Televisiondome Nomination Thread: Priming Time

[Johnny Unusual]

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We are living in the age of the Internet but as a kid, it was all about TV. And like the Internet, it was both our perfect view into society and a perfect vehicle for our evils. Lot of hand wringing about TV and not all unjustified panic. It really did affect our worldview. It also gave us some bops and bangers. After all, film didn't start with sound but TV did and it was quick to understand the power of music. Eventually, we even got a channel for music videos. Many in fact and weirdly not... that interested in music anymore. But whatever. We all have our own favourite jams.

So let's choose some of our favourites and pit them against each other. You can pick up to four pieces of music and/or songs. They can have originated on TV (theme songs, background music, musical numbers), conspicuously used on TV (for example, a TV's theme song, even if it didn't start on TV), be about TV, be a cover of something that originated on TV or could be a version of just a song that aired on TV, like one from Nirvana Unplugged (you don't even have to go iconic). There's very little off limits, in my opinion but let's try our best to stay on topic all the same. there are limits but there's a WIDE swath we can cover! I already have a few but my heart hurts to think about the ones that will get left off.

Anyway, choose some and then we'll pit them against each other, tourney style. But don't feel bad if you don't win, it's just a fun way to share some cool jams.

I'll be taking nominations until April 6th! Then I'll start sometime Easter Weekend. Thanks and good luck to you.

 

[Torzelbaum]

• While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne et al from the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductions
• Low Man's Lyric by Metallica from their 1998 appearance on MTV Unplugged
• Lead Me Home by Jamie N Commons from The Walking Dead soundtrack
• The Interdimensional ABK intro theme by Edward Moore and Alasdair Beckett-King

(I think many/some of these could also have been used in the Depressingdome.)

 

[Issun]

Light of the Seven (Game of Thrones)
Clown in the Sky (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
The Day That Robert Palins Murdered Me (I Think You Should Leave)
Run Boy Run (by Woodkid, used in The Umbrella Academy)

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Sealab 2021 - Calamine (Sealab 2021)
Weather - Yugo Kanno (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
Bad Stuff Happens in the Bathroom - Bob's Burgers cast (Bob's Burgers)
Tales from the Crypt -Danny Elfman (Tales from the Crypt)

 

[Bongo]

Star Fleet (End Titles) from Star Fleet, by Paul Bliss
The Mission from NBC Nightly News, by John Williams
Devilman No Uta from Devilman Crybaby, a cover of the theme song of the same name from Devilman (1972), by Kensuke Ushio
Spider-Man from Spider-Man (1967), by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris
X-Men Theme from X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) by Ron Wasserman
Suite of Symphonies for brass, strings, and timpani No. 1; movement 1: Rondeau by Jean-Joseph Mouret (1729), best known as the theme song for Masterpiece Theatre (1971). Or you can just call it "Rondeau"
Opening Theme from Unsolved Mysteries (1988), by Michael Boyd and Gary Remal Malkin
Heaven and Hell, 3rd Movement by Vangelis, used as the theme song for Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)

 

[Violentvixen]

Teardrop - Massive Attack, House MD
Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3, The Sopranos
Sound of Silence - Disturbed's cover of Simon and Garfunkel
Where Do I Begin - Shirley Bassey (The L Word)

 

[Purple]

Season 1 Opening Theme - Farscape
Climax Jump - Kamen Rider Den-O
Next Level - Kamen Rider Kabuto
W-B-X - Kamen Rider W

 

[Olli]

Can't Leave the Night - BADBADNOTGOOD, from Lockwood & Co
Drop - Pharcyde
Long Hard Times to Come - Gangstagrass, from Justified
Hard Rock Hallelujah - Lordi, from Eurovision 2006

 

[Paul le Fou]

Game of Thrones - Main Title
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends - Opening theme to The Wonder Years
Dawid Podsiadło - Let You Down - Ending theme from Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Iconic appearance in season 4 of Stranger Things

 

[Kirin]

Mysterious Cities of Gold OP by Shuki Levi
The Mandalorian by Ludwig Göransson
Star Trek: The Next Generation Theme by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Duvet by BOA (Serial Experiments Lain OP)

And the thing I immediately thought of when Johnny brought up this dome:
The Golden Age of Video by Ricardo Autobahn

 

[WildcatJF]

This is so broad lol. OK, here goes:

TANK! by Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop)
The Muppet Show Intro Theme by the Muppets
H.T by Tsuneo Imahori (Trigun)
Hit Single by Sonny Sharrock, Alfreda Gerald, Eddie Horst, Lance Carter (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)

 

[Daikaiju]

• ALF Saturday AM theme by Saban & Levy (?)
• SW: Droids - Trouble Again by Stewart Copeland
• Batman: The Brave and The Bold - Birds Of Prey by Gail Simone
• Steven Universe - It's Over, Isn't it? by Rebecca Sugar

 

[Torzelbaum]

Hey @Johnny Unusual, can we use music that's for a fictional TV show?

SW: Droids - Trouble Again by Stewart Copeland

I did not know that was his work.

 

[Exposition Owl]

• "Television Man," by Talking Heads
• "Hey Sandy," by Polaris, which was used as the opening theme for The Adventures of Pete & Pete
• "Falling," by Julee Cruise & Angelo Badalamenti, which was used as the opening theme for Twin Peaks
• "All Along the Watchtower," by Bob Dylan, as arranged by Bear McCreary for Battlestar Galactica

 

[SpoonyBard]

How has no one nominated DuckTales? Well it's my nom now, hah!

1. DuckTales (the original)
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (again, the original)
3. Ghostbusters (The Real)
4. The Littlest Hobo (Full version)

Why yes I did just do a bunch of nostalgic 80s/90s opening themes.

EDIT: Replaced the last one, probably has less of a chance of going anywhere than the one I first used but I have to follow my heart.

 

[Violentvixen]

"All Along the Watchtower," by Bob Dylan

Well dang I somehow always thought that Hendrix did this and Dylan did a cover, I'm glad I learned the correct history!

 

[Johnny Unusual]

Hey @Johnny Unusual, can we use music that's for a fictional TV show?

Sure,

 

[Exposition Owl]

Well dang I somehow always thought that Hendrix did this and Dylan did a cover, I'm glad I learned the correct history!

I mean, it’s totally Hendrix’s song now, and even McCreary’s arrangement of it for BSG couldn’t exist without Hendrix. So if you were wrong before, it was only in the most technical sense.

 

[Issun]

Dylan even said the song belonged to Jimi after hearing the cover. Much like Trent Reznor conceded Hurt to Johnny Cash.

 

[Torzelbaum]

Sure,

Thanks. Just swapped out one of my picks

Here's an alternate in case one of them doesn't qualify:
Runaway (re-recorded version) by Del Shannon used as the opening theme for Crime Story

 

[Johnny Unusual]

The Muppet Show Intro Theme by the Muppets

@WildcatJF Look, I usually don't tell people what to post but this video doesn't have the big finale. I'll put up what you want but... do you want the version with the big finale?

 

[WildcatJF]

@WildcatJF Look, I usually don't tell people what to post but this video doesn't have the big finale. I'll put up what you want but... do you want the version with the big finale?

If you can find a better one with the finale, go for it. It was weirdly difficult when I looked, haha.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

I was able to find a couple.

This one lacks for video quality but it's got the whole thing. It also has the musical Statler/Waldorf exchange, which I like.

This one, however, is SLIGHTLY briefer but has better video quality.

Here's an audio only one, if you want that option.

Would any of these work for your purposes or do you prefer the clarity of your own choice. Wasn't trying to call your choice out but when the ending didn't happen, I felt like that meme lady freaking out when shapes were put in the wrong holes.

 

[WildcatJF]

This one lacks for video quality but it's got the whole thing. It also has the musical Statler/Waldorf exchange, which I like.

Let's go with this one. It's more in line with how I remember it going anyway, haha. Thanks for looking into it, Johnny; I just wasn't in the mood to sort through YT yesterday, so I appreciate you having more patience than me, haha.

 

[Kirin]

@Johnny Unusual Just a heads up in case you already started gathering the noms, I just replaced my first one in my post above.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

No worries

 

[Bongo]

Can we post more than four?

 

[Johnny Unusual]

No, some people are just informing me of some changes to their list. You are always free to do that until the deadline. Don;t worry about telling me, I won't gather until then.

 

[Falselogic]

My noms.

1. Airwolf theme song
2. Knight Rider theme song
3. The A-Team theme song
4. Power Rangers theme song

 

[Rascally Badger]

1. Do You Really Want to Taste It Wigwam, (Peacemaker Theme Song).
2. Magnum PI Theme
3. Franz Kafka Home Movies
4. Oakland Nights (Silk Robes and Kimonos) The Lonely Island The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

If either of my last two don't work, I can change them.