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Just saw Closing Ceremony and loved Eric Idle climbing out of the floor as if shot out of the cannon singing 'Always Look on the Bright side of Life'. Even included little swear word in there. he was hilarious pretending he didnt know what was happening around him. 

Muse was good as usual! Nice to see image of Freddie Mercury revving up the crowd, and then Brian May lead break leading to Queen singing We Will Rock You with Jessie J.

Nice Heather Findlay Phoenix there too - of course not supposed to be related but you find prog where you desire.


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Conspiracy theorists look dumb now as they predicted a UFO arriving to pretend aliens have landed ushering in a NW), which of course is all bunkum unless I missed something.



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Points: 7412 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2012 at 20:29
Nice to hear Robert Fripp's wild guitar work fill the stadium during Bowie's "Fashion" of the closing ceremony!

Now, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & company with "Wish You Were Here"!  Well done! 

Also very nice to see Dr. Brian May at it again!  Even Roger Taylor-Meadows came out to play!  

Yes could have probably gotten a gig if they had played their cards right....


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Muse were great but Queen (Freddie from beyond the grave + the amazing Brian May) stole the show as usual. The Who also did a great job and Daltrey's voice seems to be holding up well. The version of Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran on lead vocals) was lovely although a bit strange to see Mike Rutherford on guitar for a Floyd song!



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I thought it a shame ELO didn't turn up.  (Or Kate Bush for that matter)
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I laughed.
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^  What was that?  Any idea what was supposed to happen?

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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

^  What was that?  Any idea what was supposed to happen?


? that was supposed to happen. They tried to reproduce the cover artwork of Wish You Were Here (done jokingly silly). But on the matter of ELO, it was nice to hear a song by them. It sounded live! I was anxiously waiting for them to show up, but they never did... Cry
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

^  What was that?  Any idea what was supposed to happen?


? that was supposed to happen. They tried to reproduce the cover artwork of Wish You Were Here (done jokingly silly). But on the matter of ELO, it was nice to hear a song by them. It sounded live! I was anxiously waiting for them to show up, but they never did... Cry
 
 Embarrassed Went right over my head! Wink It just looked like something gone wrong to me.  I realised the flames were deliberate but was the dummy supposed to move? 
 
I do think that ELO would have been well received
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I laughed.


Woww! I missed this - now I have to watch the repeat late tonight. Cant miss this! 

also didnt hear Wish You Were here - it was screened early in Australia so I caught the tail end of it, but repeat late tonight will be worth a look.

heres TV tonight - pretty dull....


 
8.30 pm
9 pm
9.35 pm
9.00 pm
 
9.30 pm
10 pm
10.35 pm
   
10.30 pm
10.30 pm
11 pm
11.10 pm
 



  
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Just saw Closing Ceremony and loved Eric Idle climbing out of the floor as if shot out of the cannon singing 'Always Look on the Bright side of Life'. Even included little swear word in there. he was hilarious pretending he didnt know what was happening around him. 

Muse was good as usual! Nice to see image of Freddie Mercury revving up the crowd, and then Brian May lead break leading to Queen singing We Will Rock You with Jessie J.


All of that made me cringe. Especially Eric Idle making a fool of himself. I much rather see the dancers do their thing without this clown in front of them. Monty Python was genius, but it seems everyone in the group lost their wit sometime during the 80's.
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Well the repeat is on now and i am seeing a choir singing Beatles "Because" as a bunch of acrobats bang pipes, pots n pans -  nice.

I love the newspaper taxis - lol
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i love Madness!
Our House is not their best song though

Great job London!
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 07:04
Pet Shop Boys West End Girls - okay time for a coffee...

They could have at least played something from "Ever".

Oh No, One Direction! Pass the sick bag






Yeah STOMP - these guys are genius.

The Beatles upwards crescendo from A day in the Life was nice.

Now its Pink Floyd style music, and The Kinks arrive to Waterloo Sunset

Ray Davies is not too bad.




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We've seen it. Stern Smile The commentary we got wasn't needed either. Tongue
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 08:20
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

We've seen it. Stern Smile The commentary we got wasn't needed either. Tongue
WE watched it without.

The Who were brilliant. Muse too. Jessie J....&$@* off! Stop ruining stuff.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

We've seen it. Stern Smile The commentary we got wasn't needed either. Tongue
 
I have 4 real complaints about the closing ceremony.  Three of them were the commentators the BBC got to the job.  THREE?  What they did say was unnecessary and banal or inane or stating the bleeding obvious or something like that.  Luckily they didn't say very much.  The other complaint was George Michael's second songConfused???  Disappearing up his own for once.
 
THe other not real complaint was  no Kate.
 
 
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Kate was missing in action

because she was asleep - heres exclusive footage



then these appeared

 


and wrse



but it was entertaining


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Anyway i will finish by posting the setlist

not a bad effort all things considering

RIO wont be able to top this



Setlist
Emeli Sande – Read All About It
Urban Voices (gospel choir) – Because (by the Beatles)
Julian Lloyd Webber with London Symphony Orchestra – Elgar’s Salut D’Amour
LSO – God Save the Queen
Madness with Hackney Colliery Band – Our House
Household Division Ceremonial State Band – Parklife
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Beatles – A Day in the Life (not live)
Ray Davies – Waterloo Sunset
LSO – Parade of Athletes (written by David Arnold for the Ceremony)
Elbow – Open Arms
Elbow – One Day Like This
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God remix 2012)
Urban Voices Collective and the Dhol Foundation – Here Comes the Sun (by George Harrison)
John Lennon – Imagine (performed by Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir and Liverpool Signing Choir)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
George Michael – Freedom ’90
George Michael – White Light
Kaiser Chiefs – Pinball Wizard
Annie Lennox – Little Bird
Ed Sheeran – Wish You Were Here (by Pink Floyd) with Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford and Richard Jones
David Bowie – Space Oddity / Changes / Ziggy Stardust / Jean Genie / Rebel Rebel / Diamond Dogs / Young Americans / Let’s Dance / Fashion (not live)
Russell Brand and Bond – Pure Imagination / I Am the Walrus
Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now and Rockafeller Skank
Jessie J – Price Tag
Tinie Tempah – Written in the Stars
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing (recorded)
Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life
Beady Eye, with Liam Gallagher – Wonderwall
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky (recorded)
Eric Idle – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Muse – Survival
Brian May and Roger Taylor – Brighton Rock
Brian May, Roger Taylor and Jessie J – We Will Rock You
London Philharmonic Orchestra – National Anthem of Greece
London Welsh Male Voice Choir and London Welsh Rugby Club Choir – Olympic Anthem
The Who – Baba O’Riley / See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You / My Generation



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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

 

and worse



but it was entertaining

To be fair, the day before, Gary Barlow suffered the tragedy of his wife giving birth to a stillborn. Yet, he still performed. 

What a brave guy...
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