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Spider-Man cartoon's jamming background: the classic underscore, pt. 2

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I can almost here a Peter Parker voice-over on this one, plus that great Bernard Cowen narration about "born losers" As you will find on the channel, Struttin' Success, on YouTube: From the original master tapes from the KPM music library in Britain: 1) "Drive On" composed by Alan Hawkshaw; 2) "LSD" composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter; 3) "Quite Contrary" composed by Syd Dale. This middle track is really weird! So creative, though. That third number,"Quite Contrary," brings things back to Chill Mode. VEry nice. Another crazy way the cartoon's been reincarnated: a huge Reddit stream of memes, many composed and posted in real time during online viewing parties in recent years. I am really crazy for "Latin Gear," but I haven't found it listed alone. It's worth hearing "The Eyelash" again! Due to the similarity in their names, I've seen some confusion about "Beat Street...

Spider-Man: Amazing Background Music! (1967-69)

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My first favorite TV show was the reruns WGNX-ATlanta played about 2:30 each weekday afternoon when I was a little boy. Turns out, this was what professionals call "needle-drop music": composed for a library to be used in film and television as incidental music. All rights belong to the creators and I make no apologies for my utmost joy at re-discovering these songs again! I really don't think you had to grow up watching that crazy ol' cartoon to appreciate these as music. I dug them up under their original names, where applicable. You should leave a note of thanks if you feel so moved, for the people who dug up these rare tunes. Many of them had not been released to the public in decades! I'll start you off right: you get to see this drummer lay into "Powerdrive" ! (Who is Johnny Pearson? You know another of his composition for sure, "Heavy Action"- the NFL Monday Night Football theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41_M_...