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defrogI don’t watch a lot of TV nowadays.
But I’ve noticed that most TV shows today don’t seem to have good theme songs anymore.
It’s a matter of taste, to be sure. But it seems as though most TV theme songs today either utilize existing songs (see: the CSI franchise), or have no theme song to speak of (see: Supernatural, Lost) or it does have a theme song, but it’s at best unmemorable and at worst sucks (see: Gossip Girl, Two And A Half Men).
Compare that to the heyday of TV theme songs that were iconic in their own right: Hawaii Five-O, The Munsters, Good Times, Mission: Impossible, Batman, and just about anything by Mike Post.
Opinions vary. But for me, the sign of a great TV theme song is that it makes you want to go out and buy a copy so you don’t have to wait once a week to hear it. And back in the 70s, if there was enough demand (and if the licensing could be sorted out), quite a few TV theme songs were released on 45, and even made the charts.
As you might guess, I had a few of them myself.
Like these.
But of all the ones I bought copies of, this one was the best.
.
Interestingly, of all the TV shows they represented, none has really stood the test of time. To be sure, I liked them all at the time. But I was anywhere between 5th and 9th grade when they aired, so it’s not like my taste in TV shows back then should be taken too seriously.
Don’t touch that dial,
This is dF
But I’ve noticed that most TV shows today don’t seem to have good theme songs anymore.
It’s a matter of taste, to be sure. But it seems as though most TV theme songs today either utilize existing songs (see: the CSI franchise), or have no theme song to speak of (see: Supernatural, Lost) or it does have a theme song, but it’s at best unmemorable and at worst sucks (see: Gossip Girl, Two And A Half Men).
Compare that to the heyday of TV theme songs that were iconic in their own right: Hawaii Five-O, The Munsters, Good Times, Mission: Impossible, Batman, and just about anything by Mike Post.
Opinions vary. But for me, the sign of a great TV theme song is that it makes you want to go out and buy a copy so you don’t have to wait once a week to hear it. And back in the 70s, if there was enough demand (and if the licensing could be sorted out), quite a few TV theme songs were released on 45, and even made the charts.
As you might guess, I had a few of them myself.
Like these.
But of all the ones I bought copies of, this one was the best.
.
Interestingly, of all the TV shows they represented, none has really stood the test of time. To be sure, I liked them all at the time. But I was anywhere between 5th and 9th grade when they aired, so it’s not like my taste in TV shows back then should be taken too seriously.
Don’t touch that dial,
This is dF
