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Randy Savage's Theme Music

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> Hey Scott,
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> Was there a reason WCW didn't use Pomp and Circumstance for Macho Man's Music? It was in the Public Domain.

Because WCW?

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  1. Christopher BirdOctober 12, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    Because while "Pomp and Circumstance" may be public domain, SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES of "Pomp and Circumstance" are not. So you run the risk of paying money for a license on some performance of "Pomp and Circumstance" other than the one the WWF paid for, and having it sound NEARLY the same but maybe not quite the same as the "original" Randy Savage "Pomp" and then people start making jokes about cheap knockoffs...


    Classical music! It's more complex than you think it is.

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  2. Dominic FoleyOctober 13, 2013 at 12:07 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olNjTHajjd8 I thought he did?

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  3. Charlie OwensOctober 13, 2013 at 1:33 AM

    He did intially. Then, during his "Team Madness" phase, he had some generic rock tune.

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  4. davidbonzaisaldanamontgomeryOctober 13, 2013 at 3:03 AM

    Because WCW writers didn't graduate from high school, so they had no idea what the song represented?


    OOOOHHHHHYYYYEEEEEAAAAH

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  5. nwa88October 13, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    Yeah, he had Pomp and Circumstance for all of his WCW face run pretty much lol. Then he switched to the NWO music when he went NWO and then the 'Team Madness' theme when he came back in 1999.

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  6. White ThunderOctober 13, 2013 at 7:02 AM

    Recently I've been appreciating his Team Madness era work. At the time I thought he was a dinosaur but in retrospect Macho Man was always awesome.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvu4M3zO6IQ

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  7. Dougie2876October 13, 2013 at 7:45 AM

    P&C didn't fit his post nwo persona at all.

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  8. MikeyMike2323October 13, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    The rock and roll version he used in WCW was pretty awesome

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  9. RLatimerOctober 13, 2013 at 8:17 AM

    WHAT UP, MACH?

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  10. jvc113October 13, 2013 at 9:27 AM

    I was gonna say.... I thought I remember him coming out to it when he was a babyface.

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  11. jvc113October 13, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L29wT3-cmY0



    Classic Pomp & Circumstance from his debut.


    When I went to a high school graduation for the first time (1990-91ish) and they played Pomp & Circumstance for the graduates, I turned to my mom and said, "Oh MY GOD MACHO MAN IS HERE!!!" I was old enough to know better but it got a laugh from my parents, haha.

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  12. ziggaman730October 13, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    his wcw version was like a remix with the guitars whaling in the background. It wasnt that bad. Wasnt Flairs original wwf music a tad different than the 2001 space oddysey he used in wcw?

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  13. Charlie OwensOctober 13, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    Savage's WCW music (at first) was P&C played on electric guitars. Flair's initial WWF music was not the 2001 theme at all.

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  14. ReinEngelOctober 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM

    The WCW version was definitely better. Besides, new company means new theme... it's kind of an unwritten rule.

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  15. Charlie OwensOctober 13, 2013 at 9:08 PM

    Not an etched in stone rule. I'm watching the Goldberg DVD now, his theme came with him intact. (I'm assuming there weren't any dubbing shenanigans. Probably not a safe assumption, but still.)

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  16. Jamie CovilleOctober 14, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    I seem to recall Savage not liking that theme music as it was Gorgeous George's music, so I wouldn't be surprised if he asked to get new theme music when he went to WCW.

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