The Diamond Jubilee Concert

[Mrs Y]

Didn't expect it to be that spectacular, but you know what England pulled it off good + proper. Theres hope then for the opening + closing of the Olympics!!

[Salsaboy]

That was the opening of the Olympics!

[jumpinjackflash]

Bar, Stevie Wonder, I thought the line up was was dire. Cheryl Cole 'singing' live...my toes have yet to un-curl. However, Madness, with the visuals on Buckingham Palace, were brilliant. At one point the palace was made to look like Nelson Mandela House!

[srisky]

Thought it was a damp squib with a very disappointing line up most of whom will (hopefully) be long forgotten in a decade. There are so many 'greats' in British music who could have been represented either in person or with guest singers e.g The Rolling Stones, Queen (no pun intended), The Kinks etc. Even ignoring the line up, most of the songs sung were hardly uplifting or anthemic and (the impression I got) was the crowd never got going - if they wanted some modern music for the young'uns then how about Florence and the Machines or Adele? And where was Brucie, surely an deal host to gee up the crowd with a bit of 'nice to see you...' - shunned again by the establishment?

[Sue]

jumpinjackflash Wrote:

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Madness, with the

> visuals on Buckingham Palace, were brilliant. At

> one point the palace was made to look like Nelson

> Mandela House!

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Agreed, that bit was excellent, as were the fireworks at the end.

I didn't see all of it but from what I did see I thought the music was pretty mediocre and the choice of artists/songs very odd.

The royal family looked quite ill at ease at the end mingling with the musicians I thought.

[Loz]

Why did they project the French flag onto the palace during the fireworks?

[titch juicy]

Thought 95% of it was painful to watch- cliff, elton, macca, Tom jones all sound like pub impersonators of themselves at best. Thought Madness, Stevie Wonder and Grace Jones provided the only quality. The comedy interludes were without exception cringeworthy.

[MrBen]

jumpinjackflash Wrote:

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> Bar, Stevie Wonder, I thought the line up was was

> dire. Cheryl Cole 'singing' live...my toes have

> yet to un-curl.

Agreed JJF. I actually thought it was alright. But then I didn't see anything before Stevie (who can't not do a bad gig). Compared to those other royal gigs which are naff personified it could have been much worse. Perhaps more bass and a decent sound system needed but it was Buckingham palace....

srisky...The Stones will never do an establishment gig - don't be silly!

[Otta]

What titch juicy said.

Big open air gigs are always difficult for sound engineers, but I thought the sound was exceptionally bad.

[Jeremy]

Only saw Madness and McCartney. Madness did a pretty good job. McCartney sounded pretty ropey.

But there's little point in moaning, if you're interested in seeing an interesting cross-section of what's happening in British music, the Jubilee concert is hardly the best place to look. It was only ever going to be a crowd-pleasing selection of past-their-prime hasbeens with a couple of token chart singers thrown in.

[the-e-dealer]

Good to see Elton John singing I'm still Standing. Pity the poor old thing was sitting!

[Sue]

Otta Wrote:

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I thought the sound was

> exceptionally bad.

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So did I.

But it could have been an advantage not being able to hear much of it properly :))

[????]

These royal 'gigs' are a bit like wedding discos they are meant to be a bit crap/naff surely?

[Jeremy]

About the sound - there would have been completey separate mixes for broadcast and PA, so I don't think acoustics / open-air is really an excuse.

Anyway, quids is right. If it was supposed to be "good" they wouldn't have invited Cliff.

[MrBen]

You're being a bit harsh there Jezza are you not?

What about the time he did "We're all going on a Summer holiday " at Wimbledon in the rain? It ranks behind Bucks Fizz at the Edinburgh Playhouse (1982) as one of the best performances I've seen.

Edit - check out how he mimes to make up for not having a band behind him. Genius.

[flapjackdavey]

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/medias/sys_master/8610003474459632.jpg

yEAH ! MACCA PACCA !

[Sue]

Been on the ale, Flappers?

:))