Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The Walking Dead + Tom Waits = Nicely Done

I have unfortuantely gotten sucked into The Walking Dead craze... I've vowed to stop watching the show at least 12 times, and have failed to quit yet. It is jewels like the song below that keeps me holding on. The only spoiler for the series here is that there is an immediatly recognizable Tom Waits song sung accapalla in an episode in the third season, and it is beautiful. I found this homemade video on youtube that uses audio from the episode:


One of my favorite parts of this show is being surprised by the songs they choose. Just when I think I can't take the brutality of the show's portrayal of a zombie apocolypse, a glimpse of humanity and hope rings through in song. Two other songs I've been excited to hear used in the show:

Bob Dylan, Tomorrow is a Long Time:




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