Peaky Blinders Finally Replaced Red Right Hand With Something Better
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the finale of Peaky Blinders.
''Red Right Hand'' has been an essential part of Peaky Blinders ever since its first episode, but the show's finale finally replaced it, and here's why it's much better for who Tommy is now. When Tommy Shelby first appeared riding a black horse around Small Heath, accompanied by the low vocals of Nick Cave, it was immediately known that this was the man in charge. ''Red Right Hand'' has become almost synonymous with Peaky Blinders after the show's extensive use of the song in opening credits and key scenes, but the long-awaited finale closed not with Nick Cave, but with something else.
The song has been absent from all the opening credits scenes of Peaky Blinders season 6, and has only been used once in the season as a whole. In episode five, as it draws to a close, a cover of ''Red Right Hand'' by Patti Smith plays. The song's lacking presence marked a change in pace and tone for Peaky Blinders, with season 6 being noticeably slower and less bloody than the show has previously been. This stems from Tommy planning to retire and leave his criminal doings behind, leading the show to find a new song to play him out.
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With ''Red Right Hand'' being such an iconic part of Peaky Blinders, it was expected that the show would close its final scene with it, but that wasn't the case. Instead, the show avoids it and uses ''All the Tired Horses,'' originally by Bob Dylan but in this instance covered by Lisa O'Neill, for Peaky Blinders' season 6 ending. Formerly, the show has used different cover versions of ''Red Right Hand'' to fit with the ambience of certain episodes, for
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