tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738808987212073621.post689807258808833731..comments2023-06-27T06:54:19.323-07:00Comments on a.k.a. DJ AFOS: A Blog by J. John Aquino: "Rock Box" Track of the Day: The Who, "I'm One"J. John Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07702933519743370125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738808987212073621.post-7799757049054607522011-01-14T17:32:55.635-08:002011-01-14T17:32:55.635-08:00"another not-so-secret ingredient to the show..."another not-so-secret ingredient to the show's success was indeed the music supervision"<br /><br />I so appreciated how Paul Feig and Judd Apatow didn't allow the DVD release to come out until they cleared every existing song in the series, although there was one song they weren't able to clear.<br /><br />"all-Who"<br /><br />I forgot that the episode is all-Who except for "Summer Breeze" towards the end. I've corrected that in my post. <br /><br />There's one other thing I forgot to note in my post. The Freaks and Geeks "I'm One" sequence has an interesting music editing move (should I shorten the show's title to F&G or FAG?--I assume the resulting acronym was an in-joke for Feig because, as he once said, he was always called that in school, thanks to his last name--nah, I'll settle for Freaks). Most shows would have mixed in the sounds of the Shandling footage and Bill's laughter with "I'm One," but Freaks chose to omit those sounds and have the song dominate the audio. I assume they did that to emphasize how private a moment this is for Bill, who's never been shown to be this expressive in public (although I would have loved to have heard the Shandling jokes that made Bill laugh so violently). Freaks did the same thing with "Love's Theme" during the "Tests and Breasts" montage of Coach Fredricks in his office giving Sam graphic pointers about the ladies that aren't found in his teaching material. Using "Love's Theme" to cut us off from hearing whatever Coach was telling Sam made that sequence so much funnier.<br /><br />I know you want to focus on TV after the year 2000 on your blog, but Freaks actually debuted several months after The Sopranos did and continued airing first-run episodes in 2000, so bust out that overview of Freaks!J. John Aquinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07702933519743370125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738808987212073621.post-13284325161419405412011-01-13T20:10:06.830-08:002011-01-13T20:10:06.830-08:00Scenes like this are what makes Freaks & Geeks...Scenes like this are what makes Freaks & Geeks, over ten years after it aired and was cancelled, still resonate so strongly with new and old fans alike. These quiet moments are what make such an impact on viewers, even more so than the memorable dialogue or chucklefests of the physical/visual variety. And another not-so-secret ingredient to the show's success was indeed the music supervision. The all-Who "Dead Dogs & Gym Teachers" is one of my favorites (behind "Tests & Breasts" and "Discos & Dragons") because it's the perfect blend of everything that made F&G so good. Of course, there really wasn't a bad episode in the batch, but your analysis of the music mixing with the characterization is apt in showing just how much attention went into the making of this classic high school series. Gone but not forgotten...AAuteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854284466595037470noreply@blogger.com