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    Posted: September 09 2012 at 11:17
Anyways, today is the last day of the 'Paralympics' and this morning I was 'watching' the Ladies and Gents Marathons.  I say 'watching' as there was no live coverage (very little) due to the OBS not letting Channel 4 have live coverage.  So I was getting increasingly annoyed !  Booo!  (As we Brits say  to any stray Tory MPs who happen to turn up to any events!  (Yay!)  We got Gold in Mens The Weir Wolf and Silver in Ladies Yaay!
 
 
And I don't feel quite so hard done by!  Any thoughts in USA Land? 
 
Sad its finishing and it has been very enjoyable.  Much of it has been equally if not more enjoyable than the Olympics and of course the stories behind the athletes put me to shame !  Loved the one legged High Jump, the Rugby that USA did very well in, all the Athletics and Basketball ! 
 
Did anyone elso out there watch any of it?
 
 
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2012 at 18:16
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Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

! All of the performances last night were horrible, but this is typical from mainstream bands
No they weren't, and no it isn't! 

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Originally posted by Mirror Image Mirror Image wrote:

! All of the performances last night were horrible, but this is typical from mainstream bands

No they weren't, and no it isn't!
 


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Points: 6797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 12:36
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

The opinions of other people.
 
 
"It is not a sense of 'We told you so', more one of 'My god, we actually did it!'" Thumbs Up
 
The Australian Press were quite generous - and I guess we are pretty surprised especially after the hiccoughs at the start!  (North Korea Flag)
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

The opinions of other people.
 
 
"It is not a sense of 'We told you so', more one of 'My god, we actually did it!'" Thumbs Up
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The opinions of other people.
 
 
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 11:28
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ Matt managed to finish his guitar "solo" hands-free, which was nice.


Just goes to show the talent in that man, Dean

One trick I think they did miss was to get Bowie to perform 'Heroes' as a closer for the ceremony; would have been an absolute cracker, especially if they'd had Fripp lowered in from a helicopter

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Big controversy here in the states is that NBC cut away from their tape-delayed airing of the closing ceremonies so they could show the premiere of a new sitcom called Animal Practice.  It was pretty stupid.  Apparently many viewers turned off the TV and didn't come back when NBC came back on to air the rest of the closing ceremony during Late Night viewing.  Me included, so I did not see Muse or The Who perform.
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I'm glad the Olympics are over. I did enjoy some of the events but they have plagued my television for long enough! All of the performances last night were horrible, but this is typical from mainstream bands. All of this said, Brian May needs to just go home, but, then again, I never thought he was a particularly good player.

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^ Matt managed to finish his guitar "solo" hands-free, which was nice.
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Y'know... I suspected that with a lot of last nights performances. Maybe not vocally (not all the time, anyway) but certainly instrumentally a lot of the time

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^ if just a little mimed...
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 09:36
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Muse lit up the stage well though as expected


Of course; a textbook restrained & understated performance by Matt Bellamy

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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 09:29
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Hmmm -

Since the glimpse of the pig over Battersea (virtual helicopter flypast) & the fireworks/Floyd combination on the opening ceremony, the rumours had been all over the place that one, maybe two (maybe even three...) members of Floyd would be performing on the closing night.

What did we get?

A bored Nick Mason, an even more bored looking Mike Rutherford (was he even playing that 12 string?) and what looked like a 12 year old child doing the dreariest version of WYWH in history

The Kaiser Chiefs & Muse were excellent, though


I just saw the repeat and i agree though it was nice to get some Pink Floyd it was a shame it was just Nick Mason - 'a fleeting glimpse' of PF, and Rutherford who wanted to 'take off this uniform and leave the show', and the lead singer was an oddity.

I kind of liked the attempt at reenacting the PF wywh album cover. It was kinda cool. 

Muse lit up the stage well though as expected
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Hmmm -

Since the glimpse of the pig over Battersea (virtual helicopter flypast) & the fireworks/Floyd combination on the opening ceremony, the rumours had been all over the place that one, maybe two (maybe even three...) members of Floyd would be performing on the closing night.

What did we get?

A bored Nick Mason, an even more bored looking Mike Rutherford (was he even playing that 12 string?) and what looked like a 12 year old child doing the dreariest version of WYWH in history

The Kaiser Chiefs & Muse were excellent, though

Edited by Jim Garten - August 13 2012 at 08:57

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Originally posted by Raccoon Raccoon wrote:

MIKE RUTHERFORD ON THE OLYMPICS with some decent singer SINGING WISH YOU WERE HERE. A moment of prog history in the Olympics. And then Russell Brand... Confused Unhappy if you can't sing, use a megaphone. 

I liked Brand's brand of singing. Thought he had a good voice
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 06:17
Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Food for thought: What Olympic event would you look the worst in? Tongue


Individual 10m diving.

1 - I do not have the physique to carry off wearing ridiculously small budgie smuggling noodle benders.

2 - I would look even worse wearing #1 above whilst blubbing like a girl because I'm not keen on heights... 10m?? That's 30+ feet in old money!

3 - #1 & #2 above in front of thousands of people?



Nah.

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 06:11
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Britain finishes third with 29 Gold medals. Superb effort.


I'd second that

Not being a sporty type (All: "REALLY???") I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the Olympic coverage; not just because Great Britain had its most successful Olympics in living memory, but for the great atmosphere & sheer feel-good factor - watching international athletes at their best, being cheered on by thousands of grinning people can't help but make you smile. There will be those who don't feel the same, some of whom will post here, but this is just my take on the last 17 days.

Seb Coe, your team, the athletes, the spectators, the volunteers, the security... nice one!



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