‘Pam and Tommy’s Best Music Moments So Far: From Dusty Springfield to Nine Inch Nails
variety.comLily Moayeri If you think the needle drops on the Hulu original series, “Pam & Tommy” — based on the real-life torrid tale of “Baywatch” babe Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee’s sex tape-gone-viral-bootlegged-VHS-tape is going to be all Mötley Crüe songs — you’re in for a surprise.
There is not one note from iconic group’s hefty discography, which at the time of the sex tape scandal in 1997 numbered at seven albums that included their most memorable songs, many of which would have been a good match for the Lily James and Sebastian Stan-starring series.
While reps for the band and Hulu did not immediately respond to requests for an official reason why no Crüe music appears in the series (which usually means that the rights-holder declined to give permission, for any number of possible reasons), the numerous needle drops on the series underscore or overlay almost every scene veer toward classic soul and jazz, with the occasional foray into the ‘90s.
These smack-on-the-nose choices are predictable in their lyrics, practically narrating the scenes they are soundtracking. Of course, Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” is playing when driving down the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu; “You are the Man” from Inez and Charlie Foxx is the obvious choice when Pam sends Tommy a drink in the club.
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