China Beach

Ruu_Old

Any remember this great show? I was just out for tea and the theme tune was playing over the radio

oleras

Ruu wrote:

Any remember this great show? I was just out for tea and the theme tune was playing over the radio

loved it.....monday nights..mcmurphy in her sexy tight shirt............and the theme song.......... great tune............and the psycho with the big machine gun who had the hots for her, what was his name ?also a surfer dude........... they should rereun that !!!!

Ruu_Old

I think they did at some stage, will have to look for a few episodes if I can or at least the theme song.

oleras

Ruu wrote:

I think they did at some stage, will have to look for a few episodes if I can or at least the theme song.

dont worry, not from heart....lol


Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me

Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me

Oh, I'm all alone now
No love to shield me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality

Happiness you took from me
And left me alone
With only memories

Through the mirror of my mind
Through these tears that I'm crying
Reflects a hurt I can't control
'Cause although you're gone
I keep holding on
To the happy times
Oh, when you were mine

As I peer through the window
Of lost time
Looking over my yesterdays
And all the love I gave all in vain
(All the love) All the love
That I've wasted
(All the tears) All the tears
That I've tasted
All in vain

Through the hollow of my tears
I see a dream that's lost
From the hurt
That you have caused

Everywhere I turn
Seems like everything I see
Reflects the love that used to be

In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
My world has turned to dust

After all the nights
I sat alone and wept
Just a handful of promises
Are all that's left of loving you

Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me

In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
My world has turned to dust...

http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/r/reflections.shtml

Ruu_Old

*hugs wikipedia* here we go

John R

Havent thought about that in years, China Beach was a great programme alright, bloody depressing though. The final season was very strange, it was mostly set after the war with lots of flashbacks.

The theme song was the best supremes song ever, not a well known one though.

AFAIK it hasn't been repeated in a long time, I taped some or maybe all of the episodes about 7 or 8 years ago. I must go looking for them later, I want to watch it again now.

Belle Ende

CHINA BEACH was (and still is) one of the greatest TV series ever.
I'd love to see a re-run of it.

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Unfortunately it will never get a boxset release on DVD (due to the high costs of licensing the classic motown music that featured heavily in the show).

aidan_dunne

Brilliant, brilliant show! Tried to never miss an episode. It was compulsive viewing for a Monday night at 9.30 on RTE 1 (see, I can even remember the time slot they used to show it in! ).

And what guy couldn't fancy Colleen McMurphy, eh? Even at that young age I know I sure did!

John R wrote:

The final season was very strange, it was mostly set after the war with lots of flashbacks.

Yeah, the last series was a bit of a disappointment, I thought. Wasn't mad on that whole "interviewing the characters/flashback thing" they did for the last series. Perhaps if I were to watch it nowadays I'd find it more interesting but, at the time, I prefered the more action packed, blood-and-guts filled episodes of the previous series!

Even to this day when I see Marg Helgenberger in 'C.S.I' I still always, first and foremost, associate her with her role as the slutty "good-time girl" K.C.! And anytime I see the doctor in 'Voyager' I always remember him working in a Vietnam M.A.S.H. unit, covered in blood and guts trying to save some poor, screaming G.I.'s life....... back, of course, when he still had hair!

Great show. Would love to see it again repeated on one of the channels. Being older now, I think I'd appreciate it even more watching it nowadays.

Ruu_Old

All Amazon have is a pilot episode on "video" psh. Will have to find more devious ways of getting it ¬.¬

r3nu4l

aidan_dunne wrote:

And what guy couldn't fancy Colleen McMurphy, eh? Even at that young age I know I sure did!

Being older now, I think I'd appreciate it even more watching it nowadays.

Agreed on both counts I was very young when this was on and don't remember much of the show, other than it's setting and, looking at...well...erm... McMurphys tight T-shirt and what lies beneath

the Shades

The theme tune was 'reflections' by Diana Ross and the Supremes, should be able to find it on most of her greatest hits collections

GoldieBear

oleras wrote:

dont worry, not from heart....lol


Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time
I see reflections of you and me

Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me

Oh, I'm all alone now
No love to shield me
Trapped in a world
That's a distorted reality

Happiness you took from me
And left me alone
With only memories

Through the mirror of my mind
Through these tears that I'm crying
Reflects a hurt I can't control
'Cause although you're gone
I keep holding on
To the happy times
Oh, when you were mine

As I peer through the window
Of lost time
Looking over my yesterdays
And all the love I gave all in vain
(All the love) All the love
That I've wasted
(All the tears) All the tears
That I've tasted
All in vain

Through the hollow of my tears
I see a dream that's lost
From the hurt
That you have caused

Everywhere I turn
Seems like everything I see
Reflects the love that used to be

In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
My world has turned to dust

After all the nights
I sat alone and wept
Just a handful of promises
Are all that's left of loving you

Reflections of
The way life used to be
Reflections of
The love you took from me

In you I put
All my faith and trust
Right before my eyes
My world has turned to dust...

http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/r/reflections.shtml

That song was so addictive, the memories.... Are there any repeats on telly?