![]() (Elsewhere, Leyh is a stickler for accuracy: All of the singles in Abby’s Hi-Hat jukebox are period perfect.) Even though it was released in 1978, the song ultimately was allowed because music accompanying montages and title songs is given a bit more historical slack - and because the story will head into ’78 by the end of this season. “It’s about the commodification of women and the process of turning them into sexual products for male consumption,” Leyh says. On the other hand, the New Wave icon’s song works because it addresses the show’s theme more obliquely. Leyh’s personal favorite, “We Are All Prostitutes” by the Pop Group, wasn’t well loved, especially because Leyh says, “One of the cardinal sins in David Simon’s world is being too on-point.” Costello’s “ Lipstick Vogue” from This Year’s Model was also a contender. “It was definitely one of the hardest songs we’ve ever had to find,” he says. ![]() (They couldn’t find a Patti Smith song that worked, and the Pretenders hadn’t recorded yet.) Here’s what else Leyh - who has worked with Deuce co-creator David Simon since The Wire - says was instrumental in the show’s latest musical selection.īecause the period piece had to convey many things, Leyh listened to hundreds of tunes by bands including Gang of Four, James Chance and the Contortions, the Clash, Talking Heads, Devo, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and the Runaways. That last requirement was ultimately abandoned, however, when Leyh says it became clear “the misogyny of the music industry” of that era meant there were few female singer-songwriters to choose from. He had three goals for the new song: It had to be historically accurate, it had reflect the city’s dynamism, and he wanted it to be sung by a woman. ![]() ![]() Leading the effort to find a new refrain was The Deuce’s music supervisor, Blake Leyh - an old-school punk-rock fan, who, as a teenager in 1977, made a pilgrimage to New York’s CBGB. But one of the first major signifiers of the show’s changing landscape is its main title song: Curtis Mayfield’s “If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go” has been replaced with Elvis Costello’s “ This Year’s Girl.”ĭropping the needle on Costello and the Attractions’ 1978 song from the album This Year’s Model wasn’t as simple as it sounds. Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has gone from tricking to adult-film auteur Abby (Margarita Levieva) is managing the Hi-Hat and introducing her punk-rock sensibility to Vincent’s (James Franco) dive bar Lori (Emily Meade) and Darlene (Dominique Fishback) are transitioning from streetwalkers to porn stars. In the second season of HBO’s The Deuce, the series about New York City’s burgeoning porn industry has jumped ahead to 1977, and many of the women are making moves toward a modicum of autonomy. ![]()
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