Olympic Opening Ceremony
15 minutes of footage from the stands .. still pretty awesome .. (may include more sheep and clouds) :-)
(, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 9:44, Reply)
Oddly enough
I've been listening to this quite a lot already this morning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM0fiegRbTg
Also it still amuses me that the very first track used was by Fuck Buttons.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 9:53,
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Tis an ace track
Caliban's dream is nice too - that got to number 12 in the charts, surprisingly
Underworld never fail to dissapoint
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:04,
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didn't realise that was Underworld too, thought that was something awful from Travis or Keane
horrible wet and bland :(
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HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:14,
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Sadly I agree
I'm listening to it now and its reminding me of nothing more than St Winifred's School Choir covering the previous track.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:27,
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Sounds to me like
mid-80s Jean-Michel Jarre. This is either a good or a bad thing, depending on your opinion of mid-80s Jean-Michel Jarre.
(, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:08, Reply)
fucking incredible
although I do miss the crowd cheer at the end as the sparks rained down from the olympic rings
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:23,
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I hate to admit it,
but after 7 years of alternating between indifference about the Olympics and a positive desire for it to be an utter failure, I'm enjoying the Games immensely.
And the opening ceremony was utterly superb. I watched it on the big screen at the Old Naval College in Greenwich, and had a fantastic time.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:01,
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A lot of people i know won't admit they're enjoying them as they've slagged them off for so long and want to save face, i'm loving them, off to a few things later today and tomorrow.
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:08,
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I'm off to see some water polo on Sunday.
My brother (who plays) had some spare tickets from the first ballot, so I thought, "Sod it; might as well, just to tell the grandchildren,"* but without really wanting them for their own sake.
But the closer this weekend gets, the more I'm looking forward to it. I might even spend Saturday at the Olympic park watching the screens and soaking up the atmosphere.
*Pffft. Like that will - or should be allowed - to happen... There's quite enough breeding among the ugly and intellectually subnormal already, without my contribution...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:36,
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Good to see miserable cynics enjoying it
Not that im saying youre a miserable cynic, but its hard not to get swept along with it. Even im enjoying it, and i hate sport!
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:09,
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My enjoyment of the Games
has absolutely nothing to do with the aesthetic qualities of Victoria Pendleton, Jess Ennis or Keri-Anne Payne.
NOTHING. Those qualities don't even contribute.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:43,
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson is alright too
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 11:00,
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Her surname
always puts me in mind of a pair of comically bungling detectives.
Either that, or that her family owns most of Suffolk.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 11:04,
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i went for a walk along the southbank on saturday to check out some of the olympic hospitality houses, and it was iraq day, apparrently
Some market stalls and a stage playing some funkeh muzak
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:43,
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I only own one flag.
It's a hammer-and-sickle one.
I wonder whether I should take it and wave it? I might get on telly.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:44,
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The only one I have is a yemen flag, I'll come join you.
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skeltonator Needs some new daps., Mon 6 Aug 2012, 12:46,
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I'd like to watch the opening ceremony, but I just haven't had time recently
It's been a lot nicer since the sport actually started, with the general mood switching to a competitive excitement, rather than the dismal rage that preceded it.
Still haven't watched any of it, but I'm just never that interested in watching sport. (F1 highlights don't count, that's more like a video game)
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 6 Aug 2012, 11:21,
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Agh - wished i was there! That first bit with the industrial revolution and underworlds 'and i will kiss' playing gave me goosebumps
Kind of feel a bit sorry for the chap filming it though. He paid all that money to witness an amazing specatcle, and he saw it through a shitty 4 inch LED screen on a camera.
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:06,
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^this
Why bother filming it? It'll be on telly with far better shots than you could hope to get on a phone. Just tape that and join in.
Its like the fuckers you see at concerts all trying to hold the camera steady while people around them are enjoying themselves.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:10,
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^this with bells on
Why not just enjoy it with your eyes, and watch professionally recorded footage? Its convenient that everyone has a camera of some sort to hand now, but really, does anyone watch what they recorded / photographed again and again?
I remember seeing Underworld at Brixton Academy last year, and i was raving my tits off in a trance, but was surrounded by immobile pillars of people holding their phones up in the air like techno-zombies
Im probably being a bit hippocritical, as im quite snap-happy, but when it comes to events like gigs and shows, you just have to forget about the camera, and savour it in person.
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:18,
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100% with you all
Not a gig, but a couple of years ago I was in a small boat following whales around a bay in Antarctica. I got some great shots with my DSLR of them surfacing & diving. Then one came right up beside the boat to check us out... and I put the camera down. I remember thinking "No, watch this, because it's not going to happen again."
Could have been a stunning photo, but I don't regret not taking it.
(, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:34, Reply)
You should have got your iphone out and took some instagram pics so you can impress all your friends with your "creative photography" skills :-P
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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:41,
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Had a similar moment at Le Mans this year
Where I realised I wasn't likely to get back there any time soon so just stood back and tried to take it all in.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 11:05,
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^This^
There's something very strange about a person's first reaction to any event to be to film it and watch it later on a screen, rather than immerse themselves in it at the time.
There was some footage here in the spring from the cheese-rolling of a girl heading down the hill quite gingerly so she could film herself as she went. Except that she was thereby not filming herself participating in the event: she was just filming herself going carefully down a hill. Which is hardly worth watching, is it?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 6 Aug 2012, 10:40,
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