Favorite TV Show Theme Songs of all time

[michiganalex]

I like MASH, Friends,Smallville themes

 

[byco42]

Hawaii Five-0. Especially when combined with the open. The rest is conversation.

 

[tinselwolverine]

What about Petticoat Junction?

Green Acres was pretty good too.

Gilligan's Island won a yahoo fan vote off recently.

 

[Thumb]

Well I have to say all the CSI's because I like The Who.

Also the show Las Vegas that used to be on, used the Elvis rendition of A little less conversation, which is a classic.

And these two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4LX8PPMuOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qogVHlmFcx0

 

[Gulo Blue]

Magnum PI, Mission Impossible, Star Trek deserves a spot on the list, but I'm not sure which version I'd pick

 

[jdeb]

I loved All in the Family. Edith had a great voice.

 

[Michchamp]

for a long time I had a great bass line in my head that I couldn't figure out what it went to... turns out it was the theme song to Barney Miller. which I used to watch when I was really little... like 2 or 3 years old. crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roHYXrLhmHc

I also agree with MASH, the original Star Trek, the A-Team (maybe the single greatest) and Night Court.

a couple years ago, someone got me a season of the A-Team on DVD, and I realized that the theme song, and intro were far more dramatic and endearing than the plots of every episode, which followed the same formula each time.

 

[michiganalex]

a lot of those didn't have lyrics though.. MASH and friends did

 

[michiganalex]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQGnVrTsAM

 

[KAWDUP]

I always liked the theme from The Greatest American Hero. Joey Scarbury sang it, and I believe it charted pretty high.

Stupid show - great song.

 

[michiganalex]

the rembrandts werent bad either

 

[jdeb]

I loved All in the Family. Edith had a great voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9vRVyV914

 

[Diggler Cometh]

The Wire

[youtube]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B6debE5GjZE[/youtube]

 

[Gulo Blue]

I always liked the theme from The Greatest American Hero. Joey Scarbury sang it, and I believe it charted pretty high.

Stupid show - great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ria37d9mInY

 

[michiganalex]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9vRVyV914

so good Family Guy parodys it

 

[KAWDUP]

The theme from Friends is a decent song.

For instrumental only themes, I also liked the them from Mannix. Anyone remember that show?

 

[Michchamp]

While I've gone back and forth on being able to tolerate watching Friends, I always hated the theme song from the show... seemed like a 12-year-old could've written the lyrics to it. the video was dumb too.

 

[elrod817]

Tough question as I think I favor some themes simply because they take me back and maybe not so much as how "good" the actual song was/is.

Of themes already listed I like MASH, Dukes, Fall Guy, Magnum, Barney Miller (that is a dope bass line champ...), Greatest American Hero, A-Team, and the original Star Trek

Themes not listed; Cheers, Taxi, Sanford & Son, Welcome Back Kotter, Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, Family Ties...there's a lot more out there that I like too...

 

[Michchamp]

the late 70s/early 80s were the golden age of TV theme songs.

since then there are only a couple I like. The Simpsons theme song is amazing. South Park (hiring Les Claypool to do your theme song is a genius move), ah... I can't really think of too many others since then.

 

[KAWDUP]

Tough question as I think I favor some themes simply because they take me back and maybe not so much as how "good" the actual song was/is.

Of themes already listed I like MASH, Dukes, Fall Guy, Magnum, Barney Miller (that is a dope bass line champ...), Greatest American Hero, A-Team, and the original Star Trek

Themes not listed; Cheers, Taxi, Sanford & Son, Welcome Back Kotter, Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, Family Ties...there's a lot more out there that I like too...

Like your themes not listed too - especially Rockford Files.