Subj : Re: Another Emmy for Shatner
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : ANIM8Rfsk
Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 14:25:52

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

in article 1127147873.347191.262380@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, Graeme at
graemecree@aol.com wrote on 9/19/05 9:37 AM:

> ]]
> I was glad that he won the Emmy. But I was a little disappointed in the
> 
> performance of the Star Trek Theme. I had read that he was going to
> recite
> the (virtually) unknown lyrics, but all he did was recite the show's
> opening
> narration ("Space the Final Frontier ...").
> [[
> 
> Be glad he didn't.  The lyrics are awful, and only existed at all so
> that Roddenberry could claim half of Sandy Courage's music money.  Lots
> of shows have lyrics that were never used, probably for the same reason
> (did you know that Bewitched and Leave it to Beaver had lyrics, for
> example?)

Bewitched, bewitched, you've got me in your spell.
Bewitched, bewitched, you know your craft so well.

Before I knew what you were doing I looked in your eyes.
That brand of woo that you've been brew-in' took me by surprise.

You witch, you witch, one thing that's for sure,
That stuff you pitch - just hasn't got a cure.

My heart was under lock and key, but somehow it got unhitched.
I never thought my heart could be had.
But now I'm caught and I'm kind of glad to be Bewitched.
Bewitched-witched.

Leave it to Beaver is something of a cheat, as it was an existing song they
just used for the show, AFAIK

Hey! Here they come with a rum-tee tum they're having a toy parade.
A tin giraffe with a fife and drum is leading the kewpie parade.
A gingham cat in a soldier's hat is waving a Chinese fan,
A plastic clown in a wedding gown is dancing with Raggedy Ann.

Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're crossing the living room floor
Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're up to the dining room door.

They call a halt for a choc'late malt or cookies and lemonade
Then off they go with a ho ho ho right back to their toy brigade.

> 
> The lyrics to the Trek theme make no sense.  They're apparently written
> from the point of view of Kirk's wife who's waiting for him to stop
> roaming the stars and come back to her.  Or maybe one of his lovers who
> doesn't know she's been jilted.  Since Roddenberry saw Kirk as
> something of a horndog, maybe that's what he had in mind.  Whoever she
> is, she sort of figures that he's not coming back and that his Star
> Trek will go on forever.  Really wretched stuff.  And badly written.
> There are more syllables than there are beats of music so it sounds
> terrible when sung, and there are bits where a line ends on a high note
> with an S sound, which is notoriously difficult for singers to perform.
> These lyrics were not meant to be heard, they were only meant to be
> paid for.
> 

-- 

You Can't Stop the Signal

.