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c/til · by ericisshort@lemmy.world · 2y

TIL Star Trek’s (1966) theme song originally had lyrics written by Gene Roddenberry, who wrote them solely to usurp half of the royalties from composer Alexander Courage. The lyrics never aired.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unthemely-behavior/

And they were comically bad:

Beyond the rim of the star-light
My love Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know he'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love, strange love a star woman teaches.
I know his journey ends never
His star trek will go on forever.
But tell him while he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.

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24 Comments

andthenthreemore@startrek.website · 47 pts · 2y (3 replies)

It really has been a long road getting from there to here

FrankFrankson@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I really feel like the opening of that show is one of the main reasons that show flopped

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2y

Lots of people did. The executives thought so too. So they changed the mood of the opening to a more bubbly one, right when the story took a dark turn in the Xindi war.

I liked the theme, BTW. But I guess me not being from the US plays a role in my reception of it.

Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y

I’m watching Enterprise right now. I swear he says “it’s been a long load, getting from there to here”. Annoys the crap out of me.

ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Tenacious D did the cover I’m most familiar with.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UiDo22khPrk

PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 6 pts · 2y

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EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Leave ot to Jack to make anything sound good!

ZeroCool@slrpnk.net · 22 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Star Trek: TNG theme song lyrics:

🎶 Data's cat spot is a very good cat
give him forehead kisses and a lil belly pat 🎶

DS9 lyrics:

🎶 It's all about the Latinum, baby! 🎶

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sisko walking the Promenade while rapping:

"Now... whatcha wanna be? Station Guard? Working man? Morn's barista? Dabo girl sporting Garak fashionista? Devout Vedek staring out at Bajor's vistas?"

kelseybcool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

This is art.

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

🎶 Data's cat spot is a very good cat
give him forehead kisses and a lil belly pat 🎶

Almost

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y

Yeah GR was a bit of a dick it seems...

Trivia: the lyrics are given in the songbook that comes with the Suzuki OmniChord, model OM-84, page 21 of the manual

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The Omnichords sort of looked like a weird Vulcan instrument, which is fitting I guess.

mateomaui@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2y

Love, strange love a star woman teaches.

a bit on the nose there

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Kirk would’ve had even more space love’n if the writers had to hear this on repeat.

giddy@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

https://piped.video/watch?v=UiDo22khPrk&t=3

ericisshort@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Somehow I didn’t get the notification of your comment until now, but this rules. No one could possibly do that better than Jack Black.

JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

Tony never had the makings of a varsity performer

can@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Is that what happened to M*A*S*H?

Dhrystone@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y

I actually don’t mind the lyrics. Kitschy and seem to fit the music well.

qevlarr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I actually think these lyrics aren't that bad

Plopp@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah no they're bad. Pretty, pretty, pretty pretty bad.

kindenough@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

I would dare to say awful.

Klear@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y

My condolences.

CluckN@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Get checked for Covid