Not going to go on about how good The Wire is or how real the newsroom stuff has been. Truthfully, the newsroom stuff has been hard to watch and certainly plays a small part in my lack of enthusiasm for returning to my former profession. Yes, even covering something as trivial as the entertainment business is not without its annoyances including know-it-all editors, backstabbing colleagues and brain numbing assignments.
But anyway, this isn't about that. It's about how weak Steve Earle's version of "Way Down in the Hole" is during the opening credits. I know Earle is a great bluesman and I do enjoy his role on the show, that's why I'm so bummed about his take on the opening theme. After great openings by The Five Blind Boys of Alabama and DoMaJe and others, it's a shame that the last season will be marred by Earle's lame version. It's kind of like going to see Springsteen and the final encore is "Mary Queen of Arkansas."
Well, that's my take anyway.
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I'm not at all surprised, Rambler. Seems like even Steve Earle's Website, doesn't look like Steve Earle.
http://www.steveearle.com/
he's gone country!
but i know it's him, from the artwork on his new album cover, if I can recall a certain t-shirt.
ya know, in the lobby of the Count Basie Theater, after the show, for about a hundred bucks, you could buy a replica of the shirt he was wearing during the concert. It was a cowboy style shirt in a blue plaid with opalescent snap buttons. Can you imagine?
http://fogerty.echotunes.com/store/index/cat/name/MensApparel
Neil Young was doing the same thing. I don't think it's above Steve Earle to try the same gimmick.
Back to "The Wire".
agreed, earle's version is pretty lame comparatively
welcome back avon!
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