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Points: 24 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2012 at 07:40
Sounded like the version of Tubular Bells from the "Ibiza period" (I think T B 3)
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yes it was
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I nearly fell off my chair when I saw the caption id'ing  MO as he came out on stage!
My reaction was " What ? Who ? Wow ! uh Why ? Oh well He looks good, glad to see he's still out there ! "
Really nice surprise but I have to ask how do they select which artists and based on why for these ceremonies ?

Was streaming it live from BBC tv . Yes, the teenager cell phone skit was way too long. One has to remember that usually the ideas , skits etc are coming from a production team and hence not a very open to the public, democratic processing of ideas.
 The HRM  Bond skit was clever but it is interesting to note that there is a new Bond movie coming soon perhaps the film marketing co. had a hand in that one !
But Bean was good !


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just catching up  with the threads but was equally delighted by all the prog references in the opening ceremony.
Who'd have thought it :)

Danny Boyle orchestrated a heck of a show.
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Points: 8052 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2012 at 15:35
Originally posted by nuuskamuikkunen nuuskamuikkunen wrote:

You can follow it from here:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_one_2012_hd

I was though missing King Crimson from the British musical pot-pourri. Or perhaps they should have played Genesis - Selling England by the Pound. Big smile 


Would've been rather apt Ermm
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I watched the ceremony at my local pub and thoroughly enjoyed it. To see Oldfield was a real treat, not just for the TB segments, but also In Dolce Vita.

Let's hope it persuades him to do a proper tour, because the reaction has been very positive.
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Update- SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND is being played during the Women's Gymnastic Competition !!!!
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Mike Oldfield sees huge sales boost for Tubular Bells after London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
A  757%  increase in sales of Tubby Bells, plus (yet another) greatest hits album high in the charts.
 
Ed Sheeran joint closing ceremony performance denied by Pink Floyd
Apparently Nick Mason will (may) join him on stage for "Wish You Were Here"
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Funny to see Mike Oldfield in a small article in the The Express magazine today titled 'Where are they now?'. Apparently he has 9 children so I guess he will need to sell a few trillion more of Tubular Bells to support themWink
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Funny to see Mike Oldfield in a small article in the The Express magazine today titled 'Where are they now?'. Apparently he has 9 children so I guess he will need to sell a few trillion more of Tubular Bells to support themWink
 
Obviously, The Express weren't taking any notice of the opening ceremony if they have to ask the question!  (rag)
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Oh, I read that singer Ed Sheeran (sorry, I don't actually know him) will play the song Wish you were Here with Nick Mason on the closing ceremony.
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Originally posted by JesusisLord JesusisLord wrote:

Update- SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND is being played during the Women's Gymnastic Competition !!!!


Yeah I saw that too - during individual all-arounds. Very cool.


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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Funny to see Mike Oldfield in a small article in the The Express magazine today titled 'Where are they now?'. Apparently he has 9 children so I guess he will need to sell a few trillion more of Tubular Bells to support themWink
 
Obviously, The Express weren't taking any notice of the opening ceremony if they have to ask the question!  (rag)
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Well,Paul McCartney was part of the band that practically invented progrock,so I guess his presence couts too.Cool
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Wish you where here with Nick Mason and Mike Rutherford? That's cool!
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Points: 327 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2012 at 16:41
loved the suited  tightrope walker shaking hands with a burning man!
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monty python...and now Muse :)
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The Who as the grand finale. And wasn't it Kate Bush during the boxes to pyramid/olympics highlight sequence?
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Points: 327 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:21
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

The Who as the grand finale. And wasn't it Kate Bush during the boxes to pyramid/olympics highlight sequence?
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