HBO Main Title - Flying Chrome Logo - Short-v - Early 80s

[Ataru320]

Wow, never heard that sting before the "Feature Presentation" part before. That was neat.

[DogZoneChile]

The music is Great!!

[NickMichalak]

Makes me want to watch my old VHS tapes from the 80s.

[Palmerholic]

I have to wonder if this was in part influenced by a lot of theater chains and their policy trailers. I've seen some on here that also included the upbeat music. It's meant to get you pumped before a movie. :D

[ada19851985]

I remember HBO using the outer space intro all the way up to 2000 i think.. They should have kept it going.. I like this intro with the different ending sound.. That didn't last long.. HBO did also use different ending sounds for games, shows etc..

[SnugglySara]

Shown before Fraggle Rock!

[G0ldenG1rl1]

@SnugglySara Yes that it exactly how I remember it....

[KingBizarre]

this takes me back to the days when movies were worth watching.

[zelda180]

Wow! I have not seen this logo in over 2 decades. I am 27 yrs old and when I was younger if my parents wanted me to watch tv with them all they had to do was play this logo and I would run in to the living room and watch this. I don't know what it is but it is something about this HBO logo that still interests me. I guess it is one of the things that reminds me of the good old times.....

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[MDthornton83]

I hear where you're commin from man. I'm 26, and I still remember seeing this logo like it wasn't too long ago. The 80s is a decade that will never be forgotten for it has marked the age of so many wonderful and innovative things that continue to influence many of us to this day.

[glimmer2158]

I can remember the first movie I ever saw on HBO was Bustin' Loose starring Richard Pryor

[kungfujiapple]

Taken from the HBO premiere of "Star Wars" in 1983.

[MIBFreakPack]

no that has a different bumper before the intro, but this probably was from 1983

[wetalloy]

im glad i was an 80's child

[VeronicaGreen]

This needs to be added to the guy who's compiling "Scary Logos" on his YouTube vids

[kidinbed]

This is NOT SCARY. It's a little intimidating but it's far from scary.

[SPQRRicimer]

best opening for a tv channel ever seeing this you knew you were going to see something good

[funderburkebobby]

[Joseph] This Is HBO.

[captainacebandit]

I could charge into battle with this epic HBO theme song

[Neasyorc]

Fucking EPIC

[dudemandye]

damn i feel old now.

[80s90shousemami76]

yea they did show adult movies too didnt they?

[scandlabra]

Luckily, we had HBO when I was a kid, and I always remember that "R Rated" movies started after 8pm. Most of the time, mom and dad were either not home or oblivious to what I was watching. The stuff you had to sneak to see was mild by today's standards.

[tampalicious]

awesome memories, i remember bein like 3 or 4 an this was the coolest thing i ever saw (until Transformers the Movie)

[palmercomm]

I wonder how HBO got that big sattelite logo up there.

[o0901325a]

Music almost sounds Gladiatorish.

[danilosierrac]

JUSTICE MADE A CAMEO OF THIS IN DVNO

[NewYorkS4U]

Yes this is it. This is the version I remember seeing as a kid. I always thought that long version with the city was newly added later on. Oh well.

[d3retro]

LMAO yeah me too stcml. Looking around the corner to see if your parents here it too

[stcml]

lol I remember this logo as a kid. I knew I was going to be in for a raunchy, expletive-filled time whenever I saw that. Memories!

[babytoesgawaly]

@stcml OMG Totally! When the guy's voice came on saying "the following movie is rated R" I'd turn the sound down so my parents couldn't hear it through the floor downstairs .. gawd!

[mbrown100]

There was an amazing amount of work that went into making this short intro. The results show it - the music sticks in your head for days.  Bring it back HBO!!! The original score and video, not the retreads.

[rockergirl83]

I remember this opening but I dont remember the end of the song sounding like that. I remember the song finishing out until the end.

[Kargaroc286]

infinity stars *flames*

[bloodymeerkat78]

NO!...................

100 stars.

[Kargaroc286]

10 stars :)))