Boxing ring entrance music
Posted by: jcs_smith on 27 August 2006
I’ve been persuaded to take part in a boxing and savate tournament in France and I’m having trouble on choosing my ring entrance music. On the few occasions I’ve done this before I’ve used either The Ride of the Valkeries or Carmina Burana but they’ve already been taken by other fighters – the influence of Jerome Le Banner there.
The whole point of ring music is to psyche yourself up, so it’s common to use something that gets your blood pumping, that’s why most people use rap or metal or something that will get the crowd on your side, like Ricky Hatton’s use of Blue Moon. Another option is to make a point to the opposition, like Lennox Lewis using Bob Marley’s Mash Dem Crazy Baldheads.
I did think of Monty Pythons’ Always look on the bright side of life or Barrington Levy’s Broader than Broadway because they make me feel good but I think I need something more aggressive with a stronger message. Bob Marley’s War would probably be too slow and too intellectual. LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out is too obvious and has been taken already. Napalm Death’s Scum or Torture Garden’s Jazz Snob Eat Shit would be good but since they only last around 10 seconds I wouldn’t get to the ring before they’d finished. Laibach would be good – aggressive and austere but the track I want I’ve only got on scratchy vinyl. It uses samples from the Faust symphony but I don’t know who wrote it so I can’t find the original. Anyone got any suggestions?
The whole point of ring music is to psyche yourself up, so it’s common to use something that gets your blood pumping, that’s why most people use rap or metal or something that will get the crowd on your side, like Ricky Hatton’s use of Blue Moon. Another option is to make a point to the opposition, like Lennox Lewis using Bob Marley’s Mash Dem Crazy Baldheads.
I did think of Monty Pythons’ Always look on the bright side of life or Barrington Levy’s Broader than Broadway because they make me feel good but I think I need something more aggressive with a stronger message. Bob Marley’s War would probably be too slow and too intellectual. LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out is too obvious and has been taken already. Napalm Death’s Scum or Torture Garden’s Jazz Snob Eat Shit would be good but since they only last around 10 seconds I wouldn’t get to the ring before they’d finished. Laibach would be good – aggressive and austere but the track I want I’ve only got on scratchy vinyl. It uses samples from the Faust symphony but I don’t know who wrote it so I can’t find the original. Anyone got any suggestions?
If there is such a thing, an instrumental of Two Tribes - FGTH. I'm sure there will be one on a 12" somewhere
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Amir Khan needs a song that lasts longer than his fights. Anything longer than 50 seconds should do going by last nights destruction. That lad is gonna be one of the greats for sure. 