28th-Nov-23, 10:51 PM
Well I've now had the bloomin Rally Report theme tune rattling incessantly round my head for several days.
For those of you who are too young, or not blessed with an interest in rallying, or not from the UK, please allow me to explain...
Rally Report was a BBC programme, hosted by William Woollard, which ran from 1984-1998, covering the RAC Rally in much more detail than you are likely to see on any mainstream channel these days.
At some point they decided to use this particular track for the theme tune, and in spite of being a fairly offbeat choice, it was a banger, and quickly became a favourite with rally fans, and the reason it's been stuck in my head, is that they've used it again on the Roger Albert Clark rally.
Since I was both a rally fan, and a musician in those days, I found the contrasts and contradictions interesting.
Propaganda were a German, arty, synth pop band who, with the best will in the world, were probably not that well known, and probably still aren't. They did make an appearance on Top of the Pops when the first first version of this track, originally called Duel, made it to 21 in the 'Hit Parade'.
But the lyrics tell a tale of a dead or dieing relationship so it's definitely an odd choice.
But it was the 30 seconds at the start of that remixed version that will be forever be remembered.
For those of you who are too young, or not blessed with an interest in rallying, or not from the UK, please allow me to explain...
Rally Report was a BBC programme, hosted by William Woollard, which ran from 1984-1998, covering the RAC Rally in much more detail than you are likely to see on any mainstream channel these days.
At some point they decided to use this particular track for the theme tune, and in spite of being a fairly offbeat choice, it was a banger, and quickly became a favourite with rally fans, and the reason it's been stuck in my head, is that they've used it again on the Roger Albert Clark rally.
Since I was both a rally fan, and a musician in those days, I found the contrasts and contradictions interesting.
Propaganda were a German, arty, synth pop band who, with the best will in the world, were probably not that well known, and probably still aren't. They did make an appearance on Top of the Pops when the first first version of this track, originally called Duel, made it to 21 in the 'Hit Parade'.
But the lyrics tell a tale of a dead or dieing relationship so it's definitely an odd choice.
But it was the 30 seconds at the start of that remixed version that will be forever be remembered.
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