Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi. If you’ve ever watched a Peanuts cartoon, you’ve heard it, but have you ever listened to the whole thing?
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by REM
I learned this one for karaoke and it’s a beast of a song. Most people just know the chorus!
Blurred Lines. Basically a song about rape. I highly recommend Weird Al’s parody of it, Word Crimes.
Happy Go Lively by Laurie Johnson. Used in Ren and Stimpy then Spongebob Squarepants.
Lujon by Henry Mancini. Used in Big Lebowski and Magic City, kinda.
My kids were surprised when I put on Yes - Roundabout in the car not long ago. Of course they recognized the intro.
Depending on your taste in cartoons, you may recognize Powerhouse, especially this segment.
I vote for any of those songs by bands like The Fray, Counting Crows, Train, Snow Patrol, etc. that were popular on soft rock radio in the 2000s and somehow still play every time you’re waiting in line at the pharmacy or Barnes and Noble.
Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
“Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break.” - Yet the verse they cut for the radio edit had the word “panties” in it. American Priorities…
I always loved this version.
Opus number 1, the call hold song.
I always think of it as the Cisco music since it’s the default on their PBX systems. Someone remixed it.
I do. I love this album and listen to it all year long. It’s association with Peanuts or Christmas is incidental to its standalone greatness for jazz fans.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is such a classic jazz album it’s surprising John Coletraine isn’t on it.
All Rise! 009 Soundsystem Dreamscape
“Entry of the Gladiators”, well-known only for its original intended purpose – as military march music. Nothing else.
most popular classical pieces. Vivaldi’s Spring, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March, etc
The Spanish Flea
