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[maverick69]

Hey! Hey! Welcome to the Jungle was my idea!

Was it? I never saw your post. I doff my cap to you for your good taste.

How abouts we get a movement going? Twitter. Petitions and all that shiznet?

Welcome to the jungle baby

Edited by maverick69, 07 March 2012 - 21:47.

[Schumacher7]

Hey! Hey! Welcome to the Jungle was my idea!

Sorry buddy I just saw it posted on the last page by Jamiednm, hadn't seen it before.

[Jamiednm]

I think a lot of people have had the Welcome to the Jungle idea over the years, I know I have, it's perfect for an F1 intro.

I'd have the music carry on playing after the F1 Sky Sports logos appear, then do the ITV style globe/circuit locator, fading out to the presenters.

I'd feel sorry for the guy who sings 'Just Drive' if people don't warm to it because Sky have got him a gig to perform it at Silverstone this year.

Edited by Jamiednm, 07 March 2012 - 21:50.

[Ross Stonefeld]

First the BBC pushed him, now Sky. Does someone who worked at both own his contract or something?

[Rob]

Was it? I doff my cap to you for your good taste.

How abouts we get a movement going? Twitter. Petitions and all that shiznet?

Welcome to the jungle baby

People power! Let's convince Sky that they're wrong. I think we'll end up annoying them more than anything but it can't hurt!

@SkySportsF1 is the Twitter account. Maybe #WelcomeToTheJungle as a hashtag?

[Rob]

I think a lot of people have had the Welcome to the Jungle idea over the years, I know I have, it's perfect for an F1 intro.

I can't stop watching that mocked up trailer. It's astonishing how well the song fits. The chequered flag comes down on a beat, Lewis punches the air on a beat, Button and Vettel both do the finger on a beat before the camera pulls back from the car with that lovely guitar riff...

[Jamiednm]

You're right, it would just annoy them at best and would never react to it.

For the actual intro, it could have been a lot worse. I don't think it's as good as it could have been (as we have seen with the GnR mash up), but I don't mind it.

Edited by Jamiednm, 07 March 2012 - 21:57.

[olliek88]

Not sure if this has been posted before but heres another effort someone put together a while ago >>>

[maverick69]

People power! Let's convince Sky that they're wrong. I think we'll end up annoying them more than anything but it can't hurt!

@SkySportsF1 is the Twitter account. Maybe #WelcomeToTheJungle as a hashtag?

Let's do it. I'm on the train home from a business meeting. But when I get back - I'll sign up.

Rock on you crazy cats. I want a decent intro for the extra few quid a month

[Afterburner]

1. Open this video. Pause it at 0:32.
2. Open the Sky intro. Pause it at the very beginning (EDIT: And mute it!).
3. Press play on the first video then quickly switch to the Sky intro and press play.
4.

(Of course, you'll know what's coming as soon as you open the first video, but you might still find it funny to watch. Be sure to do a manual volume fade-out when the music gets quiet for maximum effect! )

Edited by Afterburner, 07 March 2012 - 22:08.

[Rob]

I sent Tiff Needell a link to our version. He retweeted it almost immediately so he obviously likes it.

Edit: Thanks to Tiff, Radio Le Mans have joined the cause!

Edited by Rob, 07 March 2012 - 22:13.

[maverick69]

I sent Tiff Needell a link to our version. He retweeted it almost immediately so he obviously likes it.

Edit: Thanks to Tiff, Radio Le Mans have joined the cause!

Great skills

Who else is out there?

[Rob]

Great skills

Who else is out there?

I'll try and find some more victims.

[rhukkas]

That intro theme tune is enough to just watch the BBC!! What were they thinking??? Seriously... what were they thinknkniningg

Welcome to the Jungle by the way is just... right!

Edited by rhukkas, 07 March 2012 - 22:24.

[Jamiednm]

The YouTube vid needs to be made available for mobile devices, doesn't play on iPhone or iPad right now...

[chrisblades85]

Now he has a gig at Silverstone to join such greats, such as Rick Parfait Jnr, Eddie Jordan and friends, Chico, White Angels ??? Etc etc. Another no mark at the dour after party.

[Rob]

Haha, it's working! People are seeing the video and telling @SkySportsF1 that ours is better!

[D.M.N.]

Sky with The Chain over the top:

Actually works pretty well.

[Schumacher7]

The YouTube vid needs to be made available for mobile devices, doesn't play on iPhone or iPad right now...

I can't. :/ Think it might be because of copyright on the song, not sure.

[Rob]

Sky with The Chain over the top:

Actually works pretty well.

The Chain is *sooo* last year.

#WelcomeToTheJungle

[Schumacher7]

The YouTube vid needs to be made available for mobile devices, doesn't play on iPhone or iPad right now...

Just disputed the copyright claim, should work on mobile devices now.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Now he has a gig at Silverstone to join such greats, such as Rick Parfait Jnr, Eddie Jordan and friends, Chico, White Angels ??? Etc etc. Another no mark at the dour after party.

The 'celeb' angle of F1 has always been weird.

[Rob]

Keith Huewen just retweeted our intro.

Thanks Keith!

(In case you're not familiar with Keith, he's an ex bike racer and is the anchor for Sky's IndyCar coverage)

[maverick69]

Keith Huewen just retweeted our intro.

Thanks Keith!

(In case you're not familiar with Keith, he's an ex bike racer and is the anchor for Sky's IndyCar coverage)

Hahahaaa! #welcometothejunglebaby

[maverick69]

How about sticking the slow-mo of Webbo's flip over Heikki over the bit where it goes:

"And when you're high you never ever want to come down
So down, so down, so down, yeah."

[Gridfire]

I can't stop watching that mocked up trailer. It's astonishing how well the song fits. The chequered flag comes down on a beat, Lewis punches the air on a beat, Button and Vettel both do the finger on a beat before the camera pulls back from the car with that lovely guitar riff...

You do realise that the genius is pretty much all down to the video editor who selected and trimmed clips to match a regular 4/4 beat at a very ordinary 120ish tempo? There are literally a hundred thousand songs or more that would fit and look good.

I'm a huge fan of GNR and that song, and think it looks great with that video, but a lot of people seem to be surprised at the way a film made to fit a tune also fits another tune...

[paweu]

Just check this intro with Muse's Map of the Problematique. Sounds totally great.

[FizzyJerk]

Not impressed at all with Sky's choice of theme song...

Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this has already been posted, but this still sends a shiver down my spine every time I hear it and makes for an awesome intro.

Some excellent F1 clips to boot. Enjoy.

Edited by FizzyJerk, 08 March 2012 - 01:14.

[karne]

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who LOVES "Just Drive".

[Myrvold]

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who LOVES "Just Drive".

At least be happy that the world is way bigger than this forum

[Afterburner]

I feel like I'm the only person in the world who LOVES "Just Drive".

I actually didn't think it was too bad, but still not my kind of music. Pink Floyd FTW.

[Rob]

Martin Haven says

"UTTERLY AWESOME"

#WelcomeToTheJungle

[RedBaron]

Will Buxton just retweeted this NASCAR intro. It's really good and completely fits the 'show' (obviously it's written for the show)

[Archybald]

i dont know how they will follow this it still gives me shivers.

However i just hope it isnt anything like "lift me up lift me up ay aye aye wap ah"


*edit* oh god ... i knew i shouldnt have skipped pages 6 and 7 ... that cant be the music ... oh dear.

*edit 2*
I was listening to music that i listen to that "pumps me up" while watching the intro. I was suprised to see how well Immediate Music - Fahrenheit synced up

http://youtubedoubler.com/3qsI (mute the left one) Though im pretty sure its not for everyone lol

Edited by Archybald, 08 March 2012 - 12:08.

[olliek88]

How it really should be. >>>

Take note BBC, less CGI more real footage.

Take note Sky, less light pop, more punch.

[D.M.N.]

How it really should be. >>>

Take note BBC, less CGI more real footage.

Take note Sky, less light pop, more punch.

Which is exactly why BBC's titles are being changed this year so it has real footage.

[olliek88]

Which is exactly why BBC's titles are being changed this year so it has real footage.

Didn't know that, great to hear!

[PretentiousBread]

What a dull, crap, dreary dirge of a 'tune' $ky has excreted upon its viewers.

Bloke singing it sounds like a limp lettuce too.



It would probably do well at Eurovision, that's how sh1te it is.


They could've got Michel Legrand to compose something - he did good work on the music for the movie 'Le Mans'.

Haha, great summation of my feelings

That song is such insipid, unconvincing, unsuitably melancholic shite. I'd give the producer 2 life sentences for that, and 6 months community service to boot.

[Raifosa]

I put the music over the video so you don't have to have two tabs. It's so much better than Sky's choice.
SkyF1 Take 2
The music fits the video as well like Jamiednm said with the timing not just the style.

much better indeed.
Take 3:

[RedBaron]

The real missing aspect is Formula 1 effects. Just little engine sounds/snippets of commentary possibly too added during editing really creates another dimension to the sound and makes it Formula 1. Personally for my tastes, the Sky video has too much old F1 footage, some is ok but this is the intro for the 2012 season... it should have modern cars as the majority.

Edit: The Chain is awesome, it's Formula 1's theme for many, but it can be improved upon... I love hearing The Chain, it was new to me when F1 came back to the BBC, and I love the sound of it, but Sky don't need it to make an intro.

Edit again: Yes Raiosa that's brilliant, with some fine tuning/editing with some added F1 effects that would make a superb intro:

Edited by RedBaron, 08 March 2012 - 21:29.