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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
| Subject | =?US-ASCII?B?UkU6IFJlOiBJbnN0cnVtZW50YWxzICh3YXMgcmU6KQ==?= |
| Date | Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:16:43 -0500 |
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'Theme from The Rockford Files' was great. Loved the show, to boot.
Cops/PIs/etc were cool back then, no? Jim Rockford, Mike Garret (HI 5-0), Mannix, McCloud, etc.
Now they're all psychos (or at least, 'on the edge') inevitably yelling at suspects insipid ilk as
'This ain't a game, man!!'
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: fhudkins@gmail.com
>To: rob@splitsville.com
>Sent: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:53:13
>
>Don't feel bad. I bought ‘The Best of Bob
>James’ just so I could have
>the theme from ‘Taxi,’ and ended up liking some
>of his other stuff, too,
>much to the annoyance of anyone riding in my car
>that week. ;-)
>
>I also bought the soundtrack from ‘Mannix’ by
>Lalo Schifrin. Some great
>instrumentals on there, too!
>
>[...and now I'm putting on my Frankie Laine LPs...]
>
>
>Farrar Hudkins
>©1979-2007
>
>rob@splitsville.com wrote:
>> When I was a kid (this had to be 1973 or so), a
>HUGE hit on local radio, and I imagine everywhere,
>was the instumental "Theme from SWAT". Anyone
>remember that TV show?
>>
>> I bought the single, and my older brothers
>busted my chops relentlessly about it.
>> Thus began the lesson of 'popular to does not
>equal cool or high quality'.
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