I LOVE THAT!!!!

And Scotty, yep that's ATWT's theme. I like it, but I think it should be more...hmm...what's the word....it should have more "umph" to it lol.

Thank you...and your are so right. It needs more 'umph' or as Tim the tool man Talor from Home Improvement would say, 'it needs more power.'

JSF, I have to tell you, I LOVE those GL openings that you posted! Especially the first from 1983. I wouldn't say it was the best soap opening ever, but it was damn good. The compelling music combined with the shots from the show....I love "My Guiding Light"! However, as far as GL is concerned, NOTHING beats the Hold On To Love opening from the 90s. God, how I miss that opening...

Harley dancing away at the end is pure brilliance.

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I would post the classic soap opening that I'm currently addicted to, but the only place I've ever seen it is over at WoST. In fact, it's a recent addition to the archives with the current update. That would be the final 'Love of Life' opening. I've been a HUGE fan of the corresponding themesong for years since I first discovered it. It was composed by Canadian Haygood Hardy and is available on one of his albums from the late 1970s. It's hauntingly beautiful and poigant in the vein of Nadia's Theme, Days, and the 75-81 AW theme. The opening is set against a black background with still cast photos (in dramatic pose and shadows), some fading toward the camera, some away, before cutting to a beautifully conceived logo that kinda zooms and blurs into focus (very much like the original 'Loving' logo) before fading to black. Beautifully done and very classy. A screencap from that opening is my current avatar.

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Harley dancing away at the end is pure brilliance.

My cousin and I would laugh at Harley at the end because it so fit the music. My favorite still is 83/85/ or the 90 one.

I would post the classic soap opening that I'm currently addicted to, but the only place I've ever seen it is over at WoST. In fact, it's a recent addition to the archives with the current update. That would be the final 'Love of Life' opening. I've been a HUGE fan of the corresponding themesong for years since I first discovered it. It was composed by Canadian Haygood Hardy and is available on one of his albums from the late 1970s. It's hauntingly beautiful and poigant in the vein of Nadia's Theme, Days, and the 75-81 AW theme. The opening is set against a black background with still cast photos (in dramatic pose and shadows), some fading toward the camera, some away, before cutting to a beautifully conceived logo that kinda zooms and blurs into focus (very much like the original 'Loving' logo) before fading to black. Beautifully done and very classy. A screencap from that opening is my current avatar.

Now I want to see it even more than I had before! The music is so gorgeous...so, so, so gorgeous. If LoL was still on the air today, I'd easily see that exact arrangement still being used as the theme music. It's absolutely timeless. Would you care to describe how the opening cut sounds?

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, KENNY.

I just discovered a SHOCKER.

You know how you were chatting about the "Days" opening and closing, how it starts from day and moves to night for the old closing?

Well, as a new "Search for Tomorrow" fan I've discovered something: in 1984, SFT had the SAME idea. Daytime at first, night time for the closing.

So it begs the question:

DID "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" COPYCAT "SEARCH FOR TOMORROW?!!!"

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, KENNY.

I just discovered a SHOCKER.

You know how you were chatting about the "Days" opening and closing, how it starts from day and moves to night for the old closing?

Well, as a new "Search for Tomorrow" fan I've discovered something: in 1984, SFT had the SAME idea. Daytime at first, night time for the closing.

So it begs the question:

DID "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" COPYCAT "SEARCH FOR TOMORROW?!!!"

JSF....you should be comedy.

JSF....you should be comedy.

Imagine that....one soap copied something from another one. Never heard that one before.

Imagine that....one soap copied something from another one. Never heard that one before.

Yeah, but that's different. When it comes to stories, it's okay, but when it's something GLARINGLY obvious, like the "Days"/"SFT" controversy, I think we should take it more seriously. Think about it, any soap can have a baby switch story, but what if "Days," for whatever reason, changed their opening. The new opening has an opening book with flying photos of the Bradys and Hortons. OBVIOUSLY, we'd all cry, "Copycat!" because AMC sort of has -- and rightfully so -- monolopoly rights over the photo album idea. So that's why I was so shocked by the "Days"/"SFT" issue. This could be a very big deal.

Yeah...someone should really alert the media to this horrific scandal.

Yeah...someone should really alert the media to this horrific scandal.

There is nothing much original on tv these days. Everybody copies things off of everybody else.

Yeah, but that's different. When it comes to stories, it's okay, but when it's something GLARINGLY obvious, like the "Days"/"SFT" controversy, I think we should take it more seriously. Think about it, any soap can have a baby switch story, but what if "Days," for whatever reason, changed their opening. The new opening has an opening book with flying photos of the Bradys and Hortons. OBVIOUSLY, we'd all cry, "Copycat!" because AMC sort of has -- and rightfully so -- monolopoly rights over the photo album idea. So that's why I was so shocked by the "Days"/"SFT" issue. This could be a very big deal.

You want a really big shocker? In the late 1960s, both "The Secret Storm" and "Dark Shadows" featured images of waves crashing against the rocks of a shore in their openings.

Or, even worse, "Another World" and its spin-off "Somerset" supposedly had the EXACT opening from 1970-1971. Visuals were exactly the same, and so was the music. Only difference was the title.

I'll call 911 now just in case you...you know, pass out or something.

You want a really big shocker? In the late 1960s, both "The Secret Storm" and "Dark Shadows" featured images of waves crashing against the rocks of a shore in their openings.

Or, even worse, "Another World" and its spin-off "Somerset" supposedly had the EXACT opening from 1970-1971. Visuals were exactly the same, and so was the music. Only difference was the title.

I'll call 911 now just in case you...you know, pass out or something.

Careful...you don't want to be responsible for sending poor JSF into cardiac arrest.

You want a really big shocker? In the late 1960s, both "The Secret Storm" and "Dark Shadows" featured images of waves crashing against the rocks of a shore in their openings.

Or, even worse, "Another World" and its spin-off "Somerset" supposedly had the EXACT opening from 1970-1971. Visuals were exactly the same, and so was the music. Only difference was the title.

I'll call 911 now just in case you...you know, pass out or something.

Don't forget that from 1975-1984 "One Life to Live" also had images of the sun in their opening...just like "Search for Tomorrow."

I'll wait for the ambulance.

The SAME exact...my word. I...don't know what to say! It's all too scandalous! It's all too shocking!

I'd be interested to see the soap magazine articles from back then, to see how they knocked each soap that copied the other.

Oh, the lack of originality! What a world!!!