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mxcatmoonGod, I love this song. The mood it evokes, the soulful lyrics that tell an evocative story, her great voice... I can't believe I've never listened to Amanda's music before now.
I just started listening to more of her music due to this song, but it wasn't the first time I'd heard of her, ironically. Coincidentally, her song "Let It Rain" was featured in an episode of The Sentinel. That was back in the 1990s. Last year I came across someone on Tumblr asking if anyone could help them track down the original music that was used in two episodes of the series. Sadly, there are two songs that were substituted on the DVD releases. I was able to provide the info because my copies are from the original TV run. Amanda's song, "Let it Rain" was used in the broadcast airing of Pennies from Heaven," but isn't on the DVDs (it's also not listed at IMDB either, the replacement song is). The other song was a Depeche Mode song, from Sentinel Too, part one. There could be more replaced music, I guess. That was just the ones the poster noticed were released after the show aired, therefore couldn't have been the original music.
I'm so glad I have off-TV copies of most all my favorite TV shows (and that Miami Vice was so adamant all the original music would be included).
Miami Vice music: AFAIK all the original music from the aired episodes is included on both the discs and the streaming versions. The one exception is the episode "Evan," which is not available for streaming anywhere and only on the discs. Supposedly, this is due to the one song they can't get streaming rights for, Biko, by Peter Gabriel. Some of us are skeptical that the song is the only reason the ep isn't streaming, though. It also deals with sensitive topics: homophobia and a gay cop (which is treated with amazing sensitivity for a 1980s show). It uses the F slur. And it's got a neo-Nazi group in it briefly -- but as for that, there's another more blatant one in a later episode dealing with Jewish people being killed so I would discount that as a reason.
I just started listening to more of her music due to this song, but it wasn't the first time I'd heard of her, ironically. Coincidentally, her song "Let It Rain" was featured in an episode of The Sentinel. That was back in the 1990s. Last year I came across someone on Tumblr asking if anyone could help them track down the original music that was used in two episodes of the series. Sadly, there are two songs that were substituted on the DVD releases. I was able to provide the info because my copies are from the original TV run. Amanda's song, "Let it Rain" was used in the broadcast airing of Pennies from Heaven," but isn't on the DVDs (it's also not listed at IMDB either, the replacement song is). The other song was a Depeche Mode song, from Sentinel Too, part one. There could be more replaced music, I guess. That was just the ones the poster noticed were released after the show aired, therefore couldn't have been the original music.
I'm so glad I have off-TV copies of most all my favorite TV shows (and that Miami Vice was so adamant all the original music would be included).
Miami Vice music: AFAIK all the original music from the aired episodes is included on both the discs and the streaming versions. The one exception is the episode "Evan," which is not available for streaming anywhere and only on the discs. Supposedly, this is due to the one song they can't get streaming rights for, Biko, by Peter Gabriel. Some of us are skeptical that the song is the only reason the ep isn't streaming, though. It also deals with sensitive topics: homophobia and a gay cop (which is treated with amazing sensitivity for a 1980s show). It uses the F slur. And it's got a neo-Nazi group in it briefly -- but as for that, there's another more blatant one in a later episode dealing with Jewish people being killed so I would discount that as a reason.
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