The Story of TV Theme Songs
Like Homer Simpson, I love my TV...without my local, network, cable, on-demand, and streaming shows none of us would have made it through the pandemic...\n\xa0The downside is that in order to remain distracted and entertainment, I became over-subscribed...mixed with my perpetual fear of missing out, I\u2019ve ended up paying for more cable channels than I need and subscribing to channels I don\u2019t even watch...\n\xa0I\u2019m just too lazy to go through my credit card statements, find the offending charges, and then go through the hassle of calling customer service and cancelling my subscription...I gotta do that...\n\xa0But I\u2019ve been a TV junkie since I was a kid...and one of the things that\u2019s always fascinated me are TV theme songs...some are bespoke compositions commissioned specifically for a show...others are formerly standalone songs that licensed for a program...\n\xa0In both cases, being the writer of a theme song can be extraordinarily lucrative, especially if the show is a hit and goes into syndication...every time the theme you wrote gets played on TV\u2014broadcast or streamed\u2014anywhere in the world, you get paid...every...single...time...\n\xa0And since having your song played as part of a TV show, you\u2019re constantly advertising its existence to the world...if you\u2019re lucky, it\u2019ll blow up into something even bigger...and although it doesn\u2019t happen much anymore, your label might decide to release your TV theme as a single...and if it becomes a hit that way, wow....\n\xa0What I\u2019d like to do is look at the history of some of these TV themes, focusing on rock bands who made some very good money\u2014sometimes-insane money\u2014from somehow ending up being associated with television...\n\xa0This could very well alter the way you listen to TV from now on...\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices