"Back Door Man" by The Doors didnt come out until late 60's...
...just sayin.! I HATE when period shows get music wrong.
"The psychologists call him a psychopath. They don't know what else to call him."
Likewise. And The Standells Dirty Water wasn't released until 1966. This show seems to be set in the early 60's, so let's hope they get their musical *beep* together. It does matter!
shareDefinitely mid-60s, Muldoon drives a '65 Chevy. It looks earlier because of all the starched shirts and ties, but most of the guys are either plainclothes cops or Catholic schoolboys so that reflects officialdom not fashion.
*The only true currency in this world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.*
The Ed Burns character used the word "hippie" at least once and in another scene the guy with the baseball bat chasing the guy who just got out of prison had very long hair. He word "hippie" didn't exist until about 1966-1967.
shareOriginally you had the beats (aka beatniks) from the late 1940's. By the late 1950's there were a lot of them in Village section of NYC. A subset was the hipsters and this name became drilled down to hippies by the mid 1960's.
The cops on this show would have been very familiar with this type of people regardless of what they were called being they were enforcing public morals. You find a lot of garbage printed because reporters and film makers really didn't know what to make of these people. So you get characters like Maynard G. Krebs (1959-1963) on Dobie Gillis. Krebs was played by Bob Denver who then played Gilligan on Gilligan's Island.
Reporter reaction reminds me of when the Beetles arrived for the first time. Middle aged reporters, irritated at squealing girls, tried to ask hostile questions at press conferences. The Beetles ridiculed them to their face with quips and jokes. The reporter reaction revealed how clueless they were.
I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else
That's what I was thinking. With him driving a '65, and using the word hippie, plus some of the hair styles, this show definitely looks like it is post June '67 (Summer of Love). They really need to do a little more research. Like Tim Hutton's hair. No way some gangster from the early 60's would look like that. Hair like a broad? Come on! Oh well, I'm a huge Ed Burns fan so I guess I'll just have to soldier on.
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But it's good music nonetheless and so far through 4 episodes I haven't heard an exact date for the show. They are in the right ballpark and if they are off by a year or 2 is it really a huge deal. It's all right for the times. I guess some take it harder than others but I enjoy this show so far and it's music.
THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!
the show is set in 1965
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