Top Gear is, hands down, my favourite show on TV. You can argue all you want about whether it’s really still a show about three blokes who love cars any more and if it’s “jumped the shark” (I hate that term), but I still love it.
This season so far has been great, and I’ve nearly fallen out of my chair a few times thanks not only to the sound of that Lamborghini LP560-4 or the Zonda F Roadster but because of some of the background music. It seems that whoever is picking tunes for the show now actually has some real taste. So far I’ve heard:
- Trans Am
- Fuck Buttons (two songs on the same episode)
- Mogwai (two songs on different episodes)
- The Jesus Lizard (!!!)
- Beastie Boys
With the obvious exception of the Beasties, the likeliness of hearing any of these bands on any kind of mainstream medium is pretty slim (yeah I know The Jesus Lizard did actually record for TOTP once…), but to hear them set to some of the most stunning machinery known to man on one of the most popular TV shows on the planet is totally fucking unreal.
Good work BBC.
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You’re like Action Man with the Eagle Eyes only its your ears that have special abilities, maybe you’ve got a little switch on the back of your head that wiggles your ears like Sla from The Goonies :P
Er thanks Chris. I think.