This relates primarily to motorsport. Watching a documentary the other day about the history of motorsport,
some in Australia. There was footage of racing (obviously) and the commentators simply spoke, named the drivers/riders
and a basic comment on what was going on. You are watching TV after all. This is not cricket commentary on the
ABC radio.
Fast forward to today and we have commentators, local and overseas, calling a motor race like one would
if it was a horse race. Now one could turn the sound down and thereby be relieved from this annoying noise
but part of watching motor racing is the engine noise. Hands up those who do not enjoy a V8 going up the
Bathurst mountain at full noise.
We have the same thing repeated ad nauseam obviously because they have nothing new to ad and someone
has asked them to keep on talking. Almost as if a minute silence is a sin.
Also in years gone by, most of the time whenever there was onboard coverage, the commentators would shut up.
Not so any more. I am curious as to how we have come to this. Who in the whole scheme of the various coverages
decides or has decided that we need to be on the edge of our seats biting finger nails because the commentators
are so loud.
KJB said
05:26 PM Feb 28, 2023
deverall11 wrote:
This relates primarily to motorsport. Watching a documentary the other day about the history of motorsport,
some in Australia. There was footage of racing (obviously) and the commentators simply spoke, named the drivers/riders
and a basic comment on what was going on. You are watching TV after all. This is not cricket commentary on the
ABC radio.
Fast forward to today and we have commentators, local and overseas, calling a motor race like one would
if it was a horse race. Now one could turn the sound down and thereby be relieved from this annoying noise
but part of watching motor racing is the engine noise. Hands up those who do not enjoy a V8 going up the
Bathurst mountain at full noise.
We have the same thing repeated ad nauseam obviously because they have nothing new to ad and someone
has asked them to keep on talking. Almost as if a minute silence is a sin.
Also in years gone by, most of the time whenever there was onboard coverage, the commentators would shut up.
Not so any more. I am curious as to how we have come to this. Who in the whole scheme of the various coverages
decides or has decided that we need to be on the edge of our seats biting finger nails because the commentators
are so loud.
You are not on your own with those thoughts...........they (V8 Supercars/F1 etc.) have lost me as a "viewer"....
RickJ said
06:00 PM Feb 28, 2023
I have to agree as well.
I am loathed to watch and listen to F1.now as the commentary is terrible.
I noticed that our own V8s telecasts and commentary dropped severely in standard since Covid.
There are parts of the Supercars that I enjoy when we have an ex competitor actually explain both race tactics and specialist type mechanical functions but having an unknown screaming incessantly into the mike thinking that he is doing a good job is pretty hard to take.
Many of them are keeping good commentators out of a job.
Santa said
06:18 PM Feb 28, 2023
Motor sport in general becomes less interesting as you age, pretty much a younger persons interest.
Watching any form of MS nowadays is as appealing to me as watching paint dry.
I'm sure others disagree, just my opinion.
RickJ said
06:29 PM Feb 28, 2023
I agree Santa.
It might be the age gap between myself and this new wave of sports commentators although I could not think of anything worse than going to the Speedway of a Saturday night.
I would not miss a meeting of any Motorsport when I was young but not today.
I cant imagine going to a live event these days.
Santa said
06:59 PM Feb 28, 2023
Evening Rick, when I was younger, couldn't get enough of any kind of motor sport, F1, bikes, scrambles, speedway, you name it, once I hit 30 the attraction started to wane.
Whenarewethere said
07:07 PM Feb 28, 2023
I have sound proofed my car so as not to hear other cars. The biggest noise on my car would be the tyres.
All programs these days have forgotten the art of quiet which actually makes programs more interesting. I'm just not interested in a wall of noise.
Southern Cruizer said
07:53 PM Feb 28, 2023
Now one could turn the sound down and thereby be relieved from this annoying noise
but part of watching motor racing is the engine noise. Hands up those who do not enjoy a V8 going up the
Bathurst mountain at full noise.
Love it and enjoy it.
And there's nothing better than being in a corporate tent right at the end of Conrod straight as they come down the mountain in full flight into the Chase. I could sit there forever listening and watching them. The wife and myself, the older we get the more we like them. Better than all that other crap on the telly, at least we're both interested
BarneyBDB said
09:20 PM Feb 28, 2023
I think the current breed of commentators are paid by the word....
deverall11 said
11:02 PM Feb 28, 2023
BarneyBDB wrote:
I think the current breed of commentators are paid by the word....
You're onto something there. I only mentioned motorsport because the noise is an integral part of
the experience, hence the sound cannot be turned down.
However, this increase in incessant verbal diarrhea, seems to be across a lo of sport like cricket, tennis
but to name a few.
86GTS said
06:17 AM Mar 1, 2023
I like watching the Toyota 86GTS racing at Bathurst but I agree that the commentary is totally crap. The commentators in most sport these days sound as though they are about to have a caniption. Ridiculous.
-- Edited by 86GTS on Wednesday 1st of March 2023 06:20:05 AM
KJB said
08:54 AM Mar 1, 2023
deverall11 wrote:
BarneyBDB wrote:
I think the current breed of commentators are paid by the word....
You're onto something there. I only mentioned motorsport because the noise is an integral part of
the experience, hence the sound cannot be turned down.
However, this increase in incessant verbal diarrhea, seems to be across a lo of sport like cricket, tennis
but to name a few.
Whoever mentioned "wall of noise" was pretty close to the mark - a big improvement would be to enforce the "commentators" to wear gas masks...
Collo said
10:16 AM Mar 1, 2023
I use to watch Bathurst when I was a teenager....Alan Moffet, Peter Brock, John Goss, Murray Carter, Dick Johnson and all the others.. I even bought a XA Falcon coupe. But as I got older, I only gave it a passing glance.
Couple of years ago I retired. This year when Bathurst was on, I had not much to do, so I watched from start to finish and really enjoyed it, so much so I wondered what it would be like to be in one of those mighty cars. I got on the net and booked myself two hot laps with John Bowe this Sunday in a V8 supercar at Sandown race track.
I am a bit nervous, but it should be a great experience!
Collo.
peter67 said
10:30 AM Mar 1, 2023
On ya Collo, as for most of the rest here you must be dead from the neck up and not know it re V8 supercars and the exhaust flames are back with the new cars. Less down force so closer racing (take note please F1 rule makers) As for formula one KAAARK!! an over priced snooze show where most of the passing is done in the pits, how exciting, it's almost reality show tv boring.
RickJ said
10:31 AM Mar 1, 2023
Santa wrote:
Evening Rick, when I was younger, couldn't get enough of any kind of motor sport, F1, bikes, scrambles, speedway, you name it, once I hit 30 the attraction started to wane.
When younger I am sure I was addicted to the smell of Castrol R as well as the sounds of the cars.
We have lost that smell with the advent of fuel injections and turbos which can stand as another reason for my lack of interest in live events.
Santa said
10:57 AM Mar 1, 2023
peter67 wrote:
On ya Collo, as for most of the rest here you must be dead from the neck up and not know it re V8 supercars and the exhaust flames are back with the new cars. Less down force so closer racing (take note please F1 rule makers) As for formula one KAAARK!! an over priced snooze show where most of the passing is done in the pits, how exciting, it's almost reality show tv boring.
I suspect mature adults who still enthuse over commercial motor sport are the ones who are "dead from the neck up"
I've found maturity has resulted in my interests becoming more cerebral and far less visceral.
This relates primarily to motorsport. Watching a documentary the other day about the history of motorsport,
some in Australia. There was footage of racing (obviously) and the commentators simply spoke, named the drivers/riders
and a basic comment on what was going on. You are watching TV after all. This is not cricket commentary on the
ABC radio.
Fast forward to today and we have commentators, local and overseas, calling a motor race like one would
if it was a horse race. Now one could turn the sound down and thereby be relieved from this annoying noise
but part of watching motor racing is the engine noise. Hands up those who do not enjoy a V8 going up the
Bathurst mountain at full noise.
We have the same thing repeated ad nauseam obviously because they have nothing new to ad and someone
has asked them to keep on talking. Almost as if a minute silence is a sin.
Also in years gone by, most of the time whenever there was onboard coverage, the commentators would shut up.
Not so any more. I am curious as to how we have come to this. Who in the whole scheme of the various coverages
decides or has decided that we need to be on the edge of our seats biting finger nails because the commentators
are so loud.
You are not on your own with those thoughts...........they (V8 Supercars/F1 etc.) have lost me as a "viewer"....
I am loathed to watch and listen to F1.now as the commentary is terrible.
I noticed that our own V8s telecasts and commentary dropped severely in standard since Covid.
There are parts of the Supercars that I enjoy when we have an ex competitor actually explain both race tactics and specialist type mechanical functions but having an unknown screaming incessantly into the mike thinking that he is doing a good job is pretty hard to take.
Many of them are keeping good commentators out of a job.
Motor sport in general becomes less interesting as you age, pretty much a younger persons interest.
Watching any form of MS nowadays is as appealing to me as watching paint dry.
I'm sure others disagree, just my opinion.
It might be the age gap between myself and this new wave of sports commentators although I could not think of anything worse than going to the Speedway of a Saturday night.
I would not miss a meeting of any Motorsport when I was young but not today.
I cant imagine going to a live event these days.
Evening Rick, when I was younger, couldn't get enough of any kind of motor sport, F1, bikes, scrambles, speedway, you name it, once I hit 30 the attraction started to wane.
I have sound proofed my car so as not to hear other cars. The biggest noise on my car would be the tyres.
All programs these days have forgotten the art of quiet which actually makes programs more interesting. I'm just not interested in a wall of noise.
Now one could turn the sound down and thereby be relieved from this annoying noise
but part of watching motor racing is the engine noise. Hands up those who do not enjoy a V8 going up the
Bathurst mountain at full noise.
Love it and enjoy it.
And there's nothing better than being in a corporate tent right at the end of Conrod straight as they come down the mountain in full flight into the Chase. I could sit there forever listening and watching them. The wife and myself, the older we get the more we like them. Better than all that other crap on the telly, at least we're both interested
You're onto something there. I only mentioned motorsport because the noise is an integral part of
the experience, hence the sound cannot be turned down.
However, this increase in incessant verbal diarrhea, seems to be across a lo of sport like cricket, tennis
but to name a few.
I like watching the Toyota 86GTS racing at Bathurst but I agree that the commentary is totally crap.
The commentators in most sport these days sound as though they are about to have a caniption.
Ridiculous.
-- Edited by 86GTS on Wednesday 1st of March 2023 06:20:05 AM
Whoever mentioned "wall of noise" was pretty close to the mark - a big improvement would be to enforce the "commentators" to wear gas masks...
I use to watch Bathurst when I was a teenager....Alan Moffet, Peter Brock, John Goss, Murray Carter, Dick Johnson and all the others.. I even bought a XA Falcon coupe. But as I got older, I only gave it a passing glance.
Couple of years ago I retired. This year when Bathurst was on, I had not much to do, so I watched from start to finish and really enjoyed it, so much so I wondered what it would be like to be in one of those mighty cars. I got on the net and booked myself two hot laps with John Bowe this Sunday in a V8 supercar at Sandown race track.
I am a bit nervous, but it should be a great experience!
Collo.
When younger I am sure I was addicted to the smell of Castrol R as well as the sounds of the cars.
We have lost that smell with the advent of fuel injections and turbos which can stand as another reason for my lack of interest in live events.
I suspect mature adults who still enthuse over commercial motor sport are the ones who are "dead from the neck up"
I've found maturity has resulted in my interests becoming more cerebral and far less visceral.
Rex Hunt?
( so full of himself he would start fights with folk in the crowd )
Or a newer screamer
James Brayshaw?