Well, lemmee tell 'ya story 'bouta man name Jed...
Theme songs can get stuck in your head and stuck in the cultural fabric.
Some go on to be hit singles.
I heard the above song is called 'The ballad of Jed Clampett' and was a song before the series existed-does anyone know?
Does anyone have tidbits about other 'theme songs' Any favorites or anything to say about music in television shows?
I always liked 'Law and Order' theme song...
Favorite Television Theme Songs...
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The theme from Smallville...It's "Save Me" by Remy Zero. Sounds a little like Radiohead lite.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
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It seems that every Trek lover except me hates the theme of Enterprise. Don't know why, because I love it.
And here's an old classic:
Welcome back
Your dreams were your ticket out
Welcome back
To that same old place that you laughed about
Where the names have all changed since you hung around
And the dreams have remained, but they're turned around
Who'd o' thought we'd need ya
(Who'd o' thought we'd need ya)
back. Yeah, well we need ya
(back. Yeah, well we need ya)
Well we tease him a lot
'cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
And here's an old classic:
Welcome back
Your dreams were your ticket out
Welcome back
To that same old place that you laughed about
Where the names have all changed since you hung around
And the dreams have remained, but they're turned around
Who'd o' thought we'd need ya
(Who'd o' thought we'd need ya)
back. Yeah, well we need ya
(back. Yeah, well we need ya)
Well we tease him a lot
'cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Theme from M*A*S*H* and Sanford & Son were classics.War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
Man I would love to hear a local band jam on Sanford and Son.
I always liked McGiver(sp?). I was the only one to guess it in a "Name that theme song" game once.
I always liked McGiver(sp?). I was the only one to guess it in a "Name that theme song" game once.
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Manic Street Preachers covered Theme From M*A*S*H in about 1993 for a charity record, their version is nicely dark and moody. I always thought the theme from Nash Bridges was pretty cool, any show with Don Johnson in has to have a cool tune though. He may not be on TV much anymore, but he`s still got it. That and 8 billion dollars in the trunk of his car, apparently.
Q. Why do Communists drink herbal tea?
A. Because proper tea is theft.
A. Because proper tea is theft.
There was a band I used to like and go see called "Man or AstroMan?" out of Atlanta who made up the theme song for Space Ghost Coast to Coast. They also did a cover of The Munsters theme song which was really cool.
"Hellfire! Everybody in this whole business, you and everyone keep accusing me of being some sort of closet expert. I tell you, I don't know one damn thing about this unless someone explains it to me. I'm not your bloody Berek."
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Nope. Pretty sure Nerfherder does the themesong for Buffy, but...
Call me childish, but I think my favorite theme songs are from shows like Animaniacs, Freakazoid, The Muppet Show, etc.
Call me childish, but I think my favorite theme songs are from shows like Animaniacs, Freakazoid, The Muppet Show, etc.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
-George Steiner
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