Song of the Moment XXXV: Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” (Again)

For some strange reason, the 1st thing I do when I feel happy is listen to a favorite song. It’s either “The Pretender” by Foo Fighters (my favorite song of all time), Finn Bálor’s 1st theme song (I love this song over his current one), or “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour (an excellent hard rock song and CM Punk’s theme song). Today, I’m listening to the latter on repeat. Again.

(This is the 2nd time “Cult of Personality” is my Song of the Moment. You can check out the 1st post here.)

The music video of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality”.

I hope this happy mood lasts for long. And speaking of CM Punk, his rivalry against Drew McIntyre is one of the most exciting storylines in WWE recently, and they have not fought in a match yet. I’m looking forward to their inevitable bout.

Happy week ahead, everyone!

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Published on July 1, 2024 at 4:34pm. Minor edits were made on July 13, 2024 at 12:55pm.

Song of the Moment XXIII: Jim Johnston’s “The Undertaker (Original Piano Demo)”

In the previous Song of the Moment post, I shared what was on my on-repeat: “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno Mars. Today, I have been listening to the piano demo of the theme song of my all-time favorite pro wrestler, The Undertaker. Jim Johnston, the longest-serving composer for WWE, made the piano demo.

Whenever I’m in a depressive state and I don’t want to bounce back yet, I listen to said piano demo multiple times and dwell in the darkness. And what a beautiful yet haunting piano piece, it is. It is both comforting and saddening whenever I hear it.

Well done, Mr. Johnston. All the theme songs he created for wrestlers like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and The Undertaker are so legendary that Johnston should have been in the WWE Hall of Fame years ago. I hope he gets inducted into said hall of fame next year.

Anyway, if you’re wondering how I am… I’m not fine. I’m not fine since Saturday afternoon.

The piano version of The Undertaker’s theme song by Jim Johnston.

I need a drink. But that would ruin my rule of “drinking only on weekends”. So, no. I will not drink now. I will try not to. Fingers crossed.

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Published at 8:37pm. Edited at 9:59pm.

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Song of the Moment X: Downstait’s “Kingdom”

In my previous Song of the Moment post, I wrote this: I hope CM Punk or Cody Rhodes will win the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match. And guess what? They were the final 2, and Rhodes eliminated Punk to win the match. What an amazing Rumble overall!

In light of Cody Rhodes’ victory, I’m listening to his theme song, “Kingdom” by Downstait.

Cody Rhodes’ theme song, Downstait’s “Kingdom”.

Congratulations to the 4th back-to-back WWE Royal Rumble winner, “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes!

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