That’s why I was able to find Season 1 used for $4.49 (tons of fans bought it and then got rid of it) but the subsequent seasons aren’t as cheap (not as many people bought them). Others blame short-sighted TV producers for not buying the home-video music rights in the beginning, when they would’ve been cheaper.īut in this case, I say it’s the DVD distributor who is greedy, releasing these subpar sets, tricking and pilfering fans.
Some fans blame the greedy music business for demanding too high of a fee. The packaging includes a small disclaimer that says “Music has been changed for this home entertainment version,” and starting with Season 6 CBS DVD dropped “Complete” from the title (as in “The Complete Fifth Season”), since of course, these sets aren’t complete. For example, there’s a montage of Brenda trying on a series of outfits that has a cheesy keyboard track playing over it, and I just knew there was supposed to be a peppy ’80s tune playing there. I hadn’t seen Season 1 before I watched it on DVD recently (I got into “90210” via SoapNet reruns a couple years ago, but I had dipped in around Season 2), but even I could tell the soul had been ripped from it. In cases where characters sing (notably, Donna’s boyfriend Ray Pruit, from the college years, was a singer-songwriter), entire scenes are chopped out of the episode. With very few exceptions, the music has been replaced by softly played generic studio tracks and the occasional softly played generic pop song. Now it’s a generic track that screams “1980s straight-to-video movie.” For example, R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” aurally signified Brenda and Dylan’s relationship in multiple scenes. If you wanted to, you could listen to an episode instead of watching it, and you’d get all the emotions just from the soundtrack. “Beverly Hills, 90210” was the first in a wave of shows where music was instrumental in the storytelling “Buffy,” “Gilmore Girls,” “The O.C.” and many more followed. In the original show, the Peach Pit had an awesome 1960s-vintage jukebox later, the Peach Pit After Dark brought in ’90s acts for live shows. The show is flat-out ruined by not having its original music. Stars: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry
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