Makes me cry every time. I'd give just about anything to be back in my bed as a kid, safe and warm, with this theme song coming from the living room. It doesn't feel like it was that long ago.
Yes, I know that feeling. Just hear/saw the opening right now, in decades! My God, so good!! To find again those characters! Time, turn back to my old friday nights (here in Portugal Hill Street was on fridays on TV for years).
I am from Greece and my Brother used to be huge fan of this.. Was allways fridays evening in Athens and I was 12 in1985 my Brother 17 and we share the same room since we were poor to have its own room.. My Patents were slepping allready as the Film was in tv
@@anthonymullen6300 I was 12 in Athens every friday evening my Brother was looking ... God missing my Family 👪 so My dad passed away 2010 my mother is 83 and me and my brother are now seriously sick.. My family wife daughter are very sad
I was a new cop back in 85 with just two years in and I stayed with other cops in a rented house. We would be all glued to the TV when HSB was on. Those were glorious days - wish I could start off being a cop all over again. Retired as a sergeant three years ago.
Back in the days, when TV shows took the time to make their show intros memorable, with good scenery and pleasant music. Miss how television used to be.
And a season on TV ran through the fall (A season), reruns in the winter, new episodes in spring and reruns of those in summer. None of this 8-10 episodes pulp that gets churned out and leaves you waiting a year+ for the next episodes.
It was a better time, I miss it too. TV was worth watching then, every night a treat once my parents allowed me to stay up to watch Dallas. The American and European series were unbeatable, such as Knight Rider, Chips, Derrick, Van Der Valk, The Protectors, The Equalizer, not to mention sci-fi such as Space 1999, Buck Rodgers, Battlestar Galactica (original with Lorne Greene as Adama) and Westerns such as Bonanza and High Chaparral. The list goes on and on and today we have RUclips which features ALL these series and movies and more such as instrumental versions of theme tunes. Search for whatever comes to mind and enjoy!
I get you mate... I was young when this was on. Mum would let me see the police cars then it was off to bed!! Music takes me back to being a boy ... I miss that time in my life n miss Mum n Dad
My older brother became a cop because he loved watching this show. Worked his way up to Detective and Captain before he was killed in the line of duty, working under cover. Every time I hear this music, I think of my childhood and I think of him. He loved being a cop and helping people. Some of his colleagues and peers didn't like him, because he didn't mess around when it came to disciplining his men under his command. He would fire or even arrest you fast, if you were being a total asshole to people or he found you were dirty, racist, abusive with your power, or just a bad cop or being a bully cop. But many loved him for being that way. People said they felt the safest in their lives when my brother was alive and on the force. He used to tell people, "Live your lives with peace and no fear. Leave the monsters to me and my men." He also used to say to his men and other officers.. "If you wear the badge, and swore to protect and serve, you should pledge your life. If you betray the trust of the people who put their safety in your hands, and dishonor the badge, you should pay with your life"
Your brother was the epitome of what it means to be a real police officer. He was a man’s man and a cops cop. He expected the people around him and working underneath him to do the job of a police officer… To serve and protect. And that’s what he did. And from what you said, he did it with absolute honor And will always be remembered that way. God love your family and Godspeed to your brother. He was one of those that brought integrity and nothing but honor to the profession. Good on him.!!!!
I feel you… Would always watch this show with my state trooper Father. And we had a good family friend a city Metro officer killed in the line of duty Friday, 13 September 1985 that I remember to this day. Reading about the loss of your brother just broke my heart.
@Hillary Got screwed So Gay the intro is from one of the biggest hits in music of all time but I'll let you work it out n by one of the biggest legends of music
iSerpzy my brother used to have to play this for piano class. He would practice and always mess up and my mother would be yelling from upstairs “ You ain’t going outside till you get it done”
I brought up with this series! What a wonderful decade of 80's, everything was real, virtual reality hasn't been invented yet and people were happy with the life that they they used to live.
While I agree that it is easy to get carried away with nostalgia - I think you are right. The big difference between then and now is digital. I'm 52 so I can clearly remember a time before online . In 1985 we all lived our entire lives IRL - there was no digital life. Everything else was pretty much the same, you had school, work, cars and homes weren't that different, politics was the same, you went to the supermarket to buy food, put in the fridge and then cooked dinner. nearly everything was the same (apart from sylistically ie. the cars looked slightly different), apart from the Internet.
When my husband and I were first married we watched this every week, 24 years later when he was terminally ill we watched re runs. We had the theme music at his funeral. Always be special to me ❤.
The vibe of the 80s was so magical. The entire decade gave you the feeling you had the last day of school before summer break. So much hope for the future but yet we all felt like friends regardless of social background.
I had an aunt who would just watch the opening credit sequence because she loved the music so much, then would change the channel when it was over. She never watched a single episode.
@Gary Cooper That 's very true without this there wouldn't be Breaking Bad and the Wire it broke new ground at the time , still is one of my favourites. Cheers !
Hill Street Blues is the best Emmy-award-winning, long-running cop show ever in television history, years before Law & Order, N.Y.P.D. Blue, and The Shield.
I was a cop in The Met Police in London, a retired vet, The Royal Navy, when this hit the screen in The UK. The first series was "Finding" itself. Long hair, not quite like a cop should present theirself. FROM THEN ON, as US Police said, JUST LIKE THEM....I AGREE....SO PROFESSIONAL!
When this show used comes on, my parents always made my brothers and I go to bed.😂 however I wouldn't never trade my childhood for nothing in the world. Thx for the memories. The 70's/80's rock...💪🏽💃🏽
The background scenes reminded me of how poor we were growing up and everybody struggled but I wouldn't change it for the world, made us strong, appreciative and independent, nowadays these kids are entitled. Definitely one of my favorite theme songs and show
My girlfriend would study for college and I’d watch this…I discovered that she passed away a few years ago and now when I hear this song it brings me back.
I suddenly felt an urge to look up this theme music, as a kid growing up in Greece in the seventies and eighties on special occasions I would get to stay up and watch this show. My god where have these qualities gone? The first thing that struck me after some 40 plus odd years of seeing this show is the candour in the bleakness. Truly historical.
30 years I had just graduated college, no job yet. For 3 months I watched Hill Street then joined the Army. Always gave me some kind of comfort. To this day.
One of the best shows ever. I was a tad young to appreciate it when it was on (born 1972), but i caught reruns on Bravo in abt 2004-2005 after coming home from night shifts as a cop. It really captures the everyday struggles and the unsung good work done all the time by good men and women. Kudos to the creators, writers, ans cast. They richly deserve every award they ever got, and more.
As a youngster, the bit at 0.56 where the Mother and two kids are walking down the road in the rain and sleet in that very depressing urban environment, always got me. Certainly different to most of the other stuff I used to watch back then that was all set in sunny California and where everyone lived in massive houses, had great cars and not even the teenagers had a single spot on their faces.
I wonder the fate of those children, the mother must be pushing 80 by now. Kids are surprisingly resilient, but that craptastic landscape was forbidding, just terrible. Everything is ruined, wet, cold and rusted. EDIT and she was probably about to cross the road. Looks like the older, industrial section of town.
@@sainte3443 Yes. It was so different to other programmes from the States that I saw as a kid in England. I suppose Cagney and Lacey had a grittyness as well though.
@@floydpitt7590 Most of the actual towns I've been through here in the US have parts like these. The railroads run, or did run through here. They tend to be crime ridden for obvious reasons, but they can have their charms, for all their grit. Those are often places that have experienced gentrification, which I don't find charming, but I can enjoy aspects of it. I have to revisit old Cagney and Lacey eps on yt at some point. x
Dude that just misted me up!😢 I know exactly what you're talking about. I even like how in the beginning, when the two squad cars are pursuing someone, how the second one burns out and almost loses it
The police station they use in the opening theme scene is a couple blocks from my work. The University of Illinois at Chicago police department use it as their police station. Pretty cool I was 9 years old when this show came out and all these years later I still drive by the station.
Wow this theme song 🎶 takes me back. ❤️ Back when life consisted of close circle of circle, family and dear friends, and ya didn’t really have a care in the world 🌎. Used to play with my cat and ride horses on my fam farm. Brings me back to a much cozier time of life and I was so secure. I didn’t know how good I had it back then as a lil kid of 7 years old with my four siblings. We used to ride to the lake in our station wagon for swimming on a hot summer day and grab a mcDonalds ice cream 🍦 for like $ .25 on the way. I miss the 80s when life wasn’t so dark and evil feeling and the world 🌎 didn’t feel like it’s closing in on everyone.
I don't know why it's got me thinking about Punky Brewster right now, even tho it's music is more reminiscent to Greatest American Hero! This show was too adult for my age at the time yet I still liked it. Thanks so much for uploading it
Came out actually in January 1981. That was the first episode and the styles were reminiscent of the late 1970’s in the very early HSB episodes. The early part of a new decade usually still has the styles and flavor of the prior one.
I saw the episode where Larue ended up at an AA meeting. I went to a meeting the next night in Palm Springs and Kiel Martin was there. No wonder the episode was so accurate.
Retired as Police Lieutenant after 30 years in 2006. I watched this show faithfully every week. Best time was watching it with other Cops at the Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy. Unique time in policing that can't be repeated. I've made arrangements for this version to be played at my funeral.
How close was it to real policing? You see many cop shows today and you just think that it can't be realistic in the slightest and that real cops must laugh at them
When Hill Street Blues was aired on Saturday nights, no one I knew went out. We simply loved it. Nothing before or since was, or is as good. We looked forward to every episode, and felt a sense of loss when each episode finished. Just brilliant.
This series won 26 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Editing - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Cinematography for a Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Barbara Babcock, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Michael Conrad, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Daniel J. Travanti, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing - Personal Foul, Outstanding Film Editing for a Series - Of Mouse and Man, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Freedom's Last Stand, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Michael Conrad, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Daniel J. Travanti, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series - Trial By Fury, Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Series - Stan the Man, Outstanding Film Editing for a Series - Phantom of the Hill, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Life in the Minors, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Trial By Fury, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series - Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Goodbye, Mr. Scripps, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Bruce Weitz, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Alfre Woodard, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Betty Thomas.
The opening to HSB was a big thing for me back in the day ! Up until seeing the opening credits for the first time, I never really realised that it could rain so depressingly in America (as it does in the UK) and that it could be poor and desperate! And then there is the music! So melancholy , perfectly befitting the whole narrative. There was a new realism emerging . It is a work of art .
This was my Dad's favorite show back in the '80s. He always had to have his glass of Pepsi, bowl of Saltine crackers, and can of Vienna Sausages to snack on while watching Hill Street Blues... RIP Dad!
@0:19 I simply love the way the stunt driver makes the 2nd police car dance on the slippery road. The theme music for this show as well as the scenery are simply legendary. I'm not surprised to learn tha tthe composer Mike Post worked on the Rockford Files theme as well.
Ahh James Sikking...loved that show..I am heartbroken! My Dad looked just like James Sikking and people would tell him that too..my dad passed away Jan.5 2019..tv nowadays doesn't compare!!
Just heard of the passing of Barbara Bassoon, she was a huge part of, with no issue to NYPD Blue, but the greatest police show to.ever air! Rest easy Barbra, give our best to those already in heaven, & remember, let's be careful out there....
In the days of bs pseudo reality shows, long running plots, and paranoia. It would be refreshing to see well written, reality based show. With character actors not models.
Didn't grow up in the 80s, but I did grow up with old shows and music. Watching this brought me so much nostalgia and it makes me wonder if my past self may have watched this. I get this comfort feeling from the intro like I hold a personal relationship with it, yet I only found out about this show last week after watching other old theme songs. I like to think my past self lived in the 20th century and watched this, and that is why I am having so much nostalgia to it. I have so much appreciation for the 20th century. Almost all of the shows and films I watch are from that time. 80s shows were these goofy, slice of life feeling types of shows and I love that about them. The intros, while some very cheesy, are soo addicting to listen to. Gotta love that about the shows from the 80s! They were simple, but well written. Like Knight Rider, Perfect Strangers and Threes Company. Although Threes Company started in '77 if I recall correcty. Not entirely an 80s show. Thank god for RUclips. Because of it, I have found yet another intro to add to my playlist😊
Makes me cry every time. I'd give just about anything to be back in my bed as a kid, safe and warm, with this theme song coming from the living room. It doesn't feel like it was that long ago.
I didnt really watch the show but the opening puts me in the 80s
Yes, I know that feeling. Just hear/saw the opening right now, in decades! My God, so good!! To find again those characters! Time, turn back to my old friday nights (here in Portugal Hill Street was on fridays on TV for years).
I am from Greece and my Brother used to be huge fan of this..
Was allways fridays evening in Athens and I was 12 in1985 my Brother 17 and we share the same room since we were poor to have its own room..
My Patents were slepping allready as the Film was in tv
Yes take me back.
Amazing to hear of your experience. Reminders from our childhood doesn't get much better than this. That string movement in the middle
Who else is getting emotional while listening to this song in 2024? 🙋🏾♂️
Me my friend
Yeah me. So much has changed.
Me!!
Very much so
Crazy, we didn't know at the time...😢
Hearing the music as a kid you knew it was time for bed
Lol yes
😂 Yup
LOL
Exactly! 74 born here.
I asked to stay up a few extra minutes on the day Hill Street Blues aired just so that I could listen to this theme song.
Missing my Mom right now. We would watch this show together when I was a kid.😢
Me too .
Sorry for your loss ; thank you for sharing this, Bruce 👍
Heartbreaking nostalgia.
I used to watch a US Sci-fi TV show called V with my mum. In England it was on late and she would allow me to stay up to watch it.
@@anthonymullen6300
I was 12 in Athens every friday evening my Brother was looking ...
God missing my Family 👪 so
My dad passed away 2010 my mother is 83 and me and my brother are now seriously sick..
My family wife daughter are very sad
My dad die on May 18, 2024 and he loved this show. Every time I here this theme song it reminds me of him. We love you Walter J. Aikens.
I was a new cop back in 85 with just two years in and I stayed with other cops in a rented house. We would be all glued to the TV when HSB was on. Those were glorious days - wish I could start off being a cop all over again. Retired as a sergeant three years ago.
Stephen Flaherty Thank You
now 33 years later everyone hates cops. lol
RayValdezPhotography Yes, I wouldn't be a cop now for anything in this world.
@Brian London a lot of people are waste then. These days cops need to step up their game
yeah. Until you need one. @@RayValdezPhotography
Loved hill street blues & the theme tune..80's were the best years..56 now & still gives me goosebumps ❤
@@carlosmassas5458 i agree..it makes me emotional too..its a strange feeling 😊
@@karenrussell5339 100% i am glad others feel the same
This song takes me back to the early 80’s in an instance! I was SO lucky to have had a magical childhood!
Couldn´t say better!! Likewise!
Me too we were very privileged living that time as kids
Me too, lucky to have great parents who loved and cared for you
Same!
Yes. The 1980s were such a grand time. So much was different back then
Back in the days, when TV shows took the time to make their show intros memorable, with good scenery and pleasant music. Miss how television used to be.
The way it was meant to be.
Aman!
Amen
And a season on TV ran through the fall (A season), reruns in the winter, new episodes in spring and reruns of those in summer. None of this 8-10 episodes pulp that gets churned out and leaves you waiting a year+ for the next episodes.
Lol film and tv are better now than ever. No one expects a Boomer to be happy about their slow aging and certain death.
So much nostalgia. Makes me miss my youth. ☹️
It was a better time, I miss it too. TV was worth watching then, every night a treat once my parents allowed me to stay up to watch Dallas. The American and European series were unbeatable, such as Knight Rider, Chips, Derrick, Van Der Valk, The Protectors, The Equalizer, not to mention sci-fi such as Space 1999, Buck Rodgers, Battlestar Galactica (original with Lorne Greene as Adama) and Westerns such as Bonanza and High Chaparral. The list goes on and on and today we have RUclips which features ALL these series and movies and more such as instrumental versions of theme tunes. Search for whatever comes to mind and enjoy!
Me too !!
Sheels1976 what's ur Instagram
Yep! The early to mid 80s had the best shows ever.. Nothing today really compares.
oops, I posted this post on the wrong youtube video lol my bad.
The 70s and 80s is by far the best times hands down😁
80's
The theme makes me sad and happy at the same time.
I get you mate... I was young when this was on. Mum would let me see the police cars then it was off to bed!! Music takes me back to being a boy
... I miss that time in my life n miss Mum n Dad
snotnosedlilkid it's such an emotional composition.
I agree
proper bitter sweet. just like the show
Absolutely 💯%
My older brother became a cop because he loved watching this show. Worked his way up to Detective and Captain before he was killed in the line of duty, working under cover. Every time I hear this music, I think of my childhood and I think of him. He loved being a cop and helping people. Some of his colleagues and peers didn't like him, because he didn't mess around when it came to disciplining his men under his command. He would fire or even arrest you fast, if you were being a total asshole to people or he found you were dirty, racist, abusive with your power, or just a bad cop or being a bully cop. But many loved him for being that way.
People said they felt the safest in their lives when my brother was alive and on the force. He used to tell people, "Live your lives with peace and no fear. Leave the monsters to me and my men."
He also used to say to his men and other officers.. "If you wear the badge, and swore to protect and serve, you should pledge your life. If you betray the trust of the people who put their safety in your hands, and dishonor the badge, you should pay with your life"
Your brother was the epitome of what it means to be a real police officer. He was a man’s man and a cops cop. He expected the people around him and working underneath him to do the job of a police officer… To serve and protect. And that’s what he did. And from what you said, he did it with absolute honor And will always be remembered that way. God love your family and Godspeed to your brother. He was one of those that brought integrity and nothing but honor to the profession. Good on him.!!!!
I feel you… Would always watch this show with my state trooper Father. And we had a good family friend a city Metro officer killed in the line of duty Friday, 13 September 1985 that I remember to this day. Reading about the loss of your brother just broke my heart.
@barryg4927 we are connected by those who truly honored the badge. Much respect to you and your father and for his service ❤️
You made me tear up. That’s a great and sad memory
Your brother sounds like a great bloke mate. We need more people like that in the world. 👍
Lyrics:
Hill street blues
Hill street blues
Hill street blues
I got those Hill street blues
Niclair Casseus *here
@@niclaircasseus3673 brought*
@@niclaircasseus3673 *Family
@Hillary Got screwed So Gay the intro is from one of the biggest hits in music of all time but I'll let you work it out n by one of the biggest legends of music
family guy brought me here
As a kid in the 80s, the Hill Street Blues meant it was bedtime, and it was such a soothing bedtime song too! My parents would stay up and watch.
Geez I was in the USAF in 85
One of the most beautiful intro's. It has a little melancholy. Along with the rain, that makes a nice combination.
1959Berre....and poor image quality also
still one of the best theme songs ever
I Agree it's my favorite one☺👍
It really is. Just perfect.
It really was!
Without a doubt.
For me, the opening music easily ranks up there with my faves of WKRP and Taxi.
The screen explodes with radiance when you see Veronica Hamel.
So unbelievably stunning.
Yes totally when she appears at end what a entrance stunning
You ain't lying ! Veronica was in my thoughts many a nite after the show... I'll leave it at that ! 1980s ruled
My wife and I were married in 1981, when this show first aired, we never missed Hill Street Blues
My Gentle Pitt Bull ❤ That was the same year that my parents were married. Bless you both.
@@PrincessofPower84 imagine that was secretly your dad! XD...
Nah I'm kidding, but that would be crazy!
iSerpzy my brother used to have to play this for piano class. He would practice and always mess up and my mother would be yelling from upstairs “ You ain’t going outside till you get it done”
@@abuabdullah731 wow lol
It is on here in Southern Ontario, Canada on CHCH at 4 pm on there retro schedule , Monday thru Friday
this is so nostalgic, almost brings a tear to my eye
One of the most poignant themes ever. Beautiful composition.
oh 100%
I brought up with this series! What a wonderful decade of 80's, everything was real, virtual reality hasn't been invented yet and people were happy with the life that they they used to live.
agree
While I agree that it is easy to get carried away with nostalgia - I think you are right. The big difference between then and now is digital. I'm 52 so I can clearly remember a time before online . In 1985 we all lived our entire lives IRL - there was no digital life. Everything else was pretty much the same, you had school, work, cars and homes weren't that different, politics was the same, you went to the supermarket to buy food, put in the fridge and then cooked dinner. nearly everything was the same (apart from sylistically ie. the cars looked slightly different), apart from the Internet.
Brings back memories at a kid. Great times. 70s and 80s are the best time's
I agree! I wish I could go back in time and relive my childhood years!
agree!
When my husband and I were first married we watched this every week, 24 years later when he was terminally ill we watched re runs. We had the theme music at his funeral. Always be special to me ❤.
Thanks for the memories. My wife and I would put our 2 little boys to bed for the night. Then lay on the couch and watch Hill Street Blues.
The vibe of the 80s was so magical. The entire decade gave you the feeling you had the last day of school before summer break. So much hope for the future but yet we all felt like friends regardless of social background.
I used to argue with my Dad to let stay up late and watch Hill Street Blues. "Not on a school night" was always his reply, thank goodness for VCR's.
You and me both. 😁👍🏾
It s one of my favourite tv series.
It was broadcasted in France during the 90's...
Greetings from France guys!
I had an aunt who would just watch the opening credit sequence because she loved the music so much, then would change the channel when it was over. She never watched a single episode.
makes me sad & nostalgic at same time!
It made me sad and nostalgic back then, too.^^
Yes
Yes omg Yesme too! I just said the same thing
one of the greatest cop shows of all time
One of ?
No THE #1 Cop show!
David Clarke hands down
Correction, one of the best TV shows of all time.
I think the top best classic cop shows are Hill Street Blues, High incident, Chips, then TJ Hooker.
Back when life was simple
The early 2020s have been a disaster
this tune still gives me goosebumps...
100%
Man that intro brings tears to my eyes. My mum loved that show.
"Let's Be Careful Out There."
Right, make sure to inflict lethal damage, not just "wing" them.
...Jeez, thanks. You summoned ALL the onion-cutting ninjas!
@O M just because a person doesn't have a gun doesn't mean they can't hurt someone.
@@ModMokkaMatti Why are you even here? Go away with this anti cop stuff on a COP SHOW's video. Makes zero sense.
"There were some ugly people on that show. That's what made it real."
-Carter Pewterschmidt
Carter Guitar lol
@Gary Cooper That 's very true without this there wouldn't be Breaking Bad and the Wire it broke new ground at the time , still is one of my favourites. Cheers !
@@pvtrichter88 Definitely The Wire is one of the greatest shows ever but Hill street blues laid the groundwork
"Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues, I've got those Hill Street Blues."
That's not nice, you rude fu*k!!!
‘81-‘87, some of the best years of my life.
One of the most influential TV dramas ever produced; not just in its storytelling, but its production style.
Hill Street Blues is the best Emmy-award-winning, long-running cop show ever in television history, years before Law & Order, N.Y.P.D. Blue, and The Shield.
The Wire too.
NYPD Blue has the same creator, Steven Bochco who did Hill Street. The same theme song composer Mike Post also did the theme to NYPD Blue as well
Hill Street Blues is the GOAT of TV Police Dramas
It was a combination of serious, tragic, epic, uplifting, and hilarious. The alligator in the sewer comes the mind.
This theme brings back memories of crippling boredom and helplessness as a child becuase there was nothing else on TV except this.
I remember Thursday nights. Magnum PI, Simon and Simon, and Hill Street Blues.
I'm having the hardest time listening to this...so beautiful, taking me back to those days.
Loved watching this with my Mom.❤️😭Miss you so much.😢✌️
Coole Serie.. 1985 i was young and i offen watched this serie👌😊 greetings from Germany
I miss my childhood.My uncles were alive and my parents were young.Love the melody.Time goes so fast
Me too now my uncles are dead my dad too..
It really hearts sometimes badly
me too. I miss my childhood in the 80s. A lot of plans for the future didn' t work out as i have planned them
I was a cop in The Met Police in London, a retired vet, The Royal Navy, when this hit the screen in The UK. The first series was "Finding" itself. Long hair, not quite like a cop should present theirself. FROM THEN ON, as US Police said, JUST LIKE THEM....I AGREE....SO PROFESSIONAL!
When this show used comes on, my parents always made my brothers and I go to bed.😂 however I wouldn't never trade my childhood for nothing in the world. Thx for the memories. The 70's/80's rock...💪🏽💃🏽
Lavon Denson I miss the 70s and the 80s. My children tell me all the time I'm stuck in the 80s.
I was working on the west side of Chicago during this era. I recognize many of the street scenes. Brings a tear to my eyes.
One of the best well acted and written police drama's ever televised.
Without it there wouldn't be Homicide: Life on the street, NYPD Blue, The Wire, The Shield or Blue Bloods.
@@kendallrivers1119 Very true. 👮 👍
@@Tiberius291 the best shows usually start a whole new era of shows don't they?
"One of"?
Better than Starsky and Hutch.
This theme song STILL give me chill spines! The goosebumps are still here! I miss this series - all the good stuff is gone!
As soon as I heard that piano I cried I'm 44 years old and the tears just burst
I never watched one episode of this show but when I was a kid I watched the intro every single time.
The background scenes reminded me of how poor we were growing up and everybody struggled but I wouldn't change it for the world, made us strong, appreciative and independent, nowadays these kids are entitled. Definitely one of my favorite theme songs and show
My girlfriend would study for college and I’d watch this…I discovered that she passed away a few years ago and now when I hear this song it brings me back.
Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues, I got those Hill Street Blues. Family Guy brought me here for tonight’s all-new episode.
Carter Guitar brought me here.
Hahaha yaass
Lmmmmao he sang it too well with Louis
I just had to c aswell
My mom use to watch this back in the days i miss the 80s
Reminds me of my dad who passed away not long ago....😔....wish i could go back to these better days...❤
I suddenly felt an urge to look up this theme music, as a kid growing up in Greece in the seventies and eighties on special occasions I would get to stay up and watch this show. My god where have these qualities gone? The first thing that struck me after some 40 plus odd years of seeing this show is the candour in the bleakness. Truly historical.
RIP Steven Bachco. Love Hill Street Blues.
Makes me think of my dad. He’s about to be 94! He loved this show. Great time back then for me.
Great times I had with my mother, back in the good old days.. I miss her so. Childhood memories, forever in my mind👨👩👦👦
30 years I had just graduated college, no job yet. For 3 months I watched Hill Street then joined the Army. Always gave me some kind of comfort. To this day.
One of the best shows ever. I was a tad young to appreciate it when it was on (born 1972), but i caught reruns on Bravo in abt 2004-2005 after coming home from night shifts as a cop. It really captures the everyday struggles and the unsung good work done all the time by good men and women. Kudos to the creators, writers, ans cast. They richly deserve every award they ever got, and more.
This was my parents favorite show. All the feels. Growing up outside of Chicago. Maybe the peak of tv back then.
As a youngster, the bit at 0.56 where the Mother and two kids are walking down the road in the rain and sleet in that very depressing urban environment, always got me. Certainly different to most of the other stuff I used to watch back then that was all set in sunny California and where everyone lived in massive houses, had great cars and not even the teenagers had a single spot on their faces.
I wonder the fate of those children, the mother must be pushing 80 by now. Kids are surprisingly resilient, but that craptastic landscape was forbidding, just terrible. Everything is ruined, wet, cold and rusted. EDIT and she was probably about to cross the road. Looks like the older, industrial section of town.
@@sainte3443 Yes. It was so different to other programmes from the States that I saw as a kid in England. I suppose Cagney and Lacey had a grittyness as well though.
@@floydpitt7590 Most of the actual towns I've been through here in the US have parts like these. The railroads run, or did run through here. They tend to be crime ridden for obvious reasons, but they can have their charms, for all their grit. Those are often places that have experienced gentrification, which I don't find charming, but I can enjoy aspects of it. I have to revisit old Cagney and Lacey eps on yt at some point. x
Dude that just misted me up!😢 I know exactly what you're talking about. I even like how in the beginning, when the two squad cars are pursuing someone, how the second one burns out and almost loses it
The police station they use in the opening theme scene is a couple blocks from my work. The University of Illinois at Chicago police department use it as their police station. Pretty cool I was 9 years old when this show came out and all these years later I still drive by the station.
Wow this theme song 🎶 takes me back. ❤️
Back when life consisted of close circle of circle, family and dear friends, and ya didn’t really have a care in the world 🌎. Used to play with my cat and ride horses on my fam farm.
Brings me back to a much cozier time of life and I was so secure. I didn’t know how good I had it back then as a lil kid of 7 years old with my four siblings. We used to ride to the lake in our station wagon for swimming on a hot summer day and grab a mcDonalds ice cream 🍦 for like $ .25 on the way.
I miss the 80s when life wasn’t so dark and evil feeling and the world 🌎 didn’t feel like it’s closing in on everyone.
Indeed. And when we had leaders that didn’t have bribery scandals and crackhead sons.
RIP Mr. Bochco. You were well ahead of your time.
Michael Conrad: "Let's be careful out there" 👮
Clinton Nebraska.....excelente actor !! Total Respect !!
Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues, I got those “Hill Street Blues” 😂😂😂😂😂. Family Guy reference
Shit i miss them good old days, the 1980s was just way better 😊👍
I don't know why it's got me thinking about Punky Brewster right now, even tho it's music is more reminiscent to Greatest American Hero! This show was too adult for my age at the time yet I still liked it. Thanks so much for uploading it
Mike Post created some awesome themes.
Mike Post の曲、その後のLA LAWもだったような記憶。良い時代
だった。
His theme from Murder One was brilliant too!
NYPD Blue! 🚇
Yes! Hill Street, Rockford Files, Magnum, PI, Doogie Hauser, Quantum Leap etc. Some of the greatest themes ever!
The Great Mizuti.... Mike Post & Pete Carpenter, both
What a theme tune and what a show. Loved it and Joyce Davenport!
I still say this show came out in tv in the late 1970s. By far the best tv memory for me. 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰
Came out actually in January 1981. That was the first episode and the styles were reminiscent of the late 1970’s in the very early HSB episodes. The early part of a new decade usually still has the styles and flavor of the prior one.
Joe Spano is now in NCIS as FBI agent Fornell. He went from one smash hit show into another! That fabulous theme still gets me.
Gibbs and Fornell are an excellent duo when on screen together.
Dennis Franz went from Hill street to NYPD blue too
When I was a kid, this was the last show my mom would let me watch before getting ready for bed 😂😂😂😂
Miss my child hood 80s y'all rock luv y'all nothing like hot cup of coffee and watch hill street blues my moms favorite show rip Freddie
I saw the episode where Larue ended up at an AA meeting. I went to a meeting the next night in Palm Springs and Kiel Martin was there. No wonder the episode was so accurate.
AMAZING!
He was like, "Uh, I'm doin' research. Yeah yeah, that's it. Research. Christ, my head."
Retired as Police Lieutenant after 30 years in 2006. I watched this show faithfully every week. Best time was watching it with other Cops at the Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy. Unique time in policing that can't be repeated. I've made arrangements for this version to be played at my funeral.
How close was it to real policing? You see many cop shows today and you just think that it can't be realistic in the slightest and that real cops must laugh at them
When Hill Street Blues was aired on Saturday nights, no one I knew went out. We simply loved it. Nothing before or since was, or is as good. We looked forward to every episode, and felt a sense of loss when each episode finished. Just brilliant.
When TV shows were focused on telling gripping plot lines and not forcing their political opinions down their viewers.
I could watch the whole series again.What a pleasure!!
This series won 26 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Film Sound Editing - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Cinematography for a Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Hill Street Station, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Barbara Babcock, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Michael Conrad, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Daniel J. Travanti, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing - Personal Foul, Outstanding Film Editing for a Series - Of Mouse and Man, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Freedom's Last Stand, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Michael Conrad, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Daniel J. Travanti, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series - Trial By Fury, Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Series - Stan the Man, Outstanding Film Editing for a Series - Phantom of the Hill, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Life in the Minors, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Trial By Fury, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series - Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow, Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Goodbye, Mr. Scripps, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Bruce Weitz, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Alfre Woodard, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Betty Thomas.
justifiably
jwelch5742 - you do know the series is 'Hill Street Blues' not 'Hill Street Station', right?
The opening to HSB was a big thing for me back in the day ! Up until seeing the opening credits for the first time, I never really realised that it could rain so depressingly in America (as it does in the UK) and that it could be poor and desperate! And then there is the music! So melancholy , perfectly befitting the whole narrative. There was a new realism emerging . It is a work of art .
More than the show, I remember how much my dad loved it. And he was a trooper at the time.
veronica hamil. what an incredibly beautiful woman.i loved her as a kid.and as an adult am still the same wow.
Yh amazing
God, you made me cry. I travelled back in time to my childhood, thank you.
In many ways, "Hill Street Blues" was the start of the Golden Age of TV that we're enjoying now. RIP Steven Bochco.
More like the start of the dramatic golden age we enjoyed in the 80's and 90's. Not a big fan of most shows we get now.
@@kendallrivers1119Only good shows that are on today are Stranger Things, Terminal List, and anything Taylor Sheridan makes.
This was my Dad's favorite show back in the '80s. He always had to have his glass of Pepsi, bowl of Saltine crackers, and can of Vienna Sausages to snack on while watching Hill Street Blues... RIP Dad!
@0:19 I simply love the way the stunt driver makes the 2nd police car dance on the slippery road. The theme music for this show as well as the scenery are simply legendary. I'm not surprised to learn tha tthe composer Mike Post worked on the Rockford Files theme as well.
Ahh James Sikking...loved that show..I am heartbroken! My Dad looked just like James Sikking and people would tell him that too..my dad passed away Jan.5 2019..tv nowadays doesn't compare!!
Just heard of the passing of Barbara Bassoon, she was a huge part of, with no issue to NYPD Blue, but the greatest police show to.ever air! Rest easy Barbra, give our best to those already in heaven, & remember, let's be careful out there....
I used to watch this series when I was young, I was glued to the TV. Great show and bring back those memories.
this takes me back
The beautiful 80's. Nostalgia overload when I see this.
In the days of bs pseudo reality shows, long running plots, and paranoia. It would be refreshing to see well written, reality based show. With character actors not models.
I always remember the mother with the two young children on the sidewalk at 0:57. I wonder where they are now.
Watching this in memory of James B. Sikking (Lieutenant Hunter).
The good old days!
Didn't grow up in the 80s, but I did grow up with old shows and music. Watching this brought me so much nostalgia and it makes me wonder if my past self may have watched this. I get this comfort feeling from the intro like I hold a personal relationship with it, yet I only found out about this show last week after watching other old theme songs. I like to think my past self lived in the 20th century and watched this, and that is why I am having so much nostalgia to it.
I have so much appreciation for the 20th century. Almost all of the shows and films I watch are from that time. 80s shows were these goofy, slice of life feeling types of shows and I love that about them. The intros, while some very cheesy, are soo addicting to listen to. Gotta love that about the shows from the 80s! They were simple, but well written. Like Knight Rider, Perfect Strangers and Threes Company. Although Threes Company started in '77 if I recall correcty. Not entirely an 80s show.
Thank god for RUclips. Because of it, I have found yet another intro to add to my playlist😊