Tour de France theme tune

donnabuttons
donnabuttons Posts: 3
edited January 2011 in Pro race
I think 'Stereo Love (feat. Velvet)' by Pj, would be an excellent theme tune for this year's TDF television coverage. Anyone agree or have any other suggestions?

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  • AO1504
    AO1504 Posts: 57
    personally prefer the orignal version by Edward Maya
  • wicked
    wicked Posts: 844
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  • Gavin Cook
    Gavin Cook Posts: 307
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Gavin Cook wrote:
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's

    Obviously Kraftwerk did the song 'Tour de France', but if you mean the classic Channel 4 theme from the 80s as heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg, then that wasn't Kraftwerk, it was done by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks.
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  • AO1504
    AO1504 Posts: 57
    RichN95 wrote:
    Gavin Cook wrote:
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's

    Obviously Kraftwerk did the song 'Tour de France', but if you mean the classic Channel 4 theme from the 80s as heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg, then that wasn't Kraftwerk, it was done by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks.

    Without doubt my favourite theme from television of all time.
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    AO1504 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Gavin Cook wrote:
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's

    Obviously Kraftwerk did the song 'Tour de France', but if you mean the classic Channel 4 theme from the 80s as heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg, then that wasn't Kraftwerk, it was done by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks.

    Without doubt my favourite theme from television of all time.

    Same!

    Can still see the room in my old house when i was about 5 or 6, watching the highlights with my dad in the middle of summer.

    It's amazing how a piece of music can bring that back!
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  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Awful awful awful the Pete Shelley music and the current ITV4 music are really ... awful. The current music is worse by a tyre's width. I'd prefer something by Merzbow to either of these.
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  • evil_breakfast
    evil_breakfast Posts: 460
    RichN95 wrote:
    Gavin Cook wrote:
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's

    Obviously Kraftwerk did the song 'Tour de France', but if you mean the classic Channel 4 theme from the 80s as heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg, then that wasn't Kraftwerk, it was done by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks.

    Ahhhh, such fond memories..........
    Thanks for the brief trip down memory lane!
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  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    RichN95 wrote:
    Gavin Cook wrote:
    Kraftwerk was the best back in the 80's

    Obviously Kraftwerk did the song 'Tour de France', but if you mean the classic Channel 4 theme from the 80s as heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMjb6sU5Mg, then that wasn't Kraftwerk, it was done by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks.

    Takes me back a bit - late 80s and early 90s I suppose - I had no idea what was going on half the time (on the TDF coverage) but it just seemed like something really cool. Started the near obsession......... :)
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    AndyRubio wrote:
    Awful awful awful the Pete Shelley music and the current ITV4 music are really ... awful. The current music is worse by a tyre's width. I'd prefer something by Merzbow to either of these.

    1930 would work pretty well

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGqzaPzrQG8

    :wink:

    [I'm an actual Merzbow fan]
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Anyway, you need some new age guff during the Tour. John Tesh and Yanni features heavily in the 'merican CBS coverage back in the day

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QO9CfgoZ5c

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBKT_Ye ... re=related
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    No wonder we laugh at the Americans ! Playing gladiator type music over cycling commentary is cringeworthy.

    Can anyone remember when they played PIANO music over the old tour video's ???

    Kraftwerk is the ONLY tour tune 1983 version.
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    iainf72 wrote:
    [I'm an actual Merzbow fan]
    Me too, definitely an acquired taste.
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  • cajun_cyclist
    cajun_cyclist Posts: 493
    You can laugh at Americans wanting Gladiator type soundtrack music over cycling videos but I'll take the ol' American Flyers theme song any day.

    "Let's go...."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdbPTege7Cg
  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    AndyRubio wrote:
    Awful awful awful the Pete Shelley music and the current ITV4 music are really ... awful. The current music is worse by a tyre's width. I'd prefer something by Merzbow to either of these.[/quot

    Good to see you getting worked up about something important.
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  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    current itv4 music is class

    what's the music they always used to play in the 90's during the climbs?
  • donnabuttons
    donnabuttons Posts: 3
    hey, what a responsive bunch! I'm going to have to go through all these tunes now and see if any will do for my cycling i-pod. :)
  • cajun_cyclist
    cajun_cyclist Posts: 493
    Sideways on the topic itself but the whole Kraftwerk Tour de France CD has cycling tunes, Kraftwerk's live CD has most of these.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Minimum-Maximum ... 573&sr=1-1

    And I think some of the versions are even better.

    On disk 1

    3. Tour de France Etape 1 - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    4. Chrono - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    5. Tour De France Etape 2 - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    6. Vitamin - Moskwa, Lushniki
    7. Tour De France - Paris, Le Grand Rex

    Disk 2

    10. Elektro Kardiogramm - Tallinn, Exhibition Hall

    Which I believe they are making close to their signature song.
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Moray Gub wrote:
    AndyRubio wrote:
    Awful awful awful the Pete Shelley music and the current ITV4 music are really ... awful. The current music is worse by a tyre's width. I'd prefer something by Merzbow to either of these.[/quot

    Good to see you getting worked up about something important.
    You missed off the final 'e]' when quoting my post. Good effort though.
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  • Monty Zoncolan
    Monty Zoncolan Posts: 341
    cajun_cyclist wrote:
    Sideways on the topic itself but the whole Kraftwerk Tour de France CD has cycling tunes, Kraftwerk's live CD has most of these.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Minimum-Maximum ... 573&sr=1-1

    And I think some of the versions are even better.

    On disk 1

    3. Tour de France Etape 1 - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    4. Chrono - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    5. Tour De France Etape 2 - Riga, Olimpiska Hall
    6. Vitamin - Moskwa, Lushniki
    7. Tour De France - Paris, Le Grand Rex

    Disk 2

    10. Elektro Kardiogramm - Tallinn, Exhibition Hall

    Which I believe they are making close to their signature song.

    Disc 2 also has 'Aerodynamic' which is probably my favourite. Again, the live version slightly pips the TDF Soundtracks version.
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    +1 I've got Minimum Maximum too - apart from the slightly disappointing Autobahn its my fave Kraftwerk CD (yes CD - I'm old fashioned like that!)
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  • cajun_cyclist
    cajun_cyclist Posts: 493
    oscarbudgie wrote:
    +1 I've got Minimum Maximum too - apart from the slightly disappointing Autobahn its my fave Kraftwerk CD (yes CD - I'm old fashioned like that!)

    Or as I have been, technologically behind the times also since my budget is limited.....anyway, thanks to the above poster Monty Zoncalon also for pointing out the additional song I missed "Aero dynamik." Interesting excursion into the music is a whole lot of Kraftwerk. And I relistened to Autobahn last night, I don't know how the original goes as much though I know that was a big hit and big seller for them.
  • Monty Zoncolan
    Monty Zoncolan Posts: 341
    A couple of years ago ITV used 'Map of the Problematique' by Muse (I know, I know) at the end of one of their daily TDF programmes, and I always thought it worked quite well with the images.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    A few years ago Eurosport used Telepopmusik's "Breathe" on their highlights programme (end credits bit - horses/sunflowers/odd people in costumes etc)

    Simply perfect

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