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* In the Season 3 finale, Joe and Cameron dance to Music/ThePixies' "Velouria."

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* In the Season 3 finale, Joe and Cameron dance to Music/ThePixies' "Velouria."
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%%* In "Kali", Westgroup's mainframe [[spoiler:gets taken over by Sonaris]] to a cover of Music/JoyDivision's "She's Lost Control".
%%* In "Heaven Is a Place", Donna, Gordon, Cameron and the Mutiny gang [[spoiler:board an airplane to San Francisco]] while Music/TalkingHeads' "Heaven" plays.

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%%* In "Kali", Westgroup's mainframe [[spoiler:gets gets taken over by Sonaris]] Sonaris to a cover of Music/JoyDivision's "She's Lost Control".
%%* In "Heaven Is a Place", Donna, Gordon, Cameron and the Mutiny gang [[spoiler:board board an airplane to San Francisco]] Francisco while Music/TalkingHeads' "Heaven" plays.



* Ryan's first journey into working with Joe features David Bowie's "Absolute Beginners" at Joe's decadent party in ""Flipping the Switch," [[spoiler:foreshadowing the passion each will have for their project]].

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* Ryan's first journey into working with Joe features David Bowie's "Absolute Beginners" at Joe's decadent party in ""Flipping the Switch," [[spoiler:foreshadowing foreshadowing the passion each will have for their project]].project.
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* Ryan's first journey into working with Joe features David Bowie's "Absolute Beginners" at Joe's decadent party in ""Flipping the Switch," [[spoiler:foreshadowing the passion each will have for their project]].
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The band's name is Dire Straits, plural. The beginning of this entry also has problems with redundancy.


* The use of the Dire Strait song "So Far Away" in Season 4's "Goodwill." The song is used perfectly to reflect the sadness every character has while boxing up what used to be Gordon's life, and reflecting the emptiness of losing him that all of them are feeling. Donna even lampshades it when handing the album to Cameron by saying, "This is perfect."

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* The use of the Dire Strait song Straits' "So Far Away" is used perfectly in Season 4's "Goodwill." The song is used perfectly "Goodwill" to reflect the sadness every character has while boxing up what used to be Gordon's life, and reflecting the emptiness of losing him that all of them are feeling. Donna even lampshades it when handing the album to Cameron by saying, "This is perfect."
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* The use of the Dire Strait song "So Far Away" in Season 4's "Goodwill." The song is used perfectly to reflect the sadness every character has boxing up what used to be Gordon's life, and reflecting the emptiness of losing him that all of them are feeling. Donna even lampshades it when handing the album to Cameron by saying, "This is perfect."

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* The use of the Dire Strait song "So Far Away" in Season 4's "Goodwill." The song is used perfectly to reflect the sadness every character has while boxing up what used to be Gordon's life, and reflecting the emptiness of losing him that all of them are feeling. Donna even lampshades it when handing the album to Cameron by saying, "This is perfect."
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* The use of the Dire Strait song "So Far Away" in Season 4's "Goodwill." The song is used perfectly to reflect the sadness every character has boxing up what used to be Gordon's life, and reflecting the emptiness of losing him that all of them are feeling. Donna even lampshades it when handing the album to Cameron by saying, "This is perfect."
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%% Just saying that a particular song was used in a particular scene is a ZeroContextExample. What is it about the use of that song in that scene that makes it awesome?

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* The opening sequence in "Adventure" observes Joe struggling to get ready in the morning [[spoiler:a week after getting the shit beaten out of him]], set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEdfc2_YAs Big Black Delta's "Capsize"]].

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* The opening sequence in "Adventure" observes Joe struggling to get ready in the morning [[spoiler:a a week after getting the shit beaten out of him]], him, set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEdfc2_YAs Big Black Delta's "Capsize"]].



* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe demonstrates how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:as he torches the first shipment of Giants]].

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* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe demonstrates how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:as as he torches the first shipment of Giants]].Giants.
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%%* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".
%%* The show's intro is an adapted version of Trentemøller's "Still On Fire".
* In "I/O", Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game" plays as Gordon and Joe contemplate reverse engineering the IBM PC. The former wonders if he should risk his career and family for a second chance at greatness while tinkering with his daughters' Speak & Spell, and the latter distracts himself by smashing up his apartment by constantly hitting a baseball with his prized bat because he didn't get the answer he wanted right away.

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%%* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".
%%* The show's intro is an adapted version of Trentemøller's "Still On Fire".
* In "I/O", "I/O":
** When Donna comes home from work, Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Lodi" plays in the background. Lyrically, it represents Gordon's present attitude and situation, being stuck in a dead end job after a high profile failure.
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Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game" plays as Gordon and Joe contemplate reverse engineering the IBM PC. The former wonders if he should risk his career and family for a second chance at greatness while tinkering with his daughters' Speak & Spell, and the latter distracts himself by smashing up his apartment by constantly hitting a baseball with his prized bat because he didn't get the answer he wanted right away.
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There's no E in Copland's name.


* In the first part of the GrandFinale, Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" suddenly fires up as Bos exits the hospital after receiving a clean bill of health from his doctor, perfectly underscoring the sudden return of Bos' confidence after a season of worrying and self-doubt.

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* In the first part of the GrandFinale, Aaron Copeland's Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" suddenly fires up as Bos exits the hospital after receiving a clean bill of health from his doctor, perfectly underscoring the sudden return of Bos' confidence after a season of worrying and self-doubt.
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* In the first part of the GrandFinale, Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" suddenly fires up as Bos exits the hospital after receiving a clean bill of health from his doctor, perfectly underscoring the sudden return of Bos' confidence after a season of worrying and self-doubt.
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The man himself thinks that "Bill Joel" sounds too much like a doorbell. That's why he goes by Billy.


* As Gordon leads the coders to victory in laser tag, Music/BillJoel's "Goodnight Saigon" plays, highlighting the fact that Gordon is taking this game ''way'' too seriously.

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* As Gordon leads the coders to victory in laser tag, Music/BillJoel's Music/BillyJoel's "Goodnight Saigon" plays, highlighting the fact that Gordon is taking this game ''way'' too seriously.
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* As Gordon leads the coders to victory in laser tag, Music/BillJoel's "Goodnight Saigon" plays, highlighting the fact that Gordon is taking this game ''way'' too seriously.
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%%* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".

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%%* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[https://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".



** From the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], released prior to "Up Helly Aa"'s premiere, The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate music choice, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX after a series of misfortunes, first by having their reservations cancelled, then the Giant malfunctioning just before the suite party, and lastly facing the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.

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** From the [[https://open.[[http://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], released prior to "Up Helly Aa"'s premiere, The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate music choice, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX after a series of misfortunes, first by having their reservations cancelled, then the Giant malfunctioning just before the suite party, and lastly facing the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.



* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJN2JN3_N_4 opening scene of "SETI"]], the Icicle Works' "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" plays as Donna walks through the Mutiny house, showing how chaotic a typical "work" day is.

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* In the [[https://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJN2JN3_N_4 opening scene of "SETI"]], the Icicle Works' "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" plays as Donna walks through the Mutiny house, showing how chaotic a typical "work" day is.

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* In general, each character's playlist on AMC's Halt and Catch Fire Spotify account is ''absurdly'' awesome. Cases in point: Joe's slick synthpop and new wave collection, and Cameron's jagged girl punk mix.

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* In general, each character's playlist on AMC's Halt and Catch Fire Spotify account is ''absurdly'' awesome.awesome, highlighting each character's personality. Cases in point: Joe's slick synthpop and new wave collection, and Cameron's jagged girl punk mix.



* In "High Plains Hardware", Cameron wanders the empty Cardiff offices while listening to "Germ Free Adolescents", which seems appropriately spacey for someone who acts like a visitor from another planet.

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* In "High Plains Hardware", Cameron wanders the empty Cardiff offices while listening to X-Ray Spex's "Germ Free Adolescents", which seems appropriately spacey for someone who acts like a visitor from another planet.



* In "Up Helly Aa", Berlin's "Sex" plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the drunken guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning. On the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate choice of music, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX first after losing their reservations, then having the Giant malfunction before their suite party, and finally the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.

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* In "Up Helly Aa", Aa":
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Berlin's "Sex" plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the drunken guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning. On malfunctioning.
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the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], released prior to "Up Helly Aa"'s premiere, The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate choice of music, music choice, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX after a series of misfortunes, first after losing their reservations, then by having their reservations cancelled, then the Giant malfunction malfunctioning just before their the suite party, and finally lastly facing the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat. copycat.


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* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJN2JN3_N_4 opening scene of "SETI"]], the Icicle Works' "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" plays as Donna walks through the Mutiny house, showing how chaotic a typical "work" day is.
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* In "FUD", Gordon plays Boz Scaggs' "Lido Shuffle" on the radio while driving home from work. Gordon plays the upbeat song to match his upbeat mood due to his promotion from a lowly sales engineer to lead hardware engineer of the new Cardiff PC project.

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* In "Up Helly Aa", Berlin's "Sex" plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the drunken guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning.
** On the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate choice of music, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX first after losing their reservations, then having the Giant malfunction before their suite party, and finally the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.
* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe demostrates how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:as he torches the first shipment of Giants]].

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* In "Up Helly Aa", Berlin's "Sex" plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the drunken guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning. \n** On the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate choice of music, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX first after losing their reservations, then having the Giant malfunction before their suite party, and finally the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.
* In "1984", [[https://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe demostrates demonstrates how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:as he torches the first shipment of Giants]].


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* In "Up Helly Aa", "Sex (I'm A)" by Berlin plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning.
* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe shows how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:while he torches the first shipment of Giants]].

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* In "Up Helly Aa", "Sex (I'm A)" by Berlin Berlin's "Sex" plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff Electric's suite party to distract the drunken guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning.malfunctioning.
** On the [[https://open.spotify.com/user/amc_halt_and_catch_fire/playlist/6vq5eyJ4bvtqWzfIQwXXkN Giant's Spotify Playlist]], The Jo Boxers' "Just Got Lucky" is an appropriate choice of music, considering the Cardiff Electric team were lucky to survive COMDEX first after losing their reservations, then having the Giant malfunction before their suite party, and finally the threat of being edged out by an inferior copycat.

* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe shows demostrates how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:while [[spoiler:as he torches the first shipment of Giants]].

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* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".

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%%* In "I/O", Joe smashes the windows of his apartment to Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game".

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%%* * In "I/O", Joe smashes the windows of his apartment to Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game".Game" plays as Gordon and Joe contemplate reverse engineering the IBM PC. The former wonders if he should risk his career and family for a second chance at greatness while tinkering with his daughters' Speak & Spell, and the latter distracts himself by smashing up his apartment by constantly hitting a baseball with his prized bat because he didn't get the answer he wanted right away.



%%* "Up Helly Aa" opens with the Music/TalkingHeads' "Psycho Killer". Later, Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "Space Age Love Song" plays during Cardiff's suite party.

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%%* * In "Up Helly Aa" opens with the Music/TalkingHeads' "Psycho Killer". Later, Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "Space Age Love Song" Aa", "Sex (I'm A)" by Berlin plays as Joe brings in booth babes during Cardiff's Cardiff Electric's suite party.party to distract the guests from the fact that the Giant was malfunctioning.

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* The show's intro is an adapted version of Trentemøller's "Still On Fire".
* In "I/O", Joe smashes the windows of his apartment to Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game".

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* "Up Helly Aa" opens with the Music/{{Talking Heads}}' "Psycho Killer". Later, Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "Space Age Love Song" plays during Cardiff's suite party.

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* %%* "Up Helly Aa" opens with the Music/{{Talking Heads}}' Music/TalkingHeads' "Psycho Killer". Later, Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "Space Age Love Song" plays during Cardiff's suite party.



* In "Kali", Westgroup's mainframe [[spoiler:gets taken over by Sonaris]] to a cover of Music/JoyDivision's "She's Lost Control".
* In "Heaven Is a Place", Donna, Gordon, Cameron and the Mutiny gang [[spoiler:board an airplane to San Francisco]] while Music/TalkingHeads' "Heaven" plays.

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AMC provides a period-appropriate playlist via Spotify for each week's episode.

* In general, each character's playlist on AMC's Halt and Catch Fire Spotify account is ''absurdly'' awesome. Cases in point: Joe's slick synthpop and new wave collection, and Cameron's jagged girl punk mix.
* Promos for the show use Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]".
* The show's intro is an adapted version of Trentemøller's "Still On Fire".
* In "I/O", Joe smashes the windows of his apartment to Music/{{XTC}}'s "Complicated Game".
* In "High Plains Hardware", Cameron wanders the empty Cardiff offices while listening to "Germ Free Adolescents", which seems appropriately spacey for someone who acts like a visitor from another planet.
* The opening sequence in "Adventure" observes Joe struggling to get ready in the morning [[spoiler:a week after getting the shit beaten out of him]], set to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEdfc2_YAs Big Black Delta's "Capsize"]].
* "Up Helly Aa" opens with the Music/{{Talking Heads}}' "Psycho Killer". Later, Music/AFlockOfSeagulls' "Space Age Love Song" plays during Cardiff's suite party.
* In "1984", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgicu6G6n8 Suuns' "2020"]] plays as Joe shows how sociopathic he is [[spoiler:while he torches the first shipment of Giants]].
* In "Kali", Westgroup's mainframe [[spoiler:gets taken over by Sonaris]] to a cover of Music/JoyDivision's "She's Lost Control".
* In "Heaven Is a Place", Donna, Gordon, Cameron and the Mutiny gang [[spoiler:board an airplane to San Francisco]] while Music/TalkingHeads' "Heaven" plays.

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