French TGV Trains Celebrated by Michael Boumendil & David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

I recently came back from a vacation in France. Taking the SNCF (Sociéte Nationale des Chemins de Fer / National Society of French Railroads), as the trains were originally called, I rode the TGV (Train de Grand Vitesse / High Speed Train) from Paris to Bordeaux.

I heard this on the train:

Now a couple of musicians have taken this jingle and riffed on it. This is the SNCF extended jingle by French composer Michaël Boumendil:

David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd fame, created his own song about the French train, called “Rattle that Lock”:

Finally, here is a breathtaking ride on the TGV at toutevitesse — full speed 574 km/h or 357 mph. The ride is so smooth that the camera mounted near the wheels doesn’t even shake…which I find totally amazing. Music by Revelation; the song is “Angels and Agony”: