When you tell people that you play in a band that covers TV theme tunes, they always say “Oh! Do you play ‘Surprise Surprise’?” or whatever. Sometimes the suggestions are good, but we tend to forget to write them down. So, if you’ve got a suggestion, do please bung it in the suggestions box below. There are two rules:
1. We don’t play any theme tunes that feature singing. We have a “no singing” policy. Not because we can’t sing – actually we’re quite good – but we’re trying to avoid a situation where someone in Dream Themes becomes the frontman. No individual is bigger than Dream Themes. We operate according to an extreme left-wing ideology. Or something.
2. We’re trying to avoid themes that were only on TV before 1980 or so – mainly because the people who remember such themes tend not to come to gigs because they’re gardening or whatever. And we end up playing ‘Dixon Of Dock Green’ to a crowd of 27 year-olds who are wondering what the hell we’re doing, and what the hell they’re doing watching us.
Monkey Magic – the theme from Monkey
or
Flying Doctors
Could you do a medley of The Waltons and Little House on the Prairie?
I second Changing Rooms. Also I can’t believe it’s not been suggested yet… PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT:
http://www.4shared.com/mp3/EiVS_p15/tv_themes_-_itv_-_play_your_ca.htm
Johnny Briggs! Please!!!!!!!
The Two Ronnies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwuB00OHQMY
The Flambards
(David Fanshawe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlRoifPllNE
Jonny Briggs
Surely the theme to ‘Parkinson’ ticks all the boxes?!
Changing Rooms.
That is all.
Barry Norman!
Crossroads!
Formula 1 / The Chain
Hawaii Five O
Sale Of The Cocking Century or The New Avengers
The themes from Magnum PI, and Minder (the instrumental version where they use a horn to replace Waterman’s woeful singing…)