US Skins: Poor Acting, Great Soundtrack

In order to seduce the Skins following that has grown to cult-like status in the US, MTV organized a pretty stellar lineup of songs for the show's US premiere. Mimicking the opening (along with almost every other) scene, the US version opened with Effie returning from a night of hard partying. As the camera switched from Effie to her older brother, giving audiences the first glimpse of the US Tony in action, My Girls by Animal Collective started. Just a few minutes later, When I'm Small by Phantogram transitioned in as students in the now Baltimore, once Bristol, high school walked to their classes.

MTV obviously did some research, which apparently took time away from the casting as many of the characters struggled to replicate the complexity and idiosyncrasies of their British counterparts. However, this is a music blog, so I'll leave the reviews of US Skins up to the TV critics. Check out the two highlights from the opening episode's soundtrack below.

-C