gjquestion123 11 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 He seems to have changed it now, so I was wondering if anyone knew the name of the song that Greg James always talked over about 2 songs into his show last year. I thought that if anyone knew it, it would be this forum!Of course, it could be an original song for Radio 1...or it could be an incredibly famous song and I'm an uncultured idiot for not knowing it...Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kess01 10 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 In the later half of last year he used the instrumental of 'Sigma & Ella Henderson- Glitterball' (from 1:39) He also used the beginning of 'Mumford and sons - The Wolf' and Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars at one point as well... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forde52 43 Report post Posted January 6, 2016 Not forgetting Porter Robinson - Language back in 2012-2013! Big tune! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrysmyth 14 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 Surely you are talking about Porter Robinson - Language? Absolute tune. (listen from 58s)He used this consistently for a number of years in his first link, (generally talking about what had happened that day before his show). I thought it was a bit of a shame that he changed it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjquestion123 11 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Legends, all of you. Glitterball was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the Porter Robinson one as well - I'd forgotten how long he used to play it for before the talking kicked in.Whilst I'm on the forum with other 'fans of Greg James's opening song' (I enjoy it way too much) this is a long shot but has anyone got a recording of one of the times when he used Porter Robinson? Just for nostalgia purposes.I could just record myself talking over the top of some music but it wouldn't have the same effect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bensteele 46 Report post Posted January 9, 2016 I find Glitterball to be not quite as strong as Language - think he should change it. Jack Garratt springs to mind... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OohErr 231 Report post Posted April 30, 2016 Seeing as this spambot bumped this thread up, I thought I'd make a montage of a few occasions Greg used the Porter Robinson instrumental to start the show. I have the first use of it from the 3rd May 2012, then 23rd July 2012 (Greg's first show after Chris Moyles announced he was leaving, to add context to it), 14th September 2012, 7th January 2012 and the last use of it on 9th May 2014. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6VxngX4qhYva0hBN2JvakY0UWc/view?usp=sharing 2 gjquestion123 and bensteele reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjquestion123 11 Report post Posted June 9, 2016 Oh my goodness! Thank you very much. I wasn't expecting someone to have one recorded. That's some serious nostalgia for me there. He needs a long intro again, I'd forgotten how long it went on for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeenajose 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2016 I like this page It's an Einaudi piece and they played it the other night when he was in Zane Lowe. Sorry don't know Grreg James's opening song the name but shouldn't be too hard to find . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OohErr 231 Report post Posted July 21, 2016 13 hours ago, jeenajose said: they played it the other night when he was in Zane Lowe. Oh my - this is a bold claim to make. Who knew Greg James likes to do it to classical music - you heard it here first. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jono 38 Report post Posted July 22, 2016 13 hours ago, OohErr said: Oh my - this is a bold claim to make. Who knew Greg James likes to do it to classical music - you heard it here first. Just spat my tea out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rrawr 0 Report post Posted May 21, 2019 Does anyone know the name of the song he’s currently using over his intro on radio 1? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBCR1_James 3 Report post Posted May 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Rrawr said: Does anyone know the name of the song he’s currently using over his intro on radio 1? The current jingles and imaging are custom made for the breakfast show. He did a cool little video on it all: https://youtu.be/qtVd5wtPIlg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
