The Pine Cone! You officially knew you were at the bottom of the totem pole of Pine Valley society when you checked in there! Wasn't Richie living there for a while? Remember when Kendall was living there in 2002? How far she has come! Haha!

Yeah, she lived there in 1994-1995, and 2002, fun times. Then she moved into the car for a bit. Then Palmer fell for her charms and she got to move on up to the Valley Inn. Then onwards, how far indeed. Richie? Hmm, maybe. I think you're right. My last clear memory of the Pine Cone is Aiden living there and splitting time between making out with Kendall and Mia. Oh, oh Ethan lived there too until he shacked up with his future step-mother.

Okay, so maybe McTavish kept a tiny bit of class divide after she returned.

For the final episodes, both AMC and OLTL should go back to the original closing themes with the credits rolling on the screen:

http://themes.wavethemes.net/a/allmk70b.zip

http://themes.wavethemes.net/o/onelf68b.zip

Yeah, she lived there in 1994-1995, and 2002, fun times. Then she moved into the car for a bit. Then Palmer fell for her charms and she got to move on up to the Valley Inn. Then onwards, how far indeed. Richie? Hmm, maybe. I think you're right. My last clear memory of the Pine Cone is Aiden living there and splitting time between making out with Kendall and Mia. Oh, oh Ethan lived there too until he shacked up with his future step-mother.

Okay, so maybe McTavish kept a tiny bit of class divide after she returned.

Didn't Amanda briefly live in The Pine Cone too? As wasn't Jonathan, Ryan and Erin holed up there too after Ryan came back from the dead and everything?

And of course, the classic theme... which as SFK and I were just discussing... should be the theme music, if any, that should overlay the final scenes.

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I don't know why they ever changed it. I guess because people have jobs and have to do something to earn their check, so they decide they need to have a new theme. The other day I uploaded a video salute to Ruth Warrick that used that theme as a piano solo, and it really is pretty slowed down.

No theme since even came close. And the crap theme they used today almost warrants cancellation.

I don't know why they ever changed it. I guess because people have jobs and have to do something to earn their check, so they decide they need to have a new theme. The other day I uploaded a video salute to Ruth Warrick that used that theme as a piano solo, and it really is pretty slowed down.

No theme since even came close. And the crap theme they used today almost warrants cancellation.

This is beautiful! That's exactly the arrangement I was hearing in my head too for the final scene! Beautiful!

I totally understand the importance of this theme to the show and for long, long time viewers. For me though, the 1990-1994 saxophone falling pictures theme will always be MY theme and I feel of all the modern 90's soap theme updates, this one was truly the best. I may be biased... I am not too sure why they ever got rid of it at the 25th anniversary. I was really glad it was resurrected in an updated form in 2002 and has remained with the show until the very end. Although the visuals of the themes of the past 6+ years do definitely warrant cancellation compared to them of years past. I really loved how the photo album aspect of this show was expanded and truly realized with the falling pictures theme. While dated in terms of production, the concept to me is brilliant.

I hate that it has a voice over, but I like this music....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLK1cKZ_a4

Didn't Amanda briefly live in The Pine Cone too? As wasn't Jonathan, Ryan and Erin holed up there too after Ryan came back from the dead and everything?

You're right. Now that you mention it, I definitely remember the Lavery trio there while Greenlee was keeping the penthouse after Ryan's return from the dead. Amanda? I don't remember. I remember her just coming in around May 2005 and trying to sex up JR successfully, then Jamie. I have no memory of where she lived until she moved in with Jamie. I'm surprised Babe never lived at the Pine Cone. Or did she? Well, she did know how to sell her goods well, lol. Babe & Jamie did live over a a garage or something like that, a few more class diversity points for the evil one (McTavish). Krystal/Babe were initially written as white trash climbing their way up, too.

Speaking of white trash, I kind of hope Mary and her gold-digging ways make a return.

Talk about a soap getting away from it's roots....from the hospital to the mob.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCHlvQrnrs&feature=related

This is beautiful! That's exactly the arrangement I was hearing in my head too for the final scene! Beautiful!

I totally understand the importance of this theme to the show and for long, long time viewers. For me though, the 1990-1994 saxophone falling pictures theme will always be MY theme and I feel of all the modern 90's soap theme updates, this one was truly the best. I may be biased... I am not too sure why they ever got rid of it at the 25th anniversary. I was really glad it was resurrected in an updated form in 2002 and has remained with the show until the very end. Although the visuals of the themes of the past 6+ years do definitely warrant cancellation compared to them of years past. I really loved how the photo album aspect of this show was expanded and truly realized with the falling pictures theme. While dated in terms of production, the concept to me is brilliant.

DOOL has it right. You don't need photos of actors, you don't need their names, you just need a nice piece of music and a memorable image. Y&R years and years ago had a nice opening with the panning over the drawings of the cast, but they too lost their way many a time. Those are the only two soaps I guess that stuck with their themes to one degree or another. The rest just decide randomly that a piece of music is somehow not current. Jack Urbont had a theme for OLTL that just blows everything after it away. I love the cheesiness of "here's what to do when you don't find the rainbow's end" but there was nothing wrong with the theme immediately before. And then there was nothing wrong with "I'll give you tomorrow let me be the one to share it with", but they dropped that for some strange perfume commercial opening. I am serious, people draw salaries to think about openings and themes, and therefore they get tinkered with whether they need changing or not. I guess if they didn't change themes every few years people would have lost their jobs long ago.

You're right. Now that you mention it, I definitely remember the Lavery trio there while Greenlee was keeping the penthouse after Ryan's return from the dead. Amanda? I don't remember. I remember her just coming in around May 2005 and trying to sex up JR successfully, then Jamie. I have no memory of where she lived until she moved in with Jamie. I'm surprised Babe never lived at the Pine Cone. Or did she? Well, she did know how to sell her goods well, lol. Babe & Jamie did live over a a garage or something like that, a few more class diversity points for the evil one (McTavish). Krystal/Babe were initially written as white trash climbing their way up, too.

Speaking of white trash, I kind of hope Mary and her gold-digging ways make a return.

I don't think Babe ever lived at the Pine Cone.... Krystal was checked in their servicing truckers when Tad first tracked her down, was she not? Or was that not even in Pine Valley?

Talk about a soap getting away from it's roots....from the hospital to the mob.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCHlvQrnrs&feature=related

And yet, its the one that is still here.... not much of a consolation I guess. I fully expect it to be gone by Sept. 2012.

The pine cone scene I would like to see again is when Kendell delivers Bianca to Richard Fields. For some reason that is one of the most memorable episodes for me. It was downright disturbing.

I don't think Babe ever lived at the Pine Cone.... Krystal was checked in their servicing truckers when Tad first tracked her down, was she not? Or was that not even in Pine Valley?

And yet, its the one that is still here.... not much of a consolation I guess. I fully expect it to be gone by Sept. 2012.

Either that, or they will end it on GH's 50th anniversary on April 1, 2013. Wouldn't that be something.....

Sigh...back when ABC actually cared about their soaps:

That piano/strings version of the AMC theme was on WoST long ago, along with a pretty snazzy/jazzy/Soul Train version of the original ATWT theme.

There, of course, are lyrics to the original AMC theme. WoST had the vocal version, too (along with vocal themes for OLTL, Y&R, RH, and GH):

"All my children have come through the wilderness,

To the promised land, there to be free.

Who will show them the path to the new frontier?

Who will take their hands down to the sea?

Their shadows grow.

Someday, they'll know.

Love's the only way.

They must fasten their dreams to another shore,

Evermore, until they find me.

All my children cry out for a brotherhood.

From the mountains, their echoes reply.

Who will give them the peace they are yearning for?

Who will sail their dreams up to the sky?

Their shadows grow.

Someday, they'll know.

Love's the only way.

They must follow the tide where the sea birds fly,

Evermore, until they find me."

The OLTL lyrics are here, but the big Preview box over the music obscures the closing lines.

This really does mark the 'death' of the genre. GH is toast, will loose viewers who watch all three soaps in a block. Only the Bell shows and, maybe Days, will remain--Sony has been great at cost cutting and has an interest in keeping the show alive for international distribution.

I do wonder if the loss of AMC/OLTL will help the remaining soaps. In the past, cancellations haven't helped a rival's ratings; however, now, viewers will have no other scripted options. I could see Y&R going up a tad in HH numbers, picking up bored older people and people out of work.

I can totally see Brad Bell hiring Lucci for B&B (I want her to be Sally Spectra's long lost sister.) CBS will be poaching the strongest talent.

This really does mark the 'death' of the genre. GH is toast, will loose viewers who watch all three soaps in a block. Only the Bell shows and, maybe Days, will remain--Sony has been great at cost cutting and has an interest in keeping the show alive for international distribution.

I do wonder if the loss of AMC/OLTL will help the remaining soaps. In the past, cancellations haven't helped a rival's ratings; however, now, viewers will have no other scripted options. I could see Y&R going up a tad in HH numbers, picking up bored older people and people out of work.

I can totally see Brad Bell hiring Lucci for B&B (I want her to be Sally Spectra's long lost sister.) CBS will be poaching the strongest talent.