Plus all the crazy stuff they had done over the years. Maxing out a Veyron, supercars in the Nardo ring, train cars, reliant robin rolling/rocket, mini ski jump, fiesta in a beach assault, anphibious cars, and a ton of cars that they reviewed...this is the GOAT TV show. After Jeremy got sacked it will never be the same
For me, the 11th intro is what always sticks in my mind. Opens with a drifting 911, has the rocket Robin, and that awesome ending with the Aston Martin.
Doctor Who (Despite Its Many Slight Changes) Has Had The Same Theme Consecutively From 1963 to 1987, 1996 and 2005-2021, in total thats 38 Years, but if you were to count since 1963, its 58 years, and its been licensed since 1965
That was the best era of music in general. Everything from that time is just so good. I couldn't wait to hear the first time they brought in the stylish touch of the 90s and 2000s.
The boxes and presenter silhouette intro are representative of the best parts of the show, and what we all come to the show for: the presenters. Newer top gear places all of its emphasis into the cars instead, which is represented in the intro too.
That 1977 tune, I don’t know what it is about it but theres something about it that makes it the best theme ever. The soft warm tone of the audio, the almost bright energetic and childlike nature of the guitar, the 1977 aesthetic slapped all over the slides, the fun and playful baseline that holds and tightens up the entire track, the drum beat that keeps the entire song at a fast pace, the almost mysterious nature of it since we have almost no public archives of the early episodes.
That’s because it’s by the Allman Brothers band my friend! One of the greatest bands ever, Duane Allman is an awesome guitarist. If you’ve never listened to southern Rock, definitely give them a listen!
Ah, Jessica, one of the truly great instrumentals by the Allman Brothers. Strikes me as a little odd that a British car show would use an American southern rock tune for a theme...but it still fits perfectly, and there's never a time I don't like hearing it.
until the mid 90s they used Elton John's out of the blue as a closing theme but then after that the opening and closing were both Jessica. But yeah why change a classic?
There's a comment in another vid I saw back then but the 10th, 11th, and 12th intros aren't Top Gear's intro; but rather they're Hammond, Clarkson, and May's intro
I’m thankful that their relationship was great and rather then staying on the show when clarkson got fired they all moved together and look how well the grand tour has done
I think it's kind of interesting to note that post-2015, the intros went back to focusing more on the cars themselves like from the '70s to '90s, while the intros from 2002 to 2015 put far greater emphasis on the presenters. I'm not a blind hater of 2016-2022 Top Gear by any means, I just thought it was mostly passable, but it's probably saying a lot that perhaps even the BBC realised that aside from maybe Chris Harris, the newer presenters just didn't bring the same life blood and personality that the 2002-2015 era demonstrated.
Любимое шоу на автомобильную тематику смотрел (перезапуск) озвученные выпуски Николаем Фоменко на канале Рен-тв в детстве мне очень нравилось и конечно же музыкальная тема Top Gear Джессика забыть нельзя
The new top gear intro seems so dull compared to the older ones, the 11th intro had a boat car, a super stretched limo, a Bugatti racing a euro fighter typhoon and a reliant robin space shuttle while the new top gear intro just has sports cars
A great selection though you should have left in some of the opening voice over from the old Top Gear to help people understand why Jeremy is parodying it, the whole tonight on Top Gear bit
4:27 Series 2 episode 1. Why is the audio wrong in the clip with Mays Bentley tho, its from Murry Walker arguing his case for why the McLaren F1 is the greatest car in the world from S3 Ep1
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Loved the “Silhouette and Boxes” era. It was awesome seeing the boxes slide behind the presenters.
It's a bit GTA 3
Love it haha
Big inspiration from the Cowboy Bebop opening
Plus all the crazy stuff they had done over the years. Maxing out a Veyron, supercars in the Nardo ring, train cars, reliant robin rolling/rocket, mini ski jump, fiesta in a beach assault, anphibious cars, and a ton of cars that they reviewed...this is the GOAT TV show. After Jeremy got sacked it will never be the same
The era of Top Gear I came to know and grew up with
That's when the shoe started focusing more on the presenters.
R.I.P. top gear 1977-2015
Top gear still exists
@@MixedIdeas1 HE IS TALKING ABOUT REAL TOP GEAR
The new top gear is rubbish. They tried to copy the original one and made it worse
@@MixedIdeas1 wait what?
@@MarkCrespo-jh2hb hey atleast we have the grand tour 😹
For me, the 11th intro is what always sticks in my mind. Opens with a drifting 911, has the rocket Robin, and that awesome ending with the Aston Martin.
The Hilux hitting the snow bank too
I honestly didn't even realize Top gear went as far back as 1977.
I think it’s very first presenter was a woman if I recall correctly, but I think this was when the show was still being a pitch to the BBC.
@@didncozosksma4466 Oh wow, how fasinating. That's pretty cool
I thought its lifeline was almost as short as richard hammond
@@didncozosksma4466 yeah Angela Rippon
Same thought it went back to late 80’s to early 90’s
TONIGHT!
JEREMY POINTS AT THE THING
RICHARD WALKS THROUGH THE SHOP
AND JAMES HAS SOME BANANAS
The 2014 intro is better than the new intro
I liked the 2009 intro
the new top gear is 20 timesworse
@@WalkerSoc their not funny are they?
@@dementaeia they're ok
I never liked the new top gear now. It’s not the same without those three...
Top Gear has not been same since Clarkson, May, and Hammond left.
It will never hold the rights be a top gear ever again
I know this is BBC, but I'm surprised a show with a licenced theme tune has stuck to the same song for so long..
No matter how impressive the cars of CGI are in the new intros, it will never be better than Clarkson and his idiotic "tonight" intros
@@nagizah8 Tonight:
I point at a thing
Richard walks through a shop
and James has some bananas
I mean at this point its just iconic and changing it would just be bad for the brand.
Doctor Who (Despite Its Many Slight Changes) Has Had The Same Theme Consecutively From 1963 to 1987, 1996 and 2005-2021, in total thats 38 Years, but if you were to count since 1963, its 58 years, and its been licensed since 1965
@@RedJLP LOL
Look at how much the crowd had grown from the 9th to the 12th intro
Fun fact: the 9th intro was from James May’s first episode.
@@shroomzed2947season 2 episode 1
My dad told me the first thing I saw as a baby out the Hospital was top gear on tv
Ol' jeremy was the first celebrity you ever saw
TONIGHT:
A woman gives birth.
The bebe heysus is born.
And a man runs away.
I think we can all agree that the 2006-2014 intros were the best
The 1998-2001 remixed version of the theme song is absolutely incredible!!!
Bass: X10000
It's more revolutionizing, it became a mid-point between the 70's to 2000's.
Sounds like shit imo
Its fine if u disagree i just think it sucks
That was the best era of music in general. Everything from that time is just so good. I couldn't wait to hear the first time they brought in the stylish touch of the 90s and 2000s.
The boxes and presenter silhouette intro are representative of the best parts of the show, and what we all come to the show for: the presenters. Newer top gear places all of its emphasis into the cars instead, which is represented in the intro too.
Always loved the transitions from the topgear logo to wherever in the studio they could stick a flatscreen TV
That 1977 tune, I don’t know what it is about it but theres something about it that makes it the best theme ever. The soft warm tone of the audio, the almost bright energetic and childlike nature of the guitar, the 1977 aesthetic slapped all over the slides, the fun and playful baseline that holds and tightens up the entire track, the drum beat that keeps the entire song at a fast pace, the almost mysterious nature of it since we have almost no public archives of the early episodes.
That’s because it’s by the Allman Brothers band my friend! One of the greatest bands ever, Duane Allman is an awesome guitarist. If you’ve never listened to southern Rock, definitely give them a listen!
It also doesn’t try to sound epic or grand like the newer ones do. It definitely just has a completely tone as you described it.
For me personally I like rock music and 1999-2001 is the best one for me but for the actual show 2002-2015 is best
Dickey Betts, the guy who wrote and performed the Top Gear theme, died today at age 80.
When I think of Top Gear, I think of the 5:03 one from 2009-2013.
That is simply the cowboy bebop intro
For me, it’s the one from 4:44.
I have to agree, that Porsche sliding in is just what I think of when I think top gear
4:23 the part the most of us know
4:53 wait a second, something isn't right
I love how every theme is so stereotypically using the art-style of that decade it’s in.
Cheers for the double intro mate, I was unsure who did it first time round amidst the JPG warping like a drunk baboon
My dude put in a 20 second channel intro like it was 2012.
Thanks for the MLG seizure lmao
And there's two of them too.
What a sight to see
Did we need an intro to a video about intros?
2003-2015 is top gear
2016-present is some random unknown car show
It's nice to know I was born in the best top gear era in my oppinion, the 2006 series to 2013.
Everything peaked in the late 90s and the 2000s and so did Top Gear intros. What a time. They haven't even changed the music since then.
4:08 is ahead of its time
The 1998 and 1999 tune is dope af
Incase anyones wondering actual song is Jessica by the great Allman Brothers band
Ah, Jessica, one of the truly great instrumentals by the Allman Brothers. Strikes me as a little odd that a British car show would use an American southern rock tune for a theme...but it still fits perfectly, and there's never a time I don't like hearing it.
I mean, what’s the background of the song Monty Python chose for the opening of the Flying Circus?
5:03 and 5:34 are the best, change my mind
For a show that has evolved so much, it’s surprising that the one thing that has never changed is the theme song.
until the mid 90s they used Elton John's out of the blue as a closing theme but then after that the opening and closing were both Jessica. But yeah why change a classic?
There's a comment in another vid I saw back then but the 10th, 11th, and 12th intros aren't Top Gear's intro; but rather they're Hammond, Clarkson, and May's intro
We watch the intro for 20 seconds to see the history of the intro.
Brilliantly 👏
The 2014 intro is better than the current intro. Top Gear ended when May, Hammond and Clarkson left
Now it’s just three cringe dudes driving cars aimlessly “reviewing” them. Then, over at Amazon, the budget is 4X higher and making them bank
@@NVegianP yep
For me it has to be 1988-1995 intro, nostalgia reasons thats when i first watched topgear in the early 90s.
Holy shit, top gear exists WAY BACK SINCE 1977?!?!? That’s amazing!
So Before trio is comimg out, top gear was a car review program.
Well what did you think top gear would have done in 1977
@@LolLol-xy4rhIt was an actual car program, not our beloved entertainment show disguised with cars
altough the new intro is better the new cast is terrible. they really should have kept clarkson may and hammond
BBC be like hah nope Clarkson naughty
2006-2009 or 2013-2015 were the best ones imo
Big Boss from BBC says for Hammond : Nope!
James and May : Allright, goodbye!
I’m thankful that their relationship was great and rather then staying on the show when clarkson got fired they all moved together and look how well the grand tour has done
@@DhavidSetiawanKilluaDhavid what? Jezza got fired and Hammond and May left
To be honest the 2016 show onwards might aswell be fanmade
All the intros are cool as heck
98 - 01 gave me real Grand Turismo on PS1 vibes
The 1998-2001 remix theme has got to be one of the most 90s things I have heard this year
8pm on a Sunday night used to be my favourite time. But since those 3 left, I haven't watched it since.
the 2006-2015 intros matched so well with the music
Legit 98 to 02 is my favourite music
I used to watch top gear on bbc long time ago, havent seen it for a long time
The Clarkson Hammond and May Era are undoubtedly the Golden Age of Top Gear.
Yeah ,remember those days like yesterday
1998 one I actually like better then the current them we have
Looks pretty dope ngl
Pretty dope yeah
I think it's kind of interesting to note that post-2015, the intros went back to focusing more on the cars themselves like from the '70s to '90s, while the intros from 2002 to 2015 put far greater emphasis on the presenters. I'm not a blind hater of 2016-2022 Top Gear by any means, I just thought it was mostly passable, but it's probably saying a lot that perhaps even the BBC realised that aside from maybe Chris Harris, the newer presenters just didn't bring the same life blood and personality that the 2002-2015 era demonstrated.
2005 to their trio's last season are the most iconic
The first 3 look like the kind of thing you get shown when you're learning to drive
Любимое шоу на автомобильную тематику смотрел (перезапуск) озвученные выпуски Николаем Фоменко на канале Рен-тв в детстве мне очень нравилось и конечно же музыкальная тема Top Gear Джессика забыть нельзя
The new top gear intro seems so dull compared to the older ones, the 11th intro had a boat car, a super stretched limo, a Bugatti racing a euro fighter typhoon and a reliant robin space shuttle while the new top gear intro just has sports cars
The new top gear also had police VAN cars, and nothing else.
The 1995-1998 was my favourite intro
That 2nd intro looks great for the time
Good video
Amazing!!
6th and 7th intros are the best for me
The 12th one is just top gear gold 5:35
That’s when I watched top gear cause my dad would always have it on when we had dinner
There are probably more intros from the older days,but its probably lost media now since no one probably cared about those days
Why do you need 2 intros?
A great selection though you should have left in some of the opening voice over from the old Top Gear to help people understand why Jeremy is parodying it, the whole tonight on Top Gear bit
2002-2006❤️
The 10th intro is the Best.
4:27 Series 2 episode 1. Why is the audio wrong in the clip with Mays Bentley tho, its from Murry Walker arguing his case for why the McLaren F1 is the greatest car in the world from S3 Ep1
The true top gear intros stop at 5:55
So basically, in the late 80s, they discovered special effects? lol
And drugs apparently
My Favourite was the 6th intro
88-95 is really cool dayum
Video starts at 0:21
Dude, why does your intro last 21 seconds
Trap crap
I think we all know which one's the best
13th, 14th & 15th OPs are *NOT* Top Gear Openings. Please delete them before I gonna tell James May about it. Thank you
2:44 it’s Garfield!
0:30 skip button from all the channel intros
I like the slash one
The 1999 one is such a let down after the epic 1998 one 😅
Warning here comes the rubbish : 5:55
My favorite is the 12th intro
the worst is 6th intro
The trailers keep getting better, but the show isn't that good anymore!
TONIGHT
JEREMY HOLDS UP A JAR
JAMES SAYS HES NOT FAT
AND RICHARD FORGETS THE ABBREVIATION FOR AMERICA!!
My favorite is 2002-2009
Had no Angela Rippon presented the first series
I'm sorry but the 13th and 14th intros look like they were made in movie maker.
Old top gear was so much better, sad the 3 of them went
1999
So the newer intros are good and bad at the same time
1998 one best
Shame the 1998 one only lasted 2 years
The 2016 and 17 theme were cool, too bad the presenters weren’t
that intro kinda looks like it was made with powerpoint transitions
2000 💀
Your intro is so cringe
Both of them
@@comicsanz97 don't forget the outro
I liked 2016/17 a lot even though the show itself was shit
The latest one is terrible
nice but ur intro is cringe and makes me wanna die 💀💀
wow!!!
It’s from a band the Jessica theme song
allman brothers created the top gear song in 1973
allman brothers created the top gear song in 1973
allman brothers created the top gear song in 1973