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I need to watch this now. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. ❤Day 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
(would have posted this on Day 1 but I forgot!) +2 points for 2 women.
So I'm going to stretch the spirit of rule a bit.
Theme songs are not necessarily the same as a Leitmotif, the song played at the intro to a TV show. Theme songs can be a song used during the show/film, take for example Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter, or Imperial March from Star Wars. Anyone would argue that they are the embodiment of their respective films.
I won't go into detail, but growing up I had serious issues coming to terms with who I was. Something that helped me was the Rrrriot Grrrl scene, women in punk, and after that came the post-punk era.
Enter: Tegan And Sara. Queer icons, both gay. Their openness gave me confidence, their music inspired me, and they were obviously my first celebrity crushes.
In 2022 their memoirs were turned into a TV show: High School. It's an excellent show (and an excellent book) made special because it's about two gay women growing up, but it doesn't focus on their sexuality. It's a trait of theirs, but it is not the onus of their being. This is so very very rare when showcasing gay women in media.
In the show we get to watch T&S as they discover music, and take their first wobbly steps into composing.
So I'd like to present one of their first songs, the theme of the show, and their lives distilled:
Tegan And Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You.
I need to watch this now. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. ❤
Loved this show. Love T&S. Didn’t know it was a book!! Going to have to check it out. ThanksDay 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
(would have posted this on Day 1 but I forgot!) +2 points for 2 women.
So I'm going to stretch the spirit of rule a bit.
Theme songs are not necessarily the same as a Leitmotif, the song played at the intro to a TV show. Theme songs can be a song used during the show/film, take for example Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter, or Imperial March from Star Wars. Anyone would argue that they are the embodiment of their respective films.
I won't go into detail, but growing up I had serious issues coming to terms with who I was. Something that helped me was the Rrrriot Grrrl scene, women in punk, and after that came the post-punk era.
Enter: Tegan And Sara. Queer icons, both gay. Their openness gave me confidence, their music inspired me, and they were obviously my first celebrity crushes.
In 2022 their memoirs were turned into a TV show: High School. It's an excellent show (and an excellent book) made special because it's about two gay women growing up, but it doesn't focus on their sexuality. It's a trait of theirs, but it is not the onus of their being. In fact, I don't believe it's even mentioned. It's normalized. This is so very very rare when showcasing gay women in media.
In the show we get to watch T&S as they discover music, and take their first wobbly steps into composing.
So I'd like to present one of their first songs, the theme of the show, and their lives distilled:
Tegan And Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You.
Sometimes, you get so tired of pretending like you're so strong
Everyone you love has gone and decided that you're so wrong
That song lives rent free in my head. Loved this show when I was a kid.Day 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
Fuck....Day 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
I have a 'rules' question: is perfect attendance defined as posting a song every day, or a song for every day, regardless of when?Bonus points!
I’m doing something a little different this month.
Play or don’t play, doesn’t matter to me. Just another way to make things fun. Please don’t feel pressured in any way to do this additional part and I’m definitely not expecting any perfect scores.
You can collect points all month long! There will be some 1-day bonus points, announced day of, and a few for the entire month.
Please track your own points. Honor system.
*Breaking the cardinal rule will disqualify you for the month*
March is women’s month!
+1 if the artist is a woman, or
+2 if the artists are multiple women
+5 for dedicating a song to me(this can only be used once in the month)
+5 for perfect attendance
Points might be awarded at random as well. Haven’t decided about that part.
People with the highest points at the end of the month will win… something.
I will argue this is among the greatest TV themes ever. It perfectly sets the viewer up for what is to come. And what to come is genius. Gary Shandling was so fucking ahead of the curve, no one paid attention.Day 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
Attempting to go in a completely different direction from last night's song choice...
I've listened to this theme song so many times and I still can't decide whether it's a surrealistic deconstructionist work of absolute genius, or just abject foolishness (most likely about dead centre between those polarities)... but all I can say with certainty is that this song will be stuck in my head for days. "How do you like the theme to Garry's show?"
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Haven't seen the show, but I love Nick Cave. The most surprising part of any Harry Potter movie was hearing "O Children" in the Deathly Hallows Pt 1 (my favorite song by Nick and the Bad Seeds).Day 2: Excellent TV show theme song, regardless if you like the show
Peaky Blinders
Red Right Hand-Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds