As much as the show has lived up to all of the media hype, which im dearly thankful for...Underbelly's lack of attention to detail is really starting to fricking shit me!
In a show where the events are supposed to have taken place circa. 1995 - 2004 it really breaks my attention when the sub-standard Channel 9 producers can't do their job properly and keep the set in the time frame.
In episode 5 during a scene when there's some pretty serious beat-downs occurring on a poor shop-keep who couldn't afford the protection money i started to hear the song 'La Musique' in the background, the early 2006 release from Australian Electro-duo Riot In Belgium. Now as catchy as this song is, it was quite jarring in its effect of pulling my attention away from Jason Moran to thinking of a memory i have seeing the DJ's play in Byron Bay.
Perhaps the 1997 release 'Smack My Bitch Up' by The Prodigy would have been more appropriate considering the time of the release and of course the nature of the scene, because i can hardly see Jason Moran being a fan of One-Love. Actually I'm pretty sure the guy got jailed for going into a club and kicking the living shit out of 13 people.
Episode 6 opens with Adelaide's own Yeah Yeah Yeah's rip-off Little Birdy and their 2006 single 'Come on Come on'. Other episodes feature Spiderbait with their one listenable song, 'Buy Me a Pony' and later, their horridly annoying cover of 'Black Betty.'
Like seriously, if this show's primary demographic is the Australian population who are interested in Australian crime, chances are they are gonna know a thing or two about Australian music as well.
I appreciate the show's intention to give some Aussie music airplay but they could have at least done a bit of research and used music of that era to give the show added authenticity. Everyone knows that Spiderbait are just a shitter version of You Am I anyway.Perhaps the 1997 release 'Smack My Bitch Up' by The Prodigy would have been more appropriate considering the time of the release and of course the nature of the scene, because i can hardly see Jason Moran being a fan of One-Love. Actually I'm pretty sure the guy got jailed for going into a club and kicking the living shit out of 13 people.
Episode 6 opens with Adelaide's own Yeah Yeah Yeah's rip-off Little Birdy and their 2006 single 'Come on Come on'. Other episodes feature Spiderbait with their one listenable song, 'Buy Me a Pony' and later, their horridly annoying cover of 'Black Betty.'
Like seriously, if this show's primary demographic is the Australian population who are interested in Australian crime, chances are they are gonna know a thing or two about Australian music as well.
Like fuck Channel 9. Is it that hard to do your job properly?
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