Now I know the first time around I made this sound like this series of posts would mostly be positive in tone, but after watching last week's Community, I realized it didn't have to be. For this post I'll examine the issue with Community's theme song.
I love Community. it's been great to see the show grow over two season's from a mediocre sitcom that couldn't quite find its voice, to a consistently funny, if lowly rated, start to my Thursday nights. The cast is outstanding, the one liners superb, and story lines constantly inventive.
But if there is one thing that has always bugged me about this show, is its terribly theme song. My main problem is that a good theme song should match the tone of the show it's representing. In the olden days this meant summarizing the major plot points of a TV show and turning them into a jingle (see Brady Bunch). Since that time the TV theme song has undergone several different forms, from simple orchestral music introducing large casts (ER) to popular classic rock songs (CSI's), but if there is one theme song that ever truly encapsulated the show it was a part of, it was "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts for NBC's Friends.
This song not only was a good metaphor for what the show was about, but embodied the optimistic feel of the 90's that the early years of the show now represent. Contrast this with the Community which has this light breezy theme song, for what is often a dark, bitingly funny, and cynical show. Now I don't have any suggestions for what would better represent the show, but this current song is just annoying, and it takes a lot of will for me not to turn the channel when it comes to that part of the show.
What do think expel this theme, or let it pass? (yeah how 'bout them college puns)
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