Greatest American Hero Complete Notebook
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If ever there was a radio station that played not one thing but television theme songs, it’s safe to say that’s where I would permanently set my dial. Now, I’m not saying that television theme songs are better than all the other music out there, but there is unquestionably something when it comes to them: they are catchy, they are fun, and they take you back to memories that other songs can’t. From the sing-along-tune of The Brady Bunch to the piano playing of Hill Street Blues, television theme songs are a portion of our lives, whether we like it or not. The following is our list of the Best TV Theme Songs ever written, songs that made shows as much fun to listen as they were to watch. Laverne and Shirley: Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated. You recognise a television show is going to be good when it begins with the main characters skipping down a sidewalk street while linking arms. In the opening song to Laverne and Shirley, sung by Cyndi Grecco, we are introduced to the show’s premise: two women determined to follow their dreams and make them come true. From the start, we are reasonable admonished that this duo was going to do it their way, even if their way was often laden with clumsiness, absurdities, and trouble. A show that was all with regards to fun, the theme song from Laverne and Shirley will be recognizable for decades and decades to come. Cheers: Not only did this show make us feel better in regards to going to the bar everyday, but it likewise made us long for a place where everyone knew our name. The opening song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” by Gary Portnoy, talks in regards to life’s troubles, with the finish lyrics talking about a husband who wants to be a girl as well as getting left at the altar by a third fiancée. These lyrics, coupled with the opening pictures of past political movements and celebrations, makes the theme song to Cheers specially unforgettable and strangely moving. There is something almost nostalgic in regards to it, something that will make everyone recognise it is name for a very long time. The Jeffersons: If any show made us wish we were moving on up to the East Side to a deluxe apartment in the sky, it was The Jeffersons. A show that portrayed an upper-class African American family who moves to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, The Jeffersons made us all laugh, think, and long for a piece of the pie. The opening theme, “Movin’ on Up,” was sung by Ja’net Du Bois and a gospel choir. Though the song was short and quick, it remains highly well known: it has been over two decades since The Jeffersons went off the air, and yet it’s still hard to listen the expression “moving on up” without thinking of Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford . The Dukes of Hazard: A show that followed two troublemakers as they evaded the law in rural Georgia and drove around in a modified Dodge Charger, The Dukes of Hazard was a show that did two things: it made each little boy in America name their toy car the General Lee, and it left a theme song in all of our heads. The opening song, “The Good Old Boys,” was both written and performed by Waylon Jennings. Jennings, in addition, had a role as “The Balladeer” and provided the narration for the show. Greatest American Hero: A show in a genre you just don’t see sufficient of – a superhero, drama-comedy – the most unforgettable thing from the Greatest American Hero is most likely the theme song. “Believe it or Not” was written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer and performed by Joey Scarbury. Not only did this theme song become popular for the duration of the show’s short run, reaching number 2 on Billboard’s Top 40 in August of 1981, but it still remains one of the most frequent and beloved television songs of all times. “Believe it or Not” is easy to sing, pleasurable to remember, and that episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza parodied it on his answering machine brought it from fun to utterly hilarious.
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Believe it or not, It’s All Three! (Seasons, that is.)