LeVar's Walrus - The Reveal

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 10:31AM

I am going to do the As Seen On TV reveal quite a bit earlier today at 4pm as hopefully there'll still be a good few people around as its a Saturday, but mainly because its the most convenient time for me.

Nobody went for any of my pre-selects all week, so no bonus points going to anyone, but here are the 5 I had picked out for this category...

Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be ; One Tree Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gFCW3PHBws

Miike Snow - Animals (Punks Jumped Up Remix) ; Friday Night Dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSj1VMrO9FA

Porno Graffitti - Melissa ; Fullmetal Alchemist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvn7qmNoj48

The Rapture - Echoes ; Misfits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHATH3IAfSM

Jefferson Starship - Jane ; Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCuB-uhNgM

And since its the last day, and TV Themes are so much fun, here's another 7 themes that weren't picked that I thoroughly enjoy...

Regina Spektor - You've Got Time ; Orange Is The New Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9_isl1jjHc

Muff Murfin - Are You A Gladiator ; Gladiators

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI26YE9IJtg

Ron Wasserman - Go Go Power Rangers ; Power Rangers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYuV-2BLBE

Tamsin West - Round The Twist ; Round The Twist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_rZO5IFb4

California Dreams - California Dreams Theme ; California Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sHQKg3pgh8

Exchange feat. Mark Jordan - Where The Truth Lies ; Prince Valiant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIOygMCoTVY

Mike Post - Law & Order Theme ; Law & Order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtJ6hot_GBY

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 10:33AM

I was asked if I was going to add my pre-selections for each round in to the Category Playlists, but I want to leave those as they are, so instead here's a Bonus Playlist of all the songs I had pre-selected throughout the Walrus for anyone who's interested in that...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5L3Ao3oIFzr-DpfUuhTD8avG3-Y6ICZc

ShaneU · 04-07-2020 10:39AM

I was very close to picking Round the Twist but I thought someone else would.

Totally forgot about California Dreams, I watched that a lot!

Electric Nitwit · 04-07-2020 10:44AM

ShaneU wrote: »

I was very close to picking Round the Twist but I thought someone else would

Ah, classic!

I did think of Misfits and The Rapture at one point, but stuck with one of my first thoughts in the end. Just so happened I'd recently watched a series where I really loved the theme

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 02:55PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 02:58PM

13th with 12 points is

Shane U

Frankie Laine - Rawhide ; Rawhide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJeBtHjqJz0

I don't think I had ever seen Rawhide, but I was familiar with the theme song from a very young age, and so were most of my friends despite it being long before our times because by the time we got to secondary school we had a friend Roland, who we would always sing Rollin' Rollin' Roland! at whenever he made an appearance somewhere. Anyway an iconic tune.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 02:59PM

In 12th place with 13 points is

JP Liz V1

Sonny Rhodes - The Ballad Of Serenity ; Firefly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiWxcilWtU

Browncoats unite and sing the song of our people! Love this theme and Firefly should never have been cancelled so early in its run. Tough competition for it here, but middle of the pack in this particular round is still very good going.

JP Liz V1 · 04-07-2020 03:00PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

13th with 12 points is
Shane U

Frankie Laine - Rawhide ; Rawhide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJeBtHjqJz0

I don't think I had ever seen Rawhide, but I was familiar with the theme song from a very young age, and so were most of my friends despite it being long before our times because by the time we got to secondary school we had a friend Roland, who we would always sing Rollin' Rollin' Roland! at whenever he made an appearance somewhere. Anyway an iconic tune.

I remember it more from The Snapper :P

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:01PM

14th and getting 11 points is

Rothko

Apparat - Goodbye ; Dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4INx5lfe4

Dark is the greatest TV series of all-time and you should all go watch it - absolutely mind blowing. Does it also have the greatest theme song in the world? Not quite, but it's pretty damn good all the same.

ShaneU · 04-07-2020 03:02PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I remember it more from The Snapper :P

I knew it from here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:03PM

In 11th place with 14 points is

osh

Johnny Flynn - Detectorists ; The Detectorists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q58Gm18-IMY

I did watch the first couple of episodes of Detectorists a year or two ago, but didn't remember the theme song really standing out. This is a really lovely song though, nice and stripped back with not a lot going on as some of the other songs in this round, but Johnny Flynn's voice is superb.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:05PM

15th and getting 10 points is

Deleted User

Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart ; Vikings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAzlNJonO8

I know of Vikings, but have never watched it. It sounds really familiar so must've heard it before, or it could just be because I've heard a couple of other Fever Ray songs. Great song, really enjoyed it and loved the vibe, it was just up against a lot of heavy hitters here.

beakerjoe · 04-07-2020 03:05PM

ShaneU wrote: »

I was very close to picking Round the Twist but I thought someone else would.

Totally forgot about California Dreams, I watched that a lot!

California dreams was on my extensive draft list.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:07PM

In 10th place with 15 points is

cj maxx

Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not ; The Greatest American Hero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54

It's an undeniably catchy song, and it really gets you in a good mood when you hear it. Didn't expect it to rank so highly in this round, but for feelgood reasons it continuously crept up the table. I knew the song, and was familiar with the show, although I've never actually seen it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:09PM

16th and getting 9 points is

y0ssar1an22

Jace Everett - Bad Things ; True Blood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPNjPpdjKU

I've always loved this song. Was a big fan of True Blood back when it first started, as were my co-hosts on one of the radio shows I was doing back at that time, so we used this as our intro music every week. If I hadn't also just listened to it so much recently while ranking Necro's Surlaw, I may have had it up a couple of more spots.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:11PM

Joined in 9th place and getting 17 points each are

Trigger

and

Zaph

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (Detroit Mix) ; The Sopranos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyT9fhI1C7k

Not surprised that two people went for this, and I expected it to be more than that actually. I also fully expected this to easily make it onto the podium, but it got knocked down the list a bit due to being up against some really strong competition.

04-07-2020 03:11PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

15th and getting 10 points is
Deleted User

I know of Vikings, but have never watched it. It sounds really familiar so must've heard it before, or it could just be because I've heard a couple of other Fever Ray songs.

It's been used in Breaking Bad

when Jesse is driving a Go-kart while having a mental breakdown

, and the Wikipedia page suggests it's cropped up in a few other places too.

Of all the songs I submitted this one is my favourite, a song that still gives me goosebumps when I hear it for the first time in a while. Would've hoped for a better score here but at least it's well clear of the bottom three!

Electric Nitwit · 04-07-2020 03:12PM

Woke Up This Morning was what I thought was the obvious choice, glad I didn't make it three :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:13PM

17th and getting 8 points is

mustang shelly

Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now ; Charmed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_m2GrT_J_A

I actually prefer this to the original Smith's version, which I'm also a fan of. I've only seen an episode or two of Charmed in passing, but am very familiar with the theme song, 'tis a regular fixture on my Spotify playlists.

Necro · 04-07-2020 03:13PM

Electric Nitwit wrote:

That's what I thought was the obvious choice, glad I didn't make it three

Makka Pakka?

Electric Nitwit · 04-07-2020 03:13PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's been used in Breaking Bad
when Jesse is driving a Go-kart while having a mental breakdown
, and the Wikipedia page suggests it's cropped up in a few other places too.

Of all the songs I submitted this one is my favourite, a song that still gives me goosebumps when I hear it for the first time in a while. Would've hoped for a better score here but at least it's well clear of the bottom three!

I love that song! Never knew it was the Vikings theme, that might even make me watch it

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:15PM

8th and getting 18 points is

lassykk

Remy Zero - Save Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0dIn3_2Zc

Was one of my favourite theme songs back in the early '00s and still holds up. It was actually probably the best thing about Smallville now that I think of it - probably only kept watching that show as long as I did to hear the theme song every week, back in the days before you could just magic a song up at the tap of a few buttons. Excellent choice.

beakerjoe · 04-07-2020 03:16PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

In 10th place with 15 points is
cj maxx

Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not ; The Greatest American Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54

It's an undeniably catchy song, and it really gets you in a good mood when you hear it. Didn't expect it to rank so highly in this round, but for feelgood reasons it continuously crept up the table. I knew the song, and was familiar with the show, although I've never actually seen it.

Totally forgot about this classic. Thats well in my head now for the day

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:17PM

In 18th place with 7 points is

Reberetta

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Having An Average Weekend ; Kids In The Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTFg2N97Q98

Wasn't familiar with this at all. I've heard the name Kids In The Hall, but no idea what the show is or what it's about. The theme itself is a great instrumental piece that grew on me quite a bit on repeated listens.

beakerjoe · 04-07-2020 03:18PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

8th and getting 18 points is
lassykk

Remy Zero - Save Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0dIn3_2Zc

Was one of my favourite theme songs back in the early '00s and still holds up. It was actually probably the best thing about Smallville now that I think of it - probably only kept watching that show as long as I did to hear the theme song every week, back in the days before you could just magic a song up at the tap of a few buttons. Excellent choice.

Another forgotten tune. Nice choice. Surprised Liz didnt pick it, id imagine its right up her alley.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:19PM

7th and getting 19 points is

Electric Nitwit

Oh Wonder - All We Do ; Unforgotten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRwconkvD8

Knew the song, discovered it a few years ago and absolutely love it. Never heard of Unforgotten though, so had no idea that it was a TV Theme Tune, but an excellent choice.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:21PM

19th and getting 6 points is

Irish Aris

Lalo Schifrin - Mission Impossible Theme ; Mission Impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O07WucFwdq8

One of those scores that everyone is familiar with, whether you've seen the TV Show and the Movies or not. If I'm ever trying to do something sneakily or stealthily I often hum or whistle this to myself for motivation, which usually ends up just making me very obvious and entirely unstealthy, but it does make me feel really cool doing it.

JP Liz V1 · 04-07-2020 03:22PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

In 10th place with 15 points is
cj maxx

Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not ; The Greatest American Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JCehDOy54

It's an undeniably catchy song, and it really gets you in a good mood when you hear it. Didn't expect it to rank so highly in this round, but for feelgood reasons it continuously crept up the table. I knew the song, and was familiar with the show, although I've never actually seen it.

I'm glad this got in, was one of my finalists

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:23PM

Joined in 6th place and getting 21 points each are

fixXxer

and

Sawduck

Jason Paige - Gotta Catch 'Em All ; Pokémon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCkeLBGSINs

I Wanna Be The Very Best! Was really hoping someone would enter this one, and obviously two of you were picking up on my thoughts. Not much needs saying about it, it's simply epic and great fun to sing during a sing-a-long.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 04-07-2020 03:24PM

20th and getting 5 points is

phatkev

Tom Waits - Way Down In The Hole ; The Wire (Season 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNnnv1HKAI

Great theme song from an equally great show, and I feel bad having it way down in this round, but it really was so tough ranking this round in general. I did love how The Wire had a different version of the theme every season, and I think the Tom Waits version really suited The Docks season.

LeVar's Walrus - The Reveal

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