Aw, hell, why not?

[apocalypsos]

Since I posted the link before, and I'm all for making lists 'cause I'm a great big dork like that ...

In no particular order ...

My Ten Favorite TV Theme Songs

1. Gummi Bears -- A few years back, the DJs at the local radio station dared one another to see which one knew more TV theme songs right of the top of their heads. People kept calling in with suggestions, and they had to sing them. Somebody called in and said, "How about The Gummi Bear?" One of the DJs (and little old me in my car) immediately belted out the song at the top of our lungs. You cannot sing or hear that song and not come away happy.

2. The Greatest American Hero -- Even if I had disliked Fahrenheit 9/11, I'd still give Michael Moore mad props for putting this song on the soundtrack over President Bush in his flight suit. *snerk*

3. The Facts of Life -- Oh, come on!

4. The Shield -- Yay, funky salsa-esque mix! *dances*

5. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air -- I will remember the lyrics to that song until the day I die. On purpose.

6. Highlander: The Series -- Hey, it was my first real fandom. And it's Queen, for God's sake.

7. The Incredible Hulk -- "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." For that alone, it's a classic.

8. Angel -- I think I prefer this one over the "Buffy" theme because I'm a total sucker for violins. Yay, violins!

9. The Love Boat -- Most of my love for this comes from one of my funnier college memories with this thing a friend of mine used to do all the time. It's hard not to love a song when just hearing it gives you the mental image of a six-foot-tall heavyset black girl with glasses crooning it *exactly* like a cheesy male lounge singer.

10. Charmed -- 'Cause I like "How Soon Is Now" no matter who sings it.

Comments

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

The Love Boat theme is also helped some if you've heard Denis Leary's song "Love Barge", which uses some of its lyrics.

"Think of the boat as a metaphor. Then again, maybe it's just a boat..."

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

#5 becomes an issue when you live in Philly. Especially since I've just found out I live on the outskirts of West Philadelphia.



Damn, I can't even SAY West Philadelphia without getting the song stuck in my head.

[livejamie.livejournal.com]

now this is a story all about how, my life got twisted upside down and i'd like to take a minute just sit right there ill tell you how i became the prince of a town called Bel-Air.

[octopedingenue]

Ahhh, but do you know the MYSTERIOUS MISSING VERSE from #5? *snuggles "Fresh Prince"*

Totally with on the "Angel" theme, but I love the "Buffy" one 'cause you can headbang to it. (If you're a dork. Which I am.) And the "Hulk" song is the ultimate feeeel-myyyy-aaaaangst woobie song when trickled out on a piano.

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, but do you know the MYSTERIOUS MISSING VERSE from #5?

I begged and pleaded with her day after day, but she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way, she gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket, I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it

First class, yo this is bad, drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass, if this's what the people of Bel-Air livin' like, hmm this might be alright!

Dude, I love that show so much, definatly one of the best themes ever. And the tale of the "Bel Air Beast" at the end of the second part of the Halloween episode this part of the theme was from...SO funny.

Okay, backing away now...

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I love the "Buffy" one 'cause you can headbang to it. (If you're a dork. Which I am.)

Oh, good. I'm not the only one.

[overloved.livejournal.com]

I still love the "Golden Girls" theme song. And "A Different World." I'm right there with you on #5.

In West Philadelphia, born and raised...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

The "Golden Girls" theme always reminds me of every family holiday for the last few years. My cousin and uncle will watch the reruns on Lifetime no matter which ones are playing, so unless there's something else majorly important on, we always end up watching "Golden Girls" episodes. (The best part is how much my brother loves them, and he's still a teenager.)

I downloaded "A Different World" off that site and forgot how much I liked it. I also forgot how much I liked the "In Living Color" theme, but probably because it reminds me of a happier time when Jennifer Lopez was better known as "Fly Girl #3" or whatever.

[overloved.livejournal.com]

a happier time when Jennifer Lopez was better known as "Fly Girl #3" or whatever.

The good ol' days.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

#1 - is that Guuuuuuuuuuummi bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere, [blah] adventures are beyond compare, we are the gummi bears? 'Cause if so, whee for cartoons reruns!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. (Psst ... it's "High adventure that's beyond compare." Hee! See?)

[overloved.livejournal.com]

I've never seen that show and, in fact, didn't know it existed before right now.

What about PeeWee's Playhouse? Am I imagining that that song has words?

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

Hah! I stand corrected, and bow to your superior geekitude.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

OMG, listen to what I just found! And this site has more eighties cartoon theme songs, too. Oh, I sooooo have to post this link. *bounces up and down happily*

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

D00d! She-ra! Captain Planet! This is the greatest website EVER. God, I love the internet.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I know! Isn't it the best? I went looking for Gummi Bears and ... just ... OMG, they have the Wuzzles! *swoons* I want to marry this website.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

Thundercats! Ducktails! I think I want to marry this website, too.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

And I just found this article about 'Flight of the Navigator'. OMG, I loved that movie when I was a kid!

*checks Amazon* Holy crap, they released it on DVD on June 1?! Why the hell don't I own this yet?

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

Huh, I think I might've seen that movie, although I'm not sure where. Disney Channel, maybe?

[moshez.livejournal.com]

Tatu singing "How Soon is Now" <3

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

"Greatest American Hero"... Ah, my Odyssey of the Mind team fight song. Loved that song.

Facts of Life... Woooooh! Ya take the good, ya take the bad, ya take 'em both, and there ya have, the Facts of Life, the Facts of Life...

The Love Boat... soon will be making another run... Classic.

But Fresh Prince--how can anyone not like anything Will Smith does? He could rap the Philadelphia phone book and I'd cheerfully listen. But that one was a great rap even for him.

Of course, the king of TV themes, imho, is always going to be Dallas.

But I also liked "Family Ties"--flakey hippie folk music with appropriate pictures.

[mice.livejournal.com]

Where are the classics? Where is Dobie Gillis? The Patty Duke Show? Green Acres, by gum, GREEN ACRES?!

(Little known fact: I was three seconds away from singing the theme to the "Facts of Life" for my American Idol audition. That song rules over all. That theme is Britain pre-1776.)


You kids and your music. Feh.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how tired you can get of 50s and 60s TV theme songs until you've lived with my father. The man's a case study for how being a fangirl or fanboy can be genetic. (Although if we're going with the older stuff, The Munsters, The Addams Family, and The Twilight Zone win, hands down. Yay, creepy music!)

[mice.livejournal.com]

See, I used to stay with my grandparents while my mother worked nights when I was a single digit. They had cable. They had Nick At Night. And my grandfather would fall asleep in front of the television, so I'd take the remote and watch shows until late in the night.

God, how I miss the old Nick at Night that showed hardcore classics...though, I am happy to see an occasional episode of Head of the Class (now, there's something that has one of the best instrumental openings ever. Shut up, I was in love with Alan.)

By the way, did you ever look at any of the pictures I posted in your massive comments thread?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Shut up, I was in love with Alan.

And I was in love with Eric. Therefore, we are even.

By the way, did you ever look at any of the pictures I posted in your massive comments thread?

Yes ... yes, I did. I did so appreciate that one in particular which I'm sure I don't have to identify. My never-ending thanks for that. :)

[mice.livejournal.com]

I also had a crush on Simone's hair. Is that strange?

Also...yes. Hasselhoff was made to be spread around like the finest EZ Cheese procured from a dollar store. Decided something was needed to clear the palate.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I also had a crush on Simone's hair. Is that strange?

God, no. I think I still have a crush on her hair. What I wouldn't do for hair like that. (Rather than the brown, can't-decide-whether-it's-straight-or-curly hair I ended up with.)