| Herr Terror
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| 632693. Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:55 pm |
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| Does anyone else find the theme song terribly sterile and boring? Everyone I've introduced to the show comments on how bad it is and I tend to agree. It's this awful combination of a children's show theme and a slow reggae beat, and sounds like the show is meant exclusively for the middle-aged middle class. Anything would be a good replacement - classical especially. |
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| Neotenic
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| 632706. Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:20 pm |
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And classical wouldn't sound like it's exclusively for the middle-aged, middle class?
Personally I would have thought that a marriage twixt childrens show and reggae would be ideal for Jamaican kids. Or maybe people who are a bit infantile and smoke a lot of weed, I suppose. |
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| Herr Terror
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| 632725. Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:39 pm |
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| Maybe it's because I'm coming from a specific American perspective, I'm not sure. In my experience the middle class here doesn't listen to classical, it's too challenging and unsafe. They prefer soft rock, bad white electric blues, Bob Marley, Dave Matthews, etc. Give them 15 years and it'll also be Snoop Dogg. |
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| Neotenic
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| CB27
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| 632779. Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:31 pm |
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| Apart from from personal tastes, it does raise the question, has any other show apart from Qi ever had the signature tune composer come on as a guest? |
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| CB27
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| 632781. Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:36 pm |
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| Twice, no less. |
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| suze
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| 632783. Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:46 pm |
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Now there's a great question!
I can't immediately discover who wrote the theme tune for Never Mind The Buzzcocks, but that might be a possibility. |
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| CB27
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| 632793. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:02 am |
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| I think it's Richard Blair-Oliphant. |
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| Jenny
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| 632794. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:03 am |
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| Herr Terror wrote: | | Maybe it's because I'm coming from a specific American perspective, I'm not sure. In my experience the middle class here doesn't listen to classical, it's too challenging and unsafe. They prefer soft rock, bad white electric blues, Bob Marley, Dave Matthews, etc. Give them 15 years and it'll also be Snoop Dogg. |
However, speaking as a British expat living in Maine, I would say that there is a distinct difference between the British definition of middle class and the American definition. In my experience, when Americans talk about the middle class they actually mean what the British would call the working class. |
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| CB27
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| 632797. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:06 am |
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| Nouveau riche don't you know... |
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| Davini994
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| 632806. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:17 am |
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If the working class is called the middle class, what do Americans call lower class?
Mind you, we don't call anything lower class. Apart from the upper class. |
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| Jenny
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| 632813. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:29 am |
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| Davini994 wrote: | If the working class is called the middle class, what do Americans call lower class?
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Bums. |
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| eggshaped
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| 632819. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:55 am |
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| Quote: | | Apart from from personal tastes, it does raise the question, has any other show apart from Qi ever had the signature tune composer come on as a guest? |
Bill Bailey created the theme, and appeared regularly on "The Museum of Curiosity." :) |
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| Spud McLaren
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| 632822. Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:59 am |
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| Herr Terror wrote: | | Does anyone else find the theme song terribly sterile and boring? |
Well, i certainly don't find it QI. I have emailed QIHQ as follows:
I always find QI actually VI in all respects save one - the signature tune, and for 2 reasons:
1. It isn't a very interesting tune (sorry if that offends the composer);
2. It's the same one every week.
Now I can see the sense in having the same tune to announce your slot each week: but how about introducing some QI variety by letting your viewers and forum contributors compose and submit their own playout tunes (given the time parameters)? You could play a different one each week, which would introduce viewers to some QI different musical styles (well, nobody said you had to like a piece of music for it to be interesting).
and received the following reply from Sarah:
Sorry you don’t like the theme music for QI – I happen to love it but I know Rich Hall would agree with you!
I’m afraid that I don’t think the BBC would be up for your idea BUT we are about to start the process of re-designing our website and I shall file your email away – and see if we can’t introduce it as a feature on the website.
Thank you for taking the trouble to get in touch – new series of the Show due to start in November so hope you’ll be watching then.
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| Davini994
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| 632830. Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:22 am |
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| Jenny wrote: | | Davini994 wrote: | If the working class is called the middle class, what do Americans call lower class?
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Bums. |
I thought that was fanny? It's all so confusing. |
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