Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:35 pm  

I've run out of tears.

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:38 pm  

A mixed bag. Has there ever been a memorable closing ceremony?

Still, a fantastic olympics. Loved the last couple of weeks. Shame its ending

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:49 pm  

Just watching this on repeat in Canada. Not entirely sure what to make of it.

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:00 pm  

My body clock is screwed. Apparently this is live!

[Durham Giant]

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:17 pm  

i Thought it was dire.

The Eric Idle thing with the Indian dancers were cringeworthy. Unless people know about Monty Python you would think someone had just escaped from Bedlam and got on the stage,

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:32 pm  

I thought it was great, i thought Eric Idle was pretty simple to understand. Foreigners arent morons, just like when we watch other nations opening/closing ceremonies we arent running around screaming about the confusion, we just accept some things will resonate and some things wont.

For all i know that little Chinese girl in Beijing was singing an operatic version of The Life of Brian.

Plus, whatever Rio does, it cant finish with The Who

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:34 pm  

It got progressively better as it went on but it was never going to come close to the Opening Ceremony. Gutted it's all over now though.

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:41 pm  

Him wrote:

I don't know why you're so upset about playing music from people who have died. I didn't see any objection to Jerusalem being sung in the opening ceremony.

Anything that has Wonderwall, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life and We Will Rock You on top of a massive great Union Jack will do alright for me

Some miserable people around! Tonight was weird, wacky and wonderful all at the same time. Some parts were iffy but in the main it was bloody good, loved Eric Idol - and don't forget Monty Python was big round the world, people know who they are. My only complaint - too much Jessie J, a brief appearance was more than enough. But a great finale with The Who, and the lighting and effects were stunning.

Well done all concerned.

Re: Closing ceremony. : Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:45 pm  

I thought it was ok, but it looked as though it could have done with another full rehearsal or two (I appreciate that the Closing Ceremony team get minimal rehearsal time in the stadium compared to the Opening Ceremony)

Didn't quite get why we had to see Emilie Sande (who I find Ok but not fantastic) twice though, nor did I understand why we had to hear the same songs (Blur, Madness One Direction) while the Athletes entered the stadium, when we had only heard the performances minutes earlier. It was like the DJ left the CD on while he went to the loo!

got better as it went on though, and credit to Gary Barlow for his professionalism in turning up to do his job and not let his bandmates down after such an awful week.

Re: Closing ceremony. : Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:14 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

i Thought it was dire.

The Eric Idle thing with the Indian dancers were cringeworthy. Unless people know about Monty Python you would think someone had just escaped from Bedlam and got on the stage,

I would think there are tribes in Borneo that haven't heard of Python but I would guess the rest of the world has.