Talk:Fanfare for the Common Man

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Might be worth mentioning that this is a common theme during NBC's television coverage of the Olympics.

Could someone please verify that the Australian Nine Network used this song as the Wide World of Sports theme? I don't recall Nine ever using this song; in fact, I'm pretty sure it was actually the Seven Network that used Fanfare for the Common Man as the theme for their sports coverage (and still do, as a matter of fact). Wide World of Sports used a completely different theme, if I recall correctly. (Of course, maybe Nine did use it and I'm not old enough to remember.) Lumina83 05:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rock Versions??

While I completely agree that there is some significance to the fact that there are rock bands that have used this music, I wonder why it plays such a prominent role in this article. For such a wonderful piece of music that (I suspect) has plenty of notability on its own, should so much attention be paid to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer?

How many rock bands (with excellent work and great intentions) have done versions of "The Star Spangled Banner", for example? Does that article warrant a full 1/3 of mention on the rock renditions?

If this is really a significant part of this song's legacy (and history), then so be it. I just can't believe that this is so important as the article suggests.