Playing WWE theme songs from the 90's is basically the same thing as smoke on the water. We should go with a recent song.
CMC on Smoke On The Water
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Just so we're clear, Smoke on the Water sucked because it was flat and never built to anything, which is pretty much the only requirement for an entrance song.
Also, we lost a ton while it was played so people are less tolerant of peripherals.
WWE itself is cheesy and over the top and I don't watch it, but the entrances are undeniably awesome as far as entrances go.
Also, Rhoads never changing it with a stubborn reliance on "tradition" was very on brand for the Rhoads era.
Also, we lost a ton while it was played so people are less tolerant of peripherals.
WWE itself is cheesy and over the top and I don't watch it, but the entrances are undeniably awesome as far as entrances go.
Also, Rhoads never changing it with a stubborn reliance on "tradition" was very on brand for the Rhoads era.
Rhoads said that he wasn't involved in picking the entrance music. I'm not sure that I believe him, but there is evidence of problems with the overall in-stadium experience that points away from him. It may be that someone asked him what his favorite song was. When he said "Smoke on the Water," they locked in on it. Having said that, Rhoads could have insisted that it be changed, but he didn't.
It's really not any different than the uniform threads.
Most of the men in those threads can't dress themselves and look decent. And they are going to choose our uniforms. Goodness.
Just like uniforms there are some things to pay attention to when choosing a song:
1. rock or rap (hip hop) can work
2. Is crowd involvement such as clapping on the wish list? If so, anything with a slow beat is out! It also eliminates most rock songs.
3. If crowd involvement isn't a priority then rock songs can work but what hasn't been done already that doesn't suck?
4. Another factor is appealing to recruits.
My ideal intro for Iowa state is adding glass from the current tunnel all the way up to the edge of the field. Pump fog at their feet as they walk through the glass tunnel and have some good rock or hip hop to finish it.
unique entrance and cheap! They also can make the walkway easy to use by putting doors on the end heading to jacobsen. No loss of mobility in the area.
Apparently you don't remember this.
[video=youtube;wd-RvQbf220]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-RvQbf220[/video]
Can you imagine if the smoke was contained in a glass tunnel?
Haven't listened to this since HS football senior year. Great suggestion. Intro would be perfect.
Yes I can and it's not hard to just pump a little that stays low. The problem with your video is they are trying to hide people through the fog.
That's the opposite of what I want. Not hard to do at all and the key is that it is unique. God everyone runs through smoke.
If you truly do smoke, then you can't really control it and keep it low. If you do fog because you want it to stay low, you need to use dry ice and you don't want to do that in a small enclosed space because you will have players passing out if they have to wait too long.
Black Veil Brides--Heart of Fire. Great instrumental and drums. Great beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxhWqxwsBQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZxhWqxwsBQ
I think good entrance songs can come from different genres...WWE, Rap, Rock, Heavy Metal.....whatever
Smoke on the Water is for baby boomers who are half-way through a few bong hits
Rhoads and his hardhat, hard-headed mentality and subsequent refusal to win more than 3 games/yr, was his downfall.
Good golly this new staff is a breath of fresh air. I'm completely impressed so far
Smoke on the Water is for baby boomers who are half-way through a few bong hits
Rhoads and his hardhat, hard-headed mentality and subsequent refusal to win more than 3 games/yr, was his downfall.
Good golly this new staff is a breath of fresh air. I'm completely impressed so far
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No kidding. Too many people hold schools like virtually every SEC school, Texas, and other "traditional" schools on too high of a pedestal when they think ISU should emulate their formula for success - the whole "tradition" and "winning breeds winning" mentality, where gimmicks such as music and 100 different uniform combinations is frowned upon in favor of doing things the way they were done in the '70s and '80s. Guess what? If we were one of those traditional schools, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now because we'd probably be good in football already without it. Unfortunately, "tradition" at ISU is **** football. "Tradition" is never going to work at ISU. Might as well separate ourselves from the pack and do the other things, gimmicks like music and 100s of uniforms, that put attention on us and give us a chance to pull recruits we ordinarily wouldn't have been able to. I mean - it's not like the "tradition" gimmick has been working at all since Chizik and Rhoads have championed it for the last decade.
You couldn't be any more right and wrong at the same time. There is only one song that should be considered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHm3rt4UXGA
