Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs

[bumpy mcgee]

I am convinced the theme from Ren and Stimpy was the driving force behind the swing music revival in the mid 90s.

 

[Brian J Walter]

This list includes Lost, which doesn't even have a theme song ...

And "Stranger Things," which has a bunch of random sounds as its "theme." Soundtrack? Yes. Theme? Uh uh.

 

[da man]

No Barney Miller? This list is a fraud.

 

[da man]

Thought I'd let someone else say something about M*A*S*H. Still my favorite ... "Suicide Is Painless" is an all-timer, too. Shame that we heard the lyrics only in the film's opening credits.

It's sung in Painless' suicide scene (starts about 40 seconds in):

 

[ChrisLong]

I should have posted this when I nominated "Peter Gunn."

 

[Slacker]

The Munsters theme is a darn good rocker when you ramp it up ...

 

[Slacker]

Same cover version, with visuals from the show and elsewhere.

Don't miss the shots of Yvonne De Carlo. Total smoke show back in the day ...

 

[da man]

I should have posted this when I nominated "Peter Gunn."

That's on the list!

 

[Twirling Time]

I did a CTRL-F for "Community" and it didn't turn up any results, so I'm satisfied.

Also, this seems relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOM8mCS1fk

That's a tight jam. Love it.

 

[Azrael]

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[Huggy]

Did the SWAT theme make it? That was a 45 back in the day.

 

[BTExpress]

The greatest divergence between Season 1 and Season 2 theme songs has to be The Smith Family (1971-72). Start of Season 2 theme makes no sense. Sounds like "A Quinn Martin Production" kind of theme.