I think I am the only person in the country that actually preferred this version! I remember people complaining to Points of view about it as their dogs weren't howling at the TV any more?! Surely that would have been a good thing? LOL
I remember the uproar too. I think this version is fine. Most soaps moved on and updated their tunes, but Eastenders got stuck in the 80s because of the fan uproar. I wish Neighbours had been forced to keep its 80s tune, the new versions aren't as good.
I love this theme, as a fan of EastEnders here in the US 🇺🇸. They used to show this on BBC America, thank goodness I can episodes on RUclips. I cannot stand that dreadful Danny Dyer (Mick), I wish Kat and Alfie would take back the Queen Vic.
I remember the uproar so many people complained they had to change it back, I like both I would rather just go back to the 80s early 90s when it was centered around families not the ratings
Never knew this theme existed until I saw classic repeats of Eastenders, on Drama channel during 1st lockdown. 2020 is an rotten year, yet somehow finding stuff like this stops it being an complete train wreck. An underrated theme song.
It’s nice to see good VHS quality like this can made viewers feel comforting. I was born in 2006, and I was probably one of the last kids in this generation to know about VHS. :)
tinblue No seriously at some stage the credits were this long. When the show first started the entire cast were in the credits for each episode, even if they weren’t in that episode.
I think this tune sounds like something from one of these daytime television programs. Itr also sounds like you could be listening to it sipping cocktails on a beach :')
I loved this and the Sharon Benson version "I'll always believe in you'', It has dated and would have been changed since though, the early 90s were obsessed with saxophone!
This episode was on the UK Drama channel today, in their Classic Eastenders slot from 1pm. I liked this version of the theme. The drum thuds are better too.
1:29 Sharon Benson: Now my heart is sailing Male singer: Over land and sea to you, I got to find my heart, it's true Sharon: Just try to understand, I'll always believe in you
“Hello and welcome to Eastenders Gmtv. On today’s show we’ll be discussing if England can qualify for the 1994 World Cup and later should Dirty Den be allowed in a German taxi ever again”
I loved this theme! And those were the days we had credits you could read too! Wish they would bring this back.....I'm sure the anti-Jazz viewers would get used to it....it's far superior to that plinky-plonk theme that is so old now!
I just felt it tried to hard to be "Hip", even a little kid. Every other soap had changed its song by 1993 (Everyone but Corrie and H&A) so They probably felt they had to keep up w/ the Joneses. Glad they went back to what is pretty much the current theme structure.
No Millennium Dome/O2 Arena! They should have kept this theme, I know so many others have said so but it invigorated the boring theme used today! If we cannot have this then I want the old/older Casualty theme back because the crap they are still using today is terrible! It sounds like something out of the dark ages when it’s all about progression!
Although I did like this theme tune.. I'm glad it's actually been replaced because I love the original doof-doofs :P Without them.. The show wouldn't be right.. Every night it's on I just wait for that! Doof Doof da-da-da doof doof da doof. :P
Everybody's character name comes up on the screen with first names only, such as 'Sharon', 'Kathy', all except Dot's which comes up on the screen as 'Dot Cotton'. (rather than just 'Dot').
+Jas Bahra It was because she was referred to as 'Dot Cotton', typical 'EastEnders' line back then.... "keep it quiet here comes Dot Cotton, the bush telegraph, if she finds out, it will make her day", or " Dot Cotton was in Dr.Legg's surgery , complaining as usual about her migraines". There use to be a Dot in our neighbour hood, she was a lolly lady, she was always called Dot Shepherd, never just Dot., some grown ups called her Lolly, even after she long retired.
I think because Dot was such a popular character (and still is) the public would refer to her outright as Dot Cotton as opposed to "Dot from EastEnders". Hence why she was credited with her surname. Probably way off here lol, but it's just my theory. She's been a Branning for 10 years now, but the press and public still say Dot Cotton.......and rightly so :P
I love the fretless bass sound, one of the few sounds that was synthesized. Possibly from a Roland U-20, or U-220. I think the piano sound is also synthesized. In fact everything apart from the guitars and saxophone sounds synthesized.
This version of the tune is great - the only bad part is the saxophone, which makes it sound slick, schmaltzy and Carribean. If you replaced the sax with the iconic "whistle" noise, this would have been an excellent update. Oh and this has reminded me how long end credits used to be! I remember now, whenever you changed channel, half the time it would be on end credits, so you'd have to sit there for 5 minutes waiting to see what was on next (unless the channel was closing down for the night) LOL
this is one of those things in history that you look back on and think 'what the hell were they smoking?' :P like, you cant actually believe they did this... but hey they tried it and it clearly did not work... why they thought mixing a jazzy american theme over a map of london is beyond me... you'd think it was some sort of eastenders USA spinoff show or something!
Things only seem odd when they're unfamiliar. If this tune had been kept, people would like be looking back at the original theme and thinking 'what the hell were they smoking?'
It's the Eastenders hold/lift music mix :) your call is important to us ....
It really is 😂
You are number 4 in the queue please stand by
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You are now number 3 in the queue, please stand by
I think I am the only person in the country that actually preferred this version! I remember people complaining to Points of view about it as their dogs weren't howling at the TV any more?! Surely that would have been a good thing? LOL
I liked it too
I do as well. Still seems modern after all these years. Should go back to it.
Always loved this version better!
😁. We used to have a cockatoo that used to croak "oh no" whenever she heard this theme music
I remember the uproar, when this debuted, 23 years ago. I always loved this more than the original. I thought I was the only one.
I remember the uproar too. I think this version is fine. Most soaps moved on and updated their tunes, but Eastenders got stuck in the 80s because of the fan uproar. I wish Neighbours had been forced to keep its 80s tune, the new versions aren't as good.
I remember the uproar too, hard to believe that it was 26 years ago though!
I love this theme, as a fan of EastEnders here in the US 🇺🇸. They used to show this on BBC America, thank goodness I can episodes on RUclips. I cannot stand that dreadful Danny Dyer (Mick), I wish Kat and Alfie would take back the Queen Vic.
Saxophones and that drum roll are hardly fitting for somber storylines, most people laughed at it, slightly disconnected from the narrative it seems
I remember the uproar so many people complained they had to change it back, I like both I would rather just go back to the 80s early 90s when it was centered around families not the ratings
Never knew this theme existed until I saw classic repeats of Eastenders, on Drama channel during 1st lockdown. 2020 is an rotten year, yet somehow finding stuff like this stops it being an complete train wreck. An underrated theme song.
Apparently people kept writing in to the bbc saying they didn’t like it and want the original back personally I prefer this one
The VHS quality is kinda comforting for some nostalgic reason.
It’s nice to see good VHS quality like this can made viewers feel comforting. I was born in 2006, and I was probably one of the last kids in this generation to know about VHS. :)
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Glad to see that the episodes have lengthened since!
Yeh by about 1:10 seconds, these credits role for 1:40 seconds and the regular short theme now runs for around 30 seconds...
Yeah, nowadays we can here at least two characters saying "Get aht of my 'ouse" in one episode.
Ann Gulliver lol
RogueTrader 101 you’re gayyyy
😂😂😂
When titles were titles... Nice and lengthy, no irritating halfwit yacking over the top, no promotion of what's on next or a number to call if we've been affected by issues raised in the programme, no captions telling us to "get inspired" by something, no daft studio logos or regional oneupmanship - just the cast, the crew and EastEnders © BBC MCMXCIII
Did you also have to walk 10 miles to school in your day
This version of the theme is nice and long. Love it
Think you will find these were the original Sunday credits which were much longer because they covered all the weekday credits.
tinblue No seriously at some stage the credits were this long. When the show first started the entire cast were in the credits for each episode, even if they weren’t in that episode.
Morgan Philpott I’ve watched eastenders since the first episode. The titles were never that long except on Sunday.
I think this tune sounds like something from one of these daytime television programs. Itr also sounds like you could be listening to it sipping cocktails on a beach :')
Maybe if you're into sipping them on *Skegness* beach, yeah. 😂
I loved this and the Sharon Benson version "I'll always believe in you'', It has dated and would have been changed since though, the early 90s were obsessed with saxophone!
The Jazzy closing to Phil's serious expression is inspired and hilarious.
yes
+NeonLadyUK with the perfect pinch of erotica. Masterpiece!
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NeonLadyUK meme😏😅
That fucking key change though
If there was a US version of EastEnders, this should be the theme.
it would be called "missisipi"
It would need loads of McDonalds stores on the map.
You have the Simpson's. lol.
There wouldn’t be it’s called *eastenders* for a eeat
Reason
I keep expecting Barry White to say something like “Oh yeah baby, oh mama” over the end credits.
The drum roll is the exact same sound produced by an empty wheelie bin being dragged down a short flight of steps.
Thanks for this tip. We've got two wheelie bins. One of them is indeed empty after the refuge collectors visited this morning
Thanks for the tip. We've got two wheelie bins and one of them is indeed empty after the refuge collectors visited this morning
Is this a true behind the scene, or a joke?
@@nazakatali244 I think it's meant to be a joke
That's exactly where the recording of this theme ended up.
Shortest ever episode lol.
I really love the violins at the beginning, so dramatic.
This episode was on the UK Drama channel today, in their Classic Eastenders slot from 1pm. I liked this version of the theme. The drum thuds are better too.
Yes it was. I don't think he's very happy.
Loved this version. By far the best.
At least you were able to read and appreciate the cast members. Nowadays it rushes so fast in half a minute you can barely catch a thing it says
I do think that modern credits are way too fast, but this is ridiculously slow, and I'm a very slow reader.
@@Scripture-Man Does she show still have a closing credit now seems to be a thing of the past for most tv shows these days?!👍
May have been an Eastenders omnibus ending ?
Or the bbc announcer whitters on endlessly
1:29 Sharon Benson: Now my heart is sailing
Male singer: Over land and sea to you, I got to find my heart, it's true
Sharon: Just try to understand, I'll always believe in you
'Male singer' - that's Simon May.
It’s amazing how long the outros were back then. Before everything had to be shortened to make room for adverts
People just don't like change. I liked the 1993 theme
I don't remember this version too well. But it's great to hear it again.
“Hello and welcome to Eastenders Gmtv. On today’s show we’ll be discussing if England can qualify for the 1994 World Cup and later should Dirty Den be allowed in a German taxi ever again”
I wish this theme was still in use (sighs)
What a cast though
This is so fabulously 90s! 😂🙈
Omg I love it, wish they still used these.
Never knew this theme existed until I came across it on an old VHS tape from 1994! Better than the piano theme, I think.
I loved this theme! And those were the days we had credits you could read too!
Wish they would bring this back.....I'm sure the anti-Jazz viewers would get used to it....it's far superior to that plinky-plonk theme that is so old now!
They were just angry that their dogs had stopped howling along to the theme tune when this one came on. Howling dogs is a must for Eastenders
So Phil got to have the first doof doof shot with the 1993-99 titles and 1993-94 jazzy theme.
Anyone Can Fall In Love.
I’ll Always Believe In You
God, I'd forgotten about this. Hilariously over the top.
Nah
How so?
sounfs like an American theme tune for soap!!!
+Therese Mackenzie - yes, you'd think it was called The East and the Enders ;-)
+Messylin The east of the end
I didn’t know sounfs are sounds
EastEnders is a British show.
The End of the East
I just felt it tried to hard to be "Hip", even a little kid.
Every other soap had changed its song by 1993 (Everyone but Corrie and H&A) so They probably felt they had to keep up w/ the Joneses.
Glad they went back to what is pretty much the current theme structure.
think one of the best tunes used as a update now back to like old times forever and ever ...come on eastenders update now from this to 2020
Have actually waited YEARS for the first time this was used to be uploaded! So thank you very much :)
No Millennium Dome/O2 Arena! They should have kept this theme, I know so many others have said so but it invigorated the boring theme used today! If we cannot have this then I want the old/older Casualty theme back because the crap they are still using today is terrible! It sounds like something out of the dark ages when it’s all about progression!
Sounds like Kenny G in playing the Saxophone 🎷. Its brilliant 👏 .
Very Knots landing
Yep i remember this theme, it was short lived, most people hated it so then they changed it back to near the original
I like the jazzy doof-doof better than the normal one!
i actually liked this version sounds modern
What were they thinking? The original is a classic that didn’t need updating.
Ah yes. When the world briefly went through a smooth jazz vortex in the 90’s. Thank God we came out of it ok.
Although I did like this theme tune.. I'm glad it's actually been replaced because I love the original doof-doofs :P Without them.. The show wouldn't be right.. Every night it's on I just wait for that! Doof Doof da-da-da doof doof da doof. :P
Everybody's character name comes up on the screen with first names only, such as 'Sharon', 'Kathy', all except Dot's which comes up on the screen as 'Dot Cotton'. (rather than just 'Dot').
London No Dippy Dolly Actually, both Dot and Nick were credited with their surnames throughout some of the years, contrary to the rest of the cast.
+Jas Bahra It was because she was referred to as 'Dot Cotton', typical 'EastEnders' line back then.... "keep it quiet here comes Dot Cotton, the bush telegraph, if she finds out, it will make her day", or " Dot Cotton was in Dr.Legg's surgery , complaining as usual about her migraines". There use to be a Dot in our neighbour hood, she was a lolly lady, she was always called Dot Shepherd, never just Dot., some grown ups called her Lolly, even after she long retired.
Additionally there were (and occasionally still are) characters that call her Mrs Cotton/Mrs C or Mrs Branning/Mrs B rather than Dot
These sound more 80s than 90s. It's like it's trying to be Dallas or Dynasty.
Jsksosks
@@user-le3vw9jw4p Thanks for that informative and insightful response 🙄
I think because Dot was such a popular character (and still is) the public would refer to her outright as Dot Cotton as opposed to "Dot from EastEnders". Hence why she was credited with her surname. Probably way off here lol, but it's just my theory. She's been a Branning for 10 years now, but the press and public still say Dot Cotton.......and rightly so :P
The drum roll reminds me of In the Air Tonight haha
Kslsksls,a
Bring that music back!
BBC ONE viewers were probably thinking what this was on TV until they noticed the EastEnders logo fade in
just another east on the enders of life
11 May 1993 - Grant is out of prison
I like everything except the ending duff duff who else ?
Me.
EastEnders shortest episode
Grant: Alright Brav
Cue drums/closin credits
This is the best
I loved it.
Ksjslaks
Sounds more like the Knots Landing theme.
I love this tune.
This theme tune too jazzy!
38 years ago lol
Did anyone know that 20 years after this, Sean Maguire went onto to appearing in American Fantasy drama Once Upon a Time?
Ahh why can't they bring this back
I love the fretless bass sound, one of the few sounds
that was synthesized. Possibly from a Roland U-20,
or U-220. I think the piano sound is also synthesized.
In fact everything apart from the guitars and saxophone
sounds synthesized.
No, the drums, strings, electric guitar and sax were all real.
It's like the middle 8 of an 80s power ballad played to a homoerotic bromance video.
Boom. Boom boom. PAP! Boom boomboomboomboom. 🥁 0:34
Why am I the only person who likes the 'jazzy' version??
Same I love it💗😭🥺
Let's be honest - this theme tune was epic from 1:44 onwards, the rest was a bit flat.
The other version's just great all over.
Ksjslaksls
Granted, a key-change is powerful but they are usually always used when a tune has nowhere left to go.
RIP Barbara Windsor. X
This tune wasn't bad but it was wrong for EastEnders, this sounds more American
Thank God they brought back the original and improved it after this catasphrophe!
I only came for the Saxaphone.
This version of the tune is great - the only bad part is the saxophone, which makes it sound slick, schmaltzy and Carribean. If you replaced the sax with the iconic "whistle" noise, this would have been an excellent update. Oh and this has reminded me how long end credits used to be! I remember now, whenever you changed channel, half the time it would be on end credits, so you'd have to sit there for 5 minutes waiting to see what was on next (unless the channel was closing down for the night) LOL
LOL
1 min 40 of closing music -whoa
Have already subscribed to it mate :) can't wait to relive all those memories haha! Big thanks to you and all your hard work......all the best :)
That was a short episode 🫣🤣
19 years ago from 2012 was 1993
Ha ha.. Tucker Jenkins from Grange Hill in the credits (Todd Carty) 1:19
2:12 Doesn’t that sound like highway
No doubt the episodes were cut short to have to play that ridiculous long title at the end! Or just have no adverts for the next program.
It shudda been sung by Barry White
It's weird I like these 😂 but I prefer the original lol
Needs too be brought back
Notice in the closing credits, all characters appear by their first name only. Except for one character, whose full name is displayed. Strange.
Although even Dot lost lost her surname aswell sometime in the mid 1990's I think. No idea why she was always left out lol
Very Long Theme Tune 📺🎵🎷🎻❤
Drunk drummer xD
Everyone clapped in my house when the big doof was back
Who’s watching in 2020
After a while they started chopping out everybody's first names. A lot of soaps did that to the regulars (Neighbours, Emmerdale, etc) at first
Don’t get me wrong, I like this theme, BUT I can understand why viewers didn’t like it in comparison to the original. It’s all about the doof doofs!!
this is one of those things in history that you look back on and think 'what the hell were they smoking?' :P like, you cant actually believe they did this... but hey they tried it and it clearly did not work... why they thought mixing a jazzy american theme over a map of london is beyond me... you'd think it was some sort of eastenders USA spinoff show or something!
Things only seem odd when they're unfamiliar. If this tune had been kept, people would like be looking back at the original theme and thinking 'what the hell were they smoking?'
Kskslaks
The "DOFF DOFF" at the end is infinitely better than any other version but that weird guitar and bass line is what holds this version back for me
At least they were realistic I mean the Thames water is the right colour.
Should still the theme.
@creamclassic No problem at all! Thanks for subbing! :D :D
Great video
anyone else thinkin of arthur fowler on the sax, in this?
LOL
nah i was thinking of pauline farting down a trumpet
Phil on crack, Pat on the game, Sanjay on Meena...
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