There are some people I know who love the wire and others who dont think it is for them. There are people who want to watch it and have heard all of this great stuff “about the wire” they are now afraid to dislike it. There are also the people who have heard too much about it and now dont want to see it at all.
I always wondered about the singers of the intro music. I even thought the singers on season 2 sounds like Lester Freamon (they must all sound alike). I think it lets the otherwise good season down … it is actually Tom Waites
The opening theme is “Way Down in the Hole”, a gospel- and blues-inspired song originally written by Tom Waits for his 1987 album Frank’s Wild Years. Each season uses a different recording of it against a different opening sequence, with the theme being performed, in order, by the Blind Boys of Alabama, Waits himself, the Neville Brothers, “DoMaJe” and Steve Earle. Season four’s version of “Way Down in the Hole” was arranged and recorded specifically for the show, and is performed by five Baltimore teenagers: Ivan Ashford, Markel Steele, Cameron Brown, Tariq Al-Sabir, and Avery Bargasse.
Earle, who performed the fifth season’s version, is also a member of the cast, playing the recovering drug addict Walon
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I like The Wire. I dont think its amazing or anything. Does that make me a ‘tard? I just think its good but not as good as the sopranos. or QI. and the opening music for each season has annoyed me more than the opening music for previous season.
However, I did find myself saying Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet a lot like Senator Davis.
I preferred the Blind Boys of Alabama version. I like the show a lot, but then again you know I like anything that mixes extreme causal violence and sex.