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1 Name that Tune: the "Friday Night Lights" Theme
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2 The Tune is Named: The "Friday Night Lights" Theme
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3 Sing "Little Boxes" Along with the "Weeds" Cast
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4 Buzz News Roundup, 1/2
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5 Are These the Best TV Theme Songs?
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6 Buzz In: What Are the Best TV Theme Songs Right Now?
Reading this story about True Blood theme song singer Jace Everett got me thinking once again about how much power a TV theme song can have. In the case of True Blood, "Bad Things" immediately sets a kind of gothic, dark, but still fun tone for the show that follows. At TCA, the trailer for Eastwick used Everett's song, and critics in the room were livid, feeling that Eastwick just didn't fit the Read more
The folks over at Paste have compiled a pretty impressive list of the 40 best TV theme songs of all time, complete with YouTube clips for each. Some of them are relatively modern classics (The Simpsons, The Sopranos), while many others dredge up memories of the '70s (The Love Boat, The Brady Bunch). It's a pretty comprehensive list, and there are lots of fun facts I didn't know (for example, the Read more
Ooooh, ahhhhhh. Check out the Knight Rider building. (I think it's in Germany, with all of the Hoff's fans, besides me, of course.) I won't lie. I thought it was pretty cool. It made me wanna do a little dance. Thanks, College Humor! Read more
According to NME, MC Hammer is starting a Web site dedicated to dance videos. Sacha Baron Cohen may play Abbie Hoffman in Stephen Spielberg's next movie, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, according to Variety. ComingSoon reports that Tyler Perry will play a role in JJ Abrams Star Trek movie. The New York Daily News reports on a contest where the winner is named the Ultimate Couch Potato. Tila Read more
As Paula Abdul would say, "Guys, you took the 'Knight Rider' theme song and really made it your own." read more Read more
Thanks to Pop Candy for reminding me that Showtime is running a very fun contest right now to support the third season of "Weeds." One of the show's hallmarks is the "Little Boxes" theme song, which was written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962 and is performed by different artists at the start of each episode. Now, Showtime is looking for viewers to record music videos of their own version of the Read more
BuzzSugar readers get things done! I asked you last week to help me figure out what the "Friday Night Lights" theme song is, and you totally came through. NoBillPosting gave me the tip that the song might be by W.G. Snuffy Walden, who also did the themes for "The West Wing" and "My So-Called Life," among others. So, I emailed Walden, and he confirmed that he and Bennett Salvay, who works with Read more
BuzzSugar readers, I need your help! I'm dying to figure out what the theme song is for "Friday Night Lights," and I'm stumped. The show, which airs tonight at 8 p.m., uses a lot of music from the Texas band Explosions in the Sky, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's by them. However, it doesn't sound like any songs of theirs that I know. Anyone have a guess? If you need a refresher, here's a Read more
Are the yé-yé girls having resurgence? First there was Megan's infamous Mad Men song and dance number, and now they've come up again in Wes Anderson's latest film Moonrise Kingdom. In the film — set in 1965, a year before this season of Mad Men — Suzy Bishop is one half of the lovesick preteen couple at the center of the movie. While her style is clearly fashioned after the yé-yé girls, Read more
We had a dual theme this week on American Idol. "California Dreaming" — which essentially meant songs about California, written by artists from California, or songs that were written in or around the state of California — was the first, followed by a round of songs that the contestants "wished they had written." Phillip Phillips started off the show with CCR's classic "Have You Ever Seen the Read more
