I have a thing for soundtracks. Whether it be the music of tv or film, it doesn’t matter. I just love ’em.
My fondness for soundtracks also covers the theme songs for cartoons.
Yeah, yeah. It may sound weird, but I lived for my Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. ‘Astro Boy’, ‘Heman’, ‘Robotech’, ‘Sailor Moon’, ‘Scooby Doo’. I was a huge fan of ’em all.
Hell, who am I kidding about the ‘was’.
When I was in my late teens I even went to the cinema to see The Little Mermaid by myself. And, today, my collection of Disney and Pixar animation as well as anime *Studio Ghibli, how I heart thee* is pretty awesome, even if I do say so myself. 😉
My love of cartoons is shared by my 4 year old Goddaughter, who, I am happy to say, is being properly educated by her Dad. *Her Dad and I have this thing where we both recite the opening of ‘Heman’ and, no, I’m pretty sure there’s no drinking involved. Not that I can remember anyway. ;)*
A couple of weeks ago when I went to get my b’day pressie from them visit them, my Goddaughter all of a sudden began singing the ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ song.
It reminded me of this fantastic soundtrack I have which has some of the great cartoon theme songs. On this, musicians like Liz Phair, The Ramones, the Violent Femmes and the Butthole Surfers cover the songs of ‘Josie’, ‘Speed Racer’, ‘Spiderman’, ‘Popeye’ and ‘Fat Albert’. It’s t-riffic!
To make my dorkiness completely and utterly apparent – in case any of you had any doubts – let me share with you one of my all time fave theme songs:
What about you? Did you have a favourite cartoon or theme song as a kid?
C’mon. Fess up.
I mean, seriously… can it really be any less nerdy than this?? *g*
Kris + Books = Good. *Sometimes*. 
Hiya Tish, welcome to craziness.
Yep, yaoi is king here. We do have a copy of Sensitive Pornograph (I bought it from The Book Depository) floating around somewhere. If it ever turns up, we can add you to the yaoi swap list if you'd like. This means that we'll post it to you to read… eventually. LOL.
As to musical tastes… well, you're talking to the girl who has the Three Tenors along side The Killers, the Hoodoo Gurus, Dido and Saturday Morning Cartoons. I'd say you're in pretty good company. 😉
KBC: Aww, the Smurfs. I used to watch them but I'd always end up pissed off because I thought Smurfette was a slut and should just choose already. *The Biatch.*
Well…when you put it like that it sounds rather unfair…but if you hadn't of asked the question I wouldn't have thought of Star Fleet and then discovered that it was available on DVD *grin*
Actually, come to think of it, I should be thank ing you for asking the question 🙂 How's that for an about face?
Orannia: “Actually, come to think of it, I should be thanking you for asking the question :)”
That's exactly right. I will accept your thanks in the form of abject worship.