Hello 60's TV fans,
When I first saw the episode Los Angeles 2017 some 30 years ago I was very impressed with it. I remember there was an unusual song that was repeated throughout the episode. The song had lyrics that sounded more like a mathematical equation than a song.
Does any know what the lyrics are? Better yet does anyone have a cut or link to the song? Please help, this has been rattling around in my brain for some 30 years.
Regards,
Brian
A very odd episode. Sort of like THX-1138. This is the only episode I remember from this series. Perhaps because of that haunting tune. I only remember a bit of the song....
...the Eternal Triangle
We can prove it. We can prove it....
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the Eternal Triangle Red Yellow blue and green 53 minus 32
We can prove it, We can prove it
If you go to the following address they have some Name Of The Game episodes. I just bought one off ebay. Hope this helps.
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Did you notice the new feature here? You can make posts on each individual episode,ive noticed now one has posted on this episode yet,you might wanna try it.
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I have been searching for this show since it aired, I remember that the group singing the song were old hippies, and something about a war over air supplies between city states . I am also looking for a dvd of this show
shareyou need a copy of this show? email me [email protected]
shareI was only 12 at the time. I remember my mom WANTING to see this this
episode. So we all stayed up to watch it. I do remember it was a good
story about what happens when pollution takes over. They all lived
underground where the good air was. Nobody lived above ground.
I sure would like to see this episode again, a real testimony to Steven
Spielberg directing skills. It the ONLY episode of The Name of the Game
I can recall
I have a good dvd of it, if anyone needs a copy. Chilling, and you notice more details of the ecxcellent script and acting upon repeated viewings.
I hope you get this Dave-333. I would like to take you up on your request for a DVD version copy. Email me at [email protected] with the details.
sharedave-333,
How could I get a copy?
Is there an e-mail for me to use? -Thanks
story about what happens when pollution takes over. They all lived underground where the good air was
In case anyone's still listening...
I remember the song you're talking about. I don't remember the lyrics, but I remember the name of the group was...The Third Eye. Not to be confused with "Third Eye Blind."
==JJS==
90 yellow thirty four
Fifty-five plus five
We can prove it We can prove it
One of the ambulance drivers at the beginning is singing it.
Barry Sullican co-starred along with the magnificent Sharon Farrel who also appeared in the previous season as a kind of Janis Joplin character.
And here is the song the aged hippie rock band sings (they were clearly modelled on the Jefferson Airplane):
Yeah! Yeah!
We need peace
We need love
We need help and understanding
Can't you hear
Can't you see
Peace is all that we're demanding!
The tune ain't half bad and I used to play it as a kind of joke back when I used to play clubs. There's a bridge too, that's very pseudo-psychedelic, but I can't remember the lyrics. I wonder if the person who wrote this song also wrote the outstanding psyche pop songs that were used in the first season Robert Stack episode, High On A Rainbow.
The lyrics might be in "Los Angeles: A.D. 2017," the novelization of the episode by Philip Wylie - I saw a used copy on Amazon. There's debate whether he wrote the episode itself, as discussed in FilmFax magazine in a September 2008 issue.
shareHere are the lyrics to the song from the beginning of "2017":
Red white green yellow
Blue chromatic triangle
90 yellow 30 blue
55 plus 5
We can prove it
We can prove it
We are come alive
This and the geriatric hippie song are by Billy Goldenberg, who did some really great work on this series.
Red white green yellow
Blue chromatic triangle
90 yellow 30 blue
55 plus 5
We can prove it
We can prove it
We are come alive
I had to dig for this @ the IMDB postings
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One of their best episodes.
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