# Overused music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202 "2009-03-12T15:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/21 "2009-03-13T12:10:34Z")
> [@Etumretniw](#): > > I can’t recall this being used much in movies / series..? Nor can I recall a movie where it’s used. My sense of “overdone” stems from its use in sports situations. One notable example is how Virginia Tech football games (at home especialy) bring their team onto the field with ES going over the PA _at 11_ and the crowd screaming “Go! Hokies!” back and forth across the field at each other. Goose Bump Land. It’s as rousing and blood curdling as a Basque yelling spree. The fact that other Grand Entrances, especially the ones meant to terrify the opposition, rely heavily on Enter Sandman for the blood curdling, is what made me want to add it to the list. For some examples, start here and look around: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5h1EW5z1wdc/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/5h1EW5z1wdc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Unfortunately, the YouTube version(s) of some of the Metallica videos have been yanked because of copyright issues. Oddly enough, I didn’t even know about _Enter Sandman_ until a year or so ago when I heard on the radio how Va Tech was going to start their season after the massacre at the school by ramming _Enter Sandman_ down the throats of their visiting team at their season opener. I had to find out for myself what the furor was about. I got hooked! But now I’m a little jaded on it all. Along the same lines, even though I’m a Tennesseean, and tend to support UT as long as they’re not playing Auburn or Vandy, I am dog tired of _Rocky Top_!! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/22 "2009-03-13T12:20:19Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Anytime a movie takes place in the late 1960’s, you are sure to hear: > > Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (one of my favorite songs, but there are others you can use) > For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield According to agreements between SAG, the WGA, and several other top Hollywood concerns, either one of those two songs, or Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” is contractually obligated to appear in the soundtrack of any scene opening on, or promenantly featuring, a UH-1 “Huey” anywhere in Vietnam, provided “Ride of the Valkyries” isn’t already being used. (Repeated attempts to expand the criteria to “Anywhere in the Tropics” and counter-appeals from the Bell Textron and Rolling Stones lobbys have failed to make any headway in contract negotiations due to political deadlock) ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/23 "2009-03-13T12:45:09Z")
Queen’s _We Are the Champions_ when played at any event in which a championship isn’t decided. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/24 "2009-03-13T13:12:40Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > Queen’s _We Are the Champions_ when played at any event in which a championship isn’t decided. Right! As in: spelling bees, quilting contests, cheerleader practice, church, funerals, weddings, births. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/25 "2009-03-13T14:52:44Z")
[Also Sprach Zarathustra](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Richard_Strauss)#In_popular_culture) It wasn’t until I was an adult that it occurred to me that this might actually be a free-standing piece of classical music and NOT made solely for use in movies. ETA: Oh yeah, and [Pachelbel’s Canon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/26 "2009-03-13T20:26:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Unfortunately, the YouTube version(s) of some of the Metallica videos have been yanked because of copyright issues. At least one version is back up: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbui8OTKBzc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbui8OTKBzc) ---
**Author:** ![Scozilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@Scozilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scozilla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/27 "2009-03-13T22:31:51Z")
Tracks from DJ Shadow’s _Endtroducing_ seem to be used a lot on documentaries over here (UK). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-music/489202/28 "2009-03-13T22:36:30Z")
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