Why The Sopranos is The Greatest TV Show Ever (To Me)

[@Ghost.girI.]

Quotable, funny, tragic, relatable, introspective and ocean depth levels of layers to this show. That's why it's so special to me and my favorite of all time.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Absolutely. You just described it beautifully.

[@waylonjenninz]

The writing and the acting. Gandolfini. Wouldn't be nothin' without him. How much we love this guy!!! Thanks for another good one!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

You’re so welcome! And yes, talk about an abundance of riches and talent-cast, crew, writers, directors, the whole nine yards. A true masterpiece. ⭐️

[@talesfromthetrip]

Love when you release videos ❤️

[@SopranosBlueprint]

❤️❤️ Thanks for sharing that. Means a lot. 😊

[@alyssarichardson2544]

fancy seeing you here! also ikr, she's amazing!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@alyssarichardson2544 Right back at you ❤️❤️

[@alyssarichardson2544]

​@@SopranosBlueprint if I can play a small part to encourage a little community, I'd like that. it's nice here ❤ you made the content babe! your fan-interaction is so heartwarming, really.

[@Gabagool4Christ]

@talesfromthetrip it’s awesome to know you like the sopranos. I’m a casual viewer of yours and haven’t heard you mention it haha

[@Void7.4.14]

For reasons we couldn't possibly comprehend or codify. These are all great reasons, but I don't think anything can fully capture it. It has that thing that most other shows either lack or don't have enough of, it's that same differences between art we love and art we don't elsewhere. It was a perfect storm of people behind the camera and in front with ridiculously perfect subject matter and place and time and everything else and it spoke to our inner struggles regardless of background, upbringing, current situation, pains, whatever, despite being so specific it managed to be universal in a way that few pieces of media have.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 You nailed it

[@deshaunreid7728]

You nailed it it's timeless. My brother asks me how I can rewatch this show so many times and I tell him or anyone that asks me: It's a show about sociology, philosophy, psychology, genrational conflict, nostalgia, family and life in America. It's dramatic, comedic, tragic and unique the acting, writing, cinematography, soundtrack are all top notch. Lastly, like you said it mirrors life not everything has an answer not everything makes sense but we ride the painted pony and let the spinning wheel glide anyway eh. Lol it is really is the best end of subject!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Amen to everything you say!!! You mentioned so many fantastic reasons…definitely on the same wavelength 💯💯💯💯

[@robertlee4172]

I'd like to add mental illness. Addictions, trauma, PTSD, stress, angst, all of these play a role in the everyday life of Tony Soprano.

[@James_Price79]

Best thing ever put to film by humanity including the entire history of film. I have never and will never see anything better on a screen in my life.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TooLooze]

Jimmy Olson ova here..... My favorite scene is Dominic Chianese singing; there is timeless universality in that scene.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Ahhh, what a powerful scene, all the way down to seeing everyone shed a tear. A solemn moment, indeed. And Meadow’s first run across the street: “This is SUCH bullshit.” “Meadow!!” *Beeeeep* (Always reminds me of the last scene in the finale when she runs across the street).

[@klompsauce]

And that fact that it’s Dominic singing makes it even better

[@davidmajer3652]

In my opinion, The Sopranos is the best TV show ever made. It is my TV comfort food. The characters are fleshed out and are put in universally relatable situations. The show is probably most relatable to people who are the same age as the characters. The peril of looming violence creates an edge. We never know what another person is thinking, so when we put different thoughts in the character's head, you can come to very different conclusions. What made the show great is it was allowed to be geared to a thinking audience, and the music was great. I am on board with Chicken Shack being the best use of a song.

[@markbaskin2547]

I love your videos i subscribed last summer. This video your thoughts and feelings are the same as mine about this legendary show. Thank you for the amazing content. Happy early Easter to you and your family!

[@SopranosBlueprint]

You’re so welcome, and thank YOU for subscribing. It’s an extraordinary feeling to connect with others who feel a similar passion. Thrilled to have you as a subscriber 🙏🏼

[@talesfromthetrip]

Evidently Chickentown is the best used song in the whole series hands down. Even playing it in the car or wherever, I think of Phil, Tony, and Chris and the downfall of everything.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

ahahaha no way just saw your other post and said hi, but I'm sooooo glad you agree with that sentiment, I'm not just making shit up either, I posted about the Chickentown and the apt decision to use the "bloody" version over the "fucking" one. You could smell the copper in the air at that point, I think "bloody" was eerily perfect...

[@paauggie]

Brilliantly done - you capture the sheer magic of the series perfectly :) . Liked and subscribed.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you so much 😊 Really appreciate that, and thanks for subscribing!🙏🏼

[@tomlewis9207]

"You add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. Then you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. You add that together and that's your sentence. I figure I'm gonna have to do 6,000 years before I get accepted into heaven and 6,000 years is nothin' in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It's like a couple of days here." St. Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, Master Theologian

[@SopranosBlueprint]

“Did anybody there have horns? Or buds for horns? Those goat bumps?” “The heat woulda been the first thing ya noticed!”

[@alyssarichardson2544]

STAGE 5, the Chickentown ending... there's two versions of the song, the one we heard was the one that used the term "bloody", there was also a "fucking", but using "bloody" actually hit so much harder than the "fucking" version would have if you're older than 13, things were about to get bloody, the tension permeated through the screen, it was a brilliant decision to do it the way they did. I am soooooooo glad you mentioned that ending, it might be my favourite ending to any episode there is, maybe "Employee of the Month", but damn, that gets the noggin joggin'. Not trying to be a suck-up, I'm just really glad you included what might be my favourite scene ❤ - talking about endings, shoutout Breaking Bad's "Crawl Space". I had S4 spoiled for me but that shit still left me in shock. tS is better overall but BB was excellent with their cliffhanger endings. I wonder how (especially season 1) Christopher would have gotten along with Jesse? I'd imagine he'd see them like Matt and Sean until he got a taste of the 99.1%, the -family- crew could make bank off it, I mean Vito specifically mentioned running meth and Tony almost forgave him... I'll stop there, but Chris and Jesse would be amusing to say the least, and he was friends with the other one, Filone? I don't know... why not?

[@manlikekgabz]

My friend had told me about this show a couple of years ago and I initially thought it was a musical TV show (cuz Soprano is a musical term) but then what finally pushed me to watch this show was this KZbinr called TheProfessional who does a lot of GTA videos. He makes videos talking about the lore of all the GTA games and constantly makes references to this show (cuz GTA takes a lot of inspiration from this show, especially when it comes to Mafia storylines). It was one of the best decisions I've ever made and I will totally re-watch this series sometime next year.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

Everything is errything... I'm down with that!

[@derektrebejoa.6381]

Cry

[@cygnustsp]

Great video

[@robertlee4172]

9:30...The haunting vocals of Keith Richards. The song "Thru and Thru" from the Stones' worst selling album. (I bought the CD and saw the show) I get the sense, it's about addiction. Hair-rowin. Keith has a long history of addiction to drugs and alcohol. Sopranos was all about the drugs and alcohol.

[@robertlee4172]

You know that we do take-away We deliver too Open twenty-four hours, babe Just waiting on a call from you Waiting on a call from you Well I'm in the yellow page You just take a look Look me up under "Services" You know it's just an open book ... written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger

[@LeeMita-j1s]

I love this one❤ hope you are well

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thanks so much!! ❤️ I love to hear that, and hope all is well with you, too 😊

[@freemind454]

In three words, It's. Modern Day Shakespeare !

[@williamramirez7559]

You're the best Soprano analyst (To me)

[@jonathan_rosa]

I love at the Cleaver premiere after-party when Tony says "100 years from now, when we're dead and gone people will be watching this f* thing", a reference to The Sopranos ♡

[@tonyjonesbassoonwhippet2271]

Always considered the Sopranos a comedy more than anything else. Funny fckng show

[@tidepride86]

The Sopranos didn't need the "must watch next week" cliffhangers or "how did I wind up in this position" cold opens as Breaking Bad did. The Sopranos has the most organic and natural sounding dialogue of any show ever made. The show is really about the malaise of modern domestic life, death, family, depression, and the fall of the American dream. It will never be topped.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Couldn’t agree with you more. There’s nothing quite like it. Many great shows, but none that fully explore those issues of the human condition quite like The Sopranos.

[@josephst.george7841]

It’s the perfect show. But if that wasn’t enough, I also kind of relate to these characters a lot, I feel like a lot of the people I grew up with were very similar to certain characters and I know people who are just like every character. It’s relatable, dramatic, really damn funny, and every moving piece of this operation comes together perfectly in the final product. There’s some episodes or moments that aren’t as good as others but even those are better than most other shows at their best.

[@ryanstratton5895]

i remember thinking (a quarter century ago) there is so much dumb stuff in this mafia show that's not about the mafia. I didn't last long but the thought actually occurred haha. Then i realized i couldnt take my eyes off the show. Thank god i wasn't a critic.

[@Rob-fw5ux]

There’s no scraps in my scrapbook.

[@HoodBoy426]

There's only one reason why The Sopranos is the greatest television series ever, and that reason is because of the Sopranos Blueprint KZbin channel. 💯

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Haha, while I have to disagree, I DO very much appreciate the sentiment 😊😊😊

[@jacklawson4104]

I think what makes the best is that every(major) character can stand on their own legs. Like straight up from all the made guys and FBI. Informants, hell, even dirty politicians, could get a spinoff. And switch perspectives from criminals and feds

[@eligalvan8515]

What really hot home for me was the first episode with the first line and the ending song. I feel i came in right as the good times were over. I was born in the early 2000s. And life just sucks. I want it to be like the old days when a guy could be the strong silent type without getting his balls broke. I feel there's no backbone in my generation. And also the ending song the beast in me. I have these thoughts that really are not the greatest. But living life tou gotta look put for yourself. So fuck everyone and what they think. Sometimes it's good to hold in that evil. But Sometimes you gotta let ot out. And the sopranos really helps me live vicariously.

[@tonyr7000]

Wholly concur with everything that was said, Stephanie! The soundtrack selection was brilliant. Chase's approach is quite like Scorsese's but with the advantage of many songs that were never or no longer part of the American Songbook. (Scorsese wrote about prominent gangsters who were worthy of A side songs. The "pygmy thing in Jersey" feels more at home with B sides and unreleased music.) The Sopranos' most defining song (imho) is You by the Aquatones...it's perfectly moody, ethereal, haunting and evoking of a time that Tony too often recalls as ideal. But the Aquatones were not Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin, or Muddy Waters, who all enjoyed wider and longer commercial acclaim. The other source of brilliance in the Sopranos is how it breaks with convention in depicting time as a flat circle. Alternatively, Chase embraces time as evolutionary change with people getting older, dying, (d)evolving, forgetting, becoming portly and bald. This is how we experience our actual lives (says the gentleman who noticed two new gray hairs near his temple this morning!)

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Always enjoy your insightful and thoughtful comments 🙏🏼🙏🏼 As for The Aquatones…talk about The Sopranos nightmare theme song…very powerful, indeed.

[@tonyr7000]

@@SopranosBlueprint Thank you Stephanie! Your channel is da best! It's "Sopranos for the Cerebral". I still hope that you will do a treatment of malapropisms which provided much of the show's' timeless character!!! Oh before I forget another compelling topic might be a Sopranos OP (Overpowered) Character Matrix. Hmm maybe.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

@tonyr7000 Oh, I sure will!! It’s at the top of my list. :) Working on a Meadow/AJ video right now, but that’s literally next on my list!

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Toodle fucking ooo is one of my favorite episodes toodaloo

[@SopranosBlueprint]

“God, I couldn’t sleep all night, I was so embarrassed!” A truly phenomenal episode…so many funny moments and great quotes… Veal Parmesan sengwich…

[@vgcq02]

I couldn’t sleep all night I was so embarrassed

[@kathys1285]

I think it’s great because of the writers and the directors and the actors the dialogue just everything just flows beautifully together my absolute favorite episode is The Pine Barrens it was so excellent that at one point I totally forgot I was watching a drama series it felt like a comedy show hysterical 🤣🤣🤣🤣 my husband was laughing so hard he fell off the bed I couldn’t stop laughing 😂 from beginning to end it was hilarious point on that’s what made it so successful spot on acting 🎭 spot on directing spot on dialogue spot on everything

[@adamspeckert7296]

Scorsese & de Palma claim they dislike the show. I was really disappointed to hear that.

[@James_Price79]

De Palma was always a dumb fuck, wasn’t he? Didn’t he almost drown in three inches of water?

[@therealdojj]

it is endlessly rewatchable so while i would agree that it's top tier tv, i'm not sure i could say it's "the best" any more than i could say another show was "better" i think that the truth is that it was too far ahead of it's time and only now are people waking up to the fact that it's great tv

[@SopranosBlueprint]

🔥🔥🔥 AMEN.

[@clones1093]

Take it eazy!.. we're not makin' a western, here.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

That’s not what I heard from Gary Cooper! 🤠

[@vgcq02]

Sounds to me like you stumbled onto existentialism

[@SopranosBlueprint]

F*ckin’ internet.

[@Guiltyangel605]

❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@SopranosBlueprint]

💯❤️🔥❤️🔥✨⭐️ Right back at you 😊

[@robertlee4172]

What makes the series such a masterpiece? The Sopranos writers on another level. They quote Sun Ta-zoo, Proust, Prince Matchabelli, Dostoevsky, Yeets... They cover a wide range of humanities like philosophy, religion, life and death, the paranormal, the subconscious mind. Deeep thoughts, with David Chase.

[@thebettingpublicsportsshow]

Male or female, every character represents someone you know. And the show didn't run from the racism on the East Coast. If it weren't on HBO or cable, it wouldnt be a good show. The main character kills, cheats on his wife but doesn't beat her or his kids. Every character from Tony, to his wife, his kids, his crew to even Dr. Melfi had a significant moral dilemma that we all had an opinion on.

[@SopranosBlueprint]

💯 “It’s the human condition.”

[@cassiusrichardson9895]

Do you have a favorite episode or top 3 ?

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Ahhh this one is always hard to answer. Let me get back to you. 😊

[@clones1093]

So what? No f***in ziti now!?

[@SopranosBlueprint]

HEY!

[@robertlee4172]

The more we study the episodes, the more layers they reveal. Tony's greatest fear, looking like a weak man. That's why he kept harping about Gary Cooper. Why he felt the need to stop Junior from saying he was never varsity athlete material. He beats the piss out of Perry Annunziata, to prove to the rest of the boys at Satriale's, he's still the alpha male. Acting 'as if'. Tony famously says to Ritchie, after he threw him out of the executive game, "If I don't do nothing, how's that gonna look?" Tony Soprano's "You Got No Pho King Idea What It's Like To Be Number One"...says it all. NY is after him, his crew is after him, his family is after him. The life of a mob boss.

[@louistracy6964]

Watching this because I can't stand to see mass slaughter in Palestine.

[@jazzs7480]

Very allogorical

[@SopranosBlueprint]

Thank you 😎

[@jazzs7480]

@@SopranosBlueprint I can't tell, will you be effective as a leader like your father was? Can you confirm that ?

[@JKnksrsly]

biased channel

[@derektrebejoa.6381]

What's wrong with telling the truth? The Sopranos along with The Wire are unbeatable series

[@James_Price79]

Good. Best programme ever made.

[@nathanworthington4451]

Gross

[@James_Price79]

What is?

[@nicolasvaldez8192]

In no way better than breaking bad

[@vgcq02]

The Sopranos laid the groundwork for Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Wire, etc.

[@robertlee4172]

Explain that one, Siskel.

[@nicolasvaldez8192]

@robertlee4172 A show about Italian mobsters doing illegal shit in Jersey. How creative. Good show, it's just not as interesting as BB

[@derektrebejoa.6381]

@@nicolasvaldez8192 Just because you're more interested in garbage doesn't mean that everyone should like it or have the same opinion as you, The Sopranos is vastly better, period, I'll be happy to argue with you.

[@robertlee4172]

​@@nicolasvaldez8192 Try this theory on for size... Since childhood, Tony Soprano, was anguished by the thoughts of his violent criminal mobster dad and uncle. His mother, depicted as a borderline personality, torments her children that two of them fled Newark. When we're introduced to Tony, he is enveloped in this world of murderous mafia connections. Any bit of stress, adds to a multitude of symptoms, creating an unbearable amount of problems, he passes out over the mere mention of his mother. He sees a therapist, who prescribes a cocktail of SSRI's, anti-psychotics, and antidepressants. Mixed with Tony's constant daily habit of alcohol and sometimes cocaine, now we got a real doozy of a TV show. The series goes deeeeep into Tony's childhood history, he suffers multiple car accidents, bashes his head, countless of times from passing out, threatened with death by the NY mafia. How much more complex can this story get? The gabagool. Meadow said it best, "nothing but nitrites and salt". Can you imagine how the blood pressure medication, added atop all of Tony's stressors, affected his decision making? Look what it did to Vito.