that ITV4 Tour de France 2008 theme tune....aaaarrrghh !!

JimmyK

firstly, there are just far too many damned advertisement breaks and it seems like literally no time and that horrid horrid tune plays as ITV4 go to the commercials. I just switch over to ( the awesome ) Dave TV for a minutes so as I dont have to watch them.

Then on ITV4 they announce that the tour de france 2008 theme tune can be downloaded to mobile phones now , the thought makes me feel ill :shock:

what do you lot think of the tune ?

JimmyK

gkerr4

I love it!

i have it as my ring-tone during the TdF

- I did last year too - someone on here (or perhaps C+ forum as was) ripped it to an MP3 for me.

Lagavulin

Some of the breaks during the live coverage seem to be as long as some of the programme sections. During today's live coverage I just muted the telly and sodded off into the garden to catch some rays when they made their far too frequent appearance. About 4/5 minutes and it was safe to return wihtout fear of any exposure to the pointless adverts. I can only assume that the airtime on ITV4 during the day must be dirt cheap. The breaks in the Formula 1 p!$$ me off but the TdF coverage is in close company.
When I wasn't sunning myself I was, like you, watching a spot of Dave or catching a bit of the World at War.

giant_man

JimmyK wrote:

firstly, there are just far too many damned advertisement breaks and it seems like literally no time and that horrid horrid tune plays as ITV4 go to the commercials. I just switch over to ( the awesome ) Dave TV for a minutes so as I dont have to watch them.

Then on ITV4 they announce that the tour de france 2008 theme tune can be downloaded to mobile phones now , the thought makes me feel ill :shock:

what do you lot think of the tune ?

JimmyK

I know!! It's awful isn't it, almost as bad as Pinky and Perky's crappy commentary, but at least we're seeing it on without Sky i guess

muggomagic

I like the theme tune, but prefer eurosport coverage.

juankerr

Back in the day, I seem to remember they used Kraftwerks "Tour De France" as a theme tune. Why go changing?

Todays life coverage was awful unless you like adverts for dog insurance, dog charities, no-fee "sue your employers for when you slipped over at work" solicitors, debt consolidation cause you cant be bothered going to work, old peoples life insurance adverts every 2 minutes. etc.

cougie

I had it on sky plus so when i started watching it had already been on for an hour or so - by the time i fast forwarded thru the ads - i was almost on live tv by the end of the show. Its great that we have the choice of two stations to watch this live now - anyone remember years back when we were lucky to catch a round up on world of sport ? God i am old ...

Courage Monsieur

Yeah the ad breaks do seem very long and frequent, and that tune gets overused.

Last year I swore I'd get a HD recorder and just record it then skip through the ads. Didn't do it though.

There's always next year....

andrewgturnbull

Hi there.

There do seem to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnng ad breaks on itv4... My instant advert skip button only goes forward 3 minutes... These add breaks are usually 4 minutes long!

I seem to be watching ITV4 mostly this year (convenient time), but I have enjoyed the live coverage I've seen on Eurosport much more.

Cheers, Andy

richa

I tend to watch ES live and ITV4 highlights.

Been very impressed how few ad breaks there were on ES. And they also appear not to go away at a crucial point in the stage.

verloren

I've actually been enjoying the coverage (perhaps because I filter everything through a DVR). To provide some perspective, I've watched some years on US TV, and believe me the ITV coverage would win an Oscar in comparison. During one hour of coverage there was literally (as in I timed it) more cycling shown during the adverts (lots of USPostal stuff) than there was during the program, which was primarily devoted to in-depth interviews with Lance Armstrong's missing testicle, etc. Be grateful!

alanmcn1

Get some perspective guys. The fact we are getting LIVE TdF covergae on a UK, non-Sky channel is outstanding. Maybe not enough of you had to put up with the Saturday round up of the week on WOS, or the 30minute channel 4 highlights package. If BBC ever decided to do the right thing and cover the race then great, but I'm willing to put up with ITV generating revenue through adverts if it means seeing the entirety of an epic queen stage of the tour.

And i have the tune as my ringtone!

daniel_b

I concur with alanmcn1, I'm just happy it is still on free tv, and I don't have to (wouldn't do anyway) pay £30 a month to watch it.

I am warming to the current theme tune, but the one mentioned above, from late 80's, was, and is the best.

I would have that as a ringtone, and I don't even do ringtones.
Anyone techie enough to make it ringtoneable?

Dan

JimmyK

yup, the sheer amount of ads on itv4 is such a javelin in the butt for sure. its like you hear the commentary going cadel evans has crashed, omg !! , and theres a war starting on the edge of the road, frank schleck has punched kim kirschen in the gob and his mother has entered the fray wielding her rolling pin .......................and just then that fekking tune starts and its hi we are real solicitors, not those other solicitor impersonating ones out there, have you had an injury at work................................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgghhhhh

the riding is great to behold, but those ads and that crummy tune just get my back up

JimmyK

k-dog

Anyone techie enough to make it ringtoneable?

ITV are:

http://www.itv.com/Sport/tourdefrance/T ... fault.html

gkerr4

i think he want the old one as a ring-tone.

I'll have a go if I can find the music

gkerr4

ok - done it..

link for the NEW tdf mp3 ringtone here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cm9cludmm9x


Link for the OLD tdf mp3 ringtone here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nbhfrgx1yw9


(Hope this works ok - the old one ends a bit abruptly but this is cos I just ripped the audio from the youtube film of the intro)

Ken Night

gkerr4 wrote:

I love it!

- I did last year too - someone on here (or perhaps C+ forum as was) ripped it to an MP3 for me.

so do I. Where can I get it and the phone tone?

gkerr4

right above your post ^^^

k-dog

i think he want the old one as a ring-tone.

Didn't read that bit! :?

sicrow

sorry as an old saddo, I've managed to download it into the kids I Tunes folder, how the hell do I get it onto a Nokia 6300? :oops:

gkerr4

you need to transfer it to the phone somehow - either with a data cable or using Bluetooth - it won't sync with itunes i'm afraid.

wicked

Thanks Gkerr4 have nw set it as ringtone on my phone! Just bluetoothed it straight in.

Courage Monsieur

thanks for the old tune

God that takes me back.....

A far superior tune to the new one.