Otta Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I'm way behind, having had to pause to sort kids out, but...Price Tag sang from the back of a rolls? Is that ironic, or is she as thick as I think she is about her own song? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpinjackflash Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 exactly what I thought! She could have made her point more effectivly in the back of a Vauxhall Nova... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Wilhelm Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Nice of George Michael to mime his lousy new> single before he heads off to his U2 fancy dress> party. I was thinking the same thing. Nobody wanted to hear that shitty song in the first place, and he couldn't even be bothered to sing it live. He looked like your fat boss dancing at the office party. What a shambles.Ray Davies... good song, but he struggled with it.Kaiser Chiefs did a surprisingly passable version of Pinball Wizard. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The wander wall bloke was even worse than Liam!Shrill! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red devil Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 *Bob* Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> "Daddy, I want to go to bed now"''Not until you finish the Nitromorsing!..'' Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 God, I fast forwarded, and am now watching in real time.It seems to still be happening. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpsaucey Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hhm - crontroversial maybe(???) but Oasis always were shi*..... and overrated.Go on someone, tell me to go hang...StraferJack Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Beady eye on in the next section. That's not> going to be too embarrassing Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 lol....I thought I'd quite enjoyed it and then I read this thread and realised you are all right and I am a poor deluded fool..........Eric Idle was great though, wasn't he???? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Deffo school disco with real acts. Cringe worthy in every aspect but loved Eric Idle. Shame U2 are Irish - Bono would have loved it. And what the f*** were Muse on? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 At least Macca wasn't there!BUT....the amount of junkies - Taramasalata George, Kate Moss, That tosser from Oasis, Russell Brand. Sort of portrays an air of "it's ok to do it". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I happily gave up on it after the milling about section.Funnily enough after the collective WTF from the rest of the world about the rather good, if self indulgent, opening ceremony, this time the world seems to have gone "spice girls, monty python and queen, brillliannnnnnt".Whizzing through FB this morning it seems to be about half and half between make-it-stop and it-keeps-getting-better, though the latter seems to be weighted heavily toward old school friend types I last saw bopping to Adamski at the Hermitage Ballroom in a bygone life. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Baby is my new favourite. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Imagine how it felt for the athletes: you've made your plans, you've got the Ukrainian 4x100m squad firmly in your sights for a bit of the old cross-cultural exchange, and suddenly you're being kettled into a pen with the spoddy Taiwanese archers, some stern-looking Kazakh wrestlers and 250 squeaking Orange-coloured TEAMBG morons. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 You have to act the giddy goat with Mo Farah, who's up past 9pm for the first time in 15 years, every time the camera sweeps down. Meanwhile, over in the "cool" section you're pretty sure the Brazilian volleyballers are re-enacting the entire archive of YouPorn with the Canadian swimming squad.Your breath tastes of WKD and your new red trousers are itching like f*ck. Here's Annie Lennox in a ghost pirate ship. Only two more hours to go. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB100 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that the CC was like someone had invited their old mates round for a sing song - and even resurrected some for the occasion. And far too much guitar. I think it was geared to someone's particular taste in music and wasn't representative enough. I enjoyed the Brazil show more. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Far too much guitar? No. Emeli Sande, Pet Shop Boys, Jessie J, Fatboy Slim, Tinie Tempa, Taio Cruz, Spice Girls, One Direction, Take That... all guitar-free as far as I could tell. I'm not saying it was a complete cross-section of musical styles, but neither was it heavily weighted towards guitar music. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 2 minutes 19s in.. 20 million? It was worth it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19237306 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I want to know how Emili Sande got a spot in both the opening and closing ceremonies. For a little known singer, she got a pretty big role. Is she related to Jacque Rogge somehow? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Good old Boris. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Loz - I'd never heard of her before, and she sang completely out of tune! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Tonbridge Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 If you didn't hear Lynn Truss' verdict on the Today programme this morning (at about 7:45am) take a listen, it summed up the closing ceremony perfectly. http://bbc.in/MVowcr My favourite bit was when she said that the reason she'd loved the Olympics was for all the surprises from people who were unexpectedly talented. The closing ceremony, in stark contrast, was full of utterly familiar material from people who were there mainly for being famous. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Shamelessly nicked from elsewhere a comment on the closing ceremonyTo think just two weeks ago the world thought we were shit at sport but brilliant at music Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB100 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Jeremy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Far too much guitar? No. Emeli Sande, Pet Shop> Boys, Jessie J, Fatboy Slim, Tinie Tempa, Taio> Cruz, Spice Girls, One Direction, Take That... all> guitar-free as far as I could tell. I'm not saying> it was a complete cross-section of musical styles,> but neither was it heavily weighted towards guitar> music.I didn't really analyse it in that detail. I just remember thinking 'not more guitar' and then another 3 acts one after the other came on with a guitar. I have nothing against guitar but it just seemed too much of the same old same. I suppose they chose acts that would be popular with an international audience, hence the resurrection of the Spice Girls rather than Best of British. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Was Kate Moss off her faceShe looked like she'd been part-aaaaaying hard with the Columbians narcosAnd how-many-acts were miming ?Rahhhhhh... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonniebird Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I liked it! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/25036-closing-ceremony/page/3/#findComment-568294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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