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Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

Title:The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:PASTA::PIERCE
Created:Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:498
Total number of notes:5416

286.0. "Music for the Masses" by SWAM2::SMITH_MA () Wed Sep 07 1994 11:53

    What's you favorite TV theme song?  Can you hum a few bars?
    
    Mary Jo
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286.1The Greatest American HeroDECWET::HAYNESWed Sep 07 1994 12:573
    Mine was "Believe It Or Not" By Joey Scarbury 
    
    Michael
286.2It's a bird...SWAM2::SMITH_MAWed Sep 07 1994 13:073
    Was that from Greatest American Hero?
    
    MJ
286.3YOUT.0MHTMTOHHNETRIX::michaudEat meWed Sep 07 1994 13:280
286.4TFH::TOMAOThu Sep 08 1994 02:323
    I love the theme to "Mad About You", the lyrics and the music.
    
    Jt
286.5FRASIER!!DELNI::DISMUKEThu Sep 08 1994 03:551
    
286.6Here's a few favesPOWDML::MILLERThu Sep 08 1994 10:118
    The theme for "Grace Under Fire" because it's sung by the Queen of Soul
    herself.  
    
    I like how "Murphy Brown" opens with a different tune (usually MOTOWN)
    each week.
    
    I agree with the noter who cited "Mad About You" (co-written by Paul
    Reiser, by the way), and I always like the theme for Mary Tyler Moore.
286.7BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTYGazintas:MRO C-Div champs!!Thu Sep 08 1994 12:429
    
    >The theme for "Grace Under Fire" because it's sung by the Queen of Soul
    >herself.  
    
    
    	Whitney Houston does that song??
    
    							GTI
    
286.8Not on her best day...POWDML::MILLERFri Sep 09 1994 03:163
    Re:  .7  I do hope you are kidding about Ms. Houston.  Aretha Franklin 
    sings "Lady Madonna" as the theme for "Grace Under Fire."  The 2 should
    not be confused...;-}
286.9WMOIS::LYONS_SFri Sep 09 1994 03:526
    
    
    I agree with the first reply.  I really liked the theme from Greatest
    American Hero.  I also liked the theme music (the original score) from
    Quantum Leap.
    
286.10BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYHello good L-O-O-K-I-N-GFri Sep 09 1994 04:0910
    
    	RE: .8
    
    	Yes, I was kidding.
    
    	Truthfully, I don't like Whitney or Aretha, but I don't like
    	Whitney alot more than I don't like Aretha.
    
    							GTI
    
286.11St. ElsewhereAWECIM::MCMAHONLiving in the owe-zoneFri Sep 09 1994 06:471
    I always liked the theme to St. Elsewhere.
286.12SSGV01::GRANTMargo DTN 264-3705Fri Sep 09 1994 07:216
Without searching my brain for *older* stuff ... I like:

	- Northern Exposure (makes me smile every time)
	- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine


286.13KALI::SIEGELThe revolution wil not be televisedFri Sep 09 1994 07:483
Barney Miller!  (Larry Carlton)

adam
286.14BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYHello good L-O-O-K-I-N-GFri Sep 09 1994 08:074
    
    	I've always been partial to "The Rockford Files".
    
    							GTI
286.15EVMS::MDNITE::RIVERSEven better than the real thingFri Sep 09 1994 08:424
    F-Troop.  :)  
    
    
    kim
286.16Lotsa percussion and brassRNDHSE::WALLShow me, don't tell meFri Sep 09 1994 09:034
    I was always fond of the theme to a TV series no one remembers --
    Chase.
    
    DFW
286.17ODIXIE::MOREAUKen Moreau;Sales Support;South FLFri Sep 09 1994 14:3619
Mike Post has done almost all of my favorite TV theme music (Rockford Files,
NYPD Blue, St. Elsehwere, etc).  But my absolute, top, all-time favorite TV 
theme music has got to be Hill Street Blues.

Mildly interesting story follows:

As part of some research a friend of mine was doing on relaxation techniques, 
I was hooked up to an EEG machine to measure different brain-wave patterns.
(No snide comments about a total lack of any brain activity, you in the
corner snickering :-)).  There is one type of wave activity (alpha waves?)
which measure level of tension, and the more of these waves you have the more 
relaxed you are.  I found that by simply remembering the opening bars and 
visualizing the opening scene of the credits, I instantly became totally 
relaxed: muscles loose, slight smile, and these waves being produced such 
that the EEG needle jumps off the chart.  I suppose it has to do with how 
much I enjoy(ed) the show, but it never fails to relax me.  Very useful in 
tense situations...

-- Ken Moreau
286.18some of my favoritesTNPUBS::FEELEYGrowing older but not up...Sat Sep 10 1994 04:1818
    
    I've had a lot of favorites, but the ones that jump to mind are like
    the ones already mentioned.
    		- Greatest American Hero.  This one came first to mind.
    		  Probably because it was played endlessly in sports arenas
    		  around the country, especially during basketball
    		  comebacks.  "Believe it or not!!!!!!!!:
    
    		- The Rockford Files.  This was great.
    
    		- Maverick.  From way back, I still remember this one.
    		  "From Natchez to New Orleans, living on jacks and queens,
    		   Maverick is a legend of the west."
    
    		- Cheers.  My favorite of all time.
    
    --Jay
    
286.19USCTR1::WOOLNERYour dinner is in the supermarketSat Sep 10 1994 06:0411
    Mike Post themes, especially "Taxi"
    Welcome Back, Kotter
    Mary Tyler Moore Show
    Mad About You
    Family Ties (but only the FIRST season; it got progressively worse as
      they "fixed" it each season)
    Northern Exposure
    Are You Being Served?
    
    - Leslie
    
286.20EVMS::MDNITE::RIVERSEven better than the real thingSat Sep 10 1994 06:215
    I also always liked the theme song to "Simon and Simon", especially the
    instrumental version which went over (if I remember) the end credits.
    
    
    kim
286.21Growing PainsALFA2::ACQUAFRESCATake me to the beach, please!!!!Sat Sep 10 1994 07:141
    I always liked the one from Growing Pains.
286.22Just sit right back and you'll here a tale....FSCORE::HOGANSat Sep 10 1994 09:081
    How about Gilligan's Island?  
286.23KookyMIMS::STEFFENSEN_KWorking to end my jobSat Sep 10 1994 10:277
    
    And a silly one that haunts me from time to time;
    
    The Adams Family - the original series that is. 
    
    Ken
    
286.24BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTYHello good L-O-O-K-I-N-GSat Sep 10 1994 12:0811
    
    	RE: "Gilligan's Island"
    
    
    	Along the same lines, I was going to mention "The Brady Bunch"
    	theme.
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI
    
286.25da-daSWAM1::MEUSE_DATue Sep 13 1994 06:446
    
    Hawaii Five-O
    
    not a favorite, ..just hangs around.
    
    
286.26NACAD2::HERTZBERGHistory: Love it or Leave it!Tue Sep 13 1994 06:513
    Mission Impossible
    Perry Mason
    ... and I'll second the Adam's Family theme.
286.27Neat-OCAPO::SMITH_MATue Sep 13 1994 10:325
    Re: .17
    
    That's cool.
    
    MJ
286.28favorites and othersGRANMA::JBOBBJanet Bobb dtn:339-5755Tue Sep 13 1994 10:5427
    During the Emmy awards Sunday night (9/11) they did a tribute to TV
    Theme songs. Jason Alexander (from Seinfield) and a "backup" group went
    through 30 or 40 theme songs, in a rather interesting mixture
    (sometimes only a line or so from the song). The skit was also a
    commentary on the possibility that network executives will eliminate
    theme songs.
    
    I don't know if this is good news or not - but I recognized all but 3,
    even without the props they used to get recognition for the song.... tv
    generation or what.
    
    I have favorites and also have the ones that run through the brain and
    won't leave....
    
    	favorites - Greatest American Hero
    		    Star Trek TNG and Deep Space Nine
    		    Mary Tyler Moore	    
    		    Hawaii 5-0
    		    Cheers
    
    	Runs through the brain -    Adams family, gilligans Island, Mod
    				    Squad, Bonanza,
    
    
     to name a few...
    
    janetb.
286.29CSC32::MA_BAKERSat Sep 17 1994 06:298
    WKRP in Cincinati (sp)  
    
    The Twilight Zone -- every knows the beginning notes of this one (Do Do Do
    				Do, etc)
    
    I also liked the theme for Evening Shades that was kind of a take off
    of the music from the PBS/Ken Burns The Civil War -- next to the last
    theme music of E S if I remember correctly.
286.30Well, almost all Mike PostWRKSYS::REISERTJim Reisert, AD1CTue Oct 11 1994 11:047
RE:  Note 286.19 by USCTR1::WOOLNER "Your dinner is in the supermarket"

>     Mike Post themes, especially "Taxi"

Taxi was by Bob James, not Mike Post.

- Jim
286.31BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTYI smell T-R-O-U-B-L-EWed Oct 12 1994 01:259
    
    	I have a 2-CD set called "Instrumental Magic" and I listened to
    	it the other day and was reminded of "Hawaii Five-O", which I
    	love but forgot all about.
    
    	There are a few others on there as well, like "Dallas" and
    	"Dynasty", etc., which I don't care for too much.
    
    							GTI