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This was not only one of the best TV shows of the 80s but this theme song is quite possibly the best ever written for a television sitcom. This performance of "Thank You for Being a Friend" really goes well with the shows theme of 4 inseparable friends. I get a warm fuzzy feeling anytime I hear...

@Keeper1st Ok, in my settings it should say Carson City as my hometown (cause that is where I was born and spent the first 21 years of my life). But under current location it should say Des Moines (where I have spent the last 13 years of my life). Still, I'll keep the ragtime party in mind when...

I loved these old videos by David Lee Roth...these skits before and after are funny as hell!

@TheOmnipresentPigeon

It was a bittersweet time. There was a lot of stuff happening in the world at that time (like everyday of our lives today pretty much) that we read about as history now. In 1986, the Challenger space shuttle blew up killing 7 astronauts (one of whom was a school teacher)....

Oh MY the memories this song brings back! I haven't heard this song...probably since it rose to the top 40 back in 1986!

This sounds really awesome! I've always been partial to the Eurythmic's version of this song (grew up on it actually). However, I think even the Eurythmic's would be impressed by this (simply stating opinion).

Sounds very good! Kind of reminds me of the way my piano instructor used to rock away on this tune.

I like the way you thought "outside the box" on this. It's nice to hear old tunes sort of "reinvented" in this way. Now I have to ask...what is up with your video? I saw what appeared to be your left hand moving when the right hand passage was playing...and the right hand moving while the left...

I've always loved this song...could never understand why it was called a ragtime "nightmare" until I learned how play it. Although a moderately easy piece to learn and play, it can sound like quite a nightmare if you're not careful with those octaves. I like how he adds his own parts to the mus...

@ainmals1

Yeah, I love Dorothy and Sophia's response:

"It's great bringing two idiots closer together."

"I think that's the motto of the St. Olaf telephone company."

"Listen, you punk! You wanna fight with someone, you're gonna have to fight with me, but I warn you, I did time in Attica."

"Attica's a MEN'S prison."

"I know, I was there a year before they found out!"

LOL@ Dorothy

I loved the clincher when Rose finally had enough of Blanche "knocking Minnesota" and goes off on her and then comes back with..."was I harsh?"

Personally, I could care less about the damn lyrics. This has always been one of my favorite songs simply because it has one of THE MOST beautiful piano pieces (probably ever written) that I have ever heard and had the pleasure to play. Listening to the piano in this song got me through a lot o...

@AbdallahElMalak

Ground Man is everything that Drill Man only WISHED he could be, LOL

Space probe New Horizons is due to explore Pluto when it reaches there in 2015...So I cast my vote early...PLUTO FOR PLANETHOOD 2015!!!

Awesome remix of the theme by the way

I love the simulated tornado sirens...living in Iowa USA I'm familiar with that sound. Really cool work here!

I think Gravity Man would win. His abilities to shift gravity would hinder Crash Man's abilities to jump which are his main defense when he fights. This would make him a fairly easy target for Gravity Man. Not to mention that Gravity Man is a newer robot and Crash Man is a bit antiquated.

Kind of reminds me of how it would sound if you played Mega Man 9 on gameboy.

@ragtimeguy1868

Then maybe the weapon you could get would be the Lunar Laser which would shoot a crescent moon shape laser capable of bouncing off of certain walls and destroy most things in its path.

Ground Man is everything Drill Man only WISHES he could be, LOL

Another Madonna greatest! First time I heard this song while it was playing at work, I didn't even have to hear the lyrics to know it was Madonna. Although it has a more techno beat than the stuff I grew up on, the music has her "style" THANK YOU MADONNA FOR SUCH AN AWESOME SONG!!!

@liveforHIM75

I completely agree. I love the chords to this version as well as the vocals. This version of the song always brings back childhood memories. I used to have a cassette tape that had this song and 10 other ones from Walt Disney Christmas Music. Sadly, the tape was lost during my ...

I love 00:21, "Wouldn't you like to see the bedroom, my little billiard ball? LMAO!! Carol is the GREATEST!

I love the way Carol Burnett plays Ms. Hannigan. She breathes a life into the character that I have never seen in any other production of Annie. And who else but Carol could make such cute pet names (or not so cute sometimes), like "my little pig droppings", "My little scissors legs" (calls Gra...

"We're not having hot mush today." (kids) "YEAH!!" (whistle blow) "We're having cold mush."

Carol Burnett is fabulous as Ms. Hannigan

One thing that impresses me about this performances as oppose to many of the performances I have viewed on youtube of the same peer group (middle school/high school) is the "togetherness" of everybody. Timing is everything in music, especially in orchestra and this orchestra has very good timing...

I have always enjoyed this song. It's a fun song to play (although some of the latter themes can be a bit of a challenge). Richard Zimmerman did a remarkable job on most all of the Joplin songs he recorded on these albums.

According to the sheet music I have (which contain the lyrics), only the MUSIC was written by Joplin. The lyrics were written by a man named Henry Jackson, and may have been added after the song was already published. Unfortunately by today's standards, not only the title, but the lyrics could ...

@megaseanmanify

I actually thought of Quick Man the first time I heard this theme.

That must have taken a tremendous amount of time and rehearsal. Excellent job on this! Would love to hear you perform hornet man, junk man, and knight man. If you want a super challenge, try galaxy man.

Thank you for posting this. I was actually referred to this video clip by my Human Relations instructor for a discussion we are having in class tomorrow. I totally agree with everything you said (it's almost as if you were reading my mind). Our culture has spent so much time trying to teach ab...

Archie - "Oh, well you know who I think we should call?"

Edith - "Who?"

Archie - "Chicken Delight, Edith, cause we ain't gonna get no supper outta you!"

"Tell me who da people are!"

@kowboyfan1957

Yeah, it's amazing how TV shows can generate so much interest in a song that many may have not ever heard before by using sound samples. I too heard this on Medium last night, and I wanted to see if this was a real song or just some sound clip written for the show.

Fantastic job!! Dr. Allred conducted our all state program in Elko, NV in 1996 and we performed this song. Our high school choir was in no position to rival with the University of Utah Singers, but with Dr. Allred's hard work we did put on one heck of a performance. Thanks for the memories Dr....

@ragtimeguy1868

However, it seems that turn tables and vinyl records are starting to make a small comeback, so maybe Gloria will release a 12" vinyl of some of her albums from the 80's or create a new album that is recorded on 12" vinyl sometime in the future. I'm sure at some point she will re...