Music of the TDF

[veggieburger]

The memory is hazy, but I remember The Final Countdown by Europe being used back in the early to mid 90s. This year, Kings and Queens by 30 seconds to Mars got a lot of play.

Can anyone else recall TDF 'soundtracks'?

http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/images/europe-final-countdown.jpg

[wgp]

The obvious is John Tesh's two CDs that were played continually during race footage on broadcasts in the mid 80s. I have them both; not sure how easy they are to obtain now though.

[weisan]

Yanni -1987, the year Pedro Delgado lost in the final time trial & 1988, the year Pedro Delgado won.

PS. If anyone had that year (1987) DVD/Video, and wish to give it away, I would gladly pay for shipping. ;)

[Joe]

Found this...

http://infospigot.typepad.com/re_cycling/2010/07/tour-de-france-versus-theme-music-2010.html

[avalonracing]

That Kings and Queens song is such a piece of crap. Who in the hell approved that, some 20 year old soft metal-girl?

[TriJim]

Not what you're asking, but have you heard Rapha's Music from the Giro (http://www.rapha.cc/the-giro--music-inspired-by-the-giro-ditalia/)? An interesting mix of commentary and music. I found it worth the $15.50 :beer: but postage is unreasonable. :crap:

[Ti_on_Steel]

Kraftwerk did a whole album inspired by the tour.

[BumbleBeeDave]

. . . from WCP had great music. I have tried for years to find out what the names were so I could buy the songs, but never got a response to several e-mails to WCP. Very hard driving jazz type stuff.

I've got the Kraftwerk album. Some of it's great riding music, but some is, ah, not quite so great . . . :rolleyes:

BBD