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The 2000’s are the dark ages of television theme songs. The majority of shows have instrumentals. Several shows grab portions of songs already recorded and released. If you were a TV jingle writer, you were basically S.O.L. in this millennium. We scoured the landscape, and barely came up with 5 originals. Here are our Five …

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The 2000’s are the dark ages of television theme songs. The majority of shows have instrumentals. Several shows grab portions of songs already recorded and released. If you were a TV jingle writer, you were basically S.O.L. in this millennium. We scoured the landscape, and barely came up with 5 originals. Here are our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 2000’s.

 

#5 – Chappelle’s Show – Cedric “Catfish” Turner & Malcolm Prince

Dave Chappelle’s short-lived, yet legendary sketch comedy show featured a casual, improvised intro song. This one is simple, to the point, and lets us get right into the show.

Chappelle’s Show
Written & Sung by Cedric “Catfish” Turner & Malcolm Prince

Chapelle’s Show.
Chapelle’s Show.
Chapelle’s Show.
Chapelle’s Show.
Chapelle’s Show.
Woo-hoo.
Let’s start the show.

 

#4 – Two And A Half Men

The infamous Two And A Half Men made short order of letting us know exactly what the show was about – Men…

Two And A Half Men
Written by Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn / Sung by studio singers

Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men (Ooh)
Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men
Men, men, men, men, manly men
Ooh-hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, ooh
Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men (Ooh)
Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men (Ha)
Men…

 

#3 – Firefly – Sonny Rhodes

Joss Whedon can simply do no wrong. Firefly was an incredible space western starring Nathan Fillion, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin and Summer Glau in the early stages of their careers. This amazing show was never given a chance, cancelled after one perfect season. The movie Serenity, named after the ship, tied up most of the loose ends. Joss is Boss, and he even wrote this killer song.

The Ballad Of Serenity
Written by Joss Whedon / Sung by Sonny Rhodes

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me

Take me out to the black
Tell ’em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land, boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me

There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me

 

#2 – Sons Of Anarchy – Curtis Stigers

Sons Of Anarchy is among the greatest drama series ever produced. The theme song drops you brilliantly into the minds and attitudes of the bikers who inhabit the world of Charming, CA. A great theme song always gets you pumped to keep watching, and this one does the trick.

This Life
Written by Curtis Stigers, Dave Kushner, Bob Thiele, Jr. & Kurt Sutter / Sung by Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers

Riding through this world all alone
God takes your soul, you’re on your own
The crow flies straight, a perfect line
On the Devil’s Bed until you die

Gotta raise some hell, ‘fore they take you down
Gotta live this life
Gotta look this world in the eye
Gotta live this life until you die

 

#1 – The Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies

This beloved, weird, annoying, popular show went on and on, and is now streaming and syndicated everywhere. At least the theme song is amazing, created by one of Canada’s best bands ever – Barenaked Ladies. It all started with a big bang.

The Big Bang Theory
Written by Ed Roberston / Sung by Barenaked Ladies

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait…
The Earth began to cool
The autotrophs began to drool
Neanderthals developed tools
We built a wall (we built the pyramids)
Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery
That all started with the big bang! (Bang!)

Since the dawn of man is really not that long
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song
A fraction of a second and the elements were made
The bipeds stood up straight
The dinosaurs all met their fate
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya wouldn’t wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big bang!

It’s expanding ever outward but one day
It will pause and start to go the other way
Collapsing ever inward, we won’t be here, it won’t be heard
Our best and brightest figure that it’ll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating how we’re here they’re catching deer (we’re catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big bang!

 

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Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1990’s https://gameon.media/2020/11/21/five-fave-tv-theme-songs-from-the-1990s/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:08:41 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=2859

TV in the 1990’s got quirkier and bolder, as cable television boomed, and new stations sprung up all the time. This made for some highly focused entertainment, as the new networks took chances to attract an audience. It was also the last hurrah for theme songs, as shows began going with instrumentals, or using previously …

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TV in the 1990’s got quirkier and bolder, as cable television boomed, and new stations sprung up all the time. This made for some highly focused entertainment, as the new networks took chances to attract an audience. It was also the last hurrah for theme songs, as shows began going with instrumentals, or using previously recorded material. Presenting our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 1990’s.

 

#5 – South Park – Primus

The funniest, grossest, yet smartest cartoon on television continues to be South Park. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have always walked the fine lines of potty humour, satire, and spoof, and we usually “learn something” by the end of each episode. Behind the crude animation and cruder characters are spot-on insights into human nature that we all really can learn from. Genius disguised as comedy – the court jesters of our time.

South Park – Primus
Written by Les Claypool / Sung by Matt Stone, Trey Parker & Les Claypool

Les Claypool & Stan and Kyle
I’m going down to South Park
Gonna have myself a time
Friendly faces everywhere
Humble folks without temptation

Les Claypool & Cartman
Going down to South Park
Gonna leave my woes behind
Ample parking, day or night
People spouting, “Howdy, neighbor!”

Les Claypool & Kenny
Heading on up to South Park
Gonna see if I can’t unwind
I like girls with big fat titties
I like girls with big vaginas

Les Claypool
So come on down to South Park
And meet some friends of mine

*Fart*

 

#4 – Family Guy – The Griffins

The theme song that almost wasn’t. Seth MacFarlane was pressured to not even have an intro song, but he stuck to his guns and he was right. This homage to All In The Family and other classic shows has become a classic itself. They also take the opportunity to poke fun at themselves throughout the series, proving that absolutely nothing is too sacred to be parodied.

Family Guy
Written by Walter Murphy & Seth MacFarlane / Sung by Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green & Mila Kunis

Lois Griffin
It seems today
That all you see
Is violence in movies
And sex on T.V

Peter Griffin
But where are those good old-fashioned values….

The Griffins
On which we used to rely?!

All
Lucky there’s a family guy!
Lucky there’s a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make us…

Stewie Griffin
Laugh and cry!

All
He’s our Family Guy!

 

#3 – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith

Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? Will Smith, who used to rap as The Fresh Prince, did actually move from Philadelphia to California, to star in this beloved TV show. The rest is creative license, and made for some riveting and memorable television. Just let him tell you.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Written and Sung by DJ Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith

Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there
I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air

In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground is where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
And said “You’re moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air”
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
Is this what the people of Bel-Air living like?
Hmm, this might be all right
But wait, I hear they’re prissy, bourgeois, and all that
Is this the type of place that they should send this cool cat?
I don’t think so, I’ll see when I get there
I hope they’re prepared for the Prince of Bel-Air

Well, uh
The plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude, looked like a cop, standing there with my name out
I ain’t trying to get arrested yet, I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightning, disappeared
I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said ‘Fresh’ and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought “Nah, forget it, yo, Holmes, to Bel-Air!”

I pulled
Up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie “Yo’, Holmes, smell ya later”
Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air

 

#2 – The Drew Carey Show – The Presidents of the United States of America

Drew Carey’s classic sitcom didn’t always have this as its opening tune, but their penchant for elaborate dance numbers, combined with this cover version of Cleveland Rocks, made for its best. How much fun is it to sing along to? So fun, that the Cleveland Browns, the team whose logo is a color, should change their name to Cleveland Rocks and put a guitar on their helmet! Ohio!

Cleveland Rocks
Written by Ian Hunter / Sung by The Presidents of the United States of America

Hey…
Three, four!

Ah-ah-ah

All this energy callin’ me
Back where it comes from
It’s such a crude attitude
It’s back where it belongs

All the little kids, growin’ up on the skids are goin’
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Jumpin’ Jane Jean is moonin’ James Dean, goin’

Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

Mommy knows, but she don’t care
She’s got her worries too
Seven kids, and a phony affair
And the rent is due

All the little chicks, with the crimson lips go
Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks
Livin’ in sin, with a safety pin, goin’

Cleveland rocks, Cleveland rocks

I got some records from World War II
I play them just like me granddad do
He was a rocker and I am too
Now Cleveland Rocks
Yeah Cleveland Rocks

Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks

Ohio!

 

#1 – Friends – The Rembrandts

Who knew that the most popular show of the 90’s, with the catchiest sing-along theme song of all time, would one day become the theme song for an entire year?  Does anything else sum up 2020, The One With The Pandemic, better than this?

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week
Your month, or even your year

So go ahead, stock up on snacks and drinks, put on your comfiest sweats, sit on the couch and binge out on Friends.

I’ll Be There For You
Written by Danny Wilde, Phil Solem, Michael Skloff, Allee Willis, Marta Kauffman & David Crane / Sung by The Rembrandts

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s D.O.A
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week
Your month, or even your year, but

I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)

You’re still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You’ve burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Your mother warned you there’d be days like these
But she didn’t tell you when the world has brought
You down to your knees that

I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)

No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you’re the only one who knows
What it’s like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the rest with
Someone I’ll always laugh with
Even at my worst, I’m best with you, yeah

It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week
Your month, or even your year

I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)

 

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Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1980’s https://gameon.media/2020/11/20/five-fave-tv-theme-songs-from-the-1980s/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 02:17:33 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=2857

The 1980’s were a crazy time in America. Many things were changing, and society was experimenting, while money was flying across the globe. Perhaps in reaction, there were many family sitcoms that went out of their way to teach life lessons. Their theme songs were often inspiring and hopeful, bouncy tunes that are stuck in …

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The 1980’s were a crazy time in America. Many things were changing, and society was experimenting, while money was flying across the globe. Perhaps in reaction, there were many family sitcoms that went out of their way to teach life lessons. Their theme songs were often inspiring and hopeful, bouncy tunes that are stuck in our heads decades later, full of sweetness and kindness. Presenting our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 1980’s.

 

#5 – Diff’rent Strokes – Alan Thicke / The Facts Of Life – Gloria Loring

The spin-off trend went to new levels in the 1980’s. The housekeeper from Diff’rent Strokes spun off to be the caretaker of a girls school on The Facts Of Life. Husband and wife team Alan Thicke and Gloria Loring helped write both theme songs, with Thicke singing the Diff’rent Strokes theme, and Loring singing The Facts Of Life theme. When Thicke went on to star in his own show, he neither wrote nor sang the theme. We include 2 versions of the Facts opening, as the show was drastically different in its first season, with many of the girls going on to be our most famous movie stars.

It Takes Diff’rent Strokes
Written by Al Burton, Gloria Loring & Alan Thicke / Sung by Alan Thicke

Now, the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum
What might be right for you, may not be right for some
A man is born, he’s a man of means
Then along come two, they got nothing but their jeans

But they got, Diff’rent Strokes
It takes, Diff’rent Strokes
It takes, Diff’rent Strokes to move the world

Everybody’s got a special kind of story
Everybody finds a way to shine
It don’t matter that you got not alot
So what
They’ll have theirs, and you’ll have yours, and I’ll have mine
And together we’ll be fine….

Because it takes, Diff’rent Strokes to move the world
Yes it does
It takes, Diff’rent Strokes to move the world

 

 

The Facts Of Life
Written by Bob Walden, Gloria Loring, Al Burton & Alan Thicke / Sung by Gloria Loring

You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both and there you have
The facts of life
The facts of life

When the world never seems
To be living up to your dreams
Then suddenly you’re finding out
The facts of life are all about you

When there’s someone that you care about
It really isn’t fair
They’re out to slow you up
When you’re growing up

When you let them flirt
And then you hurt
A waiting when your date is late in showing up
Then you’re growin’ up

When it’s more than just the birds and the bees
You need someone telling you please
There’s only one conclusion
There will always be confusion over you
It takes a lot to get ’em right
When you’re learning the facts of life

You’ll avoid a lot of damage
And enjoy the fun of managing
The facts of life
They shed a lot of light

If you hear ’em from your brother
Better clear ’em with your mother
Better get ’em right
Call her late at night

You got the future in the palm of your hand
All you gotta do to get you through is understand
You think you’d rather do with out
You’ll never muddle through
Without the truth
The facts of life are all about you

 

#4 – The Greatest American Hero – Joey Scarbury

Way before Deadpool, a sudden superhero attempted to harness newfound powers, with humor. The Greatest American Hero was a bubblegum show that entertained. It’s song was also bubblegum pop, aspiring to the heights this hero and his show never quite reached, but never stopped trying.

Believe It Or Not
Written by Mike Post & Stephen Geyer / Sung by Joey Scarbury

Look at what’s happened to me
I can’t believe it myself
Suddenly I’m up on top of the world
It should have been somebody else

Believe it or not, I’m walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it’s just me

Just like the light of a new day
It hit me from out of the blue
Breaking me out of the spell I was in
Making all of my wishes come true

Believe it or not, I’m walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it’s just me

This is too good to be true
Look at me falling for you

Believe it or not
Believe it or not
Believe it or not
Believe it or not

Believe it or not, I’m walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it’s just me

 

#3 – Family Ties – Jeff Barry & Tom Scott

Family Ties may be the greatest family show of all time. Michael J. Fox and Justine Bateman perfectly captured sibling life with parents who mean well, but don’t see the world in the same way as any of their children. No matter how they felt, or what happened, the family was always there for each other, no matter what. Sha la la la.

Without Us
Written by Jeff Barry & Tom Scott / Sung by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams

I bet we been together for a million years,
And I bet we’ll be together for a million more.

Oh, It’s like I started breathing on the night we kissed,
And I can’t remember what I ever did before.

What would we do baby, Without Us?
What would we do baby, Without Us?

And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other through.

What would we do baby, Without Us?

Sha la la la.

 

#2 – Growing Pains – B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes

Alan Thicke was the thoughtful, patient father who always managed to see the positive in any situation. Kirk Cameron always tested that patience, but ultimately accepted the advice and learned the lessons, usually the hard way. The theme song fit perfectly in one of TV’s greatest family sitcoms with a heart.

As Long As We’ve Got Each Other
Written by Steve Dorff & John Bettis / Sung by B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes

Show me that smile again. (Show me that smile)
Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’.
We’re nowhere near the end (nowhere near)
The best is ready to begin.

Oooohhh. As long as we got each other
We got the world spinnin’ right in our hands.
Baby you and me, we gotta be
The luckiest dreamers who never quit dreamin’.

As long as we keep on givin’
we can take anything that comes our way
Baby, rain or shine, all the time
We got each other, sharin’ the laughter and love.

 

#1 – Cheers –

Cheers was absolutely must-see television. Even as cast members left, other future stars arrived. Ted Danson held it down, as the foil to Shelley Long, Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer and Woody Harrelson. The heart of the show were Carla, the waitress and the regulars, Cliff and Norm. This sweet theme song made you feel as if you were personally welcomed into the bar each week.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Written by Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy / Sung by Gary Portnoy

Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you’ve got
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot
Wouldn’t you like to get away?

All those nights when you’ve got no lights
The check is in the mail
And your little angel hung the cat up by its tail
And your third fiance didn’t show

Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name
And they’re always glad you came
You wanna be where you can see
Our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows your name

Roll out of bed, Mr. Coffee’s dead
The morning’s looking bright
And your shrink ran off to Europe and didn’t even write
And your husband wants to be a girl
Be glad, there’s one place in the world

Where everybody knows your name
And they’re always glad you came
You want to go where people know, people are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name

 

 

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Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s https://gameon.media/2020/11/17/five-fave-tv-theme-songs-from-the-1970s/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 06:08:58 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=2855

Television in the 1970’s reflected the turbulent times at the turn of the decade. In the midst of an endless controversial war, social justice struggles, political scandal, and the earth-shattering achievements of the moon landing and space exploration, TV became grittier and more inclusive. Presenting our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s.   …

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Television in the 1970’s reflected the turbulent times at the turn of the decade. In the midst of an endless controversial war, social justice struggles, political scandal, and the earth-shattering achievements of the moon landing and space exploration, TV became grittier and more inclusive. Presenting our Five Fave TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s.

 

#5 – Good Times – Jim Gilstrap & Blinky Williams

There was hardly a successful TV show in the 1970’s that didn’t generate a spin-off. Good Times is a double spin-off, birthed by Maude, which was spawned by All In The Family. The show focuses on a poor black family in Chicago. The writing and acting was strong, with all characters helping each other through the daily struggle to raise a family and make ends meet.

Good Times
Written by Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman / Sung by Jim Gilstrap & Blinky Williams

Good Times
Any time you meet a payment
Good Times
Any time you meet a friend
Good Times

Any time you’re out from under
Not getting hassled, not getting hustled
Keepin’ your head above water
Making a wave when you can

Temporary layoffs
Good Times
Easy credit rip-offs
Good Times
Scratchin’ and surviving
Good Times
Hanging in and jiving
Good Times
Ain’t we lucky we got ’em
Good Times

 

#4 – Welcome Back, Kotter – John Sebastian

Welcome Back, Kotter may have introduced the concept of 20-somethings portraying high school students. For sure, it introduced us to John Travolta, as class clown Vinny Barbarino, the leader of a multicultural band of misfits known as The Sweathogs. Kotter was a teacher who returned to Brooklyn, and attempted to inspire Vinny, Freddy “Boom Boom” Washington, Arnold Horshack and Juan Epstein. A timeless comedy, with a heart. The theme song wraps around you like a warm blanket.

Welcome Back
By John Sebastian

Welcome back
Your dreams were your ticket out
Welcome back
To that same old place that you laughed about

Well the names have all changed since you hung around
But those dreams have remained and they’ve turned around
Who’d have thought they’d lead ya
(Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Back here where we need ya
(Back here where we need ya)

Yeah. we tease him a lot ’cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back

Welcome back
We always could spot a friend
Welcome back
And I smile when I think how you must have been

And I know what a scene you were learning in
Was there something that made you come back again
And what could ever lead ya
(What could ever lead ya)
Back here where we need ya
(Back here where we need ya)

Yeah, we tease him a lot ’cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back

And I know what a scene you were learning in
Was there something that made you come back again
And what could ever lead ya
(What could ever lead ya)
Back here where we need ya
(Back here where we need ya)

Yeah. we tease him a lot ’cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back

Yeah. we tease him a lot
Welcome back, welcome back
‘Cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back, welcome back

Yeah. we tease him a lot ’cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

 

#3 – Laverne & Shirley – Cyndi Grecco

Laverne & Shirley were two strong women, working blue-collar jobs at a brewery in Milwaukee. They got into endless hijinks with their neighbors Lenny & Squiggy. The show spun off from Happy Days, and continued to use crossovers through their runs. The song intro is something that star Penny Marshall used to sing in her youth, and really has no meaning, other than to put a smile on your face every time an episode began.

Making Our Dreams Come True
Written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel / Sung by Cyndi Grecco

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

We’re gonna do it!
Give us any chance, we’ll take it.
Give us any rule, we’ll break it.
We’re gonna make our dreams come true.
Doin’ it our way.

Nothin’s gonna turn us back now,
Straight ahead and on the track now.
We’re gonna make our dreams come true,
Doin’ it our way.

There is nothing we won’t try,
Never heard the word impossible.
This time there’s no stopping us.
We’re gonna do it.

On your mark, get set and go now,
Got a dream and we just know now,
We’re gonna make our dream come true.
And we’ll do it our way, yes our way.
Make all our dreams come true,
And do it our way, yes our way,
Make all our dreams come true
For me and you.

 

#2 – All In The Family –

All In The Family is one of the most controversial and enduring shows in television history. The topics they raised have not yet been solved in America, 50 years later. The main lesson that still resonates loudly today is that we don’t always share the same views, ideas and solutions as the people we care the most about – our family. Yet we can discuss things openly, agree to disagree, and sit down together in love and peace. No matter how offensive Archie Bunker could be, he didn’t seem to intend to offend, and he could always generate some morsel of sympathy, particularly when Edith brought him back from the edge. This is one of the only shows I can think of where the main actors deliver the theme song, in character.

Those Were The Days
Written by Lee Adams & Charles Strouse / Sung by Carrroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton

Boy the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn’t need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

{In the longer version}

People seemed to be content,
Fifty dollars paid the rent,
Freaks were in a circus tent.
Those were the days.

Take a little Sunday spin,
Go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day,
That cost you under a fin.

Hair was short and skirts were long.
Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don’t know just what went wrong,
Those were the days.

 

#1 – The Jeffersons – Ja’net Dubois and Oren Waters

Once again, we have a spin-off. Perhaps the most successful instance of this approach was The Jeffersons, whose characters were introduced on All In The Family. George and Weezie Jefferson became so successful, they were able to move on up to a penthouse apartment, complete with a sassy maid. Their neighbors were a mixed race couple and an eccentric foreigner.  A classic show with an amazing theme song.

Movin’ On Up
Written by Jeff Barry & Ja’net Dubois / Sun by Ja’net Dubois and Oren Waters

Well we’re movin’ on up, to the east side
To a deluxe apartment in the sky
Movin’ on up
To the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie

Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill
Took a whole lotta tryin’
Just to get up that hill

Now we’re up in the big leagues
Gettin’ our turn at bat
As long as we live, it’s you and me baby
There ain’t nothin wrong with that

Well we’re movin’ on up
To the east side
To a deluxe apartment in the sky

Movin’ on up
To the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie

 

Five Fave: TV Theme Songs From The 1970’s first appeared on Game On Media.

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