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Re: Olympics

GeevyDallas — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:08:25 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 08/17/2012 12:08

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Re: Olympics

RFNAPLES — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:20:07 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 08/16/2012 02:20

Yeah I enjoyed Eric Idle's number. Got to see Ray Davies' on YouTube-poor sound as with many the songs. Shame, don't whether to blame NBC or UK.

Re: Olympics

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:10:06 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 08/16/2012 00:10

RFNAPLES wrote:

Just heard NBC cut Ray Davies from the delayed broadcast. Last time I watch that network!

I actually thought of you Naples when Ray Davies came on (is that wrong?). Shame they cut it out it was one of the best bits, well that and Eric Idle's Bright Side Of Life. Think the closing ceremony was nowhere near as good as the opening one, as a celebration of British music it could have been so much better (I mean why did they let George Michael plug his new single?), and there were so many great artists not featured even with recorded music. Anyway, a pretty decent job done on the olympics as a whole I reckon.

Re: Olympics

TracyJacks — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:25:43 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 08/15/2012 00:25

19loveless91 wrote:

Austria has no medals yet apparently. Winter olympics can't come soon enough for them, huh :lol:

Very disappointing for such a rich country. And there is no excuse that they are quite good at the Winter Olympics because there would be tons of training possibilites in Vienna or other bigger cities not in the cold Tirol-era. They have no good trainers, athletes are somehow not motivated. There are things one cannot buy with money even here would be money for almost anything...

Anyway, the closing ceremony was lovely, a bit too long for me, cause there were some horrible performances like the Spice Girls or One Direction, but there were tons of good performances as well.
It was great watching Ray Davis singing Waterloo Sunset.a The Who was just fabulous at the very end, too!!

Re: Olympics

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:23:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/14/2012 16:23

itsit wrote:

wrong on every level.

also wow, Madness sure don't sound very good anymore.

Madness haven't sounded that good since 1979, and even then they weren't a patch on The Specials.

However, this is a stunning song:

Link

Re: Olympics

alelsupreme — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:21:15 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 08/14/2012 16:21

lethalnezzle wrote:

Jessie J's Queen > Freddie Mercury's Queen

wrong on every level.

also wow, Madness sure don't sound very good anymore.

Re: Olympics

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:26:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/14/2012 15:26

Jessie J's Queen > Freddie Mercury's Queen

Re: Olympics

andy_hunter — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:35:21 GMT

Author: andy_hunter

Posted: 08/14/2012 10:35

Quote:

Well. And Jessie J fronting Queen. That's kinda insulting.

That was the most annoying part of the whole thing! One note at a time please Jessie.

The whole thing was pretty poor in comparison to the opening. Although Ray Davis and The Who were excellent.

I enjoyed the reference to the album cover during the WYWH performance, probably the only time in my life I'll be able to shout "Now set him on fire!" and it happens.

Re: Olympics

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:20:53 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 08/14/2012 08:20

CalamityCat wrote:

Great to see Elbow got such a big moment, even if they did play the two most obvious songs.

Yeah it was great. However the Australian coverage had the commentators speaking over the top of their two songs. They didn't even acknowledge them at all.

Re: Olympics

alelsupreme — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:40:45 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 08/13/2012 18:40

DLGGLD wrote:

They did a separate concert in Hyde Park with New Order,The Specials and Bombay Bicycle Club.Seems to have gone down well,but from what I seen on twitter the sound was poor.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/13/blur-olympic-closing-concert-review?newsfeed=true

Well shit, should of televised that instead.

Re: Olympics

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:31:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/13/2012 16:31

Elbow must have done a good job because their album from four years ago is currently at number 6 on the iTunes charts.

Re: Olympics

GeevyDallas — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:15:04 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 08/13/2012 13:15

itsit wrote:

I thought Blur were meant to be on?

Re: Olympics

alelsupreme — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:52:02 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 08/13/2012 12:52

I thought Blur were meant to be on?

Re: Olympics

GeevyDallas — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:21:57 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 08/13/2012 10:21

Hayden wrote:

One Direction don't count. They'll always be bad 🫢

The guy in the red hoodie wasn't bad. I've heard things about him, and it was actually a nice performance. Not sure why it was HIM over so many other people, but it was ok. The cover reenactment was amazing though.

One Direction are badmen.That guy you're talking about is Ed Sheeran,he's a cunt.

Re: Olympics

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:01:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/13/2012 10:01

Great to see Elbow got such a big moment, even if they did play the two most obvious songs.
Other than that is was alright, nothing too great though.

Shouldn't Radiohead have had SOME part in it though? I understand it's not really the kind of music that gets people cheery and going, but just something.
It would have been awesome if it went dark and then the first part of Everything Is In Its Right Place started playing.

Re: Olympics

Hayden — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:48:57 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/13/2012 02:48

tekin wrote:

And the worst was the guy in red hoodie covering WYWH and also the boy band, One Direction.

Re: Olympics

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:46:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/13/2012 02:46

RFNAPLES wrote:

Just heard NBC cut Ray Davies from the delayed broadcast. Last time I watch that network!

Ray Davies was the best part of the ceremony! And the worst was the guy in red hoodie covering WYWH and also the boy band, One Direction.

Re: Olympics

Hayden — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:33:33 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/13/2012 02:33

Did the Clash perform? 😕 It was the only act from the line-up that I didn't see. Probably due to delayed show.

Say Ray Davies though 😄 He was good.

EDIT: Or Elbow 🤡 WTF CANADA

Re: Olympics

RFNAPLES — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:17:58 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 08/13/2012 02:17

Just heard NBC cut Ray Davies from the delayed broadcast. Last time I watch that network!

Re: Olympics

HigherThanTheSun — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:57:29 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 08/13/2012 00:57

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

You're so modest! What would be interesting would be population adjusted medal tables, I was thinking about doing one when London 2012 was over because I thought then maybe we'd come top, then I realised Australia would smash it, as they would this table :evil:

Hang on a minute!

Pop per gold medal Aus 3,268,659 / Pop per gold medal GB 2,146,965 = GB is 1.52 times better than Aus.