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Related: About this forumESPN removes Hank Williams Jr. from 'Monday Night Football' intro
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For the second time since 2011, ESPN is reportedly removing Hank Williams Jr. from its Monday Night Football intro.
This time, the network claims its not about Williams controversial points of view, according to Sports Business Journal.
Instead of Williams iconic All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night that became the anthem for weekday football in 1989, ESPN will air a rendition of Little Richards Rip It Up, mashing the late artists vocals with instrumentation from Virginia-based band Butcher Brown, per the report.
The official stance from ESPN is that the rowdy Williams intro doesnt jibe with a season of NFL games being played in stadiums with limited or no fan capacity because of COVID-19, according to SBJ.
But it shouldnt be ignored in 2020 that ESPN is removing Williams in favor of one of the Black founding fathers of rock n roll backed by a majority Black band. Little Richard, who died in May, was a titan of the genre and one of the most influential artists in American popular music.
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-espn-removes-hank-williams-jr-from-monday-night-football-intro-222533577.html
No big loss. He isn't the talent his dad was.
czarjak
(11,316 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,859 posts)I had to verify it, and the answer is "yup"!
I've HATED their introduction ever since! I just can't believe it's been over 30 freakin' years!
Coincides nicely with the Bengals sucking and me not following the NFL as closely during that interim, so there's that!
brush
(53,968 posts)years ago with a woman singer.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,859 posts)Edit:
I forgot about this earlier intro music in the 70's.
This is the one that I liked, which ran through the 80's:
Regardless, I'm happy about the change, but mostly because I didn't like Hank Williams Jr.'s intro at all!
Ferrets are Cool
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Auggie
(31,226 posts)Ive had to mute it for years. Same with NBCs Sunday night game.