A couple years ago I was hanging out with some friends at casa’de trunkmonkey and we were watching all the rally footage available to Sean’s PVR. This included a “Legends of Motorsport” from the 1981 Acropolis Rally.
About 3 minutes into the show, begins this sequence of radio calls. Service crews are trying to contact each other, back and forth, etc. They layered the audio over a deep electro beat. Ambient radio chatter along with a track you might hear from Fischerspooner or Prodigy. A wicked tune matched up with 80’s rally cars. Sean, Andrew, Brian and others wondered if we could ever figure out where to get it.
Yesterday I stumbled upon the remix site to “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts“. A project recently remastered and re-released by Brian Eno and David Byrne. This album – way ahead of it’s time – was released in 1981. I’ve been a fan of Byrne’s work, so I click to hear some of the tracks. “Mea Culpa” hits me right off the bat. “I’ve heard this before”. My brain jumped into trainspotter mode. It took me about an hour, but when I came back to my desk I knew I had the song from the Acropolis Rally Video.
A quick dip into the DVD rally video collection when I got home yielded “Chariots in the Sun – The 1981 Acropolis Rally.”
The song is “Mea Culpa” off the album “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” done by Brian Eno and David Byrne.
Oh… and you can download the video here – please enjoy it. 
Werd…you rock!
Wouldn’t you love to get a crew jacket with a big “DATSUN” on the back? The racing equivalent of a retro jersey!
Very cool stuff, Kris. Good find. :thumbsup
That is crazy old – I love the datsuns
That’s a great Legends of Motorsport episode, it also features a track from Ultravox’s Vienna album (instrumental track during shots of gravel near the end). I can’t remember the name of the track, but I listened that tape to death in High School.
Wasn’t Tony pond great? You’d think he was a member of Spinal Tap.