Music: POLL: Cartoon Theme Song Battle: Thundercats vs X-Men

[Perennial]

Which theme song do you prefer?

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[RobBrown4PM]

How is this even a contest?

That guitar solo man!

Na na na na na na! Na Na!

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Listened to the ThunderCats one and thought there was no way the second one could be worse, but I was wrong.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

X-Men ainec. Ron Wasserman wrote nothing but certified bangers.

 

[Perennial]

Some very cool covers of the Thundercats theme song...

 

[Perennial]

Here's a fantastic cello cover of the X-Men theme...

 

[Ozz]

Thundercats

 

[Primary Assist]

The X-Men theme, though forever burned into my millennial brain, was at best derivative and at worst a direct rip off of this obscure Hungarian banger (@ the 16 second mark):



I don't even know the Thundercats theme - the artwork of that show turned me off as a kid, plus I hate cats - so this one doesn't end in a tie for me, rather both themes lose.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Musically, it’s X-Men. The Thundercats song isn’t anything remarkable.

Now, that being said... my goodness I forgot that the Thundercats intro was so well animated.

I mean think about the source material here. Think about a pile of Thundercats toys and someone saying “make this look interesting in a cartoon theme intro”. Then watch what they actually came up with. It’s really damn good for the genre.

Ironically for the purposes of this thread, a better theme song would have made that an all-time great cartoon intro.

 

[Perennial]

Musically, it’s X-Men. The Thundercats song isn’t anything remarkable.

Now, that being said... my goodness I forgot that the Thundercats intro was so well animated.

I mean think about the source material here. Think about a pile of Thundercats toys and someone saying “make this look interesting in a cartoon theme intro”. Then watch what they actually came up with. It’s really damn good for the genre.

Ironically for the purposes of this thread, a better theme song would have made that an all-time great cartoon intro.

Go type "Thundercats cover" into YouTube...

There's a reason why so many people have covered the song... and that reason is because it's awesome!

 

[tarheelhockey]

Go type "Thundercats cover" into YouTube...

There's a reason why so many people have covered the song... and that reason is because it's awesome!

Ehhhhh I don't see it. And I was squarely in the demographic for the toys and series, so it's not like I don't have a really heavy nostalgia factor in play. I just don't see the distinction between this and any other 80s theme song.

If you're into 80s theme song covers, though, check out Cybertronic Spree:

 

[irishsetter13]

I was a big fan of Thundercats growing up (SNARF!), but X-Men: The Animated Series is one of the greatest cartoons that ever existed, behind maybe the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series (Serious what a year for Comics and Animated Cartoons!)

I just recently rewatched the entire X-Men Series and I did not skip the Theme Song once as I was watching it. It is a straight Banger. If someone sampled it for a Rock Song or HipHop song today, guaranteed it would be incredible.

X-Men wins this hands down.

 

[Guardian17]

X-Men.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Listened to the ThunderCats one and thought there was no way the second one could be worse, but I was wrong.

You're wrong alright.

 

[I am not exposed]

X-Men. Also the greatest animated series of all time. Watched it as an adult and it still holds up.

Thundercats theme tune is great as well. Very catchy. Loved this show as a kid, but not so much as an adult haha.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

The X-Men theme, though forever burned into my millennial brain, was at best derivative and at worst a direct rip off of this obscure Hungarian banger (@ the 16 second mark):



I don't even know the Thundercats theme - the artwork of that show turned me off as a kid, plus I hate cats - so this one doesn't end in a tie for me, rather both themes lose.

What is this madness? I thought it was the Soviet's who stole everything from Amerika.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

Ehhhhh I don't see it. And I was squarely in the demographic for the toys and series, so it's not like I don't have a really heavy nostalgia factor in play. I just don't see the distinction between this and any other 80s theme song.

If you're into 80s theme song covers, though, check out Cybertronic Spree:

I did not know that these guys were a thing!

And they're a touring bad too!!!!

Depending on how un-fuicked the world become by the fall, I might have to make my way to one of their concerts.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I did not know that these guys were a thing!

And they're a touring bad too!!!!

Depending on how un-fuicked the world become by the fall, I might have to make my way to one of their concerts.

I didn’t realize they were coming to Durham this fall. High likelihood I catch that show.

 

[peate]

First time I hear both, and I'd give the edge to the Thunder cats. Take away the yelling and growling, it's a better piece, more original than the x-men.