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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 17, 2005 14:25:55 GMT -5
I know a lot has been done on this topic already and people could go through and piece together all the different threads and comments on this topic. However, for those people who may be new to the show and the board, I thought this thread might help them realize what they are missing. Some of us know that songs have been pulled and replaced, but some people might not until they come to this board. For that reason, I thought that people might like to list by episode what music was altered or changed...maybe even telling people where in the episode it was switched. This might help more people realize just how much the show has changed BECAUSE of the music. I don't have my VHS copies at my apartment, so someone else will have to get the ball rolling on it...I just thought I would throw this idea out there.  |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 19, 2005 9:21:47 GMT -5
Bad idea I guess...it seems that this has been read, but stagnant since I left. |
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Post by MelMac on Dec 19, 2005 20:46:45 GMT -5
In my case, I don't know where everything's been altered. Only thing I know is what songs are gone and/or replaced.
I mean, some are obvious, i.e. "Eve of Destruction," and a lot of "Classical Gas" but others are not so much. Example, if I didn't know that "Pinball Wizard" was gone from "Wizards and Warlocks," I'd never known. The change to me is subtle because the music (and I'm guessing it's when Ralph plays the arcade game,) sounds to me something that would come from the arcade games of that time.
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Post by MissDavidson on Dec 19, 2005 22:36:27 GMT -5
Pilot:
-Help Me Rhonda (Beach Boys) when the bus is pulling out of the parking lot, leaving on the field trip
-Space Oddity (David Bowie) at the scene where Bill's just driven off, leaving Ralph in the desert with the package and Ralph turns to walk back and loses the instruction book. (
-Rocket Man (Elton John) a couple of parts in the episode, one I remember where Ralph and Pam are driving in her VW bug, and Ralph almost runs off of the road because he's getting a hologram in the side view (rear view?) mirror.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 19, 2005 22:41:41 GMT -5
Rocket Man also played when he is flying home after stopping the attack on the President. |
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Post by MissDavidson on Dec 19, 2005 22:53:32 GMT -5
No, the theme song plays when he's flying home after saving the president. That's how it was on FX, I have it on tape.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 19, 2005 23:07:29 GMT -5
I do too...but I have Rocket Man on mine...hmmm..maybe the music change was in evidence BEFORE.  |
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Post by GAH Geek on Dec 20, 2005 18:28:46 GMT -5
Rocket Man also played in that scene where Ralph Flys over the wall of that Govenor's manison to get Bill Back
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 20, 2005 18:30:00 GMT -5
I do remember that part. My copy has it though when he is flying home too. Hmm...how to rectify this mystery? *Thinks for a second* GREENGUY! CAN YOU HELP US!!!! |
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Dec 22, 2005 16:26:43 GMT -5
houdiniderek: you're saying you have a copy of the GAH pilot (from where did you get this, by the way?) where Rocket Man is playing at the VERY END of the pilot, right after Ralph flies off with the spotlight after saving the president??? I just want to confirm because I have the pilot recorded from like 4 different sources and none of them have it - just the theme, which is actually the first time in the show we ever heard the theme with lyrics.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 22, 2005 18:50:58 GMT -5
I will try to find it this weekend when I trek home for the holidays...maybe I am mistaken...as miss davidson is usually right. If I am right though, cool. |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 27, 2005 22:53:32 GMT -5
She was right...I did have it confused with another night flight sequence. I forgot SPACE ODDITY was in the pilot...I need to see if I have the whole series on VHS...that is a HUGE oversight. Kudos, miss davidson. |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 28, 2005 23:04:16 GMT -5
I still think it would be handy to have a list, but apparently no one reads or cares about the music anymore...too much socialization to accept things. IF Greenguy ever returns and reads this, he should add the original song list to his episode index...I think it would work great.
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Dec 29, 2005 11:26:51 GMT -5
If you mean a complete list of all the songs used in GAH, there is one onlline over at Tony's GAH Yahoo group. I made it myself, compiled from other lists found on the Internet, my own material as well as input from GAH song writer Stephen Geyer himself. I think it covers everything. Or, if you'd prefer, I can email the list (it's in Microsoft Excel format) to anyone who would like to see it. Just let me know.
-Frank
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Dec 29, 2005 13:31:05 GMT -5
That's cool...didn't know it existed, which is why I thought one should be made. That is awesome...do you think you could post the link to the Yahoo Group so people can go peruse it?
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Dec 30, 2005 12:15:41 GMT -5
It's already there. When you're in the group, just look under Files > Miscellaneous and the file is titled: Greatest American Hero - Songs.xls
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Post by Maxwell - F.B.I. on Feb 14, 2006 10:33:40 GMT -5
Anyone have a chance to check this out yet? I'd be curious to know opinions on it.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 14, 2006 12:27:42 GMT -5
Can you find it without being a part of the group? I never have any luck with things usually when I have to join them. I like this board because you don't HAVE to be a member to participate. So, is there a way to access the song list without joining? |
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 3, 2006 17:34:08 GMT -5
I think one of the worst song changes is taking out SPACE ODDITY and ROCKET MAN and inserting that stupid THIS IS NOT YOUR TOWN song or whatever it is called.
In the pilot, I actually like the song they replace HELP ME RHONDA with...I never understood why it was there except for the fact that a character was named Rhonda.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Jul 10, 2006 11:05:17 GMT -5
TGAH fans should be comforted that they are not the only shows to have music changed. The A-Team had minimal changes, but it was there...although EVE OF DESTRUCTION stayed intact. In another show I watched a couple of years ago, KEEN EDDIE had a lot of songs that were cut by the studio. Only a handful stayed. We are not alone in our fight for authenticity. Unfortunately, the almight dollar keeps us from being very effective.
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