Watching the brilliant Slow Horses with Mick Jagger’s sublime Strange Game instantly becoming one of my fave theme songs ever.
3 belting show openers:
Strange Game
Jagger
Slow Horses
Far From Any Road
The Handsome Family
True Detective
Woke Up This Morning Alabama 3
The Sopranos
Any more?
3 belting show openers:
Strange Game
Jagger
Slow Horses
Far From Any Road
The Handsome Family
True Detective
Woke Up This Morning Alabama 3
The Sopranos
Any more?
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Detectorists by Johnny Flynn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4k-6Jgyooc
Straight up and down by the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Von Bondies
C'mon c'mon
https://youtu.be/wBt1Q5AcvNY?si=bcug0rLpgiuXE0rT
I’d add the Mission Impossible theme by Lalo Schifrin & the Persuaders theme by John Barry
Maggie Bell
Taggart
(And don’t pretend you don’t remember it) 😉
A darkness to drown in, a hope not quite crushed, a hero not heroic, a promise that dawn may not be stunning, but it will come.
Amongst a huge amount of uninspiring TV it really stands out.
Also Bury A Friend by Billie Eilish on True Detective Night Country.
The heavy
Strike Back
And obviously Emmerdale 😁
Paddy McAloon
Where the heart is
Takes me ten minutes to start watching the programme coz I keep rewinding it for the song 😂
Hope you have a great week ahead my dear friend, full of peace and happiness 😃🙏💚
Not being disrespectful to everyone else, but this is the best theme tune around at the moment.
Nick cave & the bad seeds
PB
Paradise circus
Massive Attack
Luther
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/mick-jagger-slow-horses-title-song-strange-game-books/
John Boutte
Treme
https://youtu.be/nlaoR5m4L80?si=3SqCd78zKIVV9vc1
Cold Little Heart by Michael Kiwanuka
Enjoy Slow Horses, it's incredible. The novels are great too
Rodrigo Amarante
Narcos
Show: Kingdom Hostpital
Song: "Worry about you"
Artis: Ivy
Hauntingly beautiful
https://youtu.be/zkxzb5JyAw0
C B Strike
Black Doves
Stones (again)
Tour Of Duty
Probably the best TV series about the Vietnam War made.
Sivert Høyem
Occupied
Major Tom (Coming Home)
Deutschland 83
And of course:
The Chain
Fleetwood Mac
F1
Jace Everett
Bad Things
Detectorists
Johnny Flynn
Detectorists (Briar and Bramble)
Both worthy of inclusion in your otherwise excellent list.
Norma Tanega
What we do in the shadows
Only theme I don’t fast forward through!
You can't, can you?
True, the shows were piss poor in many cases, but almost all the feem toons were bangers.
Robinson Crusoe, the old black and white one.
I know it's probably not what you meant, but still....
This Life
Curtis Stigers
The Who
CSI : NY
It just hits
Hill Street Blues & MASH. 👌🏻
Jake Bugg
Trouble Town
Happy Valley
Amy Wadge
Faith’s Song
Keeping Faith
Whatever happened to the Likely lads.
Red dwarf.
The inbetweeners - flagpole sitter.
Extra - tea for the tillerman
(Some of these might only be closing credits does that count?)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peaky Blinders