US Gran Turismo 4 intro
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dude don't be lazy read the thread. its van halen "panama".ak
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bradymiller
I AGREE 100%!!! SOMEONE MAKE THIS MAN PRESIDENT!!!!!!
I wanna see the Japanese intro, anyone care to provide a link?
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ISS ALL GOOD DAWGS!!!
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- Max Archer
I'm really dissappointed with this intro. As has been said, the song, in its own right, isn't bad, but it doesn't fit. The editing sucks.
Additionally, there's too much emphasis on "PANAMA!"
He says it so many times in the video, and it's with so much force at the end of the intro, that you almost think you're about to play "Panama", not GT4. The song just has too much of an identity of its own to be a good theme song.
One thing I do like, though, is that the car sounds are audible at parts, which works pretty well, and would be awesome with MOtC.
Additionally, there's too much emphasis on "PANAMA!"
He says it so many times in the video, and it's with so much force at the end of the intro, that you almost think you're about to play "Panama", not GT4. The song just has too much of an identity of its own to be a good theme song.
One thing I do like, though, is that the car sounds are audible at parts, which works pretty well, and would be awesome with MOtC.
McLaren F1GTR
Damn you to hell....j/k. I'm still frantically searching this frozen hostile wasteland they call Canada for a store that actually might release it on time.
But i'd just like to state I love the song Panama. I even loved hearing it live when I went to see Van Halen live at Joe Louis Arena July 10th, last year
CAMAROBOY69
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Every time I hear "Panama" on the radio now I instantly think of GT4 
I still think its an excellent intro especially thru 600watts of surround sound!
I still think its an excellent intro especially thru 600watts of surround sound! 
194GVan
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CAMAROBOY69Every time I hear "Panama" on the radio now I instantly think of GT4
yeah i got hyped up when i first watched it too. whats with kids nowadays not respectin some good classic rock? shame on you guys.
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Takumi Fujiwara opined,
"The song just has too much of an identity of its own to be a good theme song."
And I agree with him. My favorite intro to any GT game remains to this day the one from GT1. I know that ever since that one, we Americans have gotten the shaft-end and the intros changed.
WHY? WHY must they do this?
And hey, I'm old-skøøl dog: Van Halen's Panama rocks, oh yes it does. But it just doesn't belong in my GT4 intro. Damn song goes back to the eighties. I loved that song in its day, but as with the "Are you gonna go my way" intro we got stuck with in GT3, using these old tunes for theme songs in new games just feels anachronistic.
If you're old enough that you have already heard them hundreds of times... trust me, they just don't fit.
-GNJ-
"The song just has too much of an identity of its own to be a good theme song."
And I agree with him. My favorite intro to any GT game remains to this day the one from GT1. I know that ever since that one, we Americans have gotten the shaft-end and the intros changed.
WHY? WHY must they do this?
And hey, I'm old-skøøl dog: Van Halen's Panama rocks, oh yes it does. But it just doesn't belong in my GT4 intro. Damn song goes back to the eighties. I loved that song in its day, but as with the "Are you gonna go my way" intro we got stuck with in GT3, using these old tunes for theme songs in new games just feels anachronistic.
If you're old enough that you have already heard them hundreds of times... trust me, they just don't fit.
-GNJ-
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- JMarine25
Finally, I have a chance to sound off on the intro. Except for GT2, usually, the sequel to a more recent GT game is better than the last. GT1 gives you faceless racers and a faceless race team, and then lots of racing. GT2 had some old school working with all the vintage cars and such. GT3 gives you the GT500 Toyota Supra, and then explodes with some Lenny Kravitz.
Now, GT4. When I first seen it, I was stunned. I felt like I saw a very beautiful lady who smiled at me and wanted to talk with me. I felt like I was cemented to wherever I was sitting or standing. The Ford GT is already a beautiful machine, but seeing this LM model through Grand Canyon, New York, and whatever other settings there were, and with the orchestral remix of "Moon Over the Castle," my heart stopped. I was cool, and so was the intro. As I would say, it was a "mad sick" intro, you dig me, man?
Anyhow, it was a thing of beauty. I don't know about you, but I liked it. And finally I had a chance to share my view on this.
Now, GT4. When I first seen it, I was stunned. I felt like I saw a very beautiful lady who smiled at me and wanted to talk with me. I felt like I was cemented to wherever I was sitting or standing. The Ford GT is already a beautiful machine, but seeing this LM model through Grand Canyon, New York, and whatever other settings there were, and with the orchestral remix of "Moon Over the Castle," my heart stopped. I was cool, and so was the intro. As I would say, it was a "mad sick" intro, you dig me, man?
Anyhow, it was a thing of beauty. I don't know about you, but I liked it. And finally I had a chance to share my view on this.
