What's Your Favorite Pop Instrumental(s)?

[bub]

The same could be said for ALL music really, varying only really slightly. (Except for some songs, hip-hop/rap music mostly. You probably remember the old classical record TV ad that mentioned a classical tune was the inspiration for a pop song like.....

Aww hell, I can't describe it. Here's the YouTube video on it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhGjo9TuAc

I remember that commercial. The actor in the commercial was John Williams, who replaced Sebastian Cabot for a time on Family Affair. Remember Mrs. Beasley?

 

[Paige Turner]

Remember Mrs. Beasley?

It's a sad commentary that, when I hear Family Affair, I think of Buffy overdosing and Brian Keith committing suicide.

"Hooked On Swing" came at the end of of the disco era and was a massively commercial track. Think it came out in 1981.

There were several of those medley-type things around that time (Stars on 45; Beatles; Beach Boys)... "Hooked On Classics" may have even reached the Top Ten. Funny how you never hear them anymore.

 

[bub]

Remember Mrs. Beasley?

It's a sad commentary that, when I hear Family Affair, I think of Buffy overdosing and Brian Keith committing suicide.

Now that you mentioned it, you're right. That was a star-crossed cast. Anissa Jones (Buffy) OD'ed, Brian Keith (Uncle Bill) committed suicide, Sebastian Cabot (Mr. French) died of a stroke and Johnny Whittaker (Jody) became an alcoholic (by his own admission). Only Kathy Garver, who played Cissy, for lack of a better phrase, came out intact.

 

[elchupacabras]

Remember Mrs. Beasley?

It's a sad commentary that, when I hear Family Affair, I think of Buffy overdosing and Brian Keith committing suicide.

"Hooked On Swing" came at the end of of the disco era and was a massively commercial track. Think it came out in 1981.

There were several of those medley-type things around that time (Stars on 45; Beatles; Beach Boys)... "Hooked On Classics" may have even reached the Top Ten. Funny how you never hear them anymore.

They're not heard anymore because they're burnt. They've become stiffs.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Remember Mrs. Beasley?

It's a sad commentary that, when I hear Family Affair, I think of Buffy overdosing and Brian Keith committing suicide.

"Hooked On Swing" came at the end of of the disco era and was a massively commercial track. Think it came out in 1981.

There were several of those medley-type things around that time (Stars on 45; Beatles; Beach Boys)... "Hooked On Classics" may have even reached the Top Ten. Funny how you never hear them anymore.

It reached number one, bumping "Bette Davis Eyes", which came back. A terrible, terrible song. I couldn't believe Useless Classics played it. Interesting how most of the songs in the medley have shown up in adult standards. I'm becoming more accepting of The Beatles than I used to be.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I only watched started watching The Match Game while Gene Rayburn was host ( I'm not into TV game shows). I do remember hearing A Swingin' Safari as the theme. I tuned in to watch the Match Game for the first time because, Rayburn was also on NBC Radio 's "Monitor" and I wanted to see what he actually looked like. You know how it is, the radio voice never looks like what we picture. Gene Rayburn did a great job on Monitor and on the Match Game. He was a very personable on air person. But at least during the time I watched the show, A Swingin' Safari was the theme song.

I should have looked this up while I was on here. Wikipeida does say this was true, because Rayburn was on way before I started watching.

I was watching "To Tell the Truth", "You Bet Your Life" and "Concentration" in those days. Good music on all those. Orson Bean now seems to be a regular on "Desperate Housewives". I love that show right now.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Remember Mrs. Beasley?

It's a sad commentary that, when I hear Family Affair, I think of Buffy overdosing and Brian Keith committing suicide.

Now that you mentioned it, you're right. That was a star-crossed cast. Anissa Jones (Buffy) OD'ed, Brian Keith (Uncle Bill) committed suicide, Sebastian Cabot (Mr. French) died of a stroke and Johnny Whittaker (Jody) became an alcoholic (by his own admission). Only Kathy Garver, who played Cissy, for lack of a better phrase, came out intact.

Yeah, it's sad to think about these people. I thought Johnnie Whitaker ended up fine, trough.

If you want to talk about sad, how about the remake? Although I persoanlly thought Tim Curry was great as French and Caitlin Wachs made a great Sissy.