In the Angelo Badalamenti thread, someone posted an article that had a link to Rolling Stone’s list of the top 100 television theme songs.
What are your top TV theme songs? Post videos of a couple of your favorites, so we can all enjoy them!
In honor of Mr. Badalamenti, we need to start with maybe the GOAT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFMaEIHIrGw
But shows with repurposed pop songs are also valid! Case in point:
Any answer other than Knight Rider is just wrong.
Rockford Files
That’s actually a pretty good list. Here are two classics I didn’t see on it though.
I’ll nominate Archer:
Honorable mentions, Farscape:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpRRB6q8hxc
And the Disney+ show, Mysterious Benedict Society:
YESSS, I was going to pick this one too. It wasn’t on the Rolling Stone list at all.
Also in the Nostalgia Files for me:
Note: I am old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tYdd7drSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmm3KTa601s
But not that old.
Believe it or not, George isn’t at home, so leave a message after the beeeep
Mash:
I prefer the Movie version because it had the lyrics.
The Streetbeater!
The 70’s had the absolute best theme songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DnqW3F57E
EDIT: the 80’s were close behind.
This is my Favorite Theme Song:
Interesting Fact - Joan Hickson was 75 when her run on Miss Marple started. She is my favorite Miss Marple too.
I love that twangy surf-rock with dramatic espionage horns in The Prisoner. He’s that kind of postwar British spy, or is he just a number?
