6 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Definitely a wise choice to get rid of the vocal part.

My ears are bleeding! 

11 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

My ears are bleeding! 

Someone in the comments on youtube said when they were a little kid and heard that end theme they would run under the dining room table screaming because it scared them.

4 minutes ago, SoapDope said:

Someone in the comments on youtube said when they were a little kid and heard that end theme they would run under the dining room table screaming because it scared them.

Well, I have also seen YT comments where people as children were frightened of Beverlee McKinsey, so there's no accounting for children's taste!!! 

53 minutes ago, Khan said:

I still would love to know which fool at P&G or CBS approved that opening.  The music is okay (although, a little sleepy), but those visuals are just too muddy-looking.

It is muddy looking. I guess they thought with the out of focus look it fit in with the 70's obsession with gritty dark film making. There also was an obsession with nature themes. They could have at least changed the leaves to fit the seasons. That one for Fall, Snow on branches for Winter, Buds for Spring, Green leaves for Summer. 

1 minute ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Well, I have also seen YT comments where people as children were frightened of Beverlee McKinsey, so there's no accounting for children's taste!!! 

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43 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Definitely a wise choice to get rid of the vocal part.

For some reason, it reminds me of when Charlotte Rae (aka "Mrs. Garrett") sang part of "The Facts of Life"'s theme song during that show's first season.

7 minutes ago, Khan said:

For some reason, it reminds me of when Charlotte Rae (aka "Mrs. Garrett") sang part of "The Facts of Life"'s theme song during that show's first season.

Charlotte sounded like she was half lit......then again she always acted half lit. " Blaaaaaaaaaaaaair !"

You'd be lit, too, if you had to play those scenes, lol.

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I will say, my favorite "version" of the theme is the original opening credits cut with flute on the lead. The vocals were only used for the closing credits before the strings version replaced both.

 

5 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

I will say, my favorite "version" of the theme is the original opening credits cut with flute on the lead. The vocals were only used for the closing credits before the strings version replaced both.

 

The flute is okay. 

8 minutes ago, Khan said:

You'd be lit, too, if you have to play those scenes, lol.

Facts Of Life became one of those shows that NBC forgot to cancel after it ran out of steam. A network Exec in 1988 " You mean it's still on" ? 

That's the thing I liked about GL, they had numerous themes and would change it up.

I much prefer the 1975 to 1981 theme over the stupidity that was the 1982 disco theme.  

 

(I like the dead leaves opening.)

I also like the Ritournelle. More than any intro that followed it. It's the show's logo that had no personality and creativity. 

10 minutes ago, Sapounopera said:

I also like the Ritournelle. More than any intro that followed it. It's the show's logo that had no personality and creativity. 

I like the theme beautiful tune, but the graphics have a melancholy vibe. Does anyone know who created that opening graphic ? It reminds me of when I was a kid and there would be a nature graphic for Station ID or when there would be technical difficulty and they would show a graphic place card of trees, a stream etc...

Jon Michael Reed suggested it was more suitable for a Tampax commercial.