Domenica 10 Mag 2009, 15:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-dJ35fOiM
The Chain is an imprinted memory, not just in your head, or on Fleetwood Mac's career, but in the world Formula 1 as well.It's a definition of the words 'cool' and 'awesome'. It's a classic, and one of the reasons that Formula 1 returning to the Beeb was a good thing. It goes very finely tuned with Murray Walker's baritone, haven't you noticed? You could wish it was the 70s forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs_VC24304Q
Maybe it was the over flashyness of the intro, or maybe it was because whenever the programme went for an ad break this would always play (so you'd hear it seven times during the 3 hours a race was on), but Christ alive, 'Lift Me Up' got annoying, and it got annoying quickly.It's not that it's bad, but it's more style over sustenance, whereas 'The Chain' blends both, equally, and successfully. Maybe this is something you'd notice between ITV and the BBC.
Or maybe it's just that long, slow, climatic build up of bass and guitar riff was always better than a vegetarian going 'Hiiiiiigher no othaaaa' and sounding very bored by it.