It will fit in everyone’s taste, but we are sure that Peaky Blinders It is one of the best series of recent years. And in that sense, it’s not just the story and the performances that make it a great show; The music also puts its touch on it…. The proof is in these 10 songs from Peaky Blinders that we hear at very specific moments in the program.
Well, while we’re at it, here we show you our top of the most unfortunate villains of the series more. Now yes, let’s go to the data of the songs.
“Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, one of the most classic Peaky Blinders songs
We couldn’t start this list of songs without the one that has become one of the hallmarks of the series. “Red Right Hand” de Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds it sounds like a sinister, tense song, a great song that evokes in every way the personality of the protagonists led by the ambitiously tormented but great Thomas Shelby.
Fun fact: The song is inspired by a poem by John Milton and is said to have been developed at a time when Nick Cave was fed up with writing songs using the same chord sequence. So he took a turn with his band and they started creating this gem. Yes of classic songs of Peaky Blinders it is about, this is one that cannot be missing.
“Broken Boy Soldier” de The Raconteurs
If you are fans of all the musical projects of Jack White and of Peaky Blinders, you will have noticed that there are a lot of songs by The Raconteurs, The White Stripes and the guitarist from Michigan in the soundtrack of the series. In episode 4 of the first season, precisely “Broken Boy Soldier” by the aforementioned Raconteurs appears.
According to the SongFacts portal in the words of White himself, this was the second song that the band composed and It was with her that she realized that the group painted for interesting things.. Well, it seems to us that the Raconteurs’ career is very constant, but that they have wholesale hits.
“The Prowl” de Dan Auerbach
We go from Jack White to another idol of modern blues-rock such as Dan Auerbach de The Black Keys… although the song that appears in Peaky Blinders It’s from his solo project and not from the band. Still, it’s a great song that talks about being hypnotized and wildly attracted to a person, which also leads to throbbing pain.
In the series, we see Thomas having many affairs and we could say that he is that complicated love that many women in the series have. The good Tommy Shelby is not an easy subject to fall in love with (at least for Grace, who did leave him well nailed)..
“Arabella” de Arctic Monkeys
The UK was enjoying two incredible phenomena in 2014 with the second season of Peaky Blinders and with the Arctic Monkeys breaking it big around the world with his record AM. “Arabella” was one of the band’s songs that was added to the soundtrack and it was undoubtedly perfect. Honestly, any of the songs on that record could have been used for the series, don’t you think?
Well, by the way, there is a good amount of songs by Alex Turner and company in the soundtrack of the second season. One of Peaky’s songs Blinders more recognized, without a doubt.
“Pull a U ” de The Kills
Something cool from the songs of Peaky Blinders is that it has many blues garage songs and in that sense, a band that could not be missing from the compilation should be The Kills. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince know how to add a sinister and powerful flavor to their music, and it is precisely the frenetic guitar riff of “Pull a U” that plays perfectly with what we see of the series on the screen. One last song.
“Come On Over” de Royal Blood
It was the year 2014 and with its second season, Peaky Blinders it was already one of the most amazing series in the UK. In that same year but musically, Royal Blood towards his debut with his self-titled album and a frenetic song called “Come On Over”, which played in the sequence after Thomas fights a soldier in the middle of a horse race.
The role and the scene fit together masterfully and incidentally, the series helped boost the career of a band that today it is the best that we find in the modern rock scene.
“Lazarus” de David Bowie
For many, the appearance of this song from David Bowie and the scene of Peaky Blinders which it sets to music, is one of the best sequences in the series. David Bowie’s “Lazarus” plays at the entrance to Season 3 Episode 5 as we see a Thomas Shelby recovering in hospital and experiencing a bit of a morphine addiction.
Although Tommy is an anti-hero as such, in this part of the show it is difficult not to empathize with him. for everything that fucking Father Hughes does to him. This song alone is proof enough why Peaky Blinders songs are a gem.
“War Pigs” de Black Sabbath
The appearance of Black Sabbath on the soundtrack of Peaky Blinders It is very emotional and epic. First, because the legendary metal band hails from Birmingham, just like the Shelby family; and second, because the Blinders’ war with the Billy Boys could not be set to music with another great song that was not “War Pigs”. As we said, it is something extremely epic in every way.
“Atmosphere” by Joy Division, one of the most heartbreaking Peaky Blinder songs
There is no better way to musicalize one of the saddest scenes of Peaky Blinders what with Joy Division and one of his most melancholic songs ever. Seeing the carriage go by with the name ‘Peter’ written in flowers going by in the midst of the disillusioned crowd, all at a funeral, is to give you goosebumps.
And the extra ingredient is Thomas’s expression, who looks uncomfortable, sad, stunned. This is one of the songs playing on Peaky Blinders that hurt the most throughout the series.
“Snake Oil” de Foals
If anything we can highlight from the soundtrack of Peaky Blinders, is the great balance between idols of yesteryear and newer bands. And as Foals are one of the biggest modern bands in the UK, it was impossible for them not to have their place on the soundtrack of what is one of the best British series of all time.
