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The banjo is horrible

posted 8 years ago by bettyz6
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I really hate the music on this show. The banjo makes no sense and I detest the yodeling at the end of each episode.

[–] amoxy1 8 years ago

I liked it. It reminds of the music in "Raising Arizona"

[–] bettyz6 8 years ago

You are right. I love "Raising Arizona." Maybe the music was an homage to that movie. I didn't notice the music the first season, which I liked much more than the second. Perhaps it bothered me because I was disappointed in the show.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

have you watched the subsequent seasons? i love this show and am sorry we have reached the last season of it.

also i like the music too, or maybe i have just gotten used to it, or it forged its own positive association in my brain. it always seems to fit the absurd circumstances of marriage and our social norms.

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

Surprisingly, I like it. It's catchy. It doesn't fit the setting but sometimes an unusual score is better than a traditional one.

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[–] WarpedRecord 7 years ago

I like it too because of the contrast. It feels kind of weird here, which is completely the point.

[–] brux (14666) 7 years ago

I like the music on this series.
The banjo keeps it moving without being too distracting.
There is a lot going on in this story, constantly, and
regular music would be distracting and not the right tempo.
It's perhaps not that I like the banjo music per se, but that
I think it fits and is appropriate to the story.
It connotes frenetic action without a lot of reflective thought,
which is what this story is about ... the catastrophe of having
to get married and having your life become about something
else other than you.