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davemackey:
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'147581\' date=\'Mar 7 2007, 02:21 AM\']
Another rock riff in a game show theme: The "Chopsticks" musical phrase from a rock song that I can't now remember was borrowed for "Trivial Pursuit". Anyone remember the hit song? Was it "Blinded By The Light"? My head hurts from trying to remember.
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Cut loose like a deuce... it was the Manfred Mann version of "Blinded By The Light" that had that Chopsticks interlude that Bruce Springsteen could never have dreamed of.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---Maybe becuase "The Love Experts" theme WAS a top 40 hit (albeit barley). The name of the tune is "Spring Rain" by Argentine composer and producer Bebu Silvetti, known simply by just his last name. He is best known for this beautiful disco instrumental that peaked at #39 on the Billboard charts back in 1977. Just thought I'd share this piece of music trivia.
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Forgot to put the little "winkie" in my last message :) Anyway, I really like that tune and it got a lot of use back then; from background music to sports highlights, to being a game show theme, to even being used as a traffic bed on a radio station, as I think someone previously mentioned. For those of you who haven't seen Love Experts, you've most likely heard the tune at some point. Bob Stewart also used it on his 1984 pilot of a new version of Jackpot.
TimK2003:
Here's a few harder-to-find relations
Wordplay -- "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" by Juice Newton. (1981-ish)
Break The Bank '76 -- "Why Cant I Touch You" by Ronnie Dyson. (1969)
--- Quote ---Better not. The theme from BONANZA was written by the fabulous team of by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. And I was so surprised to learn that it has lyrics, that I asked Ray for an autographed copy. Ask me in a couple of days and I'll dig them out and post the words, if anyone is interested.
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I can help you a bit on that Randy:
We chased lady luck till we finally struck..Bonanza,
With a gun and a rope and a hat full of hope we planted our family tree.
We got a hold of a pot full of gold... Bonanza,
With a horse and a saddle and a ranch full of cattle, how rich could a fella be.
Lorne Greene also did a version of the song (how fitting!)
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'147587\' date=\'Mar 7 2007, 06:05 AM\']
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'147581\' date=\'Mar 7 2007, 02:21 AM\']
Another rock riff in a game show theme: The "Chopsticks" musical phrase from a rock song that I can't now remember was borrowed for "Trivial Pursuit". Anyone remember the hit song? Was it "Blinded By The Light"? My head hurts from trying to remember.
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Cut loose like a deuce... it was the Manfred Mann version of "Blinded By The Light" that had that Chopsticks interlude that Bruce Springsteen could never have dreamed of.
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Yes, but you need the LP version to get it. The 45 edited it all out.
/Not that I'm old enough to remember 45s.
Jimmy Owen:
Duplicate post of below which I can't delete for some reason.
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