Channel 4 Tour de France Classic Intro Theme

[yardelli]

Quality!



[racefaceec90]

YES!

[hididdlyho82]

This always reminds I used to want be a cyclist until there was football

[TrigFilms]

i never knew this was Pete Shelley

[pixiesprimecut]

@TrigFilms me neither ! flipping heck !

[MarathonMan1981]

Absolutely loved watching the TdF back then as a kid, this music always stuck in my mind. Absolutely awesome :)

[593OLYMPUS]

way better than that Kraftwerk crap!

[Tommyfazz]

oooh ahhh oooh ahhh oooh  ahhh... aching buttocks aching thighs unseen crowds unseen skies between the shoulders lakes of fire stinging eyes on the spinning tyre calves and heart will explode grip the handles eat the road kilo meters whirring chains from Revel to Ax 3 Domaines the body's racked the body begs pressing down on un-stretched legs far beyond un-melted snow want to stop but miles to go... oooh ahhh oooh ahhh oooh ahhh...

[vegbloke]

Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks wrote this. Hard to believe isn't it. Anybody got a longer version ?

[vegbloke]

Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks wrote this. Hard to believe isn't it.

[dorsetms]

What I'd give for this theme to become commercially available!

Thanks for uploading :o)

[drlemoncobra]

it seems phil and paul went shopping together.......... or maybe they just borrow each other's clothes.

[staercky]

@drlemoncobra I bet it was one of those two-shirt packs from Marks and Spencers!

Such a tune though.

[JesseReith1]

They need to post this one on Itunes! they will get very much money with it, i guess ;-). thanks for sharing!!

[Leem5ki]

how emotional can 1 minute of music be!!!

[NIKIMBO]

@Leem5ki exactly

[Leem5ki]

My God that is simply breathtaking music!!!

Would love that as a ringtone!

[mookie2637]

Everyone is sick to death of the terrible music all the TdF broadcasters have had to use for the past ten years or so. Bring this back!

[lebowski114]

Great stuff, really brings me back to the tours of 88' 89' anD waited to see the highlights on channel 4 ( what's ITV doing with the tour?). Used to wait to see Richard Keys hairy hands as we hadn't seem that before on tv( and probably not anymore as he got his hands" lasered" for SKY HD

[eXPerienceyeah]

Goosebumps.

[thelegendarydd]

mega! this is too emotional!

[noeldc]

Nice! haven't heard the long version of this Pete Shelley masterpiece for over 20 years.

[domtv2]

What is the name of this song?

[AlbertKidd]

@domtv2

Check out 'Give it to me' from Pete Shelley, it's pretty much the same song.

[domtv2]

@AlbertKidd thank you!!!

[lopsidedbunnybunny]

It's not for sale sadly I looked

[rooster796]

The best cycling intro music ever !! makes the hairs stand up on mt arms ! used to listen to this as a kid, the modern intro is crap and un inspiring .

[StFidjnr]

it seems like yesterday that intro theme would make it's return

[Lagavulin69]

The only TdF theme worth playing. Quite why ITV insist on playing that current crap...

[celticdaze]

Fantastic - Why don't they use this now - it's much better than the stuff they use now.

[LUNATIC75]

Early nineties, July, 6:30pm and Channel 4. Seems a long time ago now...

Great tune. I do miss it.

[lalormwork]

I remember that theme from the 1st Tour de France I watched as a kid in 1986, Great to hear it again.

[doctortalk121]

how many times should i hear it before it's great?  lol

[DERBYSHIRELOYAL]

have checked all the videos but cant find a song that I heard back in the day

der der der, der der der der der, dan a ner ner dan a ner ner ner ner ner ner

Pretty sure it wasa round this time as I was a huge delgado fan

[hedkandi73]

great tune!

[vangelisfan]

it's not mentioned on pete shelley's wikipedia page, has it a different name r something. I would love the 4 minute version, it's amazing!

[acme181169]

Tune!