Peter Gunn When I was in elementary school, I'd walk home two blocks from school for lunch. My parents had just purchased their first TV - a Motorola monstrosity. (Years later, after the tube had died, it was converted into a terrarium.) Anyway, my mother watched Peter Gunn every day. I loved the beat, the horns, and the way the song fit the show. There have been others, too many to admit.
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Being born in Nevada.....
Bonanza was the show starting in 1959. Our family watched ever episode.
I always thought that Elmer Bernstein had gotten the theme to "Magnificent Seven" from this TV show.
BTW there were lyrics to the theme.
Bonanza
We chased lady luck, 'til we finally struck Bonanza.
With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope, planted a family tree. We got hold of a pot of gold, Bonanza.
With a horse and a saddle, and a range full of cattle, how rich can a fellow be?
On this land we put our brand, Cartwright is the name, fortune smiled, the day we filed the Ponderosa claim.
Here in the West, we're livin' the best, Bonanza, if anyone fights any one of us, he's go a fight with me, Bonanza.
Hoss and Joe and Adam know every rock and pine, no one works, fights, or eats, like those boys of mine. Here we stand in the middle of a grand Bonanza.
With a gun and a rope and a hatful of hope, we planted our family tree, we got hold of a potful of gold, Bonanza.
With a houseful of friends where the rainbow ends, how rich can a fellow be?
On this land we put our brand, Cartwright is the name, fortune smiled, the day we filed the Ponderosa claim. Here in the west we're livin' the best Bonanza.
With the friendliest, fightingist, loving band, that ever set foot in the promised land, and we're happier than them all.
That's why we call it Bonanza...Bonanza...Bonanza...
For me it's The Lone Ranger theme, Rossini's "William Tell" overture. I loved watching it as a kid, happy memories of growing up playing cowboys and riding horses in the country. I think it also reminds me of my parents as young people and long departed grandparents who watched it with me.
Even now, that music has a special timeless quality about it, it still makes the hairs stand up on my neck and stings the eye.
( Sad as it sounds, as there are not too many bikers in my immediate locality, I think even today I might still subconsciously identify myself somewhat with the Lone Ranger, often out riding alone on my trusty steed, but always trying to represent a force for good.!!!!)
The Simpsons. By Danny Elfman. It just makes me happy. I have watched the show since it came on for the forst time and I rarely miss it. Or M*A*S*H, by Johnny Mandel (I think) The lyrics are apropriatly dark.
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There are are several that are worthless, musically, but evoke good memories, The Beverly Hillbillies being near the top of that list. Once I was traveling in Nicaragua with 6 or 7 other people for HOURS in the back of a truck bouncing through the jungle. Besides watching people throw up from car sickness, one of the things we did to amuse ourselves was to sing familiar TV theme songs. When I saw John Candy, in Planes Trains and Automobiles leading plane passengers through the theme from The Flintstones, I nearly fell on the floor laughing. Here's a few:
Perry Mason was a groovin' tune:
The Twilight Zone intro was a good composition with narrative:
Dobie Gillis, another groovin' tune: (turn your volume down a bit)
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Come and knock on our door, come and knock on our door,
We've been waiting for you, We've been waiting for you,
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his...
Who would argue that this isn't the most profound and meaningful music of our generation.
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