WKRP in Cincinnati Best theme song ever!
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joeann_21 — 11 years ago(February 03, 2015 10:44 AM)
After hearing the great song in the beginning of the show - what a let down to hear that "gibberish" tune at the end.
I have tried and tried and could not understand one word of it at all - the music is not so hot either. -
awhite2600 — 11 years ago(February 04, 2015 06:42 AM)
You're not supposed to be able to understand the words. It's literally a gibberish song.
The vocalist was asked to just make up some words so that the recording engineers could get the studio configured. Everyone liked the gibberish version so they kept it. -
zwolf — 10 years ago(July 13, 2015 07:31 AM)
Ah, the gibberish song is the best! Pretty much the only word you can make out is "bartender" and the rest is intetionally incomprehensible. It's better than Bachmann-Turner Overdrive's "Roll On Down The Highway" as what-the-hell's-he-saying? songs go.
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crazyivanova — 10 years ago(July 14, 2015 11:04 PM)
I also loved the closing theme better but I did also love the opening song too. I also loved some of the other songs people have mentioned like the Mary Tyler Moore theme, Simon and Simon and others. Has anyone mentioned the theme from Emergency? I caught an episode of that on MeTV recently and it made an impression on me what a peppy little number that theme was. Another one I really liked was the theme from Bob Newhart's 80s show (the one that was just called "Newhart.") Anybody else like Henry Mancini?
Somebody else mentioned what a shame it is that shows, today, don't bother with themes since that cuts into commercial time. I agree it is sad there are so few shows that have catchy music anymore.
I can only conclude I'm paying off karma at a vastly accelerated rate. -
snelling — 11 years ago(January 17, 2015 11:05 AM)
One of the best "modern day" themes is from "Dexter." I can watch that over and over. WKRP rules! I also kind of like the long version of "The Mindy Project" but they always play the short one now so they can cram in more bad jokes.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley -
cluvonj — 11 years ago(February 15, 2015 09:38 PM)
It really is hard for me to say since there are so many great ones. I have a partiality though towards the theme to The Mary Tyler Moore Show if i had to name one. Love the feel of that song and especially the one from the first season. The singer's voice is also nice. I always liked the theme to Love, American Style too because it has an exciting vibrant sound. Maude is also an incredibly good and catchy theme song, always makes me want to sing along when I hear that one. Another I like is "The Love Boat". I think it is impossible to name just one song as being the best. I love a lot of the instrumental themes too. One of my very favs is the Hawaii Five-O theme.
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snelling — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 04:00 AM)
When I was a teen in the 70s, I used a portable tape recorder to capture every theme I could get. I started with "The Odd Couple" and went from there. So I still have two hours of catchy themes still playable on cassette, even some from Saturday morning cartoons and live action programs like "Lidsville" and "HR Pufnstuf." Remember in that era they played the "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley" themes on the radio as singles? And they did well on the charts! What a simpler time that was.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley -
snelling — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 08:59 AM)
Television's Greatest Hits
are okay if you like your TV themes reproduced and that don't sound like the originals.
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley