Mike Oldfield and other prog in Olympics
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Topic: Mike Oldfield and other prog in Olympics
Posted By: TheCaptain
Subject: Mike Oldfield and other prog in Olympics
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:36
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Playing Tubular Bells in the opening ceremony. I wouldn't be surprised if he worked on some of the music earlier in the show. It sounded very Oldfield-esque.Very cool to see prog in front of such a huge international audience. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:39
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Yeah I am watching now too. Bransdon on guitar and now the infamous Bells theme playing. Cant wait to hear Muse sing the Olympic theme Survival. ------------- 
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:40
| I'm guessing they're playing only the Exorcist part.. That's what the radio played back then. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:41
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Could do without the Harry Potter trash though -------------
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:43
| Could someone post this on youtube? I have Dish and because Comcast bought out the Olympics, I don't get to see any of it |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:47
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Its live on TV worldwide - where you from? Vangelis are on now with Chariots of Fire anyway it will definitely be youtubed later make no mistake. -------------
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 15:49
Oh, I guess I don't have the package. It's on channel 209 and I have 208 and 210. 
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Posted By: nuuskamuikkunen
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 16:31
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You can follow it from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_one_2012_hd" rel="nofollow - 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.
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 16:55
I'm sorry, we can't show this content in your area.isn't that cruel? |
nuuskamuikkunen wrote:Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 16:59
Damn, I missed it. If I had known earlier, I would have watched it right from the start. I'm not big on the Olympics, almost forgetting that they started today, if it wasn't for my parents. Seeing all the different countries and cultures is interesting though. 
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 17:01
Watching the ceremony now.  I should probably follow the games this year.
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Posted By: nuuskamuikkunen
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 17:03
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If you are in the US you could try this one:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.nbcolympics.com/ Otherwise you have to google for your own country
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 21:22
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So he's not participating in the Olympics just playing music ? I thought i heard he threw the discus. Mind you if he did at his age i think everyone in the crowd would be wearing helmets. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 21:33
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I saw Oldfield on the TV tonight. He was looking pretty sharp. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 21:52
Can I just take this moment... to say to you now... unless you have a thing for inane commentary... you really aren't missing anything. My wife has also observed...that Mike Oldfield... was looking pretty good...I missed it...now I'm wondering...how she would know that... as she's not really a prog fan...  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 22:33
| Pink Floyd was referenced, too - twice! :-) |
Posted By: Thkasabrk
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 22:55
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I caught one of the Pink Floyd references...the pig flying over Battersea Park. What was the other one?
Cool to see Mike Oldfield there also!! |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 23:05
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Murcans can watch it here: http://www.nbcolympics.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.nbcolympics.com/
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Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 23:14
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Posted By: Thkasabrk
Date Posted: July 27 2012 at 23:16
| I'm TIVOing it so I'll go back to see if I catch that..thanks! |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 00:51
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Here's an article regarding Mike's invitation and preparation for the ceremony: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9431694/Mike-Oldfield-interview-How-Tubular-Bells-led-me-to-the-Olympic-opening-ceremony.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/london-2012/9431694/Mike-Oldfield-interview-How-Tubular-Bells-led-me-to-the-Olympic-opening-ceremony.html -------------
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 01:07
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Here's one YouTube posting....problem is, I want to slap the French announcer until he SHUTS UP!! I'm sure there will be more posted shortly. It was a nice bit to hear, very well done. |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 01:30
THANKS for putting this up. I wish they had a moment of silence to listen to the masterpiece... Instead, they had to keep saying his name. ------------- Check out my FREE album: A one-man project The Distant Dynasty |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 01:35
 he was looking snazzy. He got a good few seconds in. And I'm sure your wife knew who he was by the French commentator going "MI-KE OUUULDFIEEELD" over and over. I was wondering if they were gonna play the full 50 minutes of Tubular Bells  |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 01:46
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He also played some of Tubular Bells Part 2 for the National Health Service bit and also surprisingly TB3 which I particularly like.
Other prog moments were Dark Side Of The Moon (Eclipse) closing the main part of the opening ceremony and also Muse - Map Of The Problematique and Zep's Trampled Underfoot
No Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Deep Purple etc but we know Danny Boyle is a big fan of punk and new wave so I was grateful for what we did get. Also a lack of representations of female artists of which Britain has produced a number of the years. Kate Bush especially stood out as missing.
Fast forwarded through The Arctic Monkeys the one down note as far as I was concerned but Macca closed the ceremony with a great sing along.
Overall it was very enjoyable with my absolute highlight -Mr Bean performing Chariots Of Fire
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 01:55
| (watching it now) it's always a pleasure to see Paul McCartney playing at these kind of events. Even if he lost his voice, he's a huge figure in music history. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 04:19
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Mike Oldfield also played In Dulci Jubilo and Muse's Uprising was featured quite prominently. Dame Evelyn Glennie was a live highlight for me.
The Floyd pig over Battersea Powerstation was a great start, the snippet of Time as they passed The Palace of Westminster Clock Tower, the NHS hostpital beds layed out like Momentary Lapse of Reason and the heartbeat running around the stand (I thought the 80,000 audience pixel's were brilliant btw) were nice little Floyd references, however the use of Eclipse to mark the formation of the flame crucible was "odd" but most welcome - certainly fitting music with all the fireworks and stuff and the lyrics do seem to be stirring and rousing until you get to that last line. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 05:13
Yeah. The best selling books ever by a british person should not have had a part of it at all. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 07:13
Yes, why on earth would you have this 'trash' in the children's lit section - I mean outside the UK who has ever heard of this.
Anyway, loads of stuff I enjoyed, inventive, funny, emotional involving etc. I think my favourite bits were, 'Abide with Me' with the dancing which was incredible. The Punks were great and The Queen herself with James Bond. I mean I'm not a royalist (far from it) but it was a surprise.
I thought the lost mobile and the couple was a bit dodgy though and sometimes there was too much going on to follow.
I like the way it took the piss out of ourselves and the lesbian kiss  who else would have let that in! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 07:53
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The show was a show - it had some silly moments and some serious moments - most of all it was amusing and fun - people on the interweb are whinging about it being too British (?!?), too confusing, too leftie, too political, too boring - people do like to moan don't they. After the London Transport "Transformer" bus at Beijing I was dreading the worse, but it was a good show. Well done Danny Boyle. I wish the BBC had turned the volume up on the music a bit - it was too quiet compared to the comentators voice-overs - a shame but not the end of the world.
Even though it was arse-numbingly long to watch all 205 teams entering the stadium I loved the fact the athletes were allowed to be casual, take photographs and goof around to the TV cameras, I don't know whether this is normal (I don't usually watch the opening ceremony), but I seem to remember in the "old days" they had to march like regimented platoons and be earnestly serious about it all - last night they looked like they were enjoying the moment and that was great - we take this stuff far too seriously at times - it's a sporting event. I also loved the idea of giving the honour of lighting the Olympic crucible to 7 aspiring athletes, and the crucible itself was spectacular.
Seeing Muhammad Ali as a flag bearer was a moving moment.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 07:57
Well said Dean
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 08:30
I'm no fan of J.K. Rowling, but surely you're aware her books are popular around the world? They've been translated into just about every language you can think of. I'll agree with you, though, that "Abide with me" was deeply moving. This must have been the most thoughtful opening ceremony of all... I can't imagine what non-Brits made of all the references to the NHS. |
Posted By: Popovych
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 10:46
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Friends! before the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremonies we could see a video with aereal images of the Thames, and I could see the Battersea Power Station (Pink Floyd Animals album cover...) with the same pig as in the cover! How can I re-see that images? ------------- Pretty performing of Mike Oldfield in the ceremony! ------------- 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 11:51
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also the drummer girl was Evelyn Glennie who made an entire movie with Fred Frith :D ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: JonnyM79
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 12:20
| Eclipse off DSOTM made part of the musical backdrop to the finale |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 12:46
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also the Animals cover had a snippet in the opening video ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 15:28
Oh, I didn't know that she was playing! I wonder if the commentators mentionned the fact that she is a deaf musician: a strong symbol. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 15:53
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 18:40
Yes, the commentators DID mention her hearing impairment (ABC in the US). VERY impressive indeed!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 29 2012 at 03:02
BTW she once expressed an interest in recording/playing the percussion concerto that was composed by Joseph Horowitz for Carl Palmer . Not sure if that went anywhere though.
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Posted By: logoman
Date Posted: July 29 2012 at 07:40
| Sounded like the version of Tubular Bells from the "Ibiza period" (I think T B 3) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 29 2012 at 12:47
| yes it was |
Posted By: sturoc
Date Posted: July 29 2012 at 22:59
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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 ! |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: July 30 2012 at 15:30
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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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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: July 30 2012 at 15:35
Would've been rather apt  |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 31 2012 at 14:18
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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. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: August 03 2012 at 03:30
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Update- SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND is being played during the Women's Gymnastic Competition !!!! ------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 04:05
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9438737/London-2012-Olympics-Sales-surge-for-performers.html" rel="nofollow - 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.
http://www.metro.co.uk/music/907310-ed-sheeran-joint-closing-ceremony-performance-denied-by-pink-floyd#ixzz22ZAkNZ6M" rel="nofollow - Ed Sheeran joint closing ceremony performance denied by Pink Floyd Apparently Nick Mason will (may) join him on stage for "Wish You Were Here" ------------- What? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 10:32
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 them
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 11:00
Obviously, The Express weren't taking any notice of the opening ceremony if they have to ask the question! (rag) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 14:12
| 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. |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 15:03
Yeah I saw that too - during individual all-arounds. Very cool. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 16:27
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Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 19:50
Well,Paul McCartney was part of the band that practically invented progrock,so I guess his presence couts too. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: August 07 2012 at 13:47
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Goblin! ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 16:38
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Wish you where here with Nick Mason and Mike Rutherford? That's cool! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 16:41
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loved the suited tightrope walker shaking hands with a burning man! -------------
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Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 17:11
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monty python...and now Muse :) -------------
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:07
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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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Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:21
indeed it was... -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:30
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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. Not sure of anymore 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. Also for a giggle -------------
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 18:39
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UFO isn't prog -------------
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 12 2012 at 20:29
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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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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 01:16
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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! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 01:24
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I thought it a shame ELO didn't turn up. (Or Kate Bush for that matter) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 01:56
I laughed.------------- What? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 02:16
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^ What was that? Any idea what was supposed to happen? ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 02:21
? 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... |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 05:54
 Went right over my head! 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 ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 06:24
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....
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 06:46
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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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 06:55
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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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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 07:00
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i love Madness! Our House is not their best song though Great job London! -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 07:04
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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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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 07:10
We've seen it.  The commentary we got wasn't needed either.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 08:20
WE watched it without. The Who were brilliant. Muse too. Jessie J....&$@* off! Stop ruining stuff. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 08:27
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 song
 ??? Disappearing up his own for once.THe other not real complaint was no Kate.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 09:37
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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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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 09:43
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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 Emeli Sande Read All About It Urban Voices (gospel choir) Because (by the Beatles) Julian Lloyd Webber with London Symphony Orchestra Elgars Salut DAmour 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 / Lets 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 ORiley / See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You / My Generation -------------
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Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 10:24
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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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 10:43
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Oh And another complaint, after the first few bands had played, the athletes obviously took longer to come in than planned for, so they just played the sound track again - given that they got the athletes to enter through the crowd (good idea) they could have guessed that this might happen and find something else to play in between. GB is not lacking in other music after all.
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After the competition had given young girls new, fantastic, role models, they trotted out a bunch of impossibly attractive models for some reason - shame.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 10:46
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Impossibly attractive? Some of them weren't attractive at all so don't worry ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 10:51
Well, maybe they weren't , but my badly made point still stands. So I will continue to worry thank very much ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 11:01
I don't see the problem really. It was celebrating British fashion I presume. It exists. It's fine. Athletes and models can coexist in one world. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 13 2012 at 11:46
Yes of course they can and sometimes (Queen Victoria) on the same bicycle. It was a bit lazy too, I can imagine the 'creatives' sitting around and going through the David Bowie songs they knew and .....'I know!'...' They could have at least got the Models to do something (No not that) instead of just an open the curtains and 'Whoo gasp! a famous (I assume) model. I expect it was the other Victoria's idea.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 07:29
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1 - I don't understand how some have expressed disappointment Kate Bush wasn't there - despite her fantastic body of work, when was the last time she deigned to play live to her fans? 1979-ish?? 2 -  (I wonder if she's ever considered beach volleyball...?)
3 - Harmless cheese from Take That (extremely brave appearance by Gary Barlow, too); the only thing which annoyed me was without a doubt the most condescending nod/grin/applause from Mark Owen to the British athletes as TT left the stage ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 07:34
I understand your issues. Frankly I don't care though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 07:36
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I thought that the Gary Bar low thing was a while ago, a month or something? Since the loss of his child I mean. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 07:55
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^ a week (4th August) ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 15 2012 at 07:58
My time perception systems are out of whack. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: August 28 2012 at 04:34
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In the closing ceremony, I personally thought Brian May's guitar abuse ("Brighton Rock") was unbearable, and Muse were pathetic. (Do they always put on this kind of over-the-top show?)
From a (ahem!) historical point of view, the most fascinating bit was all those super models appearing to the tones of Bowie's "Fashion". Hell, I remember when SCARY MONSTERS came out and this was considered cutting-edge music... You mustn't forget Bowie's lyrics are deeply cynical and Fripp's solos are among his most discordant. (As radical as anything he did on EXPOSURE.) There are lots of countries in the world where all the popular music 99.9% of the people ever listen to is SOFT POP, so to many of the athletes who were present in the stadium (and who are presumably unfamiliar with Bowie's collected works) this must have sounded like an INCREDIBLE cacophony! (They all had to keep standing up as well.) One nation's cultural standards (if you call them that; most of the closing ceremony was PAP) are definitely not everyone else's. I also tried to picture ye olde Fripp watching from his Devonshire living-room (or wherever he resides nowadays), grumpily waiting for his solo to resound in the Olympic stadium. (Someone must have TOLD him it was getting played, no?) "Would you like another cup of tea, dear?" |
Posted By: Einsetumadur
Date Posted: September 23 2012 at 15:05
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... was quite blown away by how great a deal of time Oldfield was granted in the show. Not only time for the Exorcist theme, but also for the brief heavy part afterwards - and later for revisiting his infamous 'In Dulci Jubilo' christmas single. The Rowan Atkinson rework of Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" was also surprisingly whimsical. Overall a completely overdone show, more so than any Pink Floyd or ELP concert. The opening with the rising chimneys was hard to bear! ------------- All in all each man in all men |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: December 07 2012 at 02:15
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I would have thought CHARIOTS OF FIRE would have been a more logical choice. Vangelis's music goes so well with track and field. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 07 2012 at 02:18
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what, like this?:
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 07 2012 at 05:25
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^I loved that. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: December 07 2012 at 20:39
Omg this so great!! Dean, I laughed for throughout the whole thing. I've never seen this one before. Thank you for the great laugh. Love how Rowan is just continuously hitting the one note. Ok ok, since now my choice has no dignity left how about SIRIUS by ALAN PARSONS? Might be a bit on the short side, but it's pretty awesome. Anyway. Great video Dean, and being a Marathon Runner myself it made it even more funny. Thanks. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2012 at 02:29
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Mr Bean (aka Rowan Atkinson) was hilarious. When its started it seemed it was going to be very serious and that was of course the thing that made it so funny. Highlight of the opening ceremony for sure. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: December 08 2012 at 10:36
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^^. Still laughing. So brilliant. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |