Hell yeah! I think this is the best intro from the 80s. Hard af to sing right, and the bass and guitar jammed 🤘I’m playing this in my kitchen right now...basking in its nostalgia
Literally today is 11/11/22. I am 44 years old and I hadn't heard this song in over 30 years. The memories it's bringing back are awesome. Thank you for uploading my friend.
I’m 40 and I haven’t heard this song either in about 30 years. Funny though because I don’t remember the show but I kinda remember the baseball in the beginning looking fake.
Literally today is 11/18/23. I am 20 years old and I hadn't heard this song in over 3 1/2 months. The memories it's bringing back are awesome. Thank you for commenting on Logan Family, my friend!!
These sitcoms made us feel like maybe this was how life was supposed to be. Togetherness, support and mostly love. It’s anything but. Brings back memories. Love the theme song.
It’s amazing the thought, care and musical depth that went into TV theme songs of the 70s & 80s. This is a little masterpiece of a song, lyrically and compositionally. A banger, as the kids might say. Thanks for uploading this, whoever you are!
The minute I hear the theme to the intro of the show, visions and visions of my early days as a toddler to my early childhood pop up in my head. The days when tv has great shows with heartwarming music with awesome intros instead of this reality tv nonsense about shows going absolutely nowhere. Ugh, take me back to the 80’s!!!!
This is one of the few theme songs that I don't mind listening to over and over. It's really nice. I started DVRing the show back in June and I really like it.
Lyrics Life is such a sweet insanity The more you learn, the less you know In the heart of every family There's a love that starts by letting go [Chorus] Step by step and day by day Reaching out along the way Hand in hand, we face our fears Together through the years [Verse 1] We get closer, through happiness and tears And in our hearts we share The laughter and the sadness A special kind of madness Together through the years [Outro] Life is such a sweet insanity It's nice to know your friends are near In the heart of every family There's a love that's waiting there for you Through the years
Oh my goodness that was Roberta Flack's voice all along the time. Was too young to appreciate her talent back then. She has one of the most remarkable & pleasant voices of all time. My favorite song is her duo with the great Donny Hathaway, the close I get to you.
Of all the 80’s nostalgia, this is the one that strikes the chord. This show was everything - all versions of it, but the Sandy era was true magic. I remember I even entered a contest where they were re-naming the show after Valerie’s Family. They gave 3 options, and I chose Hogan Family. Can’t remember what I won for that. If this or Danger Bay ever gets released on DVD, I’m gonna flip out.
I remember this show. I thought Jason Bateman was going to be the next Michael J Fox especially since he was Teen Wolf Too and MJF was Teen Wolf. I never realized Roberta Flack sang the theme.
The first one wasn't a big hit but it was released around the time of the first Back to the Future movie. And it did get a cartoon made out of it. They have one episode with Todd Howard (neither Bateman nor Fox were involved in the cartoon)l. No additional cartoon episodes were made with Todd Howard beyond that one. They also never made a cartoon version of the Hogan Family either whereas they did with other shows like Alf.
@@robinorlowski2449 I remember the Teen Wolf cartoon. I used to watch it around 1986-87. I liked Teen Wolf more than Back to the future. Teen Wolf was the first Michael J Fox movie I saw. It was such a cool, 80s movies. Basketball and werewolves.
@@aaronflowers8881 the cartoon was actually better than the live action movie--Chubs and Scott are not jocks. I figured they did other competitive things like Debate, academic competitions. Two movies Fox was in were made into cartoons. This and Back to the Future. This one ran for two seasons even though there were no toys for the cartoon. Cartoons were basically advertisements for toys. I'm sure if Teen Wolf Too had done as well as the first movie, Todd Howard would have been a reoccurring character in the cartoon.
@@robinorlowski2449 compared to the budget of the movie it was a hit. it just wasn’t as big as back to the future, but it still was considered a hit movie for Michael J. Fox
This show could have been curtains after 2 seasons when Valerie Harper left over a contract dispute. But instead, Sandy Duncan was brought in and imo did a great job taking over. She and Edie McClurg(Mrs Poole) saved this show and allowed it to have a few more seasons. I watched this every Monday as a kid growing up and love this theme song.
It was really because of Jason Bateman. He had become the real star of the show even when Harper was still on it. NBC probably would not have continued the show had it not been for Bateman.
come s on Monday nights at eight on NBC for seven years. I began to love this Roberta flack sung the the theme classic and I keep reminisce the way the music sounded and the words gives my heart a flow. I know it's a spin off of Valerie harper in Valerie,but I definitely missed Sandy Duncan on the Hogan family,playing her sister Christine. I may not be the fan of the show but I really constantly live the song it pulls my strings just to be a song writer publicist. thank you aunt Roberta. Happy holidays.
🙋 I watch this show every Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. on antenna tv, yes I know they are nothing but reruns but there's a lot of episodes I haven't watched and there's nothing better else on TV in the morning. Still enjoy watching them.
I remember recording this bit of the song off of our TV on a boombox. I then took the tape and popped it onto my walkman and played it non stop as a teenager. We didn’t have iPods nor iTunes , we didn’t stream our songs and we didn’t have youtube but man when you want something, you’ll find the way to make it happen.
Growing up, I loved this show. I still love the intro. ❤ I tried to watch all the seasons many times but they are not available online. Anyone who knows anything?
You are going to struggle to find these old shows because they show a happy and confident America. It does not line up with the current narcissistic and nihistic world that they want to present on TV today. They are now remaking the wonder years about a black family in 1960s Alabama. Talk about nihilism. Could they not make an aspirational show about a black family instead of trying to make up a new historical narrative. TV is now almost unwatchable.
As a born citizen in Dallas, TX from mexico and had to learn obviously engilsh first and then my mother language out of respect to the USA man this and many other shows i appreciate how i can speak english so good outside of school because sometimes u need to listen to other english speaking people. Although Texas has its sound as a first generation mex-american its cool that i look up to shows like this to show us how anglo-saxon folks also taught us there english language. Now we teach them our language too if they wish. After all i feel at home here in Texas, native, german, indian, mexican or alien...... Beto G.
