As most of you know, the Rock has had quite a few theme songs under his belt, all of which are by Jim Johnston. It has one of the more recognizable riffs in wrestling, and it's sting ("If ya smellllllll...") brought crowds from 0-pop in almost no time. The main element of his theme can be heard all the way back to the theme song The Nation (of Domination) used when the Rock became the leader, and the ruler of The Nation. Let's start with his first theme. When The Rock debuted, he was called Rocky Maivia, as J.R. put it, "the blue chipper". His theme song was titled "Destiny". There's really nothing special about this theme song. It was released on WWF We Gotta Wrestle, which was the international version of WWF The Music Volume Two. His second theme, also titled Destiny, which was released on the American version of Volume Two, was radically different. If you listen closely, you can almost hear a simplified version of the riff from the theme The Nation used after he took it over. It was a sign of big things to come.
Speaking of The Nation, after months and months of fan disapproval to the tune of "Rocky sucks" and "Die Rocky, Die!", coming back from an injury, Rocky joined the Nation of Domination in 1997. Before The Rock became a part of the Nation, they used a theme titled, "Power", which for a little while was rapped over by PG-13, J.C. Ice and Wolfie D from USWA. After they got "they punk asses" kicked out of the Nation, they used the instrumental as a theme, which sounds pretty ominous in it's own right. This is the theme they used when Rocky joined the Nation. In early 1998, they switched to a similar theme, this time with an enhanced bassline. The night after WrestleMania XIV, the Rock and the rest of the Nation turned on Faarooq, ousting him as leader of the Nation. Soon after that, they debuted a new (thank u/lyla2398 for posting the original) theme, keeping the drums and the chant from "Power", but over a smooth bassline. This is the very bassline that would evolve into The Rock's theme song. In May of 1998, The Rock debuted a theme, which according to Wikipedia is titled "You Smell It?", his first theme to start with the famous "Do you smell what the Rock is cookin'" quote. In summer 1998, the Rock debuted "The Rock Says", which was released on WWF The Music, Volume 3. Using a heavier bassline and wah-wah guitars(which would be present in every Rock theme until his Hollywood gimmick), this theme was proof that the Rock was evolving into his own man. The Nation theme was upgraded to this, the theme that would eventually be used until the Nation disbanded. Keeping the "wah wah", and adding a guitar solo that I'm sure Jim Johnston had a lot of fun playing, this theme was pretty boss. When Owen Hart joined the Nation, he was given his own remix of the theme, because Enough is Enough! After Owen's pseudo-retirement after paralyzing Dan Severn, Mark Henry and D-Lo turning on the Rock, and Kama becoming The Godfather, The Nation was over.
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The Rock would go on to adopt Do You Smell It? as his theme song before joining the Corporation. This theme is a special theme, as it's the first of his to feature his signature riff found in every preceding theme of his. Some of the drums would be taken out for the second version of it. In August of 1999, he used what is basically a hybrid of his old themes and a precursor to the theme released on Volume 4, probably titled "Know Your Role" for about a month before switching to his arguably most famous theme, the Volume 4 version of Know Your Role, which he would use until April of 2001 when he was suspended by Vince McMahon.
After being reinstated during the InVasion, he used a new theme, "If You Smell", which added about 2 new guitar solos and was heavy on the drums. Using this until No Way Out 2003, he debuted "Is Cookin'" to go with his Hollywood gimmick, with it's ridiculously awesome intro sequence. It's the first theme of his to not feature those "wah-wah" guitars. After his face return in late 2003, he used a version of that which had the intro cut. Around WrestleMania XX, he reverted back to his Volume 4 theme for all of his subsequent appearances until 2011.
Upon his return in 2011, he began using "Electrifying", adding yet another huge guitar solo (you can tell Jim Johnston has the time of his life playing these), this is the theme he currently uses. There you have it. The Rock's theme song has had so many major adjustments, and so many minor adjustments, it's estimated (by me) that his total theme count is over 30. Along with the Undertaker, I don't know if a single idea has been remade and remixed as many times as Jim did with this one. Any other ideas for themes I should chronicle? I appreciate any and all feedback.
Plenty of rock songs are worthy of raising your fist and punching the air. Some have an anthemic sound, complete with power and passion. Here's a look at 25 of such songs that have graced our lives over the decades.
The song of the South, even during these volatile times with social justice and racism at the forefront in the United States. To the band, it was a response to Neil Young's "Southern Man," which touched on racism and slavery. Within the Skynyrd legacy, it shines bright and is played with plenty of pride over the various lineup changes and years piled up by the band.
In the accompanying footage, the opening begins with a shot of Doc's Workshop, leading to the "Fraggle hole", where Gobo runs down the tunnel to join the rest of the cast, who sing a verse of the song. Then, the Doozers sing a verse and the five main Fraggles announce their names. Gobo then runs to the hole that leads to The Gorgs' Garden, and briefly gets captured by Junior Gorg. However, when Junior shows his Ma that he caught a Fraggle, she screams, causing Junior to accidentally toss Gobo into the well that leads to the "Fraggle Pond". Back in Fraggle Rock, everybody ends the song. The theme ends with Boober saying, "Down at Fraggle Rock".
In the context of the show's internal history, the song was written by the great and wondrous ancient Fraggle named Blundig (as revealed in "Mokey Then and Now"). Red Fraggle parodied the song as "Boober Rock" in the episode of the same title. In "Boober's Dream", Sidebottom sings a part of the theme, right after "Dream a Dream (and See)" ends. Gobo also whistles the theme in "Gobo's School for Explorers" and sings it in "The Riddle of Rhyming Rock".
The opening was severely shortened for airings on TNT, the Odyssey Network, and The Hub. Before the first verse ends with "Down at Fraggle Rock", it cuts right to the end of the final verse, right before Boober ends the song. The Hub's airing of "Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk" leaves the intro sequence unaltered, probably due to the episode's length.
On the Dance Your Cares Away: Evolution of Fraggle Rock Theme Song bonus feature from the Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection, songwriter Philip Balsam explains how the song was conceived. It is revealed that at least 17 different themes were written or recorded, and Jim Henson chose the eleventh version to use as a model for the final theme song. One theme song featured mostly scatting instead of lyrics, and this inspired the closing theme.
The bonus feature includes an excerpt of an early version of the opening which was taped but not used. In this version, the main five Fraggle characters bang the pipes near the Fraggle Pond (a la the Pipebangers), causing Doc to observe his water pipes. Gobo peeks out of the Fraggle Hole, is noticed by Sprocket, then rushes back to the Rock, singing about how great Fraggle Rock is. In one lyric, Boober notes that "Fraggle Rock is the spot where the job that you got is 'whoopie'!" This was then followed by two verses: one by the Fraggles and the other by the Gorgs.
In a 1998 interview, Terry Angus stated that the original opening "didn't explain the show very well... At that time everything was zipping by so fast they didn't show how everything was connected." The opening theme was re-shot to better express the theme of interconnectedness between the different species and worlds, adding a verse by the Doozers, who didn't appear in the original version. In addition to this, the Gorgs don't have a singing verse.
While the latter was retained in Disney Channel airings, the regular theme, ending with Boober's line, replaced both versions of the openings for subsequent re-airings, international versions, and DVD releases of the episodes, with the exception of the Dutch and Polish dubs. The ending with Wembley can also be found on the bonus material of the third season DVD set at the end of an HBO promo for "The Terrible Tunnel."
The French and German co-productions used the same instrumental recording of the theme tune used in the original American version, simply using the new footage of the altered Doc and Sprocket segments and dubbing the lyrics and dialogue in their languages. Other international dubs were simply dubbed over in their respective languages. The UK co-production's opening was edited differently. It still used the original recording of the theme tune, only with some additional music and sound effects laid over to stretch the extended time frame, as there was a long exterior shot of the Lighthouse, and the UK version replaced the shot of Doc and Sprocket from the American version with a panning shot of the Lighthouse's interior.
The album version of this song was longer. It opened with Sprocket barking at the Fraggle hole and Doc asking what he was barking at. It also had more lines of dialogue, including a verse sung by Junior, and a scat-singing verse performed by Gobo (which uses the same melody as the deleted lyrics from the demo version), followed by an instrumental saxophone solo of the same verse, and another scat-singing rendition of said verse by both Gobo and Wembley. Subsequent album releases often shorten the instrumental break after Junior's verse, resulting in Gobo having only one scat-solo, as well as having the chorus being sung twice at the end, rather than three times. The only album that uses the original TV version is Perfect Harmony, cutting out the part with the Gorgs. 0852c4b9a8
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