December 03, 2004
I want theme music
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Snooze Button Dreams
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UPDATE: The current Blogosphere Theme Soundtrack is in the extended entry. Add your theme music in the comments and I'll add you to the Soundtrack! This post will be stickified for a bit whilst I collect the songs.
I was thinking about this on the way into work today. I could really use some theme music. You know what I mean, right? The sound sample that plays whenever the hero walks into the scene. Shaft had that bow-chicka-bow-wow thing and James Bond has that snippet that's been around for 40 years and just says "BOND IS HERE". Theme music. That's what I need.
I was thinking a good one for me would be that part of Won't Get Fooled Again whereTownshend Daltrey cuts loose with that "Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!" that so inspired Howard Dean. That would be perfect for me. When you walk into the conference room along with an energetic antiestablishmentarianist "Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!" along with that kick ass bass line you get people's attention. But then I got to thinking. Who songs are popping all over products these days and I'd hate to end up with my theme music being associated with a Kia wagon or marshmallows some day.
So I tried to think of music that would never have a chance of ever being adopted as a corporate jingle but the sad fact is that anything decent had a decent chance of being sold to pimp toothpaste eventually. I figured I'd have to take a chance that my theme music would eventually be co-opted else I'd end up with something from the B52s or Oasis and we just can't have that.
After much hemming and hawing, deliberation and debate (hey, if you can't debate with yourself then who can you debate with?) I settled on this one.
Now I've just got to find a decent boom box.
The Blogosphere Theme Soundtrack
Entries in italics are suggestions that haven't been confirmed yet.
I was thinking about this on the way into work today. I could really use some theme music. You know what I mean, right? The sound sample that plays whenever the hero walks into the scene. Shaft had that bow-chicka-bow-wow thing and James Bond has that snippet that's been around for 40 years and just says "BOND IS HERE". Theme music. That's what I need.
I was thinking a good one for me would be that part of Won't Get Fooled Again where
So I tried to think of music that would never have a chance of ever being adopted as a corporate jingle but the sad fact is that anything decent had a decent chance of being sold to pimp toothpaste eventually. I figured I'd have to take a chance that my theme music would eventually be co-opted else I'd end up with something from the B52s or Oasis and we just can't have that.
After much hemming and hawing, deliberation and debate (hey, if you can't debate with yourself then who can you debate with?) I settled on this one.
Now I've just got to find a decent boom box.
The Blogosphere Theme Soundtrack
  | Theme Music | By |
Jim | I’m Too Sexy | Right Said Fred |
Kenny | Sway | Dean Martin |
diamond dave | Voodoo Child | Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Boudicca | Devil Inside | INXS |
Mitzi | People Are Strange | The Doors |
Jennifer | Lay Your Hands On Me | Bon Jovi |
Harvey | Mr. Bad Example | Warren Zevon |
Eric | Way-Too-White Boy Blues | Harvey |
Lynn | Canon in D Major | Pachelbel |
Jack | Shock the Monkey | Peter Gabriel |
Rachel Ann | These Dreams | Heart |
Madfish Willie | God's Own Drunk | Jimmy Buffet |
Pylorns | Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears |
Jeremy | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | U2 |
LeeAnn | House of Fun | Madness |
Trey | 4th Movement, 9th Symphony | Dvorak |
Random Penseur | The River of Dreams | Billy Joel |
Tig | Flight of the Valkyries | Wagner |
Victor | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor | Bach |
Ilyka | Sweet Jane (short version) | Velvet Underground |
Caltechgirl | Weird Science | Oingo Boingo |
Ith | The Pearl | Silly Wizard |
Sharon | Behind the Waterfall | Paul Spears/David Lanz |
Elizabeth | Waiting on a Friend | Rolling Stones |
Rammer | Russian Easter Overture | Rimsky Korsakov |
Flibbertigibbet | Mississippi | Sheryl Crow |
Mike the Marine | Hells Bells | AC/DC |
Rob | Going Home | Mark Knopfler |
Ninjababe | The Imperial March | London Symphony Orchestra |
Kim | Space Needle 2.0 | Raspbery Silk |
Margi | Couldn't Get it Right | Climax Blues Band |
LDH | Heaven On Their Minds | Jesus Christ Superstar |
Rob | Save the People | Godspell |
Entries in italics are suggestions that haven't been confirmed yet.
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Bad Example linked in [INSERT THEME MUSIC HERE] on November 28, 2004 11:24 PM
Jennifer's History and Stuff linked in Cue Theme Song on November 29, 2004 12:33 AM
Ilyka Damen linked in Theme Music! on December 2, 2004 01:21 PM
Absinthe & Cookies (a little bit bitter, a little bit sweet) linked in A Theme For The Ages on December 2, 2004 03:27 PM
CrabAppleLane Blog linked in Going Home on December 3, 2004 06:57 AM
Ninjababe's Ramble linked in Theme Music on December 4, 2004 12:45 AM
margilowry.com linked in Theme Music on December 4, 2004 07:29 PM
the cheese stands alone linked in "I'm Sure That I Could Be A Movie Star" on December 22, 2004 10:48 AM
Which begs the question: Why is Led Zepplin shilling Cadillac these days? As I write that Should I Stay or Should I Go comes on for Pontiac ... yeesh.
What about Are You Jimmy Ray? Catchy little ditty.
Today's theme song: Dean Martin's Sway
LOL! That cracks me up.
Hmm. I have to think. There must be some theme song for a woman who appears to be an asexual Mom person, ignored by society as such... but inside she is NOT! :) Gotta think on this one!
How about Devil Inside? ;-)
"Voodoo Child". The Stevie Ray Vaughan version.
Live.
(Jimi Hendrix was great, but Stevie enhanced his music beautifully.)
Don't care about the lyrics, just that kick-ass, in-your-face guitar would work nicely for my theme.
Jim, I do believe you have found me a theme song. Damn if I can't get that song out of my head now. I've been humming it for the last 2 hours.
Devil Inside it is then.
Hey, I really nailed that. Hmmm...maybe there's a future here? Professional theme song coordinator? I'll have to check with my Hollywood contacts.
Hmm...I don't think there is a song STRANGE enough to be "my" theme song...what does LW think about yours, Jim?
Well, as long as you are helping other people out, what's my theme song? Slightly nutty mom of five who is a bit of a child on the inside, tends to giggle and laugh a lot, but also has an intellectual side?
I'll bypass the obvious (867-5309) and go for wishful thinking: Bon Jovi's "Lay Your Hands on Me". Not, you know, YOUR hands, Jim...just in general. ;-)
Madfish Willie's Cyber Saloon: God's Own Drunk by Jimmy Buffet [check it out in my radio.blog thingy]
Pylorns - Tears for Fears "Everybody wants to rule the World."
or Beatles "Rocky Racoon"
I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR - U2.
Mine is probably "House of Fun" by Madness.
However, if you think of a better one I am totally open to suggestion...
I may be asking for trouble here, leading with my chin, etc., but I'd be curious to see your suggestion for my blog theme song.
Mine is the fourth movement of Dvorak's 9th symphony.
I am thinkin' somethin' by Wagner, what is that Valykrie one?
Going by your choice of theme song for me, I think you know me better than you should!!!
I think I've got everybody included so far. 18 tracks that make quite an eclectic mix.
So far, so good! :-)
I always thought MF Willies would be "What's the use of gettin' sober (if you're gonna get drunk again)?" by Louis Jordan. Of course, it's very possible that song was before his time...or not.
I think my theme music would be Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (JS Bach)--you know, that classical piece the Mad Scientist is always playing on an organ the size of the Bronx.
JIM! It's DALTREY who cuts loose with the greatest scream in rock-n-roll history! NOT TOWNSHEND! Sheesh!
BTW, there are some great Bach midi's here.
Doh! Manifestly retarded rock gaff has been corrected.
I call "Sweet Jane" by VU. The short version, not the one they went back and added Reed's missing wonky parts too.
But if I hadn't thought of that then I would have to say Trey, you're such a dick for taking that 4th movement. I love that piece.
But I admit it is very Trey. Tres Trey? Okay, I"ll shut up.
Mine has got to be Weird Science, or perhaps She Blinded Me with Science.....
Hmmm.... it has to be depressing Scottish music :) I'd have to got with "The Pearl" by Silly Wizard.
For Tributaries :
Behind the Waterfall
Paul Spears/David Lanz
The orgy theme from Conan.
Tig: It's called "Kill The Wabbit", or "Ride of the Valkyries", if you're a phillistine.
In keeping with the "no, I've not had a psychotic break" theme, I'll say that I actually have several theme songs including:
Mississippi cover by Sheryl Crow
Stayin' Alive by Wyclef Jean
I Do by Toya
WOO!
Hell's Bells, by AC/DC
It's just the Marine thing comin' out in me...
"I'm rollin' thunder, power and rain..."
Russian Easter Overture, (Rimsky Korsakov) is like a spring rain on your brain and we all know that the stuff that piles up in there ought get a regular rinse.
No. No Right Said Fred. No No No.
Bad. No.
Theme from Sopranos, if you like a bass line. Imminence Front.
Right now, for me, it would be "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by Aerosmith. For obvious reasons.
Usually? Rolling Stones "Waiting on a Friend".
There is too much good and wonderful music in the world for me to actually stick with one song....
But you - YOU? I mean, why don't you just finish the job and pick Gerardo for your "B" side?!?!
aiaiaiaieeeeeeeeeee
:p
Make mine "Going Home, the Theme from Local Hero" although Going Home from Alvin Lee aint bad, either.
Wow, great responses! Looks like we'll need a multi-CD set.
Not trying to shamelessly pimp my own song or anything, but I'd be a liar if I didn't use it as my theme song:
Space Needle 2.0 by Raspberry Silk
Well, my theme music for my life is the Imperial March.
But, for my blog? Hmmm... I'd say Swords Crossed from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Or, Reels on Fire by Tempest.
I keep wavering between the two.
Interesting concept!
I'm torn between "Green Eyed Lady" (Sugarloaf's LONG version, thankyewverymuch) and The Stones' "Saint of Me."
Decisions, decisions.
HEH.
Waitaminit --
"Couldn't Get it Right" by Climax Blues Band
One of my all-time favorites and, really, the story of my life. ;o)
Pachelbel's Canon? What does that mean? That I'm sweet but common and a little dull? Well.... not what I would pick for myself but I suppose it's somewhat appropriate.
I just saw where it says that italics means the suggestions are not confirmed yet. Let me think about it for a day.
Lynn, that was a suggestion from Harvey. I doubt he was thinking as deep as all that - I think he mentioned something about "big guns".
Ah ha! Harvey. I should have known. :-) I might stick with that anyway if I can't decide on anything better. It's not bad.
I'm inclined to go with 'Heaven On Their Minds' from Jesus Christ Superstar for meself...
I give up. I can't decide on one. I've considered Mozart's String Quartet in D minor; I've considered "Summer" from Vivaldi's 4 Seasons; I've considered "O Fortuna"; I've considered Dvorak's American String Quartet, plus several more. I've even considered that song by Aerosmith that they keep playing on that commercial but I can't make up my mind. Anyway, I get several search engine referrals every day of people searching for Pachelbel's Canon so I guess there's no point in fighting it. :-)
The Soundtrack is up to date. Wow, look at the participation here. Does this qualify as a meme now? Hmmm...might have to put this on the sidebar...
The theme song for UnSpace would be "Save the People" from Godspell.
Does anyone know the title of Led Zepplin's Cadillac theme song ?