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False_Belief · October 2010

This is quite a few years old, but I just came across it - the theme song of the wrestler Chris Jericho during his time at WCW........sound familiar to anyone?!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv5xlGtnkA

Wonder if people took piss breaks during his matches?

Pearl Drummer · October 2010

HeavyHands · October 2010

Best comment on that YouTube page:

"I'm gonna extort you to the best of my abiliities"

CJMST3K · October 2010

I just added a comment:

"Yay! They made a version of Evenflow I can sing Karaoke to."

Wilds · October 2010

That's some funny shit.

And that's funny as in WTF, not funny ha ha.

demetrios · October 2010

Jericho = Legend! comment I agree (wrestling wise)! His band (Fozzy) is pretty good too.

EdLaw · October 2010

WCW had loads of almost-soundalike theme tunes. I think DDP's was Smells Like Teen Spirit, Raven's was Come As You Are.

broloco · October 2010

if PJ fucked Alice In Chains in the ass and had a baby this is what it would sound like.

youngster · October 2010

From what I remember, Chris Jericho has publicly said he is a fan of Pearl Jam. If you had a choice of entrance music to a public event, I bet more than half of you would pick a PJ song to be brought out to.

TheVan218 · October 2010

Eddie Guerrero used "Animal" back in his ECW days. Also Edge is a fan of the band, and Matt and Jeff Hardy are HUGE fans. Not very often I get wrestling and Pearl Jam combined.

eeriepadave · October 2010

Was this by his band, Fozzy?

Ledbetterman10 · October 2010

False_Belief wrote:

This is quite a few years old, but I just came across it - the theme song of the wrestler Chris Jericho during his time at WCW........sound familiar to anyone?!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv5xlGtnkA

Yeah and Diamond Dallas Page's theme was a Smells Like Teen Spirit rip-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEhJ63wY0E

CJMST3K · October 2010

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

False_Belief wrote:

This is quite a few years old, but I just came across it - the theme song of the wrestler Chris Jericho during his time at WCW........sound familiar to anyone?!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZv5xlGtnkA

Yeah and Diamond Dallas Page's theme was a Smells Like Teen Spirit rip-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEhJ63wY0E

igotid88 · October 2010

i've always wondered how they got away with that.

mookeywrench · October 2010

igotid88 wrote:

i've always wondered how they got away with that.

apparently you can't, the band just has to act on it.

from http://wapedia.mobi/en/Tom_Waits?p=2

Wiki: Tom Waits (3/3)

7. Lawsuits
Waits has steadfastly refused to allow the use of his songs in commercials and has joked about other artists who do. ("If Michael Jackson wants to work for Pepsi, why doesn't he just get himself a suit and an office in their headquarters and be done with it?") He has filed several lawsuits against advertisers who used his material without permission. He has been quoted as saying, "Apparently, the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad — ideally, naked and purring on the hood of a new car," he said in a statement, referring to the Mercury Cougar. "I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor."

Waits filed his first lawsuit in 1988 against Frito-Lay. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an award of $2.375-million in his favor (Waits v. Frito-Lay, 978 F. 2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1992)). [49] Frito-Lay had approached Waits to use one of his songs in an advertisement. Waits declined the offer, and Frito-Lay hired a Waits soundalike to sing a jingle similar to Small Change's "Step Right Up," which is, ironically, a song Waits has called "an indictment of advertising". Waits won the lawsuit, becoming one of the first artists to successfully sue a company for using an impersonator without permission.

In 1993, Levi's used Screamin' Jay Hawkins' version of Waits' "Heartattack and Vine" in a commercial. Waits sued, and Levi's agreed to cease all use of the song and offered a full page apology in Billboard. [50] Waits found himself in a situation similar to his earlier one with Frito Lay in 2000 when Audi approached him, asking to use "Innocent When You Dream" (from Franks Wild Years) for a commercial broadcast in Spain. Waits declined, but the commercial ultimately featured music very similar to that song. Waits undertook legal action, and a Spanish court recognized that there had been a violation of Waits's moral rights in addition to the infringement of copyright. The production company, Tandem Campany Guasch, was ordered to pay compensation to Waits through his Spanish publisher. Waits was later quoted as jokingly saying the company got the name of the song wrong, thinking it was called "Innocent When You Scheme".[citation needed]

In 2005, Waits sued Adam Opel AG, claiming that, after having failed to sign him to sing in their Scandinavian commercials, they had hired a sound-alike singer. In 2007, the suit was settled, and Waits gave the sum to charity. [51]

Waits has also filed a lawsuit unrelated to his music. He was arrested in 1977 outside Duke's Tropicana Coffee Shop in Los Angeles. Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons. The men were plainclothes police, and Waits and his friend were taken into custody and charged with disturbing the peace. The jury found Waits not guilty; he took the police department to court and was awarded $7,500 compensation. [52]

guypjfreak · October 2010

mookeywrench wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

i've always wondered how they got away with that.

apparently you can't, the band just has to act on it.

from http://wapedia.mobi/en/Tom_Waits?p=2

Wiki: Tom Waits (3/3)

7. Lawsuits
Waits has steadfastly refused to allow the use of his songs in commercials and has joked about other artists who do. ("If Michael Jackson wants to work for Pepsi, why doesn't he just get himself a suit and an office in their headquarters and be done with it?") He has filed several lawsuits against advertisers who used his material without permission. He has been quoted as saying, "Apparently, the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad — ideally, naked and purring on the hood of a new car," he said in a statement, referring to the Mercury Cougar. "I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor."

Waits filed his first lawsuit in 1988 against Frito-Lay. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an award of $2.375-million in his favor (Waits v. Frito-Lay, 978 F. 2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1992)). [49] Frito-Lay had approached Waits to use one of his songs in an advertisement. Waits declined the offer, and Frito-Lay hired a Waits soundalike to sing a jingle similar to Small Change's "Step Right Up," which is, ironically, a song Waits has called "an indictment of advertising". Waits won the lawsuit, becoming one of the first artists to successfully sue a company for using an impersonator without permission.

In 1993, Levi's used Screamin' Jay Hawkins' version of Waits' "Heartattack and Vine" in a commercial. Waits sued, and Levi's agreed to cease all use of the song and offered a full page apology in Billboard. [50] Waits found himself in a situation similar to his earlier one with Frito Lay in 2000 when Audi approached him, asking to use "Innocent When You Dream" (from Franks Wild Years) for a commercial broadcast in Spain. Waits declined, but the commercial ultimately featured music very similar to that song. Waits undertook legal action, and a Spanish court recognized that there had been a violation of Waits's moral rights in addition to the infringement of copyright. The production company, Tandem Campany Guasch, was ordered to pay compensation to Waits through his Spanish publisher. Waits was later quoted as jokingly saying the company got the name of the song wrong, thinking it was called "Innocent When You Scheme".[citation needed]

In 2005, Waits sued Adam Opel AG, claiming that, after having failed to sign him to sing in their Scandinavian commercials, they had hired a sound-alike singer. In 2007, the suit was settled, and Waits gave the sum to charity. [51]

Waits has also filed a lawsuit unrelated to his music. He was arrested in 1977 outside Duke's Tropicana Coffee Shop in Los Angeles. Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons. The men were plainclothes police, and Waits and his friend were taken into custody and charged with disturbing the peace. The jury found Waits not guilty; he took the police department to court and was awarded $7,500 compensation. [52]

so do they act on it or just let it slide :?: :?:

BraceYourSelf · October 2010

Raven's finisher was the "Evenflow"

EdLaw · October 2010

Indeed it was. That's what lead me to finding the song in the first place, and it's been a most-welcome slippery slope from there.

swans05 · October 2010

i'm sure aj styles is this is shagrila too

Bushleaguer28 · October 2010

Edge was at the San Diego 09 show. Turned around in the merch line and bam there he was.

Pearl Drummer · October 2010

CJMST3K wrote:

I just added a comment:

"Yay! They made a version of Evenflow I can sing Karaoke to."

I made sure i have your comment a thumbs up

Long Road_WI · October 2010

Bushleaguer28 wrote:

Edge was at the San Diego 09 show. Turned around in the merch line and bam there he was.

Not a big Wrestling fan, but it can't be to hard to spot a guy who is well over 6 feet tall and built like a truck!!!

eeriepadave · October 2010

There was an indy wrestler from philly who passed away a few months ago, Trent Acid. They had a memorial show at the old ECW arena for him. They had a video footage of him with Pearl Jam's Smile which was done pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs1nfxexDUQ

I think this guy was also a huge Pearl Jam fan. Before the show the only thing on the loud speaker they played was Pearl Jam. And at the very end they played Yellow Ledbetter which I got some of that on tape:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmTSs4hdCwg

eeriepadave · October 2010

DJ273378 wrote:

Bushleaguer28 wrote:

Edge was at the San Diego 09 show. Turned around in the merch line and bam there he was.

Not a big Wrestling fan, but it can't be to hard to spot a guy who is well over 6 feet tall and built like a truck!!!

sure it wasn't Wes Scanlin (lead singer for Puddle of Mudd) or Jayson Werth? They all look a like

Check out this shameful Pearl Jam ripoff

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