Don't know how you'd file "Fire" by the Ohio Players ("Hell's Kitchen") or
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by the Pet Shop Boys (Beauty and the
Geek)... but there you are.
~D
---- Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
> There've been a few I recall...YMMV on the definition of "classic" and/or
> "rock song" for some of them, though:
> Tour of Duty, "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones.
> The Drew Carey Show, "Cleveland Rocks" by the Presidents of the United States.
> Joan of Arcadia, "One of Us" by Joan Osborne.
> Get a Life, "Stand" by R.E.M.
> Bosom Buddies, "My Life" by Billy Joel.
> The Wonder Years, "A Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker.
> Dawson's Creek, "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole.
> Big Love, "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys.
>
> I'm sure there are many more. I'm not even including songs that became
> famous as a result of them being a theme song ("Welcome Back" by John
> Sebastian, etc...)
>
> Doug Fields
> Tampa, FL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Steve Timko
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> Subject: [TV orNotTV] Which shows used rock classics as theme songs?
>
> 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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