Homicide: Life On The Street

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Thanks I did

That's good to hear. Nice trip otherwise?

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I did not realize Michael Pena was in a couple episodes

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0% chance I'll ever sign up for Peacock

What if they put up full episodes of those old SNLs instead of the bastardized cut versions of them?

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0% chance I'll ever sign up for Peacock

What if they put up full episodes of those old SNLs instead of the bastardized cut versions of them?

They cut Sinéad just like Homicide cut out all the music.

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But as a wise man once said, every silver lining’s got a touch of gray, and in this case, Homicide comes to streaming with a cost: the music. For years, we were told that the music rights to a show with one of the best and most eclectic soundtracks of all time was the big hold-up to get it to streaming. And the solution appears to have been to remove the great majority of those incredible songs and insert cheaper replacements. I haven’t done an exhaustive search by any means, but I looked for a half-dozen of my favorite Homicide music moments, and found that the only one to survive was Munch listening to Lou Reed’s “Busload of Faith.” And that’s a situation where there was no choice but to pony up for the song, because Richard Belzer sings along to it, so there’s no way to insert something else. It’s a big disappointment that this is the approach that was taken, but also not a surprising one. The Wonder Years had to ditch a lot of its famous soundtrack for streaming, and as recently mentioned, you can’t stream China Beach at all because of the music. Better, I suppose, that people can more easily experience those performances and stories, even if the music was such a huge part of the experience. I once again am thankful I own the DVD box set.

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I hope they can one day release a blu-ray box set with the original music.

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But as a wise man once said, every silver lining’s got a touch of gray, and in this case, Homicide comes to streaming with a cost: the music. For years, we were told that the music rights to a show with one of the best and most eclectic soundtracks of all time was the big hold-up to get it to streaming. And the solution appears to have been to remove the great majority of those incredible songs and insert cheaper replacements. I haven’t done an exhaustive search by any means, but I looked for a half-dozen of my favorite Homicide music moments, and found that the only one to survive was Munch listening to Lou Reed’s “Busload of Faith.” And that’s a situation where there was no choice but to pony up for the song, because Richard Belzer sings along to it, so there’s no way to insert something else. It’s a big disappointment that this is the approach that was taken, but also not a surprising one. The Wonder Years had to ditch a lot of its famous soundtrack for streaming, and as recently mentioned, you can’t stream China Beach at all because of the music. Better, I suppose, that people can more easily experience those performances and stories, even if the music was such a huge part of the experience. I once again am thankful I own the DVD box set.

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In Shot in the Dark, I love how excited Gee gets when karaoke starts at the bar. It’s off-screen, but his “YES!” is so fucking joyful.

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Watched Three Men and Adena today, still the GOAT. I just love that moment when Tucker realizes he has power over them, gives Frank the speech about being “500” and stares directly into Bayliss’s soul and tells him he feels like an amateur.

I had never looked into the actor who played the arraber, and it turns out this was his final acting role. He died the same year it aired. He had over 70 other acting roles over several decades, but what a fucking way to go out.

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Schiener.

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Schiener.

Legend.

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Some great Homicide talk on The Watch podcast this week, mostly focused on Season 1.

I got through all of Season 1 before my Peacock subscription expired. I’m sure there will be other ways to watch the HD transfers at some point, but I’ll probably continue with the old DVD versions for now.