Thunderstruck
- Thread starter HoraceGrant
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Every time people say this, we happen to be right. Funny how that works. I'm 100% confident in the source.
But, I also wouldn't put it past them to pull a last-minute switcheroo.
And Auburn's entrance is Crazy Train - 1980. (at least it was back in 2013)
Don't tell him what Alabama's entrance song is though... hint: its Thunderstruck.
Thunderstruck might be unoriginal and old, but it works. That's why so many people use it.
For all those that hate it... the fact is, the amount of music that has that forward momentum and is designed to get a stadium going through a build up to an impact is not all that large. Its why a lot of schools are still using older music for that purpose- not a lot has been created since that era passed. Add to that the fact that it has an obvious tie in with Cyclones, and it seems the perfect song.
If you think the entrance song is about directly pumping up the team, you're wrong. Its about pumping up the crowd, and this is a great song for that.
If you think the entrance song is about directly pumping up the team, you're wrong. Its about pumping up the crowd, and this is a great song for that.
On one hand, it's just BDK. On the other hand, well, you got put down by BDK.
Wait, I thought we were talking about entrance music? Now we are talking about other traditions?
Still waiting on what song you would choose as entrance music...
Why not use the song that was made about iowa state? I think i heard jared talking about them releasing an updating version.
Not that song exactly because it references pual but I remember hearing in a podcast that there was an updated version
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Oh gosh. This is rich beyond measure.
We go from, yes, an old song, but an AWESOME crunchy one, and one that is not entirely overplayed at sporting venues (which overplay canned music constantly anyways).
"Thunderstruck" is up there with "Crazy Train" and "Welcome to the Jungle" in terms of oh god not this again at high school football and basketball games at this point.
"Thunderstruck" is from 1990, but it completely sounds like something from Back in Black and their next dozen albums or so. And that was 1980. Definitely still into the Oldies. Machine Head and "Smoke on the Water was 1972, for comparison, and I doubt "70s rock" versus "80s rock" means much of a difference to most people under 40. I care, but I'm a complete nerd for classic rock, so I don't count. And I can completely conflate a 1990 ACDC song with their 80s output. It is not like they ever really changed their sound or progressed musically at all, and even they acknowledge it.
"As guitarist Angus Young famously quipped in the ’80s after being told that a critic had accused them of recording 10 albums that all sounded the same: 'He’s a liar. We’ve made 11 albums that all sound the same.'"
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/acdc-song-end/?trackback=tsmclip
Again, nerding out here, but at least Deep Purple was musically progressive and interesting. They went from super hard, flower power blues ("Hush") to hardddddddd rock ("Smoke on the Water" "Space Truckin'") with some boogie-woogie ("My Woman from Tokyo") and always had Jon Lord's awesome organ in the forefront ("Highway Star" "Lazy" "Child in Time") to make them distinct from the guitar bands of the era. Yes, I like Deep Purple a lot.
Everybody pumps the "we're going to be new, different, unique!" line with Campbell. Go full-on with the pro wrestling overtones, get some hip'hop'flip'flop and stuff but... In the end they bring in... another dinosaur rock song, only one completely overplayed that's musically inferior.
I mean, CW must be pissed, right?
If we were going to do "Thundestruck" might as well done something like this...
We go from, yes, an old song, but an AWESOME crunchy one, and one that is not entirely overplayed at sporting venues (which overplay canned music constantly anyways).
"Thunderstruck" is up there with "Crazy Train" and "Welcome to the Jungle" in terms of oh god not this again at high school football and basketball games at this point.
"Thunderstruck" is from 1990, but it completely sounds like something from Back in Black and their next dozen albums or so. And that was 1980. Definitely still into the Oldies. Machine Head and "Smoke on the Water was 1972, for comparison, and I doubt "70s rock" versus "80s rock" means much of a difference to most people under 40. I care, but I'm a complete nerd for classic rock, so I don't count. And I can completely conflate a 1990 ACDC song with their 80s output. It is not like they ever really changed their sound or progressed musically at all, and even they acknowledge it.
"As guitarist Angus Young famously quipped in the ’80s after being told that a critic had accused them of recording 10 albums that all sounded the same: 'He’s a liar. We’ve made 11 albums that all sound the same.'"
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/acdc-song-end/?trackback=tsmclip
Again, nerding out here, but at least Deep Purple was musically progressive and interesting. They went from super hard, flower power blues ("Hush") to hardddddddd rock ("Smoke on the Water" "Space Truckin'") with some boogie-woogie ("My Woman from Tokyo") and always had Jon Lord's awesome organ in the forefront ("Highway Star" "Lazy" "Child in Time") to make them distinct from the guitar bands of the era. Yes, I like Deep Purple a lot.
Everybody pumps the "we're going to be new, different, unique!" line with Campbell. Go full-on with the pro wrestling overtones, get some hip'hop'flip'flop and stuff but... In the end they bring in... another dinosaur rock song, only one completely overplayed that's musically inferior.
I mean, CW must be pissed, right?
If we were going to do "Thundestruck" might as well done something like this...
Oh gosh. This is rich beyond measure.
We go from, yes, an old song, but an AWESOME crunchy one, and one that is not entirely overplayed at sporting venues (which overplay canned music constantly anyways).
"Thunderstruck" is up there with "Crazy Train" and "Welcome to the Jungle" in terms of oh god not this again at high school football and basketball games at this point.
"Thunderstruck" is from 1990, but it completely sounds like something from Back in Black and their next dozen albums or so. And that was 1980. Definitely still into the Oldies. Machine Head and "Smoke on the Water was 1972, for comparison, and I doubt "70s rock" versus "80s rock" means much of a difference to most people under 40. I care, but I'm a complete nerd for classic rock, so I don't count. And I can completely conflate a 1990 ACDC song with their 80s output. It is not like they ever really changed their sound or progressed musically at all, and even they acknowledge it.
"As guitarist Angus Young famously quipped in the ’80s after being told that a critic had accused them of recording 10 albums that all sounded the same: 'He’s a liar. We’ve made 11 albums that all sound the same.'"
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/acdc-song-end/?trackback=tsmclip
Again, nerding out here, but at least Deep Purple was musically progressive and interesting. They went from super hard, flower power blues ("Hush") to hardddddddd rock ("Smoke on the Water" "Space Truckin'") with some boogie-woogie ("My Woman from Tokyo") and always had Jon Lord's awesome organ in the forefront ("Highway Star" "Lazy" "Child in Time") to make them distinct from the guitar bands of the era. Yes, I like Deep Purple a lot.
Everybody pumps the "we're going to be new, different, unique!" line with Campbell. Go full-on with the pro wrestling overtones, get some hip'hop'flip'flop and stuff but... In the end they bring in... another dinosaur rock song, only one completely overplayed that's musically inferior.
I mean, CW must be pissed, right?
If we were going to do "Thundestruck" might as well done something like this...
If you want to get into a Deep Purple vs AC/DC fight let's go buddy. If you recognize my avatar you'll know which side I'm on.
If you want to get into a Deep Purple vs AC/DC fight let's go buddy. If you recognize my avatar you'll know which side I'm on.
To quote Ivan Drago, "You will lose."
I win right about 0:12 or 0:13 into it...
And it just becomes a slaughter from there.
Where's AC/DC got an organ solo like that one?
How do you hook up a church organ to a fuzz box, given that's what it sounds like?
How did those guys ever come down from the high they must have been on to record this...? That whole song (and album, for that matter) is just tripping balls.
