The Sweeney's melancholic credits win this for me but what are the others? Usually the intro is just repeated but somehow it becomes sadder, like the last world snooker closer on a Bank Holiday Monday or Grandstand finishing and the start of Monday morning dread kicks in over Basil Brush or Wonder Woman.
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The Incredible Hulk had quite a poignant closing theme, far removed from the rage of the opening titles.
Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostThe Sweeney's melancholic credits win this for me but what are the others? Usually the intro is just repeated but somehow it becomes sadder, like the last world snooker closer on a Bank Holiday Monday or Grandstand finishing and the start of Monday morning dread kicks in over Basil Brush or Wonder Woman.Last edited by Arturo; 29-04-2018, 10:09.
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Wow, this thread hit the ground running; The Sweeney and The Incredible Hulk were my immediate thoughts. The moodier instrumental take on the Cheers theme was good too.
The closing run through the Grandstand theme, particularly in winter when it would already be dark outside, was so freighted with emotion that it might as well have been performed by Joy Division.
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Until the beginning of the decade, I really liked the closing theme to Jim'll Fix It, but that's totally fucked now for obvious reasons.
I still love the end credits of Jamie and the Magic torch. It begins in a similar vein to the opener, but then fades quietly back into night time with appropriate background effects (such as the owl twit twooing) Lovely.
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Closing theme of Grandstand also depends on whether your team won or lost.
Am I the only person whose Monday morning dread started at 5.15 on Saturday? It was during a phase when I was being bullied and I already hated Sundays because of the vacuum of activities. Obviously the question does not apply if you were reasonably content at school (or at least not worried about physical and verbally abusive threats) and you had a family sufficiently functional that you had meaningful Sunday family activities rather than just watching your dad doing time-filling DIY while you were stuck with the Homework or Songs of Praise non-choice.
re. Incredible Hulk. The sad closer was also odd given it was a Friday night, therefore should be a good time show, as such. I'm fairly sure the schedulers did not realize that the Hulk has a subtext of melancholy. Here's a guy who can lift trucks and he's in torment about it. Imagine it being preceded by Cannon and Ball with probably Play Your Cards Right coming after.Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 29-04-2018, 20:46.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostThe Sweeney's melancholic credits win this for me but what are the others? Usually the intro is just repeated but somehow it becomes sadder, like the last world snooker closer on a Bank Holiday Monday or Grandstand finishing and the start of Monday morning dread kicks in over Basil Brush or Wonder Woman.
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Father Ted's longevity is doubtless in part owing to its being one of the few comedies of the past thirty-or-so years that actually pertains to the rules of sitcom - which always offers a far likelier guarantee of 'classic' status. As well as being brilliantly written and performed, of course. (Peep Show also fits here.)
Quirkier, more self-conscious shows like Spaced, Mighty Boosh or League of Gentlemen are always going to seem more 'zeitgeist', although I'll concede that the latter was sufficiently unique to override this.
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As a weird choice, I'd plump for the animated cartoon series, Courage the Cowardly Dog, merely for the loopy and joyful 35 seconds of manic hoe-down strangeness that ends it.
On a retro note, I'd recommend the old Gerry Anderson 70's stalwart UFO, where the peppy, irresistible Barry Gray intro contrasted with its unearthly, atonal end titles which were cribbed from Gray's score to Anderson's only foray into live-action features, Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun, and which never failed to scare the bejeesus out of me as a young 'un.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostFather Ted's longevity is doubtless in part owing to its being one of the few comedies of the past thirty-or-so years that actually pertains to the rules of sitcom - which always offers a far likelier guarantee of 'classic' status. As well as being brilliantly written and performed, of course. (Peep Show also fits here.)
Quirkier, more self-conscious shows like Spaced, Mighty Boosh or League of Gentlemen are always going to seem more 'zeitgeist', although I'll concede that the latter was sufficiently unique to override this.
He wasn't wrong. Apparently most of the people watching the show completely lost it during this song.
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Songs of Love is the only Divine Comedy song that doesn’t make me want to punch yer man. I actually bought the cassette single of Something for The Weekend despite hating it with the intensity of a thousand suns, cos the b-side was that beauty.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7o05wDl7IJk
The studio version, with harpsichord break giving it full Father Ted. So beautiful.
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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostSongs of Love is the only Divine Comedy song that doesn’t make me want to punch yer man. I actually bought the cassette single of Something for The Weekend despite hating it with the intensity of a thousand suns, cos the b-side was that beauty.
I can kind of see how you might think he was a bit of an eejit, but I quite like him. You have to bear in mind that he's the basically the first Northern Irish Protestant a lot of Irish people of my age encountered in any form, who didn't seem to want a fight. It was Ian Paisley shouting at the Pope, George Best who was a drunken wife beater, and Hurricane Fucking Higgins. I saw them live a couple of times and they were fantastic for a spell.
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