# Obnoxious Theme Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698 "2007-03-05T17:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/21 "2007-03-06T16:37:02Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] The theme from _ **The Simpsons** _ is pretty grating. [/QUOTE] After he first heard it, producer James Brooks stated that the _Simpsons_ theme was “lemmings-marching-to-their-death music.” He meant this as a compliment, of course, but I see what he means. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/22 "2007-03-06T16:43:07Z")
Anybody with me on **Friends** , **The Drew Carey Show** , and **Mystery Science Theater 3000**? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/23 "2007-03-06T16:48:48Z")
I have to mention this in spite of the fact that the music _per se_ isn’t obnoxious, but the way they insist on having the stuff play almost loudly enough to drown out the spoken words, and the way it adds to an already phony suspense, I must include _Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?_ Dripping water or burning logs would make a better sound, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/24 "2007-03-06T19:53:29Z")
**Grey’s Anatomy** : Not quite obnoxious, but so inconsequential as to be unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/25 "2007-03-06T22:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] **Headrush042** If Jack Lord were alive he’d book you … murder one. **Hawaii Five O** had one of the best theme songs and possibly the best opening sequence of any TV show. (The wahine running on the beach, the hula girls, the jet planes, Kam Fong as Chin Ho … it had it _all_). I’d say you are in a rather small minority of people who do not like the Hawaii Five O theme song. **Biffy** - wow I thought I was the only person who remembered both theme songs from **Lost In Space**. I’m impressed. 🙂 Aloha. [/QUOTE] Did you know that song was called “You can count on me”? and has lyrics? I have an MP3 of Sammy Davis Jr singing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/26 "2007-03-06T22:08:13Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] **Grey’s Anatomy** : Not quite obnoxious, but so inconsequential as to be unnecessary. [/QUOTE] I love that theme! It’s a snippet of an actual song by an actual band, “Cosy in the Rocket” by Psapp. They are a bit twee, but they get some very interesting effects using children’s toy musical instruments. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/27 "2007-03-06T22:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] **Headrush042** If Jack Lord were alive he’d book you … murder one. **Hawaii Five O** had one of the best theme songs and possibly the best opening sequence of any TV show. (The wahine running on the beach, the hula girls, the jet planes, Kam Fong as Chin Ho … it had it _all_). I’d say you are in a rather small minority of people who do not like the Hawaii Five O theme song. [/QUOTE] Guilty as charged. It was way too catchy for me; I can’t stand walking around humming the theme music hours after a show has ended :o ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/28 "2007-03-07T05:36:20Z")
**BurnMeUp** I never knew that. I did a search for that song and located it here: [http://www.bubblegum-machine.com/youcancountonme12.mp3](http://www.bubblegum-machine.com/youcancountonme12.mp3) Yep, Sammy Davis Jr singing the “Hawaii Five-O” them song aka “You Can Count On Me”. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698/29 "2007-03-07T17:30:58Z")
Coronation Street wins. Thread over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obnoxious-theme-music/394698.md?page=1)