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i thought it was strange that the lighthouse in the opening is not the same lighthouse they are using in the show itself. i mean, when cassie and reva got lost in the woods, the lighthouse they found was a brick one, not like the white one in the opening. i think that if they took out the characters, the opening would look a lot better. i can't wait to see the other openings.

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I never ever watch Guiding Light unless it's on a commercial break channel flip.

But I watched the whole show Friday to see the new look.

I just have one thing to say about the opening.

Kudos.

It was pretty interesting how it was kind of like

Passions/Sunset Beach/Ryan's Hope/ATWT/OLTL

all rolled into one.

I'll have to look out for the other openings GL has.

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Good one, stenbeck.

Nah, I'm still not digging the new theme OR opening. It was bad enough when the shaky-cam made stuff like Lizzie and Remy's bathroom romp look like bad porn. This, OTOH, is like someone's sick idea of a tourism video.

Plus, it makes no frigging sense. "Everybody feels low! Everybody feels high!"? Come on. Even "The Pina Colada Song"'s more profound than that garbage!

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The opening reminded me a lot of the Ryan's Hope openings, shot-wise -- and that's a good thing! LOL at Kim Zimmer jumping up and down in slo-mo and cheering. The theme, though, is bland BS. They should have taken the singing off and just worked on a theme with a hook.

And speaking of hooks, I adore corny and NOTHING can compare with Guiding Light's disco theme from the early 80s. That sh!t was just disco awesomeness. Especially with the "Yah!" kung-fu fighter in the middle. And the voiceover "And now... Guiding Light!" Unfortunately, I don't think it would fit in with the show's current aesthetic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUkghPTO5g

Although I wish they'd put in the swoony closing-credits music "Ritournelle." Cheesey but also haunting and beautiful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5-bhJhN2k

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So far since 2/29/08, the new opening has four versions with different characters I don't know how many more but here they are:

2/29/08 Friday "Version 1":

Coop, Buzz & Frank

Mallet

Reva

Harley & Cyrus

Rafe

Bill

Dinah

Alan

Josh & Cassie

3/3/08 Monday "Version 2":

Bill

Gus

Olivia

Josh & Cassie

Daisy

Lizzie

Harley

Reva

3/4/08 Tuesday "Version 3":

Jeffrey

Reva

Jonathan

Bill & Lizzie

Rick

Cassie

Alan

Dinah

3/5/08 Wednesday "Version 4":

Billy

Frank

Cassie

Alan & Beth

Ashlee

Coop

Bill

Jonathan & Lizzie

So far we have not seen the following characters:

Zach

Marina

Doris

Alexandra

Will

Dylan

Jude

Blake

Vanessa

Natalia

Matt

Leah

Lillian

Ava

Remy

Emma

Rev. Ruthledge

R.J.

Mel

Here is the tally thus far of how many times the characters have appeared in the opening:

Bill--4

Cassie--4

Alan--3

Reva--3

Lizzie--3

Coop--2

Harley--2

Frank--2

Dinah--2

Josh--2

Jonathan--2 (leaving show sometime this spring)

Buzz--1

Mallet--1

Cyrus--1

Rafe--1

Olivia--1

Gus--1 (leaving the show sometime this spring)

Daisy--1

Rick--1

Billy--1

Beth--1

Ashlee--1

Jeffrey--1

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I agree the lyrics are kinda corny, but it is catchy. I wish somewhere in the theme song, they had put the words Guiding Light. Maybe they should drum up some press by holding a contest for someone to write new opening lyrics for the show. Not that you need lyrics. I mean look at Dallas and Knots Landing. Those shows had great openings with no lyrics. Same with Y&R. I've always loved its theme.

And I agree with the posters who said don't be hatin' on OLTL. I was never a huge fan of the show (always been CBS soaps), but I would catch it on occasion because I loved Cord and Tina and I really liked the opening theme back then. I loved how they said One Life to Live at the end. Yes, thy name is corny. :D

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