Worst tv show opening theme songs - Blu-ray Forum

FrellingFrakker · 02-27-2012, 11:06 PM

Over the years there have been many great tv theme songs and plenty of terrible ones. What opening themes do you think are either just plain bad or don't fit the show? Songs that are cheesy now but appropriate for the time don't count.

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FrellingFrakker · 02-27-2012, 11:10 PM

I'll start. I think the opening theme from Star Trek Enterprise was and still is terrible. It's like the theme for a cheesy drama and doesn't make me think about Star Trek at all.

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carterk88 · 02-28-2012, 02:18 AM

The opening song for The Wonder Years. I really like "With a Little Help from My Friends" when Joe Cocker sings it. Especially the live version from Woodstock! But for some reason this short version of the song sounds terrible.

krazeyeyez · 03-06-2012, 10:50 AM

Already mentioned and sad as it is since the show could have been the best since the OS if given the chance by the network i gotta go with Enterprise. Although i gotta note i loved the opening song to the alternate universe story arc on Enterprise... but`the regular theme was god awful to the point it actually makes me cringe hearing it.

Smallville is also on my list.... that is one cheesy band but i do like the song that band has at the end of fanboys when the kid with cancer gets to view episode 1 early.

Steel Panther · 04-01-2012, 06:46 PM

The Never Ending Opening to "Maude"

supersix4 · 04-01-2012, 09:21 PM

Six Feet Unders is pretty bad, just started watching that...

But hands down the worst is Luck

just awful opening.

hardtosayx · 04-02-2012, 12:47 AM

I love the theme of Six Feet Under

Hucksta G · 04-02-2012, 12:53 AM

Yep Six Feet Under's opening music is great....don't mind Luck's one either.

iam1bearcat · 04-02-2012, 04:13 AM

Firefly.

awesome show, but ridiculously cheesy / crappy country song is hideous.

Elandyll · 04-02-2012, 09:21 PM

Enterprise.
Between that and Scott Bakula at the helm (whom I otherwise enjoyed a lot in Quantum Leap), it made me not watch the entire series, believe it or not.

Moviefan2k4 · 04-02-2012, 09:28 PM

The only one that comes to mind is the music for when "Batman: the Animated Series" was renamed "The Adventures of Batman & Robin". Danny Elfman's theme was fine; they shouldn't have changed it.

EdDave · 04-02-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

Firefly.

awesome show, but ridiculously cheesy / crappy country song is hideous.

Really? I always thought the opening song was awesome.

Hayabusa85 · 04-02-2012, 10:43 PM

It isn't bad at first but when you buy the complete series and go on a marathon of watching it the cash register really ends up getting on your nerves

jwblu · 04-02-2012, 10:59 PM

Doogie Howser's theme always bugged me.

iam1bearcat · 04-03-2012, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by EdDave

Really? I always thought the opening song was awesome.

i know a lot of people like it, but it always made me cringe. first time i heard it i literally stopped dead in my tracks and had to see what the hell it was. lo and behold it was Firefly!

That'sAllFolks · 04-03-2012, 10:27 PM

without a doubt:
Secret Life of the American Teen-ager.

I have to mute the sound.

My_Two_Cents · 04-03-2012, 11:32 PM

Three's Company. Always hated that one.

menaceuk · 04-03-2012, 11:45 PM

Friends- Just bugs the hell out of me

iam1bearcat · 04-04-2012, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by menaceuk

Friends- Just bugs the hell out of me

at first i thought you said Fringe and i was like, "WTF!"

and then i saw your avatar and thought "seriously? WTF!"

and then thought it was a joke, and then re-read it and said, "oh yeah, i agree"

menaceuk · 04-04-2012, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

at first i thought you said Fringe and i was like, "WTF!"

and then i saw your avatar and thought "seriously? WTF!"

and then thought it was a joke, and then re-read it and said, "oh yeah, i agree"

Fringe is awesome. Gets me in the Mood for the show

02-27-2012, 11:06 PM	#1
FrellingFrakker Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 Location:USA Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:11	Worst tv show opening theme songs Over the years there have been many great tv theme songs and plenty of terrible ones. What opening themes do you think are either just plain bad or don't fit the show? Songs that are cheesy now but appropriate for the time don't count. Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk

02-27-2012, 11:10 PM	#2
FrellingFrakker Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 Location:USA Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews:11	I'll start. I think the opening theme from Star Trek Enterprise was and still is terrible. It's like the theme for a cheesy drama and doesn't make me think about Star Trek at all. Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk

02-28-2012, 02:18 AM	#3
carterk88 Member Member since:May 2011 Blu-ray collection:206	The opening song for The Wonder Years. I really like "With a Little Help from My Friends" when Joe Cocker sings it. Especially the live version from Woodstock! But for some reason this short version of the song sounds terrible.

03-06-2012, 10:50 AM	#4
krazeyeyez Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:the guy on the couch Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:287 Blu-ray reviews:4	Already mentioned and sad as it is since the show could have been the best since the OS if given the chance by the network i gotta go with Enterprise. Although i gotta note i loved the opening song to the alternate universe story arc on Enterprise... but`the regular theme was god awful to the point it actually makes me cringe hearing it. Smallville is also on my list.... that is one cheesy band but i do like the song that band has at the end of fanboys when the kid with cancer gets to view episode 1 early.

04-01-2012, 09:21 PM	#6
supersix4 Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews: 53 Trading Score:3	Six Feet Unders is pretty bad, just started watching that... But hands down the worst is Luck just awful opening.

04-02-2012, 12:47 AM	#7
hardtosayx Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:PA 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1482 DVD collection:77 Trading Score:52	I love the theme of Six Feet Under

04-02-2012, 12:53 AM	#8
Hucksta G Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:New Zealand 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:999 DVD collection:378 iTunes collection:1 Trading Score:5	Yep Six Feet Under's opening music is great....don't mind Luck's one either.

04-02-2012, 04:13 AM	#9
iam1bearcat Blu-ray Knight Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Club Loop Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:54 DVD collection:28 Trading Score:29	Firefly. awesome show, but ridiculously cheesy / crappy country song is hideous.

04-02-2012, 09:21 PM	#10
Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	Enterprise. Between that and Scott Bakula at the helm (whom I otherwise enjoyed a lot in Quantum Leap), it made me not watch the entire series, believe it or not.

04-02-2012, 09:28 PM	#11
Moviefan2k4 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Montgomery, TX 4K collection:44 Blu-ray collection:317 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:2	The only one that comes to mind is the music for when "Batman: the Animated Series" was renamed "The Adventures of Batman & Robin". Danny Elfman's theme was fine; they shouldn't have changed it.

04-02-2012, 10:59 PM	#14
jwblu Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:226 DVD collection:2 MA collection:2 Blu-ray reviews:3	Doogie Howser's theme always bugged me.

04-03-2012, 10:27 PM	#16
That'sAllFolks Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2009 Blu-ray collection:3298 DVD collection:8025 Digital collection:125 Trading Score:2	without a doubt: Secret Life of the American Teen-ager. I have to mute the sound.

04-03-2012, 11:32 PM	#17
My_Two_Cents Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Wherever I may roam.... Home Theater Gallery:40 4K collection:35 Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:19 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:4	Three's Company. Always hated that one.

04-03-2012, 11:45 PM	#18
menaceuk Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2010 Blu-ray collection:191	Friends- Just bugs the hell out of me

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