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 Jamesey  Wandsworth 17 Jun 18 11.33pm |
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Congratulations to ITV (for once) for using Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" on their 2018 World Cup coverage. It's Russian, romantic and reminds me of the 1990 Italian World Cup theme "Nessun Dorma" in spirit. That became a memorable part of the whole experience for most of us who were watching or there at the time. The FIFA official theme offering by rapper Will Smith is appallingly inappropriate, has no relevance to Russia, football or anything else one can think of (correct me please if I have missed anything?). Absolute unmusical garbage like most rap.
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| Helmet46 Croydon 18 Jun 18 6.25am |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
Congratulations to ITV (for once) for using Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" on their 2018 World Cup coverage. It's Russian, romantic and reminds me of the 1990 Italian World Cup theme "Nessun Dorma" in spirit. That became a memorable part of the whole experience for most of us who were watching or there at the time. The FIFA official theme offering by rapper Will Smith is appallingly inappropriate, has no relevance to Russia, football or anything else one can think of (correct me please if I have missed anything?). Absolute unmusical garbage like most rap.
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Pussay Patrol  18 Jun 18 11.38am |
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Originally posted by Helmet46
BBC are no better, Ferdinand, Shearer and Fabregas are the most stale bunch imaginable, they make Lineker sound interesting. Rio resorts to cliches like a footballer parody. can't we have a little bit of charisma? Saint + Greavsie, Rodney Marsh, Jimmy Hill, or even John Barnes's fashion disaster suits - anything to add a bit of life to the punditry !
Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah |
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 18 Jun 18 1.29pm |
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I guess some of the pundits are also working for other TV networks as well Ian Wright seems to be doing a few FOX Sports appearances....
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| Stuk Top half 18 Jun 18 1.49pm |
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One of them should've used the music from Tetris. At least the BBC only have about 25% ex-man u players, ITV is about 50% or more for all games.
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| Jamesey Wandsworth 20 Jun 18 9.32pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
One of them should've used the music from Tetris. At least the BBC only have about 25% ex-man u players, ITV is about 50% or more for all games.
Original point of my thread was about music not pundits. But suit yourselves.
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 20 Jun 18 9.39pm |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
Original point of my thread was about music not pundits. But suit yourselves. pearls before swine jamesey,
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| J4COB65 20 Jun 18 10.22pm |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
Congratulations to ITV (for once) for using Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" on their 2018 World Cup coverage. It's Russian, romantic and reminds me of the 1990 Italian World Cup theme "Nessun Dorma" in spirit. That became a memorable part of the whole experience for most of us who were watching or there at the time. The FIFA official theme offering by rapper Will Smith is appallingly inappropriate, has no relevance to Russia, football or anything else one can think of (correct me please if I have missed anything?). Absolute unmusical garbage like most rap. Not sure if it's official but this is the Russian one: It's EDM but the music itself sounds quite Russian
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| Jamesey Wandsworth 20 Jun 18 10.54pm |
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Originally posted by J4COB65
Not sure if it's official but this is the Russian one: It's EDM but the music itself sounds quite Russian Thanks for your post, but Swan Lake that certainly ain't!!
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Tyke Exile  Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia 20 Jun 18 11.06pm |
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We get this One is reminded of "The Day Today" from 1994! As for punters we get Kristian Jack who actually seems to know what he's talking about, ex-player Steven Caldwell who just repeats everything Kristian Jack says and sounds like Alan Hanson and occasional reports from ex-referee Howard Webb who just agrees with every decision referees make. But at least we get everything on the one station (TSN) except I hope they stretch it to 2 channels when the 3rd group matches are on. For a nation that only has a few professional teams and where "soccer" is way down the list of popular sports then I guess our coverage is pretty exceptional. Edited by Tyke Exile (20 Jun 2018 11.08pm)
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| Stuk Top half 21 Jun 18 2.29pm |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
Original point of my thread was about music not pundits. But suit yourselves. Tetris is a what, not a who. Its theme is a Russian folk song called Korobeiniki.
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| manwitheagletattoo Somewhere in England 21 Jun 18 2.48pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
BBC are no better, Ferdinand, Shearer and Fabregas are the most stale bunch imaginable, they make Lineker sound interesting. Rio resorts to cliches like a footballer parody. can't we have a little bit of charisma? Saint + Greavsie, Rodney Marsh, Jimmy Hill, or even John Barnes's fashion disaster suits - anything to add a bit of life to the punditry ! But then again it could of been even worse with the likes of Jim Rosenthal, Des Lynam, and god forbid John Motson .
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