True Blood may have taken the 4th of July weekend off, but "Snap and Fingerpop" had plenty of fireworks to make up for it. This week's orgy was -- gulp -- orgy-er; Lafayette is back to his catty, furniture-humping self; and Jason's Light of Day storyline is finally crossing paths with the rest of the fun.If there was a theme here, it was folks finding themselves in over their heads. Tara is watching a news piece on the Pamploma Running of the Bulls at one point, and it's the perfect analogy for her with MaryAnn's lot, Jason with the Light of Day wackos, and even Lafayette with Eric. The Eric/Lafayette linking, in particular, brought a smile to my face. In fact, there were three specific things that made me especially excited for upcoming episodes.
Right off the bat, Sookie and Bill decided to take Baby Vamp with them to Dallas, ensuring that scenes with only Bill and Sookie will be kept to a minimum. Deborah Ann Woll has been a revelation as Jessica, and even her off-screen dialogue stole scenes involving Bill and Sookie. Whether from inside the travel casket ("How do I get this thing open?!") or from the adjoining room ("I'm on the PHONE!" -- no doubt with Hoyt), having Baby Vamp as teenage daughter is perfect comic relief.
Jason became further entangled with Steve and Sarah, in what is surely the oddest threesome one could imagine. Jason is really running with the bulls here, falling hard for the Madonna/Whore thing that Sarah (played with campy sweetness by the aptly named Anna Camp) is orchestrating. That barbe-cutie even made me like country music (Sammy Kershaw's "Louisiana Hot Sauce") kind of, sort of.
The other thing that has me excited is the aforementioned Eric-Lafayette pairing. How can you not be pumped to have your favorite two characters be forever linked via Lafayette ingesting Eric's healing blood? Lafayette may be running now with his own bull, in the devilish Eric, but at least it will be incredibly entertaining. After Lafayette got his "taste," that furniture-humping dance to Cazwell's "Watch My Mouth" was sure hilarious, especially Alexander Skarsgard's dry reaction as Eric: "How nice for you ... I must fly".
I was tickled to see Lafayette watching the classic The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, as the Ray Harryhausen animated films were a staple in my household growing up. Harryhausen's breakthrough work with stop-motion model animation, in this and later films, was inspiration to special effects masters like Dennis Muren, multi-Oscar winner and long-time head of George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. Here's video of that scene (and if it weren't already enough, it's scored by legendary film composer Bernard Herrmann): More notes and other thoughts:
• While I didn't find the previous orgies all that orgyish (like I'm some kind of expert), this week's took on a more "earthy" tone. I "dig" how MaryAnn is dirty, dirty, dirty.
• Jason's "dumbisms" can be tiring at times, but his answer to Luke's "God will make sure that evil gets punished" B.S. was pretty funny. "Oh yeah, then explain Europe to me?"
• Meanwhile, he also has a point about Jesus being a vampire. Just saying...
• Alexander Skarsgard was again delicious with his dry delivery in the Eric/Bill exchange. "How mature of you" and "That's Texas."
• If Godrick is twice as old as Eric, then he is older than dirt.
• Daphne says "I know what you are" to Sam, and then Sookie kind of does the same to the bellhop. If these exchanges are as parallel as I think they're meant to be, does that mean Daphne is a shapeshifter?
• For those who didn't catch it, here are the titles for the hotel pay-per-view bloodsucking Adult films: Intercourse with the Vampire, His First Fangbang, Co-Ed Chowdown.
In attempts to get True Blood posts up the night of airing, these playlists will appear a tad incomplete until updated on Monday. UPDATED!
Playlist: True Blood - Episode 2.041. "Beni Beni (Acoustic)" - Niyaz: Tara informs MaryAnn she's moving in w/ Sookie
2. "Wrong Path" - Stock music from 5 Alarm Music: discussing Miss Jeanette's autopsy
3. "Walkin' in the Shadow of the Blues" - Little Charlie & the Nightcats: Tara checks in on Lafayette
4. "Rhythm Bound" - Steve Byers (via HDMUSICNOW): Sookie finds out Sam is leaving through Terry
5. "Louisiana Hot Sauce" - Sammy Kershaw: Jason fantasizes Sarah dancing
6. "Nowhere to Go" - Stock music from Black Toast Music: Sam cuts Andy off at the bar
7. "Shake and Fingerpop" - Junior Walker: Sam shows up at Tara's birthday party
8. "Dig" - Headbone ft Tense Young Man: Tara's birthday party revs up
9. "Wellness Farm" - Saafi Brothers (from album Midnight Children): Bill & Sookie check into hotel
10. "The Duel With The Skeleton" - Bernard Herrmann (From The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - YouTube): Lafayette watches TV/Eric at window
11. "Finale" (From The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) - Bernard Herrmann: Lafayette feasts on Eric's blood
12. "Watch My Mouth" - Cazwell: Lafayette dances after Eric's blood takes affect
13. "Aqua Dub" - Peyote Sound System: Bill & Eric talk in the hotel lobby
14. "Dig" (reprise) - Headbone ft Tense Young Man - closing credits
Previously: "Scratches": Control Issues
14 comments:
hey is there any way to get hold of the song "dig deep down below?" i've been trying to find it with no luck:-(
Any chance of finding how who sings that song in the closing credits? Thanks for posting the title of the song "Digs Deep Down Below", but now I need to know the name of the singer. Song is very wicked.
I haven't got the official tracklisting yet, but will update tomorrow with all the songs and artists. "Dig Deep Down Below" may not be the song title, by the way... in there as a placeholder until the official listing comes.
The Tara/Eggs sex scene used Thievery Corporation's "(The Forgotten People)"
Thanks for the kick ass review! You're the only place that has the majority of the music names online.
WHY CAN"T I FIND THAT SONG DIG" ANYWHERE....so so cruel :(
Dig by Headbone on youtube... better than nothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsTRCg_y8fw
I thought I was looking for the song "Dig" by Headbone which was described as "Tara's Birthday Party heats up"...
However, the song I actually wanted was the one that's playing after the party revs up to "Dig" and we come back to the party after some other scenes. It has a middle eastern flavor and no lyrics. It's the one playing when Tara and Eggs first head upstairs and start getting it on.
It turns out that the song I wanted is "The Forgotten People" by Thievery Corporation from the 2008 release "Radio Retaliation". Rellish mentioned that song in an earlier post, but it wasn't clear which scene with Tara and Eggs was meant in that post.
So, mystery solved. Super sexy song.
There is a different, but similar sounding song playing later when Maryann is outside doing her Supernatural thing and everyone else is losing control. I don't know which song that is, but it's not as great as the "Forgotten People" song.
i love the soundtracks of true blood.today i will download true blood episodes with soundtracks and record those soundtracks from the videos as i didnt find them any where.
did you update this? It appeared in my feeds today :)
there was some copyright complaint (about what, I never found out) so it was taken down. it must have been rescinded and republished...
"Oh yeah, then explain Europe to me?"
comes from the most peaceful country in the world!!!
I like the southern gothic atmosphere, with its unusual integration of the uncanny into daily life. What gives me most hope for the show, however, is moments such as Bill's emergence from the graveyard soil, I Watch Ture Blood Online .which tweaks a horror film cliche into a profoundly novel love scene, at once arousing and sad, warm and terrifying. More of such boldness (and more Eric), and the show will realize its considerable potential, for me.
Is this the one they were dancing to?
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