Songs about cyclists

[luckyboy]

Pantani singing about the 96 Giro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDyakMniSs

 

[El Pistolero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Git6zlkVaA

A song about Giovanni Gerbi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4ue-mJZOw

And here's a song about the great cyclists Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen.

Kidding, it's them singing horribly! Haha.

 

[veganrob]

I'm on a mother fuqin bike

Don't know if this has been mentioned but is my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgCqz3l33kU

 

[The Hitch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Git6zlkVaA

A song about Giovanni Gerbi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4ue-mJZOw

And here's a song about the great cyclists Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen.

Kidding, it's them singing horribly! Haha.

Cheers for that Pisti.

BTW why was GIovanni Gerbi special enough to get a song about him? Looking at wiki he won a few big italian classics a few times but im guessing its not his palmares.

 

[El Pistolero]

Cheers for that Pisti.

BTW why was GIovanni Gerbi special enough to get a song about him? Looking at wiki he won a few big italian classics a few times but im guessing its not his palmares.

He was one of the pioneers of cycling. His nickname was the red devil because of his red jersey and apparently he was a hot head.

He won the first edition of the Giro di Lombardia by over 40 minutes to the second place finisher(biggest ever for Lombardia). He did so by being clever. Those days the roads were in terrible condition, so cyclists often rode on the railroads along the road. But to get on the railroads you had to get off your bike and then hop on. You also had to get off the railroads from time to time to get back on the road. Keep in mind the bikes weighted over 25 kilograms back then. Giovanni Gerbi knew the route very well and had prepared to attack on the rails on specific locations, so he could hop on the rails without getting off his bike. He made little ramps of mud next to the rails in order to do so. He won a lot of races by course knowledge. He was the Italian favorite and was very popular there. You think Armstrong was the first to recon every stage that mattered? Think again!

Also once you gave him a gap of 200 meters, you never saw him back.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Pantani singing about the 96 Giro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDyakMniSs

Lyrics and translation :-

Apro gli occhi e sono su/ i open my eyes and I'm up there
il gruppo e lontano non lo vedo già più/ the group is distant, I can't see it anymore
pedalo pedalo arrivo alla cima/ I keep pedaling, I get to the top
al Tour e alla Vuelta penserò domattina/ tomorrow I'll think about the Tour and the Vuelta
la rabbia mi spinge mi porta distante/ anger pushes me, takes me far away
in salita e in discesa mi mangio un tornante/uphill and downhill, I eat a hairpin turn up
dietro e davanti mi applaudono in tanti/ behind and ahead many are cheering me on

Vorrei restar sempre così/ I'd like to be like this forever
in maglia rosa e poi/ wearing the maglia rosa (pink shirt)
in mezzo le moto sorpassano/ in the middle the motorcycles overtake
la fatica tocca solo a me/ I'm the only one who's sweating
ma ho voluto la bici e adesso..../ but I wanted the bike and now

E adesso pedala/ and now, get a move on!
la bici l'ho voluta io/ I wanted the bike
e tiro la volata ormai/ and now I start the final sprint


Not perfect but i hope it's enough.

 

[happytramp]

Mentioned a couple of pages ago but without a link. Dermot 'Fater Ted' Morgan's ode to Stephen Roche.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQk8f32irGk

 

[Arnout]

Can we make a song about Armstrong?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXOZBjcECPo

A song about Il Campione Constante Girardengo and Il Bandito Sante Pollastri. They were childhood "friends".

I will try to do this if i can be bothered.

 

[El Pistolero]

I will try to do this if i can be bothered.

It's a well known song, lyrics can be found easily if you google them.

Both in English and Italian.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

It's a well known song, lyrics can be found easily if you google them.

Both in English and Italian.

Translating it into english was what was on me mind.

 

[hiero2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXOZBjcECPo

A song about Il Campione Constante Girardengo and Il Bandito Sante Pollastri. They were childhood "friends".

"il bandito e il campione" f.de.gregori
4:24
due ragazzi nelborgo
cresciuti troppo in fretta
un'unica passione
per la bicicletta
un'incrocio di destini
in una strana storia
di cui nei giorni nostri
s'e' persa la memoria
una storia d'altri tempi
di prima del motore
quando si correva
per rabbia o per amore
ma fra rabbia ed amore
il distacco gia' cresce
e chi sara' il campione
gia' si capisce
vai girardengo vai grande campione
nessuno ti insegue su quello stradone
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
e dietro a quella curva
e' sempre piu' distante
e dietro la curva
del tempo che vola
c'e' sante in bicicletta
e in mano ha una pistola
se di notte e' inseguito
spara e centra ogni fanale
sante il bandito
ha una mira eccezzionale
e lo sanno le banche
e lo sa la questura
sante il bandito
mette proprio paura
e non servono le taglie
e non basta il coraggio
sante il bandito
ha troppo vantaggio
fu antica miseria
o un torto subito
a fare del ragazzo un feroce bandito
ma al proprio destino
nessuno gli sfugge
cercavi giustizia
ma trovasti la legge
ma un bravo poliziotto
che sa fare il suo mestiere
sa che ogni uomo ha un vizio
che lo fara' cadere
e ti fece cadere
la tua grande passione
di aspettare l'arrivo
dell'amico campione
quel traguardo volante
ti vide in manette
brillavano al sole come due biciclette
sante pollastri
il tuo giro e' finito
e gia' si racconta
che qualcuno ha tradito
vai girardengo vai grande campione
nessuno ti segue su quello stradone
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
e' sempre piu' lontano
e' sempre piu' distante
e' sempre piu' lontano
e' sempre piu' distante
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
sempre piu' lontano
sempre piu' distante

the bandit and the champion" f.de.gregori
4:24
two boys nelborgo
grew too fast
one passion
for bicycles
un'incrocio destinies
a strange story
which in the present day
hath been 'lost memory
a story of the past
a first motor
when you ran
anger or love
but between anger and love
detachment already 'grows
and who will be 'the sample
already 'understand
vai vai Girardengo great champion
no one follows you on the highway
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
and behind that curve
and 'more and more' distant
and behind the curve
the time that flies
There 'holy cycling
and has a gun in his hand
if at night, 'pursued
shoots and hits each light
holy bandit
has a target exceptional
and they know the banks
and he knows the police
holy bandit
puts their fear
and do not serve sizes
and not just the courage
holy bandit
has too much advantage
was old misery
or a grievance
to make the boy a fierce bandit
but his fate
no one escapes
looking for justice
but did you find the law
but a good cop
who knows how to do his job
know that every man has a vice
that he will 'fall
and you knocked
your passion
to wait for the arrival
of his sample
that sprint
saw you in handcuffs
shone in the sun like two bicycles
holy chickens
your lap and 'finished
and already 'says
that someone has betrayed
vai vai Girardengo great champion
no one follows you on the highway
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
and 'more and more' away
and 'more and more' distant
and 'more and more' away
and 'more and more' distant
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
more and more 'away
more and more 'distant

lyrics @ airdave.it, translation by Google translate

 

[Caruut]

Yet another Pantani one, more a poem with a slow beat than a song, but it counts I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5I74OTwwEQ

 

[El Imbatido]

Old one about Floyd Landis....done as a Parody of Chamillionaire's 'Riding Dirty'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJnYVm4iaqc&playnext=1&list=PL1C72F7E8B0D6C1D8&feature=results_video

 

[Zam_Olyas]

"il bandito e il campione" f.de.gregori
4:24
due ragazzi nelborgo
cresciuti troppo in fretta
un'unica passione
per la bicicletta
un'incrocio di destini
in una strana storia
di cui nei giorni nostri
s'e' persa la memoria
una storia d'altri tempi
di prima del motore
quando si correva
per rabbia o per amore
ma fra rabbia ed amore
il distacco gia' cresce
e chi sara' il campione
gia' si capisce
vai girardengo vai grande campione
nessuno ti insegue su quello stradone
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
e dietro a quella curva
e' sempre piu' distante
e dietro la curva
del tempo che vola
c'e' sante in bicicletta
e in mano ha una pistola
se di notte e' inseguito
spara e centra ogni fanale
sante il bandito
ha una mira eccezzionale
e lo sanno le banche
e lo sa la questura
sante il bandito
mette proprio paura
e non servono le taglie
e non basta il coraggio
sante il bandito
ha troppo vantaggio
fu antica miseria
o un torto subito
a fare del ragazzo un feroce bandito
ma al proprio destino
nessuno gli sfugge
cercavi giustizia
ma trovasti la legge
ma un bravo poliziotto
che sa fare il suo mestiere
sa che ogni uomo ha un vizio
che lo fara' cadere
e ti fece cadere
la tua grande passione
di aspettare l'arrivo
dell'amico campione
quel traguardo volante
ti vide in manette
brillavano al sole come due biciclette
sante pollastri
il tuo giro e' finito
e gia' si racconta
che qualcuno ha tradito
vai girardengo vai grande campione
nessuno ti segue su quello stradone
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
e' sempre piu' lontano
e' sempre piu' distante
e' sempre piu' lontano
e' sempre piu' distante
vai girardengo non si vede piu' sante
sempre piu' lontano
sempre piu' distante

the bandit and the champion" f.de.gregori
4:24
two boys nelborgo
grew too fast
one passion
for bicycles
un'incrocio destinies
a strange story
which in the present day
hath been 'lost memory
a story of the past
a first motor
when you ran
anger or love
but between anger and love
detachment already 'grows
and who will be 'the sample
already 'understand
vai vai Girardengo great champion
no one follows you on the highway
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
and behind that curve
and 'more and more' distant
and behind the curve
the time that flies
There 'holy cycling
and has a gun in his hand
if at night, 'pursued
shoots and hits each light
holy bandit
has a target exceptional
and they know the banks
and he knows the police
holy bandit
puts their fear
and do not serve sizes
and not just the courage
holy bandit
has too much advantage
was old misery
or a grievance
to make the boy a fierce bandit
but his fate
no one escapes
looking for justice
but did you find the law
but a good cop
who knows how to do his job
know that every man has a vice
that he will 'fall
and you knocked
your passion
to wait for the arrival
of his sample
that sprint
saw you in handcuffs
shone in the sun like two bicycles
holy chickens
your lap and 'finished
and already 'says
that someone has betrayed
vai vai Girardengo great champion
no one follows you on the highway
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
and 'more and more' away
and 'more and more' distant
and 'more and more' away
and 'more and more' distant
Go Girardengo not see more 'button
more and more 'away
more and more 'distant

lyrics @ airdave.it, translation by Google translate

Okay here it is, not google translated

Due ragazzi del borgo cresciuti troppo in fretta/ two boys from the suburb
un'unica passione per la bicicletta/ the same passion for the bike
un incrocio di destini in una strana storia/ two fates, meeting in a strange story
di cui nei giorni nostri si è persa la memoria/ whose memory is lost nowadays
una storia d'altri tempi, di prima del motore/ a tale of older times, before the engine
quando si correva per rabbia o per amore/ when one used to race for anger or love
ma fra rabbia ed amore il distacco già cresce/but between anger and love the distance grows already
e chi sarà il campione già si capisce/ you can already tell who will be the champion
Vai Girardengo, vai grande campione/ Go Girardengo, great champion
nessuno ti segue su quello stradone/ no one is following you on that large road
Vai Girardengo, non si vede più Sante/ Go Girardengo, Sante is no longer in sight
è dietro a quella curva, è sempre più distante./ he's behind that corner, more and more distant
E dietro alla curva del tempo che vola/ and behind the corner of the fleeting time
c'è Sante in bicicletta e in mano ha una pistola/ there's Sante, he has a gun
se di notte è inseguito spara e centra ogni fanale/ if he's chased at night he shots and hits every headlamp
Sante il bandito ha una mira eccezionale/ Sante the bandit has an incredible aim
e lo sanno le banche e lo sa la questura/the banks and the police knows it
Sante il bandito mette proprio paura/Sante the bandit is really frightful
e non servono le taglie e non basta il coraggio/ and you don't need bounty, courage isn't enough
Sante il bandito ha troppo vantaggio./ Sante the bandit has too much lead
Fu antica miseria o un torto subito/ 'twas ancient misery or injustice suffered
a fare del ragazzo un feroce bandito/ that turned the boy into a cruel bandit
ma al proprio destino nessuno gli sfugge/ but no one can escape its fate
cercavi giustizia ma trovasti la Legge./you sought justice and found the law
Ma un bravo poliziotto che sa fare il mio mestiere/but a good cop, who knows his job well,
sa che ogni uomo ha un vizio che lo farà cadere/knows that every man has a vice that will ruin him
e ti fece cadere la tua grande passione/and what made you fall was your great passion
di aspettare l'arrivo dell'amico campione/of waiting the arrival of your friend champion
quel traguardo volante ti vide in manette/that winning post saw you ending up in handcuffs
brillavano al sole come due biciclette/they were shining under the sun like two bicycles
Sante Pollastri il tuo Giro è finito/ Sante Pollastri your Giro is over
e già si racconta che qualcuno ha tradito./ and already they say someone betrayed you
Vai Girardengo, vai grande campione/ Go Girardengo, great champion
nessuno ti segue su quello stradone/ no one is following you on that large road
Vai Girardengo, non si vede più Sante/ Go Girardengo, Sante is no longer in sight
è sempre più lontano, è sempre più distante/ more and more far away, more and more distant
sempre più lontano, è sempre più distante/ more and more far away, more and more distant

 

[Echoes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XT2KXxF1QE


There used to be a lot of songs about cyclists, as was discussed on another forum: http://www.wielerarchieven.be/forum/showthread.php?t=7214

 

[aarononymous]

how about some real classics

Ramon Hoyos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuvuE6ugPJs&feature=player_embedded

thanks to Cycling Inquisition

 

[SiAp1984]

Seeing as I don't speak german I don't understand this song but I'm pretty certain it refers to Jan Ullrich and him winning the tour de france in 1997.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE4pvNsc7u4

Actually, it is about the year 1997 in general. Ulle is mentioned several times during the song, but also e.g. Lady Di, Che Guevara and many more 90ies-stuff.