# What is your theme song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666 "2017-04-03T16:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/1 "2017-04-03T16:09:27Z")
If someone was to make a television series about your life, what would you like the theme song to be? It doesn’t have to match your life exactly-it can just set the mood of the series if you wish. I would have to choose between these two from Donovan: [_Cosmic Wheels_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbKldILIjfo) and [_Intergalactic Laxative_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iab9YKocUcw). ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/2 "2017-04-03T16:44:24Z")
Hotel California Love Shack The Southern Cross ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/3 "2017-04-03T16:51:05Z")
[Cold Beverages.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L2Lz4vRnUY) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/4 "2017-04-03T16:52:58Z")
[Motörhead - Ace Of Spades](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/5 "2017-04-03T16:55:27Z")
Pure And Easy \* > [@](#): > > We all know success when we all find our own dreams, > And our love is enough to knock down any walls, > And the future’s been seen as men try to realize, > The simple secret of the note in us all - ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/6 "2017-04-03T17:00:41Z")
[Don’t Ask me why I Drink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O645d0JFJIY) By Mojo Nixon ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/7 "2017-04-03T17:21:18Z")
Romeo & Juliet by Prokofiev as performed by [Emerson, Lake, & Palmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXQSEvsL6yg) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/8 "2017-04-03T17:27:42Z")
[Truckin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPQAbBI7E38) by the Grateful Dead Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me, Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it’s been. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/9 "2017-04-03T17:34:19Z")
[Freaky Behavior](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV0lJdgy0nw) - The Bar-Kays On so many levels ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/10 "2017-04-03T17:39:18Z")
[The Pretender](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQiXQUGbac0) - Jackson Browne. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/11 "2017-04-03T18:16:57Z")
[Shaft!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEaRCAcfOEQ) Can you dig it? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/12 "2017-04-03T18:28:30Z")
[Baby Elephant Walk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1z4JfxFb6c) It has been my theme song since the mid-90s. I hear it in my own head as I walk down the street. For reals. Many people know this as I have told them this. They agree it is appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/13 "2017-04-03T18:43:04Z")
Indigo Girls’ “[Closer to Fine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgwM1Ky228).” My parents were college professors. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/14 "2017-04-03T21:14:10Z")
“Search and Destroy” by Iggy and The Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/15 "2017-04-03T21:29:49Z")
[_Too Much On My Mind_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOSe53DzLP4) by the Kinks. So true for me… ---
**Author:** ![bobtimusprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bobtimusprime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobtimusprime)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/16 "2017-04-03T21:31:45Z")
By theme song do you mean the song at the beginning of the show or the song that is played whenever the character appears on screen? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/17 "2017-04-03T21:41:40Z")
> [@bobtimusprime](#): > > By theme song do you mean the song at the beginning of the show or the song that is played whenever the character appears on screen? Since the show would be about you, it would be the the song that starts the show. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/18 "2017-04-03T21:50:36Z")
[“I’m Awesome”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYws8biwOYc&list=RDOYws8biwOYc) by Spose. Very satirical. A sample of the NSFW lyrics: > [@Spose](#): > > But I’m awesome! > No you’re not dude, don’t lie > I’m awesome! > I’m drivin’ around in my mom’s ride > I’m awesome! > A quarter of my life gone by > And I met all my friends online > Motherfucker I’m awesome! > I will run away from a brawl > I’m awesome! > There’s no voice mail, nobody called > I’m awesome! > I can’t afford to buy eight balls > And I talk to myself on my Facebook wall > I’m awesome!!! ---
**Author:** ![bobtimusprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bobtimusprime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobtimusprime)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/19 "2017-04-03T21:51:55Z")
In that case, I would say “Stand” by REM. If it was the character theme song, I’d just go with some generic music. I wouldn’t want to have to pay the royalties every time I went someplace. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666/20 "2017-04-03T23:09:58Z")
> [@bobtimusprime](#): > > In that case, I would say “Stand” by REM. Made a great theme for the venerable, august _Get a Life_ tv show from the early 90’s. I wish I like [Dr. Octagon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qK_gO965xU&t=402s) (hoping this starts at the cued-up 6:42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-theme-song/783666.md?page=2)