Recently it's been Homeland and Misfits before that

When I was younger I would watch the pink panther movies for the music.

Homeland though is pretty striking because its mostly silent and then the dramatic use of Cohen or miles or the opener/closing its pretty haunting


Misfits just brought me back to my rebellious teen years the rapture, joy division, Kraftwerk

But then THEN new music micachu, metronome, James blunt this just isn't done in America


I'll think of others but right now this is what comes to mind
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..i used to play this game when i was a kid

basically, you challenge each other with theme songs. one person would name a show title, the next would have to sing the lyrics (or hum the instrumental) to the show from start to finish.

all our favorite saturday mornin' cartoons
ol' school classics
catchy lyrics like the three's company, the fall guy, or cheers
instrumentals like taxi, sanford & son, barney miller, hillstreet blues, and m.a.s.h.

not just popular songs from that era edited to serve as a draw, but specific themes made for that show. somewhere along the way, producers decided it wasn't cool/necessary anymore and pretty much stopped makin' them.

recently, a few new shows are leanin' towards a return to the glory days. here's hopin' that trend continues.



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>the lyrics (or hum the instrumental) to the show from start to
>finish.

>
>recently, a few new shows are leanin' towards a return to the
>glory days. here's hopin' that trend continues.


we had some quality song makers working on themes
i really do
its pretty big for me i didn't realize
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additionally, I used to sit and record tv themesongs onto cassettes (holding the old school tape player up to the tv speaker) as a kid

I was/am a sucker for a good TV theme

I love those old theme songs, we used to do the same shit.

There was a Zartan and Friends that they did called the couch potato, its proabbly my favorite one ever.

Greatest American Hero, Price is Right, WKRP in Cincinnati.

Dog those jounts hit so hard

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..to this day, one of the smoothest/funkiest theme songs to ever open a tv show


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..no, not show that made the huxtable family a permanent part of all our families.

the FIRST bill cosby show

that theme song (otherwise known as hicky burr) is dead-locked in a tie for 1st place with sanford & son as the funkiest tv theme song ever made

quincy jones is a BEAST




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..classic theme, for a classic series

set the bar for tv drama and the theme became such a recognized classic that it was in regular rotation on most smooth jazz stations.



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for the day lol
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..dead-locked in a tie for 1st place with the bill cosby show for the funkiest tv theme show ever

everyone knows that signature melody AND that truck... lulz


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i was really really young but it stayed
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

..that theme song was so popular that they changed the name of the show from "kotter" to "welcome back kotter"




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that shit is....WHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

*insert bass line*

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

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Twin Peaks
Misfits
Luther
Southland
ER
Bones
all them Law and Orders (though the opening theme Dick Wolf used for the last few seasons of Law and Order: Criminal Intent is kinda fiyah! I do find myself dancing to it sometimes)
Bluebloods
Covert Affairs (yea, folk don't watch this show at all on USA network, but the opening theme is catchy. *PLUS* they use all kinds of diverse and great music on that show. And, it's Piper Perabo--i likes her)

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..mostly 'cause they took a popular song and made it the theme (massive attack)

southland is certainly distinct

blue bloods is a nice orchestral piece, but doesn't really strike me as signature


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..funny that nobody in my fam could ever understand why i loved this show about a bigot and his hatred of all things.

little did they know, it was the theme song that hooked me. ragtime at its best.




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..very clever, classic ditty

that and a scantly clad barbara eden


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..the epitome of soul

ja'net dubois put her FOOT in that song.

the soul clap on the break down assured you that this show was officially black.


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..just a good ol' boys
never meanin' no harm
beats all you never saw
been in trouble with the law
since the day they was born
straightenin' the curves
flattenin' the hills
someday the mountain might get 'em
but the law never will
makin' their way
the only way they know how
that's just a little bit more
than the law will allow
just' a good ol' boys
wouldn't change if they could
fightin' the system like
two modern day robinhoods


waylon jennings had me sold from the start

the song was easy, like lemonade on a hot summer day




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..funny how somethin' a simple as whistlin' a melody can stay with you forever

this theme song made me want to master whistling


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..this show was my 1st introduction to hawaii

funny that years later i heard it in the airport on my first trip there.


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..i never knew orchestrated horns & strings could be so funky




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..although the original theme song was an instrumental, i was always drawn to sammy davis jr's vocal for the most notable version


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..just lookin' outta the window, watchin' the asphalt grow

granted, that line was from the closing sequence, but that song had me hooked from the start.


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perfect example of a theme better than the show its for

..i would often use this to stump people playin "tv theme songs"

the ending/breakdown/lyric run was always fun

*and i agree, the show was less than the theme. kinda funny how it was the original spin off to "all in the family"


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but of them all Donny SET.IT.OFF

I love that theme

..people are still surprised to find out that was him


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..wrong place

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..donny was smooth as hell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9NY8R-LmIw



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..initially this theme song used to be a signal for snooze in my house.

a few yrs later i gave it a try, only to discover that it was diverse and funny.


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lyrics:

Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it

Tonight what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it

Version 1 - Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You?
We got some work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You?
We need some help from you now.

Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you... pretending you got a sliver
But you're not fooling me, cause I can see, the way you shake and shiver.

You know we got a mystery to solve,
So Scooby Doo be ready for your act. Uh-uh Uh-uh
Don't hold back!
And Scooby Doo if you come through
you're going to have yourself a scooby snack!
That's a fact!

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here Are You.
You're ready and you're willing.
If we can count on you Scooby Doo,
I know you'll catch that villain.

Version 2 - The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Scooby, Scooby-Doo, Looking For You.
Scooby, Scooby-Doo, Where Are Ya?
All The Stars Are Here, Waiting For You.
Couldn't Have A Show Without Ya.
Scooby, Scoobity-Doo.
Scooby, Scoobity-Doo.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Scooby, Scoobity-Doo.
Scooby, Scoobity-Doo.

..straight, no chaser


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nice

..this prob'ly marked the 1st time i ever heard a theme song sung by the actual star of the show



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..music artist/fam don't really count in my book

a good theme song is damn-near expected in those situations


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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

..lee majors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3a7lsEgFM


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but i know the theme and disliked it on principle (country etc etc hey i was a kid)

lee is still only the bionic man to me
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

..and you didn't like country music

how did you ever pick up on the song?


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My mom or my grandma watched
While I was drifting off
I do wonder if some of the having to go to bed resentment rubbed off
Lol
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~~~~
You cannot hate people for their own good.

and Freakazoid

Opening (very light and "fluttery" with flutes at the beginning then switching up to brass instruments at the end) and Closing Themes (trumpets and trombones)

Lounge Singing at it "best"

..that cast was amazing


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staying up late to watch it

Viva El Puerco!

that's when i got hooked on Soap.

My goodness those shows were great

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the music on both these shows were central to the vibe of the show

in the case of the latter, the music was better than the stories/characters most times

..jan hammer somehow found a way to capture the essence of miami in music

this theme would always get me amped

*new york undercover's theme didn't have an impact at all

and the show didn't age well (lol)



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even when it was on the main/only reason to watch it was for whomever was singing at the club (they had a mid-t-late 90s era whos-who on that joint)

..the guest appearances were the only thing that kept new york undercover afloat


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the rest of it was pretty "eh"

taking full advantage of Fox's filling the pretty much the only place to find "Black Shows" niche