12:34 pm - 04/14/2012
There was a TV theme song lyrical breakthrough this week, revealing that "Frasier's" bizarre TV theme song was ... still a bizarre TV theme song.
The theme song's composer revealed (via Best Week Ever) that "tossed salad and scrambled eggs" was a nice way to refer to the "mixed up," crazy patients of the TV radio therapist. But that isn't as nuts as it gets. While most shows choose the short and sweet lyric-less theme song path these days, the ones that take the opposite, hyper-literal route (we're looking at you, "Small Wonder") are the true heroes of horrible.
HuffPost TV rounded up 10 of our favorite bizarre TV theme songs -- literal, non-sensical and everything in between -- with some choice lyrics that always make us laugh.
'Frasier"
Tossed salad and scrambled eggs are metaphors for Frasier Crane's crazy patients? Really? Even a jazzy tune and a dumb explanation can't save this one from sounding strange.
"But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs/ They're callin' again."
'Small Wonder"
Sure, this TV theme song had quite a fantastical premise to set up, but we still laugh at this sung description of robot child Vicki.
"She's fantastic, made of plastic / Microchips here and there.
She's a small wonder / Brings love and laughter everywhere."
'Community"
"Community" uses a real song -- "At Least It Was Here" by The 88 -- and it's insanely catchy. But if you listen closely, it's also more than a tad morbid.
"Somebody said it can be here / We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year.
I can't count the reasons I should stay / One by one they all just fade away."
'Wonder Woman" (hello)
"Wonder Woman" has a custom earworm of a theme song. While not terribly bad, it was just ... weird. The lyrics mostly made sense, and called a lot of attention to her fighting for rights in satin tights, but these have us stumped. Under what? (She's too flawless for you.)
"Wonder Woman / Get us out from under / Wonder Woman."
'M.A.S.H."
The "M*A*S*H" theme was also titled "Suicide is Painless" -- what a great message for a show about the hardships of war.
"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 / I'm gonna lose it anyway."
'Blossom"
Ignoring the wonderfully bad fashions (because there was a time when they were stylin'), we're left with a little girl dancing around to a song that heavily relies on the made-up word "opinionation." This family sitcom theme sure has a lot of depressing undertones:
"Stop all your fussin' / Slap on a smile / Come out and walk in the sun for awhile ...
'Cause in my opinionation the sun is gonna surely shine."
'Baywatch"
The opening images of "Baywatch" make total sense. But the lyrics? Kind of creepy, especially when you think about David Hasselhoff singing them: He will always be there.
"'Cause I'm always there / I won't let you out of my sight / I'll be there -- never you fear / I'll be there -- forever and always / I'm always here."
'Mr Belvedere"
Painfully long, the "Mr. Belvedere" theme song made it feel like his employers were living just fine on their own ... until he came along and made them a tad snobbish.
"Streaks on the china / never mattered before / who cares / ... According to our new arrival / Life is more than mere survival / We just might live the good life yet."
'The Fall Guy"
Making the life of a stuntman sound cool while rhyming his stunt abilities wasn't easy. "The Fall Guy's" death-defying life -- dying for a living on TV -- was complicated, but all the leading lady name-dropping was more than a little strange. (Special shout-out to Sally Field and Bo Derek!)
"I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs / Blown up for Raquel Welch / But when I end up in the hay / It's only hay ... hey hey."
'Walker Texas Ranger"
Setting aside the slow-mo fight scenes and fly-fishing hijinks of the opening credits, the fact that star Chuck Norris was allowed to sing (OK, speak-sing) the show's theme song -- which is just a creepy, simpler version of "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" -- is amazingly awful.
"'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you.
Any wrong you do, he's going to see.
When you're in Texas, look behind you
'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be."
SOURCE
Any other songs not on this list you find to be creepy?
'Frasier's' Tossed Salad And Scrambled Eggs Among Top 10 Weirdest TV Theme Songs
There was a TV theme song lyrical breakthrough this week, revealing that "Frasier's" bizarre TV theme song was ... still a bizarre TV theme song.
The theme song's composer revealed (via Best Week Ever) that "tossed salad and scrambled eggs" was a nice way to refer to the "mixed up," crazy patients of the TV radio therapist. But that isn't as nuts as it gets. While most shows choose the short and sweet lyric-less theme song path these days, the ones that take the opposite, hyper-literal route (we're looking at you, "Small Wonder") are the true heroes of horrible.
HuffPost TV rounded up 10 of our favorite bizarre TV theme songs -- literal, non-sensical and everything in between -- with some choice lyrics that always make us laugh.
'Frasier"
Tossed salad and scrambled eggs are metaphors for Frasier Crane's crazy patients? Really? Even a jazzy tune and a dumb explanation can't save this one from sounding strange.
"But I don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs/ They're callin' again."
'Small Wonder"
Sure, this TV theme song had quite a fantastical premise to set up, but we still laugh at this sung description of robot child Vicki.
"She's fantastic, made of plastic / Microchips here and there.
She's a small wonder / Brings love and laughter everywhere."
'Community"
"Community" uses a real song -- "At Least It Was Here" by The 88 -- and it's insanely catchy. But if you listen closely, it's also more than a tad morbid.
"Somebody said it can be here / We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year.
I can't count the reasons I should stay / One by one they all just fade away."
'Wonder Woman" (hello)
"Wonder Woman" has a custom earworm of a theme song. While not terribly bad, it was just ... weird. The lyrics mostly made sense, and called a lot of attention to her fighting for rights in satin tights, but these have us stumped. Under what? (She's too flawless for you.)
"Wonder Woman / Get us out from under / Wonder Woman."
'M.A.S.H."
The "M*A*S*H" theme was also titled "Suicide is Painless" -- what a great message for a show about the hardships of war.
"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 / I'm gonna lose it anyway."
'Blossom"
Ignoring the wonderfully bad fashions (because there was a time when they were stylin'), we're left with a little girl dancing around to a song that heavily relies on the made-up word "opinionation." This family sitcom theme sure has a lot of depressing undertones:
"Stop all your fussin' / Slap on a smile / Come out and walk in the sun for awhile ...
'Cause in my opinionation the sun is gonna surely shine."
'Baywatch"
The opening images of "Baywatch" make total sense. But the lyrics? Kind of creepy, especially when you think about David Hasselhoff singing them: He will always be there.
"'Cause I'm always there / I won't let you out of my sight / I'll be there -- never you fear / I'll be there -- forever and always / I'm always here."
'Mr Belvedere"
Painfully long, the "Mr. Belvedere" theme song made it feel like his employers were living just fine on their own ... until he came along and made them a tad snobbish.
"Streaks on the china / never mattered before / who cares / ... According to our new arrival / Life is more than mere survival / We just might live the good life yet."
'The Fall Guy"
Making the life of a stuntman sound cool while rhyming his stunt abilities wasn't easy. "The Fall Guy's" death-defying life -- dying for a living on TV -- was complicated, but all the leading lady name-dropping was more than a little strange. (Special shout-out to Sally Field and Bo Derek!)
"I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs / Blown up for Raquel Welch / But when I end up in the hay / It's only hay ... hey hey."
'Walker Texas Ranger"
Setting aside the slow-mo fight scenes and fly-fishing hijinks of the opening credits, the fact that star Chuck Norris was allowed to sing (OK, speak-sing) the show's theme song -- which is just a creepy, simpler version of "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" -- is amazingly awful.
"'Cause the eyes of the ranger are upon you.
Any wrong you do, he's going to see.
When you're in Texas, look behind you
'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be."
SOURCE
Any other songs not on this list you find to be creepy?
niimaa 15th-Apr-2012 01:26 am (UTC)