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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    norm wrote:
    who or what the fuck is a jessie j and why is she ruining queen?
    u saw whats she wearing???? :lol::lol:
    there u go
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Queen!!!! awesome.

    Brian May is fantastic
    :D
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    Miss you Olympics.. :(
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    Moto: Inspire A Generation
    Slogan: 70.000 volunteers: We Made London 2012
    Highlights: John Lennon / Freddie Mercury / The Who

    Bravo London 2012! :clap: Here's to Rio De Janeiro 2016! :D

    P.S: Don't forget Brazil 2014! ;)
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  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,206
    samjam wrote:
    norm wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    ...and on the flip side of that last comment, Ed Sheeran is absolutely butchering Wish You Were Here, one of the greatest songs of all time!! Not cool!

    who is that?
    New artist, this is his most 'famous' song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ. Not a huge fan.

    He's actually very good, but much much better in small venues at his own admission. I've seen a few times live over the past few years and he's been great. He's been a bit mass marketed of late but his heart is in the right place, unlike a lot of popular artists, he plays his own instruments, writes his own lyrics and is a nice bloke. He was asked to do it by Nick Mason apparently.
    I've seen Pink Floyd (in 2005) perform that song too, better, obviously, but hey he wasn't as bad as it could've been.
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,206
    My thoughts on the closing ceremony were that it was a bit like a dodgy wedding reception. Highlights for me were Eric Idle and The Who, notable mention for Waterloo Sunset as I do love that song but Ray can't sing well enough for that sort of stage anymore. :( At least there was no Hey Jude! :D
    The light show was great (ace to think they were in the audience headrests) and the fireworks were cool.
    The looping of the mimed acts tape was pants and at that point they could have used a best of British mix to enable some of the other great acts so to be heard.
    I think some people's expectations were never going to be met, there seems to be a lot of that about.
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    dottles wrote:
    My thoughts on the closing ceremony were that it was a bit like a dodgy wedding reception. Highlights for me were Eric Idle and The Who, notable mention for Waterloo Sunset as I do love that song but Ray can't sing well enough for that sort of stage anymore. :( At least there was no Hey Jude! :D
    The light show was great (ace to think they were in the audience headrests) and the fireworks were cool.
    The looping of the mimed acts tape was pants and at that point they could have used a best of British mix to enable some of the other great acts so to be heard.
    I think some people's expectations were never going to be met, there seems to be a lot of that about.

    I agree Leanne - a bit hit and miss. LOVED Eric Idle! :mrgreen:
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    dottles wrote:
    My thoughts on the closing ceremony were that it was a bit like a dodgy wedding reception. Highlights for me were Eric Idle and The Who, notable mention for Waterloo Sunset as I do love that song but Ray can't sing well enough for that sort of stage anymore. :( At least there was no Hey Jude! :D
    The light show was great (ace to think they were in the audience headrests) and the fireworks were cool.
    The looping of the mimed acts tape was pants and at that point they could have used a best of British mix to enable some of the other great acts so to be heard.
    I think some people's expectations were never going to be met, there seems to be a lot of that about.
    The lights was awesome.the idea with the flag as a walkaway and change colors was briliant.and cool they change it when brazilians get in to yellow.
    As at the opening.the music was the best part by far
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    dottles wrote:
    The light show was great (ace to think they were in the audience headrests) and the fireworks were cool.
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    The lights was awesome.the idea with the flag as a walkaway and change colors was briliant.and cool they change it when brazilians get in to yellow.
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    oh..and to listen the National Anthem of Greece as well... :mrgreen:

    I'm not sure. Do you remember if this happens at every Olympics? If not, it should become a tradition starting from London. ;)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    Pap wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    oh..and to listen the National Anthem of Greece as well... :mrgreen:

    I'm not sure. Do you remember if this happens at every Olympics? If not, it should become a tradition starting from London. ;)
    Always they play our national anthem at the olympics.first before the olympic anthem
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    with all the complaining about NBC, to me it was a great Olympics. I think we all want to see all of our favorite sports but NBC wants to make the evening main show appealing to the most people, generate the most reveune, so they save the premiere events, like track, gymnastics, swimming, diving, for that evening show. They did have a lot of coverage on their other channels of basketball, soccer, volleyball, handball, wrestling, boxing, equestrian, fencing, etc.

    I think also part fo the problem for the broadcasts, and this may seem odd, but there are a lot of US athletes that were in contention for winning their events, so it is difficult to dedicate a lot of time to all of them. I also enjoy when they highlight athletes from other countries and do background stories on them - like the 400m winner from Grenada and the 800m winner from Kenya.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Pap wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    oh..and to listen the National Anthem of Greece as well... :mrgreen:

    I'm not sure. Do you remember if this happens at every Olympics? If not, it should become a tradition starting from London. ;)
    Always they play our national anthem at the olympics.first before the olympic anthem

    OK then.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    loved the closing ceremonies...
    great job Great Britain...

    by far my favorite opening and closing shows ever! :D
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Can't believe they didn't air The Who on the regular closing ceremonies yesterday. Blasphemy!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    having withdrawls, now what to watch on TV?
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    YAY! NZ got another gold & our dear Valerie got the gold she deserved!
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympic-games ... d=10826786
    & they've lit our Sky Tower in gold to celebrate!!
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympic-games ... 54#9500213
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  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,206
    samjam wrote:
    Can't believe they didn't air The Who on the regular closing ceremonies yesterday. Blasphemy!

    :lol: well they did in the UK, and we've had no commercial breaks throughout the Olympics, gotta love the BBC!
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    dottles wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    Can't believe they didn't air The Who on the regular closing ceremonies yesterday. Blasphemy!

    :lol: well they did in the UK, and we've had no commercial breaks throughout the Olympics, gotta love the BBC!
    We didn't get The Who in the live broadcast either. Sucked. :x
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    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,206
    morello wrote:
    dottles wrote:
    samjam wrote:
    Can't believe they didn't air The Who on the regular closing ceremonies yesterday. Blasphemy!

    :lol: well they did in the UK, and we've had no commercial breaks throughout the Olympics, gotta love the BBC!
    We didn't get The Who in the live broadcast either. Sucked. :x

    That's pants!
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 

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