{"id":22443,"date":"2020-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/needle-drops\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:49:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:49:19","slug":"needle-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/needle-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Needle Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have a Theory? Share It Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>Hey Gang, love your commentary on Lovecraft Country more than I do Lovecraft Country. My email is about the show\u0092s use of needle drops. For those that don\u0092t know, I mean their use of pre-existing songs not composed for the show.. Lovecraft country writer#1: \u0093So the opening of this scene will be the funeral for Emmitt Till? What song should we play under a scene who\u0092s background is one of the most devastating grotesque crimes in American history.\u0094 Lovecraft country writer #2: \u0093Isn\u0092t the answer obvious? The new wave, post disco, dance pop hit Cruel Summer by the British Band Banamarama. Obviously. Because it\u0092s summer and Emmitt Till\u0092s murder was a cruet event. We the writers of Lovecraft Country are truly masters of subtlety and tact.\u0093 If you\u0092re gonna do a needle drop out of time, it has to has either by in line with the themes or tone of the overall piece. Case in point: \u0093Billie Holliday\u0092s somber song about racism from the 1950\u0092s plays 2016\u0092s Birth of a Nation, a somber film about slavery set in the 1800\u0092s\u0094. If you\u0092re gonna have multiple needle drops, they should be similar in tone, theme or genre. I\u0092m sorry but you can\u0092t just have Marylin Manson, Alice Smith, Banamrama, and Cardi B on the same soundtrack, without a creating world that feels like it can accommodate all these tones and textures. It\u0092s doesn\u0092t help that the needle drops sound nothing like the original score. Rather than feeling like a part of the world, I hear them I just go, \u0093 I am currently listening to a Marylin Manson song\u0094. Soundscape is an important part of creating a world, and this shows soundscape (to me) is pure auditory noise. Am I nitpicking here? Is there method to the madness I\u0092m missing? Keep it up the good work, y\u0092all. \ud83d\ude42 -Chris

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