Last year they picked the excellent Black Lab song “This Night”. This year they followed up with Beck’s “Farewell Ride” from his Guero CD. Another excellent song and it really fits perfectly with the theme of [...]
Music From “The Cleaner” Part 2
I made a post last week about music from The Cleaner and watched the series premiere tonight on A&E. I enjoyed the show more than I thought I would and will catch it next week with high hopes for it. The interesting thing will be how they deal with such sad issues every [...]
Music from “The Cleaner”
I have been seeing a lot of commercials for “The Cleaner” on A&E. The show may or may not be any good but they definitely have some good music in the commercials. The two songs they are using are “Clean” by Depeche Mode and “Mad World” by Gary Jules.
Hopefully the person picking songs [...]
Iron and Wine - “Passing Afternoon”
I was watching the season finale of House tonight and the song in the closing scene before the credits really caught my ear. It really flows with my current musical loves. The song is by Iron and Wine and it is titled “Passing Afternoon”.
I have listened to it a few times on Rhapsody [...]
This Night - By Black Lab
This is the song playing in the FX promo for the new season of The Shield. It is awesome. This songs hits you right in the mouth just like “Mad World” from the Gears of War commercial. Damn what a good song. I don’t know what Black Lab has been doing [...]
Mad World
Ok, I heard this kickass song on a commercial for a the video game Gears of War and I had to look it up. The song is Mad World. It was originally done by Tears for fears and the commercial version is by Gary Jules. Evergreen Terrace also has a kickass version of it. Awesome [...]