Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.CARNet.hr!Iskon!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Yazoo Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1 Subject: Re: F1 Launch 2025 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:48:47 +0100 Organization: Iskon Internet d.d. Lines: 52 Message-ID: <8HG0ZxjICkCHyCRTSvm899++2Qv3@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-135-51.adsl.net.t-com.hr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sunce.iskon.hr 1739879326 5742 89.172.135.51 (18 Feb 2025 11:48:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iskon.hr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:48:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:15:32 -0000 (UTC), Mark wrote: >Yazoo wrote: >> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:07:27 +1300, Geoff >> wrote: >> > >So, I had to look up some of these... Thank you for the effort! > >* Jack Whitehall is quite well known, and has made something of an > international breakthrough with his Comedy Central show. Not very > well known outside the UK, but not unknown. Never heard of him. >* Kane Brown is clearly an attempt to play to the US audience, but has a > wide following with younger audiences worldwide (never heard of him). Ditto. >* Brian Tyler is quite a successful composer, mainly film, TV and > video games. The link to F1 is that he wrote the F1 theme (no, not The > Chain - the one from the official intros) as well as for Esports. Yes, > I had to look all that up. I didn't know this. OK. >* Take That...well, they are very popular in Europe and Asia still, even > though they never really made it in the US. > I know that they were popular, but didn't know they are STILL popular. Not my cup of tea. :) >So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's >not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with >the focus on the teams, cars and drivers. It is obvious that F1 want to adjust to American market. Since I am almost 60, my music preferences are different (more jazz, rock and blues). But, obviously I'm not in the main target group. At least there is no hip-hop, rap and similar on the list. :) -- It's better to be judged by twelwe than carried by six.