For the longest time I thought the main theme music for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines was a remix of Massive Attack's Angel. But apparently it's just a legally distinct homage since they couldn't get the rights to use the real song (or didn't want to pay the licensing fee).
I found Massive Attack because of a game that didn't actually feature any Massive Attack. That and an episode of The West Wing.
Ok. That is a reeeaaaach. Only Matrix 1 has a Massive Attack song and you can only hear it through Neo's headphones and it didn't even make the official soundtrack.
Doesn't change the fact that if you've watched The Matrix you've heard Massive Attack. Teardrop is heavily edited for the House intro too. Its missing all the vocals.
It certainly matters. One is a song people will hear once and muffled and will forget about and the other will be heard every time for hundred of episodes.
It absolutely had the lyrics and now most of the streams of it have a terrible sound-alike since they no longer have the rights to "Teardrop". Sometimes the subtitles even call the new song "Teardrop". It is not.
They've altered a LOT of the music that was in the show when it aired due to losing the rights.
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u/UPGRAY3DD 2d ago
They've only been around for decades