Man, that song is a gagger. On the other hand, the video itself isn't much better. If I knew nothing about the show, I'd guess from the opening credits (particularly the ridiculous shot of the women on a motorcycle) that it was a high-budget Skinemax offering.

Oh, and I want to punch that Jenny girl in the face. "Ooh, look at me doing my tortured litte dance! I'm sensitive! Oops, there are my boobs! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!" What a dink.

that is truly the worst song i've ever heard!!!

This song is awful! Apparently, the show got a ton of emails about how bad this intro is, but Betty (aka: EZGirl) is in with the hot shots of the show and the song is staying. Oh, well. I'm still hooked on the show, but now I just mute the intro and laugh. And to those who liked the first season intro - it's "Oooh Ma" by Paloma and they should have kept it! It was a nice, sexy intro.

holy crap, that is really, really stupid - so stupid in fact, that I thought maybe it was fake. It's real?!?

I only recently got Showtime, and stumbled upon an "L Word" marathon a few nights ago that started from the first episode. I've seen, oh, maybe ten episodes now. (the last one I saw was when Tina was being harassed by the girlfriend of her sperm donor.) I think the show is quite good, if a bit cheesy at times. (Hey, I'm a straight guy, and I'm glad to learn that all lesbians are really, really hot, live in fabulous homes, and that I may be able to get some action by calling myself a "lesbian defined man.")

The short, simple opening music of the first season is very appropriate. but now, having heard this horrendous "theme song," I'm not sure if I'll keep watching. I guess I can always TiVo it and skip ahead...

The first season was great. We were hooked. Then they pulled that glam intro for the second season. Peeuw. Lame. They may still have their core audience, but this casual viewer is gone.

A little history behind the song... the band Betty (Fronted by Elizabeth Ziff) performs the song and makes numerous cameos during the second season. In the press, this is always played up as a touching acceptance of the show by 'real' lesbians, but to me, it smacks of some back-room drunken handshake between self-promoters.

The L Word and the theme song are related in one profound way... they use extreme stereotypes of lesbians to catch an audience. The song and the show actually use different stereotypes... I have appreciated the fact that the the show avoids the drunken stupor that seems to be de rigour in some lesbian circles (including the songwriters), but regardless, this isn't the way I or my friends live, either the song or the show. We're just amused by it.

and LOVE! This is a joke, right? My word, that is some funny shit. Seems like a spook off of the old Mr Show or something.

you're right Heather, I can't stop sniffing it.

And I was furious when I got the second season on DVD and saw the way they had glitzed, glammed, and generally turned the simple, sexy beginning into five long minutes of crap tv. BLECH!!!! Did they really think those of us who love to watch Shane go through hottie after hottie wanted to see something like THAT?!?!?! UGH!

Does anyone else catch the “Sound of Music" "My favorite things" quote at the end of this song? It really pushes it over the top for me....mskes it something truely special.

Yep, that's pretty bad. Awful, in fact. But, Star Trek Enterprise still takes the cake for the absolute worst TV theme song. This one may induce many a cringe, but the Enterprise theme song makes one want to curl into a fetal position, lock oneself in a coffin and have it buried 6 feet under as means of escape.

Have you ever heard the lesbian feminist music played at women's music festivals? The same matter of factness that makes this theme song capital "L" Lame pervades the genre. For the target audience of the "L Word", it is close to being "Hey Jude".

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