Jay Jay had suggested when we got off on a tangent in that other thread that perhaps this discussion belongs elsewhere, like in the Kickback City thread. So this I guess is as good a time or place as any.
I am absolutely hooked on Breaking Bad. I blame my daughter. She rented some of the first season, and at first I would sit there doing something else and trying to ignore the storyline, but the way it has unfolded, it just draws you in. So now we are down to the last three episodes.
I'm not going to ruin the story for anyone who hasn't caught up to the rest of us, or put up any gross or violent images. Jay Jay was of the opinion that Rory wouldn't have enjoyed Breaking Bad- but I think he would have- I've read about some of the books and films he enjoyed so much, and I think he would be as engrossed as any of us.
So, if I were to pair a Rory song with Breaking Bad, I think I would choose Shadowplay. The storyline in Breaking Bad shows Walt, a seemingly good, decent man driven to extremes by the circumstances of his life, and faced with tough decisions, giving over more and more of what was good in him to the darkness within- his alter ego, Heisenberg, and finally Heisenberg seems to be all that is left of the man:
IN THE FLINTY LIGHT, IT’S MIDNIGHT, AND STARS COLLIDE
SHADOWS RUN IN FULL FLIGHT, TO RUN SEEK AND HIDE
WELL I’M STILL NOT SURE WHAT PART I’LL PLAY
IN THIS SHADOW PLAY, THIS SHADOW PLAY
IN THE HALF LIGHT, ON THIS MAD NIGHT
I HEAR A VOICE IN TIME
WELL I LOOK BACK AND SEE A HALF SMILE
THEN IT’S GONE FROM SIGHT
WON’T YOU TELL ME HOW I CAN FIND MY WAY
IN THIS SHADOW PLAY, THIS SHADOW PLAY
IN THIS SHADOW PLAY, THIS SHADOW PLAY
SOUNDS COME CRASHING AND I HEAR LAUGHING
ALL THOSE LIGHTS JUST BLAZED AWAY
I FEEL A LITTLE STRANGE INSIDE,
A LITTLE DOCTOR JEKYLL,
A LITTLE MISTER HYDE
SOUNDS COME CRASHING AND I HEAR LAUGHING
ALL THOSE LIGHTS JUST BLAZED AWAY
I FEEL A LITTLE STRANGE INSIDE,
A LITTLE DOCTOR JEKYLL,
A LITTLE MISTER HYDE
Anyway, I think Rory's song Shadowplay would work very well with Breaking Bad- I bet Rory would enjoy reworking it and weaving it into the story.
So, any suggestions on which of Rory's songs you'd pair with which crime story, Breaking Bad or maybe another? But no spoilers

P.S., the actor Bryan Cranston is an American of Irish descent
