...FIVE YEARS OF MUSIC FROM THE WIRE





Very cool eclectic soundtrack from the extraordinary HBO series.


1. "This America, man."
2. Way Down in the Hole - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
3. "Why would anyone ever wanna leave Baltimore?"
4. Oh My God - Michael Franti & Spearhead
5. Dance My Pain Away - Rod Lee
6. My Life Extra - DJ Technics
7. "The king stay the king."
8. Way Down in the Hole - Neville Brothers
9. "We used to make shit in this country."
10. Sixteen Tons - The Nighthawks
11. Assume the Position - Lafayette Gilchrist
12. "What the fuck did I do?"
13. Step By Step (LP Version) - Jesse Winchester
14. I Walk on Gilded Splinters - Paul Weller
15. Fast Train - Solomon Burke
16. The Body Of An American - The Pogues
17. "All the pieces matter."
18. Efuge Efuge - Stelios Kazantzidis
19. "Omar comin"
20. Way Down in the Hole - Domaje
21. "If it's a lie then we fight on that lie"
22. Projects - Tyree Colion
23. "Later for that gangsta bullshit"
24. Ayo - Bossman
25. Analyze - Sharpshooters
26. "Wars end"
27. Unfriendly Game - Masta Ace Feat. Stricklin
28. What You Know About Baltimore - Ogun Feat. Phathead
29. Jail Flick - Diablo
30. The Life, The Hood, The Streetz - Mullyman
31. "An act of daily journalism"
32. Feel Alright (Album Version) - Steve Earle
33. Way Down in the Hole - Tom Waits
34. "You remember that one day summer past?"
35. The Fall - Blake Leyh


It's about time — way down in 2008 — that HBO's series The Wire, set in the hardcore real-life world of Baltimore, finally got around to putting a soundtrack disc together from all of its seasons. The bottom line is that this David Simon-created show, like everything he did before it, isn't like anything else on television. Thank the gods. One of the most captivating, taut, and sometimes near vein-busting frustrating things they do involves the music in a particular episode, during a particular season, etc., and the space surrounding that music. It's also what they don't do: there isn't any incidental music playing in an episode, no serial music or score composed for the series. The music you hear is what's playing as the particular characters are encountering it: through a car radio, in a bar, in a restaurant, or at a party. When somebody gets locked up, or dies, there isn't any crap coming out of your TV to make you feel the obvious.

Thom Jurek www.allmusic.com
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tA

Tribal Disorder

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[Edited 2/13/08 18:44pm]

Great music to the greatest all-around series I've ever seen.

David Simon seems like he'd have a cool music library. I wonder how much say he had in picking that compilation.

ThreadBare said:

He's got Executive Producer credit but not sure how much hands-on that means.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431