Wow, Loren really went the extra mile in figuring out the keys of the two versions of the TAGS theme. I too had noticed that the intro and outro were slightly different; if you watch TAGS on DVD and use the "play all" feature, you'll hear the outro of one show right before the intro of the new show. Makes for an easy comparison.
But as for why this was done, I have only wild guesses. Maybe Earle Hagen was playing around with orchestration and ended up with two versions in two different keys that he liked. Or maybe it has something to do with a studio paying for two different versions. Or maybe Earle thought a lower-key version would sound more appropriate for the closing. Or (most likely) someone else will have a better answer! -a deceitful wretch hiding out in Oxford, Ohio (the Nashville of the North) I don't know if this has ever come up before in this forum, but has anyone > noticed that the "intro" theme is in the key of G Major, while the "outro" > theme is in the key of E flat Major. Being a trained musical "noticer", it > struck me as odd that they would have recorded 2 versions in different keys. > Is anyone aware of an explanation? > _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
