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KensMusic · 06-06-2005, 05:28 AM

Does anyone know the title and artist of the song played in the episode 'Leaders of the Pack', Season 3 of American Dreams?
It was played in the background of the scene where Roxanne and Meg are at Bandstand infront of the make up mirrors talking about how Roxanne's mother is remarrying and moving with her new fiance.
The next scene straight after that is Dick Clark introducing the group The Who.
I've checked the music guides of a few sites but it seemed to have gone unnoticed. The artist is female.
Can anyone help?

AD FAN · 06-06-2005, 03:30 PM

what kind of music was it??? also, do you remember any of the lyrics or what it was about???

KensMusic · 06-06-2005, 09:02 PM

Unfortunately I only heard the song in the background but the music to the song has a similar feel and sound as 'Where Did Our Love Go?' by The Supremes (even the intro sounded similar), I'm curious now as to whether it is from the Motown label. The artist is definately female.
The lyrics I heard is only sung by a single person but I'm not completely sure if it is solo or group.

These are the only lyrics I was able to catch clearly since Roxanne and Meg were talking over it.

Lyrics:

Honey, Honey, Don't turn your back on me
We'll be good for each other
???,...do all this to me.
???,...you want to be free, we are better together...

Maine AD Fan · 06-06-2005, 11:10 PM

The following website has episode guides (and other good stuff) for all three seasons of American Dreams. I think it has a list of all the music for each episode. Scroll down the "Main Menu" and pick whichever year you want to search.

http://www.vidiot.com/AmericanDreams/

KensMusic · 06-07-2005, 07:30 AM

I don't think that website is working anymore

Maine AD Fan · 06-07-2005, 08:29 AM

Yes, the website is still available, but it takes time to load. I tried it out just now and was able to link to the program guides with no problems. I've printed them as a guide to my videotaped episodes of American Dreams, just in case they pull the plug on the site. Good luck!

AD FAN · 06-07-2005, 02:32 PM

sorry, Ken. i looked everywhere and i cant find the name of the song.

ADsupporter · 06-07-2005, 03:17 PM

Here is all the information on the episode "Leaders of the Pack" including all the songs from the episode. Hope you find it.

47 10/10/04 10/05/04 303 "Leaders of the Pack"
POWER PUNK BAND HAWK NELSON AS THE WHO -- After Meg unsuccessfully tries to recruit other students for her play, Chris makes her an offer that involves breaking and entering in exchange for his and his friends' participation. Meanwhile, as Jack prepares to embrace alternative voting groups for his run as city councilman, Helen tries to understand Donald's alternative lifestyle, and invites him over for dinner. When Beth hears that another pregnant woman's husband is killed in Vietnam, she and JJ have yet another awkward conversation. Meanwhile, dating Melanie causes Sam to feel like he is from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roxanne moves in with the Pryor's after she learns that her mom is not only remarrying, but moving, too. Hawk Nelson (Jason Dunn, Dave Clark, Daniel Biro, Matt Paige, "Letters to the President") guest-stars as The Who singing "My Generation."

I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore - The Young Rascals - 52-2/05/66
Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye - 30-3/16/63
Hey Joe - The Leaves - 31-7/09/66
You Really Got Me - The Kinks - 7-11/28/64
Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens - 14-11/07/64
American Bandstand Theme
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis - 5-10/09/65
My Generation - The Who - 74-2/12/66 [Hawk Nelson cover]
Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells - 1-7/16/66
Season of the Witch - Donovan - [Album cut - 1966]
I'll Follow the Sun - Ben Taylor - [Live]

Special Musical Guest [The Who]: Hawk Nelson. Pete Pryor: Matthew John Armstrong. Sister Mary Agnes: Ashley Crow. Chris Pierce: Milo Ventimiglia. Shelly Pierce: Daphne Zuniga. Donald Norville: Hank Stratton. Angela Walker: Aysia Polk. Blair: Patrick Macmanus. Anh Trang: Mai Pham. Melanie Reeves: Benita Krista Nall. Cal Cooper: Ben Taylor. Greta: Michelle Azar. Jefferson: Jonathan Sadowski. Cpt. O'Neil: Michael Shamus Wiles. Mindy: Becki Newton. Lenore Bojarski: Teresa Parente. Paul: Morgan Lawton. Vivian: Natalie Compagno. Alma Maier: Louise Claps. Marine: Raymond J. Shirley. Guy #1: Kris Palm. Guy #2: Michael Bierman.
Uncredited
Stevens: Jeff Fahey.

KensMusic · 06-08-2005, 10:26 AM

The song doesn't seem to be listed there ADSupporter but thanks for posting that up for me to check, I still wasn't able to get into that site for some reason.
Thanks for searching for me AD FAN, the song is quite mysterious...I'm starting to wonder if maybe it was just a tune they made up to play in the background and the song doesn't really exist.

blue · 06-18-2005, 12:31 PM

If you have the Season 1 DVD set, they use the same song in the episode "Pryor Knowledge". I think there was a different song in that particular scene when the show originally aired on TV in 2002. So maybe it is a made-up song that was cheaper for the producers to stick in the scene to save licensing fees on the DVD set.... But I was sure I'd heard that song before, maybe on the XM or something.

Will keep trying to figure it out!!

KensMusic · 06-22-2005, 06:29 AM

Thanks blue I appreciate it. I've just realised that this song was played in another episode in Season 3 titled "Charade", however the song was very very faint in the background but played for a longer time.
The scene is when Shelly Pierce and Helen Pryor are at the kitchen table and Shelly mentions that she works as a Playboy Playmate.
Unfortunately again there is no mention of this song in any of the music guides of most of the AD websites.

Kim316 · 08-15-2005, 07:42 PM

the artist of Leader of the Pack is the Shangri-La's.

06-08-2005, 10:26 AM	#9
KensMusic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 15	Phantom Song The song doesn't seem to be listed there ADSupporter but thanks for posting that up for me to check, I still wasn't able to get into that site for some reason. Thanks for searching for me AD FAN, the song is quite mysterious...I'm starting to wonder if maybe it was just a tune they made up to play in the background and the song doesn't really exist.

08-15-2005, 07:42 PM	#12
Kim316 Member First Time Poster Join Date: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 1	leader of the pack the artist of Leader of the Pack is the Shangri-La's.

06-06-2005, 05:28 AM	#1
KensMusic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 15	Can anyone help with a song heard on AD? Does anyone know the title and artist of the song played in the episode 'Leaders of the Pack', Season 3 of American Dreams? It was played in the background of the scene where Roxanne and Meg are at Bandstand infront of the make up mirrors talking about how Roxanne's mother is remarrying and moving with her new fiance. The next scene straight after that is Dick Clark introducing the group The Who. I've checked the music guides of a few sites but it seemed to have gone unnoticed. The artist is female. Can anyone help?

06-06-2005, 03:30 PM	#2
AD FAN American Dreams Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 08, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 386	what kind of music was it??? also, do you remember any of the lyrics or what it was about???

06-06-2005, 09:02 PM	#3
KensMusic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 15	Unfortunately I only heard the song in the background but the music to the song has a similar feel and sound as 'Where Did Our Love Go?' by The Supremes (even the intro sounded similar), I'm curious now as to whether it is from the Motown label. The artist is definately female. The lyrics I heard is only sung by a single person but I'm not completely sure if it is solo or group. These are the only lyrics I was able to catch clearly since Roxanne and Meg were talking over it. Lyrics: Honey, Honey, Don't turn your back on me We'll be good for each other ???,...do all this to me. ???,...you want to be free, we are better together...

06-06-2005, 11:10 PM	#4
Maine AD Fan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 23, 2005 Posts: 47	The following website has episode guides (and other good stuff) for all three seasons of American Dreams. I think it has a list of all the music for each episode. Scroll down the "Main Menu" and pick whichever year you want to search. http://www.vidiot.com/AmericanDreams/

06-07-2005, 07:30 AM	#5
KensMusic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 15	I don't think that website is working anymore

06-07-2005, 08:29 AM	#6
Maine AD Fan Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 23, 2005 Posts: 47	Yes, the website is still available, but it takes time to load. I tried it out just now and was able to link to the program guides with no problems. I've printed them as a guide to my videotaped episodes of American Dreams, just in case they pull the plug on the site. Good luck!

06-07-2005, 02:32 PM	#7
AD FAN American Dreams Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 08, 2004 Location: New York Posts: 386	sorry, Ken. i looked everywhere and i cant find the name of the song.

06-07-2005, 03:17 PM	#8
ADsupporter Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 12	Here is all the information on the episode "Leaders of the Pack" including all the songs from the episode. Hope you find it. 47 10/10/04 10/05/04 303 "Leaders of the Pack" POWER PUNK BAND HAWK NELSON AS THE WHO -- After Meg unsuccessfully tries to recruit other students for her play, Chris makes her an offer that involves breaking and entering in exchange for his and his friends' participation. Meanwhile, as Jack prepares to embrace alternative voting groups for his run as city councilman, Helen tries to understand Donald's alternative lifestyle, and invites him over for dinner. When Beth hears that another pregnant woman's husband is killed in Vietnam, she and JJ have yet another awkward conversation. Meanwhile, dating Melanie causes Sam to feel like he is from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roxanne moves in with the Pryor's after she learns that her mom is not only remarrying, but moving, too. Hawk Nelson (Jason Dunn, Dave Clark, Daniel Biro, Matt Paige, "Letters to the President") guest-stars as The Who singing "My Generation." I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore - The Young Rascals - 52-2/05/66 Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye - 30-3/16/63 Hey Joe - The Leaves - 31-7/09/66 You Really Got Me - The Kinks - 7-11/28/64 Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens - 14-11/07/64 American Bandstand Theme The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis - 5-10/09/65 My Generation - The Who - 74-2/12/66 [Hawk Nelson cover] Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells - 1-7/16/66 Season of the Witch - Donovan - [Album cut - 1966] I'll Follow the Sun - Ben Taylor - [Live] Special Musical Guest [The Who]: Hawk Nelson. Pete Pryor: Matthew John Armstrong. Sister Mary Agnes: Ashley Crow. Chris Pierce: Milo Ventimiglia. Shelly Pierce: Daphne Zuniga. Donald Norville: Hank Stratton. Angela Walker: Aysia Polk. Blair: Patrick Macmanus. Anh Trang: Mai Pham. Melanie Reeves: Benita Krista Nall. Cal Cooper: Ben Taylor. Greta: Michelle Azar. Jefferson: Jonathan Sadowski. Cpt. O'Neil: Michael Shamus Wiles. Mindy: Becki Newton. Lenore Bojarski: Teresa Parente. Paul: Morgan Lawton. Vivian: Natalie Compagno. Alma Maier: Louise Claps. Marine: Raymond J. Shirley. Guy #1: Kris Palm. Guy #2: Michael Bierman. Uncredited Stevens: Jeff Fahey.

06-18-2005, 12:31 PM	#10
blue Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 24	If you have the Season 1 DVD set, they use the same song in the episode "Pryor Knowledge". I think there was a different song in that particular scene when the show originally aired on TV in 2002. So maybe it is a made-up song that was cheaper for the producers to stick in the scene to save licensing fees on the DVD set.... But I was sure I'd heard that song before, maybe on the XM or something. Will keep trying to figure it out!!

06-22-2005, 06:29 AM	#11
KensMusic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 15	Thanks blue I appreciate it. I've just realised that this song was played in another episode in Season 3 titled "Charade", however the song was very very faint in the background but played for a longer time. The scene is when Shelly Pierce and Helen Pryor are at the kitchen table and Shelly mentions that she works as a Playboy Playmate. Unfortunately again there is no mention of this song in any of the music guides of most of the AD websites.