This are the openings of Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden (Good Times Bad Times), a Dutch soap.

1990:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=__qZUGmQviw

2001:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=pa5ajBbB_vA

2007:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=2pW4mwcWioA

I actually love the openins from abroad. Dare I say it, they look better than what we get in the states.

Wow, there foreign openings are so different, I'm not quite sure how I feel about them. I think I prefer the way they are filmed (though some look extremely hard to update), but I rarely like lyrics in soap theme songs. They are definitely better than some of the US openings, though.

This may be a UO, but I really like the GL hands opening. It is, at the very least, extremely distinctive, and I think the poem is beautiful, and a nice nod to the shows history. I'd love to see them keep that when they edit it. I'm picturing a shot of a lighthouse as they read the poem, and it leading into a song in which we see the actors (I agree the hands are a little weird).

I absolutely loathe the GH opening. The flashing lights are so irritating- they hurt my eyes. And couldn't we see a little more of the hospital?

And I don't want them too change the days opening. For one thing, it has the advantage of being cheap, but I also like how vintage it is. And it is so DOOL- kind of offbeat, different from the other soaps. Although I do agree that the Melaswen theme was great. I wouldn't be opposed to them using that.

Here's the current Neighbours (Australian soap opera) opening. I like it but I don't like it. I gotten use to Jamie Maunder's voice. I like the photo booth but the rest it too Home and Away for me. Please note: The opening hasn't aired in the UK as of yet so there are some casting spoilers. Which is why I'm including the link rather than a video post.

http://www.perfectblend-media.co.uk/07/open-07-v4.wmv

Here is the link to where you can find most of the openings of this show:

http://www.perfectblend-media.co.uk/credits.htm

In my opinion, I like the map opening (the first channel Ten opening), the 2003 and 2004 openings.

Edited August 12, 200718 yr by angel

I respect your opinion, but somewhat disagree with it. However, I think a mixture of OLTL's early themes and the Peabo Bryson opening and the late 90s opening would make for an interesting combination. But whatever they do, their next opening needs to be completely different from AMC and GH. They three soaps do not need to be morphed into one big mess.

I would love to hear Peabo Bryson sing an updated version of his song in a new updated Tour of Llanview opening based on that of the late 80s and early 90s.

I have ahuge fondness for that song and opening but I have NO idea how it could ever be tweaked enough so that it didn't sound completely dated and cheasetastic to modern audiences--sorry

I love that DOOL and Passions have held out and kept montages that reflect the mood of the show. I liked it when the shows stuck to symbols like the hourglass, the globe, the lighthouse and the picture album. The trend of having actors grinning at you set to theme music is really strange to me, but I did enjoy it during ATWT's 1999 open and Y&R's jazzy saxophone open. They go to all that trouble and yet only Y&R and B&B show you their names. If I have to see them, I'd rather they used footage from episodes the way GL did in the 90s and stay in context.

What I don't get is why B&B shows character names and Y^R shows actors names... I actually did kinda like AMC having the autographed character names for a while--I knwo when i started watching soaps the first big hurdle was getting to know everyone's name...

However I don't really get how Passions' opening reflects the mood of the show whatsoever. If I saw that opening I'd NEVER expect the campy, over the top, self referential mess that Passions was/is

I really think the last good opening was B&B's 1987-2004 classic. I think the biggest problem with soap opera openings is that the executives don't remember what the attitude and mood of the shows were meant to be since they weren't even alive when the shows started and thus the openings just don't work as well.

I loved the 1983 GL opening...not for the horrific visuals but for the gorgeous title music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh22Lsk11Ps

I think DAYS has been smart to stick to its roots and not change. DAYS doesn't need a new opening, it needs new writers!

My favorite Y&R opening is the first one which featured the actors in place of the drawings. What I really liked was at the end of the opening it focused on a necklace which Rex fastened around Katherine's neck...so glamorous, so bitchy, so Y&R http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JsbojH0FBA. The 'porno' opening was actually alright, it's the music which botched it. Jess Walton looked FIERCE in that opening.

I loved all of AW's openings, that really was a special show. I have to say though that I like the 1996 opening the best because it just looked expensive, something which AW didn't look like in its last years.

As I said earlier I loved B&B's flashy 1987-2004 open...that was just perfect. The music was outstanding and the headshots looked like they came off the pages of 'Vogue'...of course Bill Bell had a hand in that!

AMC was at its best with its original, slow opening. I think it was the best representation of Agnes Nixon's work and to me it represents what AMC used to be all about: the problems found in a well-to-do town in the middle of nowhere.

I HATE GH's 'new' opening...I much preferred the 1990's one. This 'new' one basically gives me a seizure. It's terrible. Jackie Zeman and Leslie Charleson are 'blink and you miss them'....UGH.

I loved OLTL's late 1990s opening, it was very dramatic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6g_zTt3ic...ted&search=

Edited August 13, 200718 yr by DaytimeFan

I found the French Opening for AMC with the Tornado from 1994

Edited August 13, 200718 yr by MichaelKane

^^That's freaking awesome! Thanks for posting.

I found the French Opening for AMC with the Tornado from 1994

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I live in PA around where Pine Valley should be. And when I watched this episode. When I watched this episode when it first came on there was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning posted on the bottom and I almost screamed like holy heck thinking there was really going to be a tornado! I was like 8 years old watching it with my mom.

I love it then and I still love it!!! Thanks for sharing!