Similarly, "Dave's World" used a cover of "You May Be Right" sung by Southside
Johnny rather than Mr. Joel.
David
From: Pete Ahles <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Which shows used rock classics as theme songs?
Bosom Buddies' version of "My Life" wasn't sung by Billy Joel.This was
mentioned in the recreation in "The Greatest Event In Television History"
"Thank You For Being A Friend" was a minor hit for Andrew Gold in 1978 before
being rerecorded for "The Golden Girls"
Pete
On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
Nope. That is, indeed, the original Chuck Berry version of the song.
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
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Of Steve Timko
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 1:49 PM
To: TV or Not TV <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Which shows used rock classics as theme songs?
This is "Rollover Beethoven" but I'm pretty sure it's not Chuck Berry's
version. Different voice and different guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=EOrMg3pY7hw
Hey Donz, are you reading this thread? Any guess on who covered "Rollover
Beethoven" for the TV show?
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote:
> The passing today of the great Chuck Berry has reminded me of the
> first instance I can recall of a rock classic used as a theme song:
>
> "Brothers and Sisters," a short-lived 1979 comedy set at a
> hard-partying college fraternity house - one of three short-lived
> shows that year inspired by (or ripped off from) the movie "Animal
> House" - used Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" as its theme.
> The arrangement sounded suspiciously like ELO's version, with
> fragments of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony at the beginning and end:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=96TcPqSFqhI
>
>
>
> On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 3:52:46 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote:
>>
>> Eating my St. Patrick's Day lunch of corned beef and cabbage and red
>> potatoes, the restaurant's Sirius classic rock channel started
>> playing ELO's "Fire on High." Sitting at a nearby table, a couple of
>> young teens liked the song and asked what it was. Their grandfather
>> (maybe
>> great-grandfather) said he had heard it before but didn't know it.
>> I named the song and said CBS Sports used to use it for their theme
>> song. He remembered that was where he heard it before.
>>
>> It is a rockin' song. I'm an ELO fan, though. Someone else used
>> Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Fanfare for the Common Man," I can't
>> remember which sports show that was.
>> What other rock songs have been used a regular theme songs? I don't
>> mean one-offs, like "The Sopranos" used to do.
>> The CSI franchise uses Who songs. "the Apprentice" uses "Money."
>> Creedence Clearwater Revival has a couple of songs that seem like
>> good candidates for TV show theme songs.
>
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