New music being adapted

[MrScott]

Is it just me, or are pretty much all the songs there choosing for entrances so much worse then the originals?

Jeff Hardys
Mr Kennedys
Randy Orton as of the 5/12 raw

all had good excitable music, now i don't get that little jump to look when i hear it.

Though Kennedys is growing on me a little, it just dosen't have that kick his last choice did.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Jeff Hardy's - Not as good as the other one, but not extraordinarily horrible. I'm ok with it for the most part.

Kennedy's - Terrible. It just reminds me of background music in a really crappy infomercial for a new car lot or something. "Generic rock music with fast beat". I don't think it suits him at all.

Finlay - Well, let's see. Does he use his theme, does he use Hornswoggle's, or does he use that one that was only shown once? As far as I can remember, that "one time only" song wasn't that bad.

Shelton - Not bad, not great.

Orton - TERRIBLE. Why did they think that this incredibly monotone and bland song would be better than the catchy song they had before? I thought the whole reason behind entrance music was to get you psyched and pumped up for the match and the contenders...not to put you to sleep and suck out all your energy. Next thing we know, Kozlov is going to finally get entrance music, but it'll be Brahm's Lullaby.

 

[HellBoundPower]

I heard that music Orton came out to tonight, and my jaw literally dropped to the floor. It was horrible. Slow, quiet, and definitely not fitting of Orton. It seems WWE is changing music a lot lately. I'm also not a fan of Kennedy's new music. It's quiet and AC/DC-like. It doesn't fit Kennedy at all. I do, however, actually like Jeff Hardy's new theme. It's not as good as the old one, but it fits him, and it seems more like his personality. It also makes him seem more like a Main Eventer. Either way, I really hope Orton's new music ends up being like his Killswitch Engage theme. They realize it doesn't fit him and he goes back to his Mercy Drive theme.

 

[I_Like_All_Wrestling]

They're all pretty terrible. I don't know what they keep changing them. Kennedys is by far the worst. For some reason WWE likes to used actual songs now, I guess so they can sell albums of real music instead of themes. Maybe so people hear songs around and think of WWE. I don't know. It's all terrible though and the albums I don't think have sold well since 1998 or something.

I also thought it was pretty funny when Hardy came out and King and JR said "It's that music it's Jeff Hardy" like we were used to the crappy song that he used once before getting suspended.

 

[Monkey_Mania]

Orton's New Music fits him real good. He slinks around like a snake just waiting to strike. Thats what his new music seems like to me. Call me crazy but I never really liked his Mercy Drive theme. His new one is just bad ass and fits him to a T. Usually everyone hates new Themes and in time they grow to like them. I have a feeling thats what will happen with Ortons new one.

 

[HellBoundPower]

Orton's New Music fits him real good. He slinks around like a snake just waiting to strike. Thats what his new music seems like to me.

While I respect your opinion, I really have to disagree. His music is just way too slow, too quiet, and lacks any energy. It sounds like a soft alt-rock/R&B song. I found myself wanting Cena to win, just so I didn't have to hear that music again. And that's bad because I'm not a Cena fan at all.

Call me crazy but I never really liked his Mercy Drive theme. His new one is just bad ass and fits him to a T. Usually everyone hates new Themes and in time they grow to like them. I have a feeling thats what will happen with Ortons new one.

I think the Mercy Drive song fits WAY better. It has those guitar solos that fit so well with his cocky pose. It's also louder and more energetic as opposed to the new song. And as for your comment about people not liking new theme songs, I liked the Mercy Drive song the first time I heard it. I also liked the Jeff Hardy theme the first time I heard it too. It really matters whether it fits the person or not. And I really don't think this song fits Orton at all.

 

[Monkey_Mania]

While I respect your opinion, I really have to disagree. His music is just way too slow, too quiet, and lacks any energy.

So does The Undertaker's. It gives him a presence. Orton wrestles a slow match, and walks to the ring slow. Its all about presence. When Orton comes down to the ring you know hes thinking about his game plan, and that hes usually 5 steps ahead of the competition. His new music symbolizes that effect.

I respect your opinion too. You also said that it wanted to make you cheer for Cena. Isnt that the Point???

 

[Undercurrent]

I truly miss Randy Orton's old theme as it always pumped me up. His new theme is not memorable in the very least. I gave it a chance and listened to it again but it did nothing for me at all.

Mr.Kennedy's is absolutely horrific. It sounds almost as if some emo band is ripping off AC/DC. He deserves a hell of a lot better than that.

I figured Jeff Hardy would never have his theme music changed but none the less it occurred and although I truly loved his previous theme, I happen to enjoy this one as well. Clearly this new theme will never live up to the previous one but it truly suits him. I've taken the time to actually listen to it a few times over and it gets me pumped up which was the intention of the song. They were very wise to add elements into this theme from the previous tune.

 

[Danmen001]

Some of the music changes the WWE makes I can't agree with, but quite a few aren't too bad.

Mr. Kennedy - His new music is exactly the same, except with increased tempo. While Kennedy is face, I actually have to agree with this one. His music seems more face like, high impact music if you will. The slow version is more in your face.

Finlay - Well, he seems to use Hornswaggle's music more now, because it gets more of a pop. When he uses the "My name is Finlay" one, still a good pop, but only when he isn't planning on having Hornny interfere.

Shelton - Better for a heel as well. Slower paced, 'full of himself', for lack of a better term. His old one was too fast paced.

Jeff Hardy - The major one. EVERYONE, I have talked too prefers the old one he had. Everyone likes that one more, and so do I. Unfortunately that was the "Hardy Boyz" music, and they needed to give him ME music.

Orton - Living in Australia, haven't heard it yet unfortunately. Although I love the Mercy Drive song. And the majority on here seem to like his old one more.

The WWE must be changing their style of music.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'm in a time warp. It's 1999 again and all the music in WWE is the same. Half these tunes I couldn't tell you who they belong to, unless a man in Speedos comes out immediately after. The music is ok I guess, but they strike me as songs that aren't worthy of being on albums. Other than WWE The Music Volume 9.

Bring back 80's style music or Jim Johnston or whatever his name is. I demand music that reflects the personality of the actual wrestler. This must change. No more generic rock. Real American has stood the test of time, I doubt the latest Hardy song will.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Meh. Hardy's is k for his personality. Kennedy's fits him better as a face. I despised it at first, and would still prefer the original, but its probably better for a face in reality. SHelton's new music is excellent for him, I love it. I loathed his old weak ass theme, and the new one just fits his persona SO MUCH better. I cant really leavy a opinion on the new Orton one, I havent heard it enough, or seen enough entrances outta him with it to really say if I like it or hate it. He did well with it last night I thought, but they need to find a different point for it to hit POST match, becuase the slow soft girly lead in is weird after he punts someone in the head.

Finlay had some of the best damn music in the whole fed. FACT. I fucking hate they took it from him, and continue to weaken and bastardize the character.

 

[TomSmithUK]

Kennedy's is the same lyrics performed by a different band. And their take doesn't suit it at all, the vocals are too quiet for a start, the whole point of Kennedy is he's a loudmouth, so the loud distinctive vocals make sense.

It's quite ironic, I was thinking about how the big names seem to have a music shift when they are taking a step in their career. HHH had a cool music when he was in his first title winning period, 1999-2000. Then changed after the Stone Cold return (2000) and has stuck with that through the reign of terror.

Cena had had a major change to My Time Is Now after he won the WWE title.

Stone Cold changed leading towards his heel turn after his 2000 return.

Jeff on the verge of the push of a lifetime changes his music.


Does this mean that perhaps Orton is in line for a change again?

 

[RVDgurl]

I'm glad someone made this thread! I was damn near appalled at Orton's entrance music last night. My friend and I looked at each other in amazement. Orton had a very catchy, very recognizeable theme; I can't believe the WWE felt the need to change it. In the same light, I cannot get used to Jeff Hardy's theme. It would be ok for someone else, but the Hardy theme was so damn good- hell, it made me want to go out and wrestle.
I miss the days when the entrance music actually matched the wrestler. There are very few that I can think of off the top of my head (Jericho, Punk, Taker, Edge and Londrick come to mind) where this is the case. I don't feel that a change in music is a good idea unless the wrestler is getting an overhaul on their character.

 

[Skullz Crack'Em]

Orton's "Burn In My Light" theme was given to him right after he turned face and feuded with Evolution, it always seemed like a Face theme to me, that's the impression I always got from it. This new theme matches him more, it definitely has a heel vibe to it, personifying his "Ice Man" type gimmick that he is using instead of being a Legend Killer anymore. Believe me, it was time for a change in themes for Orton. Kennedy's theme is the exact same song, except in a faster beat, which helps get the fans pumped up for his entrance, now that he is a face, this makes sense for him to have a faster song. Then there is Jeff Hardy, a guy that needed his own theme song because his old one was a public theme song that you would here on some commercials on occasion(like Hardcore Holly's). The bad thing about Jeff's new theme is that it starts off way too slow, so I think WWE made the wrong choice of music for him.

 

[HellBoundPower]

So does The Undertaker's. It gives him a presence. Orton wrestles a slow match, and walks to the ring slow. Its all about presence. When Orton comes down to the ring you know hes thinking about his game plan, and that hes usually 5 steps ahead of the competition.

The difference though is that Undertaker's whole gimmick is based off a slow, calculating pace. And while Orton has seemingly adopted the same type of pace, he seems like he's more of an aggressor, and the new music doesn't have any kind of aggression to it whatsoever. It almost sounds like a love song or something. And "Burn In My Light" wasn't really a fast song either. It had more energy to it, but was a slower pace compared to other songs.

You also said that it wanted to make you cheer for Cena. Isnt that the Point???

I guess it would be to an extent. But it didn't really make me want to cheer for Cena. It just made me want something to happened so I didn't have to hear that music again. Either Cena winning, JBL beating down Cena and his music playing, or Triple H coming out, cleaning house and his music playing. Just anything so I wouldn't have to hear Orton's music again.

Orton's "Burn In My Light" theme was given to him right after he turned face and feuded with Evolution, it always seemed like a Face theme to me, that's the impression I always got from it.

I can understand why you would get that vibe. To me it always seemed like music that would fit him whether he was face or heel. It seemed universal. It also fit with his cocky gimmick, cocky pose, and even later it fit with his aggressive personality because of it's slight heaviness.

Believe me, it was time for a change in themes for Orton.

I don't know if it was necessary, but even if it was, they could've at least picked something that didn't sound like a slow love song. Something heavier. Seeing as how Orton is a big fan of Metallica and Pantera, they could've used something slow and heavy that sounds like either of those bands. Anything but what they gave him.

 

[Jeff Hardy Rules]

I personally like kennedy but I think that they changd it because their turning him into face and the old theme sweared alot so they making the song for the younger audience. I like Hardy's old music better but this one is really good too. Orton is terrible big mistake.

 

[kieran_devlin]

Country rock music dosnt fit a cocky young talent like Mr Kennedy, the old music had a sort of personality that matched Kennedy and had a cool twinkle sound in it.
As for Jeff Hardy who cares hes and idiot who has made countless mistakes in his career and prolly no one will give a toss his music is generic anyway.
Orton had that music that only fitted his character, it was that music that was synonymous with Orton like how HBKs music is synonymous with him how undertakers Gongs are widely recognised (that sounded so bad).

If they dont change Ortons music back i tell you it will ruin his characters image.
As for Kennedy its too far back to change it to the old theme now.

Benjamin's theme is just a tweaked version of his old theme like how they tweaked undertakers a few times for example added the gongs at the start. Its fine for him suits him and isnt different from the effect his old one had.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

I'm semi-curious if the W.W.E. is secretly producing a record label with unknown bands to do their Wrestlers theme songs. Thats almost the only answer I have to why so many have taken on new music. Some good, some bad.

Jeff Hardy: Hardy's new music was a great thing for him for numerous reasons. He was heading in a Main Event direction and needed a new feel. His original music was the "Hardy Boyz" theme music, and he needed badly to break away from that, as it was the theme music of a Tag Team, not an individual. Matt's been striving on his own theme song since turning on Jeff back in 2002. Its about time Jeff caught up.

Mr. Kennedy: I wasn't high on this at first, as I felt it was hurting him with how fast it was. I just didn't sound like it had the "Kennedy feel." (although I'm not quite sure what his feel is) Of course all of that is now a mute point as I enjoy and like his music now, as a face. Don't ask me the difference, the music just fits him more as a face than when he was a heel.

Randy Orton: This is the horrible side to the new music. Randy Orton's old theme, albeit old and out-dated now, was Orton to a 'T'! Just like Alterbridge is to Edge, Mercy Drive is to Orton.

This is apparently his new music. If this is true, its definately NOT fitting.

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[Taker316]

I dno. I find a lot of the new themes are pretty horrible like... Nothing like the old times like the ones that last a lifetime. *shattered glass* *Real american* and of course undertakers which got a lil bit tweaked, More like a modernized version of his OLD theme which is amazing, (i remember WM 20 when he returned back with that gimmick, brought chills right down my spine!) and yeah.

Ortons was HORRIBLE although i was really gettin sick of his old *take whats mine* or whatever song but compared to his *new one* that sounded amazing lol

Kennedys.... Just go back to the old one please

Finlay NEEDS to go back to the old irish one that was awesome, represented him amazingly!

They probably just needa keep experimenting until they find the right ones. Like Y2J, amazing. Taker, amazing. Umaga = perfect for his gimmick. HHH well... song is self explanitory. Edge= LOTS energy, wicked song for him (although when he changed to this one, i didnt like it at 1st but now i love it)

 

[HellBoundPower]

I don't know if that theme posted by TheOneBigWill is his new theme or not. It really doesn't sound the same. Maybe it's just me, but it sounded a lot slower and softer. Maybe it's just because the volume was low or something, but that doesn't sound right. I guess I'll have to wait until next Monday to be sure. Either way, it doesn't fit him at all, whereas "Burn In My Light" fits him perfectly.

 

[Frank the Frowner]

Whatever Will posted is not his new theme. I did some searching around, and Orton posted on his official forum that the song is called "Voices" by whoever did the WM 24 theme. He said he really liked the theme and "felt it" as he made his way to ringside.

After hearing it again, I think it's a song that definitely suits him. I like it a lot, but the only problem is that it's not distinctive enough to make you know that it's him. It lacks the oomph that HHH and Cena's music has. You know the crowd is going to react when they hear the opening chords of those. Just like with his other theme, "HEY" made you know it was Orton right away. I see this theme having a little bit of difficulty achieving that.

Hardy and Kennedy's new music isn't that bad. Hardy's old music was perfect for him, but this new theme isn't that bad. It also suits him pretty well. Kennedy's still sounds like a horrible AC/DC ripoff, but as far as being a face goes, it's a theme that's livable with.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

This is apparently his new music.

"Voices" by Rev Theory:
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The original youtube video I had was false. The songs are not the same, and its a result of morons posting crap on youtube. The song that I've replaced it with is a video taken directly from Raw.

You can hear the song pretty well. It still isn't as good as Mercy Drive, but its better than that crap I posted earlier.

Overall. This is a song that will take some time to grow on you. I think its similar to Triple H's theme song by Motorhead, when he switched over from "My Time." I love the motorhead song now, but way back in the beginning, I was very upset he changed it.

Another example of good and bad alternatives.

Steve Austin: People love the original glass breaking classic, but I went NUTS for the Disturbed version, and then the alternative to that, before he went back to the original.

I was very happy and thrilled with the two alternatives to the plain glass breaking beat. I felt Austin's original is the worst.. but since not everyone is a rock fan, the Disturb song flopped to most, apparently.

 

[Egg McMuffin]

I really dont like that orton one. I really really liked mercy drive so much more, the start of it was so much better, and the words to it were just like, hey, its my turn, gimme the belt... this is more like, hey im a psycho with voices in my head. It just plain sucks, its far far far too slow for him imo, the other one was faster, and yet it still suited his slow walk to the ring, plus it looked better with his pose I think...

Jeff hardys new one is growing on me, at first I thought why are they getting rid of a classic? But I kinda like it I guess...

Kennedys is also growing on me. Same again really, I thought the other one sounded really good for him but I kinda start to like this one now.

I think the most part of it all is just getting used to it. Like sometimes when I go to the barbers when I come out I dont automatically like what hes done, but then like a day later I love it... so give it time and you might think differently...

 

[Rated K for Kennedy... Kennedy!]

How much money are Rev Theory's record label paying WWE, they do Kennedy's new song, and Ortons and they did the No Way Out theme too!- little obsessiver don't you think?! They aren't a bad band but they're nothing on Saliva (Who WWE really love, and rightly so)

 

[kieran_devlin]

How much does that Orton theme after hearing it again sound like really bad Porno music.
They are trying to go for the feel that Orton is a pizza delivery boy with a 12inch sausage.

NO i think really that they were going for the he is a evil master planner that is somehow evil because his mind is fucked thus he hears voices metaphorically suggests he isnt all there.

No as i said before i dont like it and it dosnt suit his character at all.

I bet WWE made him say all that stuff he did about his new theme.

EDIT: Kennedys them is by an Australian Country Rock band ill try nad find the name of the band.

Kennedy also said a bunch of crap about his new them and how it represents change or summit.

AS for other themes i wanted HHH theme to change to King of Kings by Motorhead. I preferred the game them by Motorhead as it felt like a proper song and had a more new HHH feel to it.