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Ha, that is awesome. I suppose that could be true for a lot of shows when we were younger, especially if they were short. But yeah, sometimes you know its there, but just didn't think about the lyrics. Thanks for the comment.
@@GENXPERIENCE Yeah, I saw it on a story or a video about her. Apparently, she wrote the lyrics and they were based on something her mother said to her.
I really appreciate your comments. I enjoyed doing this one, and thought it had not only a lot of me in it, but would touch other people too. Thanks for the views and comments EVERY TIME. I appreciate it.
My dad watches classic TV and when I hear songs from shows I loved I almost bust out of my skin in effort NOT to run to the television in the other room. It is not easy to not be moved by these theme songs...thanks for the reminders, at least I did no have to run to see what episode was on...lol
Ahhhh. This is a great comment. So glad to give you some feels, and yes...luckily you didn't have to catch a certain episode. Many of them move me as well. Thanks again.
I really appreciate that. I love that time of life and that era. Sometimes it seems like so much work for little appreciation, but comments like yours go a long way. Thanks, man.
@@GENXPERIENCE my favorite TV Theme songs and instrumentals were of Wild Wild West, Batman, Bonanza, Hawaii 5-0 among many other TV shows especially from the 60's 70's and 80's Thanks for the Memories. 🇺🇲🎵🎼📺🎼🎶🇺🇲
It is amazing how hearing the theme song to a TV show takes me back to being a kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. I have several on my music list like the themes to Hill Street Blues, Magnum PI, The Rockford Files, Black Sheep Squadron, etc. All Hail Mike Post!
You and me both. And I will be doing another that is strictly instrumental, because there are some unmistakable ones for sure. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
A theme song fanatic here! When I was a kid and got a tape recorder for my birthday, I was on cloud nine. I used to tape the theme songs of TV shows as well as the shows themselves and listen to them later. Very weird, I know, especially by today's standards, but this was before the VCR and even those are now obsolete. (But I still own one.) Thanx for all the memories, Victor!
This is awesome. Sure, it might sound weird, but we all did some weird stuff, and it was the time...there was no other options. You were a head of you time and I love this story. Thank you for watching and sharing. Theme Songs FOREVER!
Not so much story telling but it does set the mood: Maureen McGovern's theme to "Different Worlds" is pretty catchy and I think it got radio airplay as well. Also the chorus theme to "Its A Living" and the Sherman Hemsley show "Amen". And I liked the instrumental theme to ALF and honorable mention to the theme to its animated series.
The instrumental for ALF is a Winner in my book. I did think of Diff'rent World...but it wasn't quite fitting my criteria, lol. I watched Amen, but going to have to revisit that one. Thank you
If this one went well, I was going to do TV shows/prime time/hour long action comedy, action drama (whatever I should call it, lol), as well. So I will keep that in mind. Thank you
My favorite TV theme songs: With lyrics: The Flintstones, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Jetsons, The Patty Duke Show, Gidget, Cheers, The Addams Family. Without lyrics: M*A*S*H, Law & Order: SVU, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Perry Mason, Route 66, The Andy Griffith Show, Taxi, Barney Miller, The Price Is Right (still using the same theme song for 50+ years).
That is quite a list. Of course I love so many more than this 13, but these are the ones I thought had the BEST STORYTELLING theme song...not just song or music. But I will make other shows like this. Thanks for watching.
Random trivia: Many instrumental theme songs actually have lyrics, even if they are never used. Apparently it’s a royalties thing. Hogan’s Hero’s theme had lyrics? Yep. And of course: Jeannie, fresh as a daisy. Just love how she obeys me, Does things that just amaze me so.
Re the theme song for Good Times: It was sung by James Gilstrap, not Jill. Gilstrap was also the lead vocalist on the first verse of Stevie Wonder's 1973 hit "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". By the way, Blinky Williams' real first name is Mary. Ron Dante, the vocalist on the original Silver Spoons theme, was one of three vocalists for The Archies, along with Andy Kim and Toni Wine. Dante was one of those singers whose voice was everywhere back in the '60s-early '70s, on TV commercial jingles, at least two TV theme songs, and many hit records.
Hmm, must have just slipped up on that name. Great information, than you so much. I know voices made the rounds back then, so it is pretty cool to hear about all the things they did.
Theme songs are definitely a lost "art." Even instrumental ones like MASH and Taxi hold up -- in that regard, some did last into the modern era (by that I mean a decade or so ago with shows like The Office and Parks & Recreation having themes that are memorable). When you constantly strip things down to the bare bones, you lose something, and I think the dumping of theme songs to free up more commercial time or to just save time and money is one of those moves that has really taken away from so many shows.
Agreed. And yes, instrumentals (even those that came later) can be so very nice and still work in that same way. But those abrupt starts, the lack of build up is just missed by me...and others, I think.
I know you were just doing sitcoms, but for my money The Land Of The Lost has a standout expository theme. Marshall, Will, and Hollie, on a routine expedition...
Not in the shower just at home out of nowhere lol #DisneyDiva ❤ In keep in mind half of stuff I wasn't born to 84. I am a 90s kids so my stuff is 90s shows. But I do remember some of the older stuff as this age bc I see it now on tv apps. Lol. I love Mama Family as well ❤and Hazel ❤.
My poor kids have to suffer me bursting into a 70s or 80s theme song while teaching them some life lesson. Facts of Life is a favorite as well as Fat Albert and the Cosby kids.
I could have crept into the 90s for sure, but I know Millennials were coming up so I tend to avoid the overlap. But I agree there were some great ones then. Thank you
For me Leon Redbone was an aquired taste but I did like his theme to "Mr. Belvedere". My sis and I thought it was going to be cheesy fluff but it was actually prettt funny.
Okay, I see where you are going with that. I will admit that Mr. Belvedere wasn't memorable for me...but that doesn't mean I didn't watch it. But I thank you for watching and for the comments.
Maybe not officially, but I did add some that had spoken lines...which I LOVED in Rhoda. Rhoda is still one of my favs to watch. And she was very efficient, wasn't she?
How does Fresh Prince not even get a mention? After the end of the golden age of theme songs in general, and specifically the age of theme songs which explain the premise, Will Smith brought it back with perhaps the best explanatory theme song ever.
Cause it is too far into the 90s. It overlaps way to much with the Millennials...so it is something that is not as GEN Xperience as my channel is obviously about. Sure, we experienced it, but it wasn't for us as much alone.
You left out the theme to MASH. That one still plays in alot of peoples heads and considering that the last episode was one of the most watched events in TV history, it kinda feels incomplete without it.
The theme to MASH is the tune to the song Suic!de Is Painless, which the movie MASH featured during the movie. He did show MASH really quick but probably didn't mention it because YT doesn't like the S word and would demonetize the video.
Oh, Suicide is Painless is one of my favorite songs. It is a great story song, but in the sitcom, they don't use the lyrics, so I thought of it more like an instrumental like Taxi. The MASH lyrics don't exactly tell a story like the others on my top Storytelling Theme song list, but that doesn't mean I don't love it...and will cover it in a later show. Thank you
I do consider MASH an instrumental sitcom theme song (although the full song is in the movie), so I didn't spend time on it. Funny about that word, I would probably have said it anyway and not even thought about what it could mean for me, lol. I have set my content to adult and don't like to censor words, but hmmmmm I wonder what they would have done. Thanks for the comment and the view.
There is a football season sitcom that had a theme song sung by Gladys Knight I can’t remember if it was the beginning or ending credits but it was awsome
I had only ever heard of Angie, so wasn't familiar with her theme song. I just saw it and love the old style intro and opening. The words don't tell much of a story, but its still great...and now I got to watch an episode or two.
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I love this show, if I do say so myself. I hope you guys will all enjoy these GEN Xperience Sitcoms with the BEST Storytelling Theme Songs. Please like and subscribe.
When I was a kid I didn't even know Three's Company had lyrics. I thought it was just "buh buh buh buh buh boo".
Ha, that is awesome. I suppose that could be true for a lot of shows when we were younger, especially if they were short. But yeah, sometimes you know its there, but just didn't think about the lyrics. Thanks for the comment.
Haven't scrolled down yet to see if anyone mentions Welcome Back Kotter. Let's see.
Ohhhhh, good one. How could I forget? Thats a pretty good story theme, for sure
Definitely a Theme song junkie here 🩷 Laverne & Shirley has to be the one that randomly gets me the most.
That is awesome to hear. Only a handful of those really do hit me, but they do...and out of nowhere, too. LOL
I still randomly sing the theme to the love boat on a fairly regular basis
You and me both. I mean, how could we not?
I love these theme songs and do love to sing them. Also, I remember hearing that Ja'Net DuBois co-wrote the theme to The Jeffersons.
I don't think I ever heard, but when I learned, I LOVED THAT
@@GENXPERIENCE Yeah, I saw it on a story or a video about her. Apparently, she wrote the lyrics and they were based on something her mother said to her.
I recently bought the entire series of three’s company. That show brings back so many memories.
Laverne and Shirley is the best tv theme song ever. Sometimes when teaching kids we play it in the morning to hype them up for the day!
So so good. Love that idea as the song is such a positive anthem to get people started/going
Victor,
This was such a fun and clever idea. Thanks for putting this together.
I really appreciate your comments. I enjoyed doing this one, and thought it had not only a lot of me in it, but would touch other people too. Thanks for the views and comments EVERY TIME. I appreciate it.
My dad watches classic TV and when I hear songs from shows I loved I almost bust out of my skin in effort NOT to run to the television in the other room. It is not easy to not be moved by these theme songs...thanks for the reminders, at least I did no have to run to see what episode was on...lol
Ahhhh. This is a great comment. So glad to give you some feels, and yes...luckily you didn't have to catch a certain episode. Many of them move me as well. Thanks again.
I have all those themes on CD 💿 and love listening to them. There are some I repeat numerous times. TY for sharing this. God Bless You and stay safe
Thank you for the kind comment, and I too listen to many of these today. So happy you are keeping the love alive.
Loving your videos! So much nostalgia for our age group. Thank you. Keep em coming.
I really appreciate that. I love that time of life and that era. Sometimes it seems like so much work for little appreciation, but comments like yours go a long way. Thanks, man.
My favorite storytelling theme song is the Love Theme from MST3K. MST3K has my favorite ending credits theme too, "Mighty Science Theater".
Ahhh, MST3K....that song is a treasure.
This is the best shows with the best
theme songs thank you.🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲
So glad you like it, thank you. I love so many theme songs, but some of them just did it better.
@@GENXPERIENCE my favorite TV Theme songs and instrumentals
were of Wild Wild West, Batman, Bonanza, Hawaii 5-0 among many other
TV shows especially from the 60's 70's and 80's Thanks for the Memories.
🇺🇲🎵🎼📺🎼🎶🇺🇲
It is amazing how hearing the theme song to a TV show takes me back to being a kid in the 70s and a teen in the 80s. I have several on my music list like the themes to Hill Street Blues, Magnum PI, The Rockford Files, Black Sheep Squadron, etc. All Hail Mike Post!
You and me both. And I will be doing another that is strictly instrumental, because there are some unmistakable ones for sure. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
This one was great! What a wonderful list and all of them will now be running through my head!
Hello, and THANK YOU for watching. So happy you enjoyed and yes, they are all very contagious.
A theme song fanatic here! When I was a kid and got a tape recorder for my birthday, I was on cloud nine. I used to tape the theme songs of TV shows as well as the shows themselves and listen to them later. Very weird, I know, especially by today's standards, but this was before the VCR and even those are now obsolete. (But I still own one.) Thanx for all the memories, Victor!
This is awesome. Sure, it might sound weird, but we all did some weird stuff, and it was the time...there was no other options. You were a head of you time and I love this story. Thank you for watching and sharing. Theme Songs FOREVER!
Loved "The Facts of Life" theme from season 2 on. The character Mrs. G was great, but never cared for her singing voice on the season 1 theme song.
Not so much story telling but it does set the mood: Maureen McGovern's theme to "Different Worlds" is pretty catchy and I think it got radio airplay as well. Also the chorus theme to "Its A Living" and the Sherman Hemsley show "Amen".
And I liked the instrumental theme to ALF and honorable mention to the theme to its animated series.
The instrumental for ALF is a Winner in my book. I did think of Diff'rent World...but it wasn't quite fitting my criteria, lol. I watched Amen, but going to have to revisit that one. Thank you
I know the genre is sitcoms, but you have to make a list that includes “The Rockford Files” and “The Fall Guy.”
If this one went well, I was going to do TV shows/prime time/hour long action comedy, action drama (whatever I should call it, lol), as well. So I will keep that in mind. Thank you
The Rockford Files didn't have lyrics to tell a story, but the Fall Guy fits.
Don't forget cartoons. From Flintstones to Phineus $ Ferb
...aaaand the theme to Simon & Simon.
My favorite TV theme songs:
With lyrics: The Flintstones, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Jetsons, The Patty Duke Show, Gidget, Cheers, The Addams Family.
Without lyrics: M*A*S*H, Law & Order: SVU, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Perry Mason, Route 66, The Andy Griffith Show, Taxi, Barney Miller, The Price Is Right (still using the same theme song for 50+ years).
That is quite a list. Of course I love so many more than this 13, but these are the ones I thought had the BEST STORYTELLING theme song...not just song or music. But I will make other shows like this. Thanks for watching.
Random trivia: Many instrumental theme songs actually have lyrics, even if they are never used. Apparently it’s a royalties thing. Hogan’s Hero’s theme had lyrics? Yep. And of course:
Jeannie, fresh as a daisy.
Just love how she obeys me,
Does things that just amaze me so.
Growing up in Cincinnati, i got to hear the alternate version of the WKRP theme that they recorded for local station WKRC occasionally.
WHAT!? That right there just doubled the awesomeness. Thanks for sharing that, as it makes total sense.
RIP to All the great Stars ❤❤❤❤❤❤.
Re the theme song for Good Times: It was sung by James Gilstrap, not Jill. Gilstrap was also the lead vocalist on the first verse of Stevie Wonder's 1973 hit "You Are the Sunshine of My Life". By the way, Blinky Williams' real first name is Mary. Ron Dante, the vocalist on the original Silver Spoons theme, was one of three vocalists for The Archies, along with Andy Kim and Toni Wine. Dante was one of those singers whose voice was everywhere back in the '60s-early '70s, on TV commercial jingles, at least two TV theme songs, and many hit records.
Hmm, must have just slipped up on that name. Great information, than you so much. I know voices made the rounds back then, so it is pretty cool to hear about all the things they did.
Theme songs are definitely a lost "art." Even instrumental ones like MASH and Taxi hold up -- in that regard, some did last into the modern era (by that I mean a decade or so ago with shows like The Office and Parks & Recreation having themes that are memorable). When you constantly strip things down to the bare bones, you lose something, and I think the dumping of theme songs to free up more commercial time or to just save time and money is one of those moves that has really taken away from so many shows.
Agreed. And yes, instrumentals (even those that came later) can be so very nice and still work in that same way. But those abrupt starts, the lack of build up is just missed by me...and others, I think.
I love the end of the Alice theme song. It set the tone for the show and let me know it was going to be real and fun.
Those songs meant something good was coming up, didn't they? The Alice theme is a stand out.
10:49 Headphone warning 😅
Fun fact, the full name of the original “Alice” movie is “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” 😉
I know, but can you read it's foreign poster I used?
I know you were just doing sitcoms, but for my money The Land Of The Lost has a standout expository theme. Marshall, Will, and Hollie, on a routine expedition...
Totally did, you're right. I was thinking of still doing a cartoon version...and yes, I would probably consider that one, lol. Thank you
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@@GENXPERIENCEIf you do cartoons, gotta include the super lyrically-efficient theme song to The Jetsons.
To shows i love music of is blossom ,and the life and times of grizzly adams
Those are very different, but I too loved Grizzly's music.
I love the theme to One Day at a Time
It is awesome! Great to just sing to today
Laverne and Shirley the best
You know it.
Love Good Time ❤
Love 227❤
Not in the shower just at home out of nowhere lol
#DisneyDiva ❤
In keep in mind half of stuff I wasn't born to 84. I am a 90s kids so my stuff is 90s shows. But I do remember some of the older stuff as this age bc I see it now on tv apps. Lol. I love Mama Family as well ❤and Hazel ❤.
Well, luckily that stuff played in reruns a lot on various channels. So you know a lot.
My poor kids have to suffer me bursting into a 70s or 80s theme song while teaching them some life lesson. Facts of Life is a favorite as well as Fat Albert and the Cosby kids.
Both wonderful themes, and your kids should be lucky! Thanks for watching and commenting, by the way.
The original theme for 'The Brady Bunch' was not sung by the kids; it was a male singer, whose identity I don't know.
I love lucy major fan and I collect her stuff ❤❤❤❤.
That is super. Too bad she didn't have a theme song (well that played with lyrics)
And i love the adams family
Tells a pretty good story...just another very early one for The GEN Xperience
I’ve had far too many conversations in my life about who is the subject of WKRP’s theme. Glad I’m not the only one. Oh, and it’s about Andy. Duh.
I belive it is Andy, too. But there is nothing wrong with letting people think about it a moment. And it could be about ANY of them
Andy even speaks several of the lines in the first episode.
Yes Family Matters and Cosby ❤
New York Undercover ❤
I think you could add to the small list of ‘90’s theme songs “Step By Step” and “The Fresh Prince of Bell Air.”
I could have crept into the 90s for sure, but I know Millennials were coming up so I tend to avoid the overlap. But I agree there were some great ones then. Thank you
@@GENXPERIENCE For sure!
Facts of Life ❤
Moesha ❤
Random trivia: Facts of Life singer Gloria Loring was Alan Thicke’s wife / Robin Thicke’s mom at the time.
And I knew she famous on soaps, but did not know she was with Alan.
Loved alice
The first origin explaining theme song ever was "The Ballad of Jed Clampet".
You're right that was 2 years earlier. It was still quite a few phenomena
Game of Thrones…while it had no lyrics, we NEVER skipped through it 😃
agreed. Just too engaging and exciting to watch, for sure. A little out of The GEN Xperience, but still enjoyed it.
I had no clue Alan Thicke did theme songs.
I had heard he wrote some (weird enough), but to actually sing them. WOW!
Odd fact the mayor who is mentioned in the WKRP news bites would later become famous in his own right. His name was Jerry Springer.
That is SO awesome. That is familiar story, but I did not look it up, so totally didn't even think about it twice. Thank you for sharing that.
For me Leon Redbone was an aquired taste but I did like his theme to "Mr. Belvedere". My sis and I thought it was going to be cheesy fluff but it was actually prettt funny.
Okay, I see where you are going with that. I will admit that Mr. Belvedere wasn't memorable for me...but that doesn't mean I didn't watch it. But I thank you for watching and for the comments.
Not really a "theme song" but season 1 of "Rhoda" where she (Valerie Harper) tells her life story in under a minute 😅
Maybe not officially, but I did add some that had spoken lines...which I LOVED in Rhoda. Rhoda is still one of my favs to watch. And she was very efficient, wasn't she?
How does Fresh Prince not even get a mention? After the end of the golden age of theme songs in general, and specifically the age of theme songs which explain the premise, Will Smith brought it back with perhaps the best explanatory theme song ever.
Cause it is too far into the 90s. It overlaps way to much with the Millennials...so it is something that is not as GEN Xperience as my channel is obviously about. Sure, we experienced it, but it wasn't for us as much alone.
Love Kim F ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Who doesn't!
What about "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" from "The Beverly Hillbillies"?
It is true, although from 1962...it clearly was before Gilligan's Island's 1964 storytelling...so truly that is probably earliest.
You missed fresh prince of Bellaire and the Adam's family plus saved by the bell
The Addams family was so early in the GEN Xperience, but yes, the other two would have worked well...especially Fresh Prince.
And Generation Jones
That should work, too.
You left out the theme to MASH. That one still plays in alot of peoples heads and considering that the last episode was one of the most watched events in TV history, it kinda feels incomplete without it.
The theme to MASH is the tune to the song Suic!de Is Painless, which the movie MASH featured during the movie. He did show MASH really quick but probably didn't mention it because YT doesn't like the S word and would demonetize the video.
Oh, Suicide is Painless is one of my favorite songs. It is a great story song, but in the sitcom, they don't use the lyrics, so I thought of it more like an instrumental like Taxi. The MASH lyrics don't exactly tell a story like the others on my top Storytelling Theme song list, but that doesn't mean I don't love it...and will cover it in a later show. Thank you
I do consider MASH an instrumental sitcom theme song (although the full song is in the movie), so I didn't spend time on it. Funny about that word, I would probably have said it anyway and not even thought about what it could mean for me, lol. I have set my content to adult and don't like to censor words, but hmmmmm I wonder what they would have done. Thanks for the comment and the view.
There is a football season sitcom that had a theme song sung by Gladys Knight I can’t remember if it was the beginning or ending credits but it was awsome
I did try looking it up, but only found Charlie & Co with Gladys and Flip Wilson. But that is a great piece of trivia. Thank you
Angies theme song is grammy worthy
I had only ever heard of Angie, so wasn't familiar with her theme song. I just saw it and love the old style intro and opening. The words don't tell much of a story, but its still great...and now I got to watch an episode or two.
Don’t forget cartoon theme songs like the funky phantom
I will be doing a whole separate Cartoon ONe, for sure.
That would be discrimination these days to prohibit renting because of gender especially consenting adults lol threes company
100%, it even seemed odd then, but we let it go. NOPE, never today!