Best TV Show Openings [with some links]

Best TV Show Openings - March, 2012

Malcolm in the Middle:
*Grr, Fox took down the YouTube link.

Duck Tales:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMU2NwaaXEA

The Cosby Show:
*Season 4 is the best in my opinion, but really all of them are good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxch2td-uNA

Raising Hope:
*Grr, Fox took down the YouTube link.

The X-Files:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmtY0vux30

The Simpsons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-RPp_j2Jk&feature=related

American Horror Story:
*Grr, Fox took down the YouTube link.

Hey Arnold!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKL1ffelnNk

Daria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAURJvawm-0

United States of Tara:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivFAuqpeaz4&ob=av3n

Cheers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtAgAMzaeg

The Brady Bunch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-FeOoKDq4

Doug:
*Eek, no link.

Three's Company:
*Again, couldn't find a link.

Gilligan's Island:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY

Fresh Prince of Bel Air:
*Full version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ1NA7Mgzgw


*Honorable Mentions:

Beverly Hills, 90210:
*They invented the dramatic shoulder turn now seen in many teen soap operas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyS_o6lqKS0

Saved By The Bell:
*I couldn't find the opening, so here's the most memorable scene of the whole series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljtuGoIIKGs

Buffy The Vampire Slayer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoU05_Fr5A

Rocko's Modern Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HmEGRVUcR0

Weeds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVyVp0qMpOk

The L Word:
*I just had to throw it in there, but you must admit that it's kind of cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzKqqyYKaEc&noredirect=1

Good Songs That Are Actually Kind of Fucked Up

Good Songs That Are Actually Kind of Fucked Up [with lyrical examples] – January, 2012

Excluding rap/hip hop songs because that would be too easy…

1. “Love The One You’re With” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash: “And if you can't be with the one you love, honey, Love the one you're with”

2. “I’ll Be Watching You” by Sting: The whole song

3. “Radio” by Alkaline Trio: “I wish you would take my radio to bathe with you, plugged in and ready to fall”

4. “Lola” by The Kinks: “Well I'm not the world's most masculine man, But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man, And so is Lola”

5. “Rape Me” by Nirvana: The whole song

6. “Hotel California” by The Eagles: “You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave”

7. "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix: "I'm goin' down to shoot my ol' lady, I caught her messin' 'round with another man"

8. "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" by Dean Martin: "You're nobody 'til somebody cares"


9. "The Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las: The whole song


10. "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson: "Oh where oh where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me"

11. "Jimmy Dean" by Hunter Valentine: "I don't want to make love, I want to fuck with no feeling"