[Speed Gibson,
Friday November 25, 2005 at 11:32pm]
Canned Heat Canned?
Hugh Hewitt has quietly switched theme songs, dropping Canned Heat's "Going Up the Country" for Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue". Hugh also sounds a little more intense, and even more locked in with the White House. The foul smell of a radio consultant is in the air.
I'll agree that Canned Heat was a bit dated, but it was still one of the best theme and opening sequences on radio. As you flip the dial or scan the presets around show time, you know instantly when you've found The Hugh Hewitt Show.
But not only is Toby Keith's song a bit over the top, the edit and resulting opening sequence is chaotic and muddled. It's the wrong use for the wrong song, taking our beloved Commissioner from first to worst in this area.
Dennis Prager changed themes sometime after 9/11, using the battle theme from "Gladiator" to characterize this clash of civilizations we now face. It was the right song, and fit the overall theme of the Dennis Prager Show well. The old Handel Concerto theme is a distant memory.
We don't always get it right the first time; remember the Miers nomination? Hugh, you knucklehead, try again!
I'll agree that Canned Heat was a bit dated, but it was still one of the best theme and opening sequences on radio. As you flip the dial or scan the presets around show time, you know instantly when you've found The Hugh Hewitt Show.
But not only is Toby Keith's song a bit over the top, the edit and resulting opening sequence is chaotic and muddled. It's the wrong use for the wrong song, taking our beloved Commissioner from first to worst in this area.
Dennis Prager changed themes sometime after 9/11, using the battle theme from "Gladiator" to characterize this clash of civilizations we now face. It was the right song, and fit the overall theme of the Dennis Prager Show well. The old Handel Concerto theme is a distant memory.
We don't always get it right the first time; remember the Miers nomination? Hugh, you knucklehead, try again!