What is the correct way to count the beat on the Flintstones' Theme

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is "flint" the pickup, and STONES the first beat? i.e., flint-STONES, meet the flint-STONES

or is Flint beat 1, i.e. "FLINT-stones, meet the FLINT-stones"

everybody sings it a capella the second way, but it always sounds the first to me on the show itself

steal the classy spy's gun (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:22 (two days ago)

in my stone age opinion, it is the latter: FLINT is on the one.

z_tbd, Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:24 (two days ago)

flint is clearly the one -- FLINT stones. vs twin GLOCK

ok (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:27 (two days ago)

Fred had a glock?

steal the classy spy's gun (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:28 (two days ago)

BMI knows...

https://i.imgur.com/rcPSDeA.jpeg

imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:31 (two days ago)

1 & 3 & 2 & 4 making fools dizzy

imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:31 (two days ago)

Let's ask what he thinks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivoUtZue4Xs

a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 17:32 (two days ago)

Do they encounter vikings in this show?

sarahell, Wednesday, 30 July 2025 18:25 (two days ago)

it's up to interpretation, but the singers hear it as flint-STONES — their flow in the chorus emphasizes "THE" in "from THE town of Bedrock"

c u (crüt), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 18:42 (two days ago)

It’s clearly FROM the not from THE

ok (D-40), Wednesday, 30 July 2025 20:18 (two days ago)


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