As an artist , hopefully a respectful one , youll appreciate great art and thats whats Sopranos all about , just great art . Besides that , its clear that David Chase loves music and sometimes builds the scene around specific songs he chooses , dont stop believin or Tiny tears are good examples of that . Also the fact that the choices werent obvious at all , songs like thru and Thru by the stones or im not like everybody else by The Kinks , or even by choosing artists like Black Rebel motorcycle club , Morphine , Mazzy Star , R . L Burnside and lots of other artist that you dont necessarily expect to ear , it surprises you and has that in your face kind of attitude ! I think David Chase demanded HBO to have money enough so they could spend it on royalties and never worry about not having the songs he wanted on the show , when someone demands that , you know that music will be very important , by the way , his consiglieri during the show regarding to music was Van Zandt , whos just the guitar player of E Street Band .