Paul Heyman Instagram – Here’s a little known fact about some #EXTREME inspiration.
The actual choice of the music we chose to pirate in #ECW is, all false humility aside, a fascinating tale in and of itself. As many fans may remember, we had C.R.E.A.M. on heavy rotation on the 1993 / 1994 programs. But one song / video we never touched was #BringThePain, which was the (in)famous video with scenes brilliantly shot on a New York City bus. The video was so authentic, so raw and real that I felt we could never do it justice.
Nirvana’s #SmellsLikeTeenSpirit, Rolling Stones’ #LoveIsStrong, Guns n Roses’ #NovemberRain, were all music videos with integrated ECW footage that we slaved over every frame to make sure we were presenting the most forward-thinking content of its day in our celebrated (and underappreciated) genre of pro wrestling / sports entertainment. It’s a concept that #JimmyIovine then used in the brief time #UniversalMusic / Doug and Jimmy’s Farm Club tv show was a part of our negotiations with @usanetwork which was then controlled by #BarryDiller.
But Bring the Pain was a video that I considered “sacred.”
There was one other song, by the way, that I thought FOR YEARS about using, but would always veto my own idea, simply because I found any concept to fall short of my own expectations of how great the video would need to be. But that’s a story for another day!
Oh. Just in case you’re wondering. @methodmanofficial is a #PaulHeymanGuy! | Posted on 20/Jun/2023 20:31:12
