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The results were a mixed bag and,as ourAurorasong ranking attests, more of a personal preference anyway.
Here, we went episode by episode to discuss the needle drops that defined the heart ofDaisy Jones.
The story:The Carole King aspect was written into the script.
And it represented the feeling of the Dunne brothers coming into L.A. for the first time.
The story: This was a song that was scripted.
This song was perfect and I didnt need to do that.
Its just an iconic song, one even my daughters would know.
Of course, we wanted something that reeked of coolness.
The story:That song wasnt scripted.
We went around a lot of songs for that.
Lets just do it.
We knew it needed to feel like it was impromptu in the scene.
We really wanted to represent that.
The story:It wasnt about being hateful to Barry.
It was about showing the different styles of music from the 70s.
There was a kudos to Barry in the sense that he was doing what he felt as an artist.
He was performing what he felt in his heart.
In the early 70s it was all about records and not songs.
Barry Manilow represented that.
The story:We wanted to represent when music makes an impact on you when you were a kid.
Iko Iko was perfect.
The story:This is a good example of how we wanted to cherry-pick our iconic songs.
Heart is amazingly iconic.
It was important to know what year we were in, and with Crazy on You you immediately know.
I got a very interesting task from the director, Will Graham.
He was like, I want you to dig and find me some gay disco.
I want the artist to be out.
Not a lot of people were comfortable enough to say they were gay.
The story:Its drug after drug after drug.
That whole scene was a fun and over-the-top jaunt.
So I went, All right, this is my opportunity to venture to get Led Zeppelin.
I had been courting their publishing company for months.
We felt strongly that we have to represent Led Zeppelin from the 70s.
I told them I had a scene and there were drugs involved.
But they responded and said, Unfortunately, the band has turned this down.
At this point I kept thinking,Oh my God.
The Jam didnt even ask to see the scene.
They were like, Cool, whatever you guys want to do.
Im very happy they agreed to it.
The story:Its a pretty upbeat song.
What we loved about it was its ironic aspect.
I think about how Billy must have felt or reacted when he saw Daisy laying on the floor.
Then his love came pouring out.
The story:We were very resistant because we knew there would be that comparison.
It added eeriness to the moment.
We couldnt deny it.
Im excited that theyre excited.
Shine a Light soundtracks the shows final scene and bleeds into the credits.
The story:Originally we cut a Tom Petty song.
But its also like, come on, its a show about the 70s.
How can we not have the Rolling Stones?
We worked on the edit to match her smile to where it hits in the song.
Another edict given to me was, I need you to make me cry.
If I made you cry, I did my job.
