Favourite lyrics in a telly theme tune

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I'm sure the geeky americangs will say the original spider-man theme tune.

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

But I say WONDER WOMAN ROXOR (I am all gay, obv)

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
All the world's waiting for you,
and the power you possess.

In your satin tights,
Fighting for your rights
And the old Red, White and Blue.

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
Now the world is ready for you,
and the wonders you can do.

Make a hawk a dove,
Stop a war with love,
Make a liar tell the truth.

Wonder Woman,
Get us out from under, Wonder Woman.
All our hopes are pinned on you.
And the magic that you do.

Stop a bullet cold,
Make the Axis fall,
Change their minds, and change the world.

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
You're a wonder, Wonder Woman.

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

only fools and horses - just brilliant, with a lovely drum break

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

pick a line from the lyric then (i couldn't do it for WW cos every line is a gem)

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

stack a pony in me pocket (?)
i'll fetch the suitcase from me van
cos if you want the best ones butcha dont ask questions then brother i'm yer man
cos where it all comes from is a mystery its like the changing of the oceans and the tides of the sea
but he's the one who's driving me beserk
why do only fools and horses work

(i think)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

he used to bring me roses
I wish he could again
but that was on the outside
and things were different then

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

maybe james means the credits theme which is arguably better - "mandy feet, bookie street" or whatever it is

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

"t.v.s, deep freeze and davis bowie lp's, and trevor francis tracksuits froma mush in sheperds bush, bush, bush , bush, bush"

so good just so so good

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Jamie! Jamie!
Jamie and the Magic Torch.
Down the helter skelter, faster and faster
towards Cuckoo Land.

Wordsworth! Wordsworth!
Following hard behind.
Ready for adventure, always there to lend a paw
...or hand!

Mr Boo and all the others too,
the strangest people you've ever seen.
And the torch with it's magical beam -
If I hadn't really been there
I'd think that I was dreaming!

Jamie! Jamie!
No two nights are the same.
And life is one long glorious game
with Jamie.
Jamie and the Magic Torch!
[Yeah! Switch On!]

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Steve - the "Trevor Francis tracksuits from a mush in Shepherd's Bush" bit is much better... partly because it seems so dated now.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

maybe tomorrow i'll wanna settle down
until tomorrow i'll just keep moving on

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

You can knock it,
You can rock it,
You can go to Timbuktu,
But you'll never find a Nessy in the zoo.
You may see an Anaconda, or Giraffe and Kangaroo,
But you'll never see a Nessy in a zoo.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

anyone got the lyrics to 'Bread'? hahaha "gotta get up, gotta get out..." etc.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

McTout blows on his bagpipes, whilst Elspeth & Angus watch those notes go floating across the waves.
Ferocious-Ness appears at once, and grabs a note or two for lunch,
And the whole of the Family Ness is not too far behind
Sporty-Ness leaps over him,
Turns up-side-down and dives back in,
And the beautiful Lovely-Ness shows she's the kissing kind!
Eyewit-Ness comes up for air,
And taking notes without a care,
He turns, with a crash, and a bash and and a splash,
To the Family Ness......

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

one letter is only a part of it, your letter is only the start of it
now you've done it, jim has fixed it for yoooooou
and you and you and you

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

woooooooaaaaah, bodyfor-horm - bodyform for yoooooooouuuu.... and you and you and ba-ba-baaa... ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba baaaa....

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:02 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha dammit both of you

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:02 (twenty-three years ago)

sons and daughters
love and laughter
tears and sadness and happiness

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)

they crash him and his body may burn
they smash him but they know he'll return
to live again
(BOM BOM BE BOM)

andy

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

"heeeere at Degrassi junior hiiiiiiiiii" ????????

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - ro nationstreeeeeeeeeet...
(lower pitch)
Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - ro nationstreeeeeeeeeet...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

making your way in the world today takes everything ya got
taking a break from all your worries should would help a lot

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

fun house
whole lotta fun
prizes to be won

it's a real crazy show - where anything can go

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"If your mansion house needs haunting, then hire Rentaghost..
We've got spooks and ghouls, and freaks and fools...
At Rentaghost..."

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

if only grange hill had lyrics - because that lazy funk tune was a killer

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"Where Cathy adores a minuet
The Ballet Russe and crepe suzette...
Our Patty likes to rock and roll!
A hot dog makes her lose control!
What a wild duet!"

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

E-e-e-e-sten-ders . . . e-e-e-e-s-sten-dender-enders

And the Grange Hill theme does go wonderfully into the riff from "Bullet in the Head" by RATM

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"do do, do do do do do d dadada da da ddd d d b b b bb" otherwise known as the antiques roadshow in our house when i was a kid

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

"news at 10 d d d ddd news atat ten d d d d dd news, news news news "

i do apologise - i will leave

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)

in the heart of Transylvania,
in the vampire hall of fame ee-yeah,
there's not a vampire zanier than Duckula

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)

one for all and all for one

muskahounds are always ready

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

(can somebody rescue me from teatime ITV circa 1992 please)

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

dont you open that Trap Doooooor
you're a fool if you dare!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

children of the sun, someday soon your time will come...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey! Telly Savalas wasn't in any of these shows

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

we'll fly by niiiight, we'll fly by day-ay-ay
moonlighting strangers
cos we met on the way

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Have you ever, ever felt like this?
When strange things happen are you going round the twist?

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

ulysees eyeyeyes noone else can do the things you do oo

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"news at 10 d d d ddd news atat ten d d d d dd news, news news news "
i do apologise - i will leave

DON'T. I'm relieved someone else does this too!

num num, cities of gold and ulysses of course had smashing lyrics.

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

the heat is on
the time is right
it's time for you
for you to play your game

people are coming
everyone's trying
trying to be-ee the best that they can

when they're going for, going for gold

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Joe, its your mum here... your tea and crumpets are ready love.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I fucking hated that Cities of Gold tune. I hated the programme too.

flounces off to play sevensies instead

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

ugh. I hate tea

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Have you ever, ever felt like this,
When strange things happen,
Are you going round the twist?

― Alfie (Alfie), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Jossys Giants

Swapping their homework for footwork,
Kicking the ball till its dark,

Here go Jossy's Giants,
Footballs just a branch of science,
Head the ball, now Jossy calls...

Jossy's Giants!!??

Dependable, Reliant
Put your faith in Jossy's Giants
Get stuck in, we're gonna win...

Jossy's Giants!!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

blimey http://www.citiesofgold.co.uk/lyrics.html

― Alan (Alan), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Now this is the story all about how,
My life got flipped, turned upside down,
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there,
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air

(sing this to the tune of Miss Dynamit-ee-hee - it works scarily well)

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

but everyones loves crumpet - esp del boy phwooar

Alan - i still do it to every instrumental theme tune - the world needs words

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Down at Fraggle Rock
Grab a Fraggle by its cock
Throw him in the air
Catch him by his pubic hair

If you want some fun
Stick a chainsaw up his bum
Turn the chainsaw on
Now the Fraggle's gone

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

everybody knows

badger loves mashed potatoes

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Matt DC is a goddamn PERVERT and has tainted my memories of the past forever.

(You are also a wonderful evil genius.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

feel the magic, hear the roar
Thundercats are loose (£10 for a suck n' fuck in fact)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

It's time for Animaniacs
And we're zany to the max
So just sit back and relax
You'll laugh 'til you collapse
We're Animaniacs!

Come join the Warner Brothers
And the Warner Sister, Dot
Just for fun we run around the Warner movie lot
They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught
But we break loose and then vamoose
And now you know the plot

We're Animaniacs!
Dot is cute and Yakko yaks
Wakko packs away the snacks
While Bill Clinton plays the sax
We're Animaniacs

Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe
Ralph and Dr Scratchansniff; say hi to Hello Nurse.
Goodfeathers flock together; Slappy whacks 'em with her purse.
Buttons chases Mindy, while Rita sings a verse.
The writers flipped; we have no script
Why bother to rehearse?

We're Animaniacs
We have pay-or-play contracts
We're zany to the max
There's baloney in our slacks
We're Animanie,
Shirley MacLainey
Animaniacs
Those are the facts

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:27 (twenty-three years ago)

(aaaghh... I'm slipping... I should be doing my CDT homework...)

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Thundercats are loose (£10 for a suck n' fuck in fact)

Cheetarah... ROWR!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Pete always sings 'Emmerdale Farm, you're watching Emmerdale Farm' when I am trying to watch Emmerdale. Emmerdale. Just Emmerdale. NO MOTHERFUCKING FARM ALRIGHT.

Sorry I have Friday pm itis. I will calm down now.

― Emma, Friday, 14 March 2003 16:29 (twenty-three years ago)

i was on a train recently and this young girl was singing that Animaniacs theme to her Mum, i liked it before then...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I hated that schnarf thing of thundercats - when I arise to power he'll be sent straight down to huntingdon life sciences

― j0e (j0e), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Up from the depths!
Thirty stories high!
Breathing fire!
His head in the sky!
Godzilla!
Godzilla!
Godzilla!

And Godzooooooooooooo-0000000-oooooooookie....

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

MINDER RULEZ THIS THREAD!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.culttelly.co.uk/lyrics.html

ph34r the Midi!!!!

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

making your way in the world today
- takes everything yer got
taking a break from all your worries
- sure would help a lot
..etc

Brilliant because these lyrics are *so* true

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

ah alchahol dulls the pain - hurrah for cheers

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)

and the ability to spell correctly

― james (james), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Hero in spaghetti straps - Girl power!
(ie made-up lyrics to the buffy theme)

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 14 March 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Du hast viele Träume
Weisst genau wohin du willst
Immer auf der Suche
Bis du deine Sehnsucht stillst

Ich seh in dein Herz
Sehe gute Zeiten schlechte Zeiten
Ein Leben das neu beginnt
Durch Liebe und Schmerz
Wird in guten und in schlechten Zeiten
Dein Schicksal bestimmt

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 March 2003 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Never know the Hogan Heroes theme had words.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 March 2003 17:17 (twenty-three years ago)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FUNNY WHAT YOU SAID IS, NED! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 March 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

*bows* One tries, however inadvertantly. And there's mirth in Mitteleuropa tonight!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 March 2003 17:29 (twenty-three years ago)

"Feel the magic. Hear the roar. Thundercats are loose!"

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

mum, some people are not reading the thread before they post again! ;)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry about that, Steve. Visions of Cheetara were flashing through my mind at that point.

How about:

"If you live in Pigeon Street,
Here are the people you could meet,
Here are the people who would say hello goodbye,
Hello goodbye, every day.

Where Pigeon Street, their wings wings beat.."

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Friday, 14 March 2003 19:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Leon fucking Redbone!

"Streaks on the china,
never mattered before,
who cares.

When you dropped kicked your jacket
As you came through the door,
No one glared.

But sometimes things get turned around
And no one’s spared.

All hands look out below T
here’s a change in the status quo.
Gonna need all the help that we can get.

According to our new arrival
Life is more than mere survival
We just might live the good life yet."

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 14 March 2003 20:09 (twenty-three years ago)

A friend of mine composed lyrics for an Iron Man TV theme, very much along the lines of the old Spider-Man theme. I wish I could remember it, but it started "Iron Man, Iron Man / Does whatever an iron can / Flattens clothes in a flash..."

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 March 2003 20:50 (twenty-three years ago)

anyone got the lyrics to 'Bread'? hahaha "gotta get up, gotta get out..." etc.

Got the lyrics to Bread? Oh, I got the lyrics to Bread all right. I've got the fuckin' lyrics to Bread all frickin' right. Oh, Jesus, have I got... (etc, etc)

"Best" bit:
(Billy) Buy it! (Nellie) Sell it!
(Jack) The game's gettin' 'ard.
(Adrian) Cos someone's dealin' you a losin' card...

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 14 March 2003 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

When Captain America throws his mighty shield,
All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield.

― Al Ewing (Al Ewing), Friday, 14 March 2003 23:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider,
She didn't care if the whole world looked.
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her,
She was a sister who really cooked.
And then there's Maude...

― Skottie, Saturday, 15 March 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Through early moring fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are with held for me
I realise and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
Gonna to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say

― chuck, Saturday, 15 March 2003 02:05 (twenty-three years ago)

or maybe:

Baby, if you've ever wondered,
Wondered whatever became of me,
I'm living on the air in Cincinnati

― chuck, Saturday, 15 March 2003 02:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"It's a duck blur!"
could solve mystery or rewrite history!
ducktales, whoo-ooh!"

or
"Attaaaaaaaaack of the killer tomaaaaaatos"

Ah, I am just relieving my childhood, let me enjoy it.

― liz! (liz!), Saturday, 15 March 2003 03:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes had to be the crappiest cartoon ever made. The standard of animation alone was shocking. Actually, this gives me an idea for another thread...

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Saturday, 15 March 2003 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

"There's a voice that keeps on calling me
Down the road that where I ought to be

And every stop I make I make a new friend.......

Maybe tomorrow I wanna settle down
Maybe tomorrow I'll just keep moving on"

I always found this geniuinely moving - The Littlest Hobo

― yellow, Saturday, 15 March 2003 23:38 (twenty-three years ago)

I too love the tune to only fools and horses. The tune to "Cheers" is another I could listen to over and over again.

― ali (ali), Sunday, 16 March 2003 01:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I would hold the hand of the one who could lead me places
And kiss the lips of the one who could sing so sweet.
And I would fly on the wings of the bird
I knew, it would take me highest.

Breathe in, breathe out.
You keep me alive.
You are the fire burning inside of me.
You are my passion for life.

― nellskies (minna), Sunday, 16 March 2003 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Shortland Street (NZ soap) back when it's theme song had lyrics:
Is it you or is it me?
Lately I've been lost it seems
I think a change is what I need.
If you're looking for a chance or to dream
Shortland Streeeeeeeeeet
If you want to find a way of searching for another world
it's hard to see
Shortland streeeeeeet

I think there were more verses but I can't think of them. I have the dance mix of this song on a tape somewhere I have no idea what it's trying to say.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 16 March 2003 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

The two top telly theme tune lines I could never discern as a kid:

"Making good use of the things that they find. things that the everyday folks leave behind" from the Wombles,

and "Close friends get to call him TC, providing its with dignity" from Top Cat.

― MarkH (MarkH), Sunday, 16 March 2003 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

those Top Cat lyrics in full:

Top Cat The most ef-fec-tu-al Top__Cat
who's in-te-lec-tu-al, Close friends get to call him "T. C."__
pro-vid-ing it's with dig-ni-ty__ Top Cat
the in-dis-pu-ta-ble lead-er of__ the gang__
He's the boss, he's the VIP, He's a champ-i-on-ship__
He's the most tip top Top Cat.
Yes__he's the boss, He's the king, but a-bove
ev-'ry-thing__ he's the most tip top
Top Cat Top Cat____

― MarkH (MarkH), Sunday, 16 March 2003 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Streaks on the china,

Never mattered before,

Who cared?

When you drop kicked the jacket,

As you came through the door,

No one glared.

But sometimes things get turned around,

And no one's spared.

All hands look out below,

There's a change in the status-quo.

Gonna need all the help that we can get.

This is the theme tune from Mr. Belvedere.

According to our new arrival,
Life is more than mere survival.
And we just might live the good life yet.

― Mandee, Sunday, 16 March 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

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