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highplainsdem

(48,728 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:16 PM Aug 2020

Love the Williams twins' reaction to "In the Air Tonight" - but for me the song evokes "Miami Vice"

In case you wonder who the Williams twins are and what I meant about their reaction to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" (which was mentioned on MSNBC's AM Joy this morning in their segment on "who won the week" ), see this Billboard article, which includes the full video of the twins hearing the song for the first time:


https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9431479/youtube-twins-phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-reaction-video



But this is what always comes to mind when I hear the song -- from the first episode of "Miami Vice" (YouTube video courtesy of NBC Classics):





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Love the Williams twins' reaction to "In the Air Tonight" - but for me the song evokes "Miami Vice" (Original Post) highplainsdem Aug 2020 OP
Starfish Saver turned us all on to TwinsTheNewTrend several weeks ago. They spooky3 Aug 2020 #1
That show had the best music of any show ever. Srkdqltr Aug 2020 #2
Great music discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2020 #5
Yep. The "Smuggler's Blues" episode was written because of that Frey song, and later he wrote highplainsdem Aug 2020 #7
They should have heard the music with the vid. Srkdqltr Aug 2020 #3
I agree. highplainsdem Aug 2020 #6
I always remember the train scene from Risky Business csziggy Aug 2020 #4

spooky3

(34,302 posts)
1. Starfish Saver turned us all on to TwinsTheNewTrend several weeks ago. They
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 12:46 PM
Aug 2020

have reacted to hundreds of videos so you can have your pick. They are so much fun to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/c/TwinsthenewTrend

Thank you, Tim and Fred Williams (and occasionally their little brother).

highplainsdem

(48,728 posts)
7. Yep. The "Smuggler's Blues" episode was written because of that Frey song, and later he wrote
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:15 PM
Aug 2020

the song "You Belong to the City" for Miami Vice (it was used in "Prodigal Son," the first episode of the second season).

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
4. I always remember the train scene from Risky Business
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 09:38 PM
Aug 2020


No matter what you think of the actors, that movie had great music.
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