Wow, I forgot to mention what is probably my current favorite: the True Blood theme song, Bad Things.
Faves: Boston Public, Saving Grace, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The C Word.
Me, too! ![]()
My favorites:
Third Rock From The Sun
Community
Raising Hope
Scrubs
Wings
NewsRadio
Northern Exposure
Hawaii 5-0
Rescue Me
Third Watch
Seriously? There’s way too many! That I love. Most are just snippets of real songs of course. I can’t think of any I really hate.
Alien Nation - I particularly like the Tektonese lyrics and using Sikes’ temper tantrum as part of the song
Angel - Sanctuary by Darling Violetta (instrumental) - made for the show but there’s an extended version available
Being Erica - All I Ever Wanted to Be by Lily Frost - created for the show
Big Bang Theory - History of Everything by Barenaked Ladies (could easily be a TMBG song)
Blue Mountain State - Hell Yeah by Rev Theory
Chuck - only an instrumental - the bridge of lyrical “Short Skirt Long Jacket” by Cake
Dollhouse - What You Don’t Know by Jonathan Brooke
Dr Who - famous instrumental, but I particularly like the version from the last two Drs
Firefly - created for the show, but there’s an extended fan version by Michelle Dockrey or Vixy and Tony
Futurama - original, but based loosely on the 60s French “Psyché Rock”
Hawaii 5-0 - The original was kickin, and the new one is almost as good. And it makes a surprisingly great marching band theme.
Haven - created for the show, but available on itunes
House - Teardrop by Massive Attack - if you haven’t heard the original, it has lyrics!
How I Met Your Mother - Super short clip, but the best part of the song Hey Beautiful by The Solids
IT Crowd - Original and instrumental but still good
Kyle XY - Instrumental but Michael Suby rules
Lie To Me - Brand New Day by Ryan Star
Nip / Tuck - Perfect Lie by Engine Room
Nitro Circus - The State of Massachusetts by Dropkick Murphys
No1 Ladies Detective Agency - “Botswana wa Tsabakela” (traditional)
One Tree Hill - Davin DeGraw’s I Don’t Wanna Be - but I like how in the current season they have been alternating with various covers of the song
Pysch - I Know You Know, created for the show by The Friendly Indians, but there have been a few alternate versions - en Español, winter holiday, Bollywood, black boy band, etc
Raising Hope - “Daddy-O” by The Freelance Economy - fun for the show specific lyrics
Rescue Me - “C’mon C’mon” by The Von Bondies
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - “You Know I’m No Good” by Amy Winehouse
Shameless - “The Luck You Got” by The High Strung
Smallville - “Save Me” by Remy Zero
The Talk - created for the show
True Blood - “Bad Things”
United States of Tara - created for the show by Tim DeLaughter of Polyphonic Spree
Weeds - “Little Boxes” - another show that ended up doing different covers of the theme in each episode
I love the theme to Friday Night Lights. It’s just so perfect for the opening shots.
My favorites
Maverick - "Who was the tall dark stranger there, Maverick is the name. Ridin’ the trail to who knows where, Luck is his companion, Gamblin’ is his game.
The Rockford Files
Magnum P.I.
and last but not least, the UPN sitcom Half & Half which I liked because I thought the ending, which had the actress Rachel True finish off an otherwise fine sounding musical number by singing terribly off-key, was really funny.
I may lose the thread with this, but in addition to some of the ones other people have said, I’ve always liked the themes to Perfect Strangers and Dallas.
I mentioned the theme from Peter Gunn, but this version from a season of the Sopranos that mixes it with Every Step You Take is the best.
Heh, I have that on iPod.
No one has mentioned 2 1/2 Men. The lipsyncing is so good. Occasionally I catch an epiosde where they do the hat stunt. So good!
Two and a Half Men Theme Song Lyrics
Title: “Men men men men, manly men men men!”
Written By: “Grant Geissman”, “Lee Aronsohn”, and “Chuck Lorre”
Performed By: “E.G. Dailey” and Other Studio Muscians
“Men men men men, manly men men men!”
“Men men men men, manly men men men!”
"Men men men men, manly men, oo hoo hoo, hoo hoo, oo.
“Men men men men, manly men men men!”
“Men men men men, manly men men men!”
“Men …”
Now that I think about it, the end theme to “All in the Family” was even better than the open. And I just found out it has lyrics!
MASH had lyrics
my favorite theme songs would be China Beach American Gladiators and On Scene: Emergency Response
WKRP!
C’mon, People!
75 posts in and nobody has mentioned Better Call Saul??
mmm
Not surprising, considering most of these posts are from 2011.
Goddammit I hate Zombies! :mad:
Whooshie.
mmm