I did like his flower presentations
"HERE ARE YOUA GAY FLOWAS".
That was the most entertaining bit. Ray Davies won against the Beatle in terms of being able to still hold a tune, but Daltrey proved he's still got it.
Look at the history of the guy who directed it :
Ryder Cup Opening Concert - Katherine Jenkins (Sept 2010)
Help for Heroes Concert - Twickenham Stadium (Sept 2010)
Dancing on Ice Tour - Opening Sequence (April 2010)
Katherine Jenkins Believe UK Arena Tour (March 2010)
Take That – The Circus UK Stadium Tour (June/July 2009)
Dancing On Ice Tour – Opening Bolero Sequence (April 2009)
2012 Olympic Torch Party (August 2008)
Viva La Diva - Theatre and Arena Tour (2007/2008)
Take That - Beautiful World Arena Tour (2007)
Concert For Diana - Wembley Stadium (2007)
Elton John’s White Tiara Ball (2006)
Explains the jazz hands & literal interpretive dancing. What a trite load of old horse piss. Just vindicates Boyle as having done a decent job.
This guy got the whole thing down pretty well:
christt.com/words/closingceremony/
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SpunkyBackpack, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:02,
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The server appears to have shat itself
Try the google cache of the page
webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:christt.com%2Fwords%2Fclosingceremony%2F
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:19,
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That link is a good read.
I didn't watch the closing ceremony, just knew it would be a medley, and I can't stand medleys.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:23,
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While I don't agree with all of it
I do agree with most. And if nothing else, I hope it leads to the word "Cowellian" entering popular usage.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:33,
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Yes, that's rather a good word.
Like :- Backpfeifengesicht
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:43,
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Hmm, that link has certainly changed my mind on it all.
I liked this from the comments:
"I also couldn’t believe it when, after the athletes took longer to get in their pens that planned, the organisers put on the audio from earlier in the show, thereby revealing (a) that it was clearly dubbed and (b) they had no back-up plan for if the athletes should take longer than two Elbow songs to get in position. Major fuck up.
I also think that was was billed as ‘the world’s largest mosh-pit’ ended up looking like the world’s largest kettle – the world’s athletes, penned in by the boys in blue, then forced to watch a display of celebrity and commodity."
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Pig Bodine., Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:24,
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clearly dubbed..
?? Pet Shop Boys and Madness were definitly singing live. The bits later were the studio versions of the songs.
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Good article.
And it just made me check out the Fast Show sketch he refers to, which is very funny.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClcwKgxu2wk
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monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 14:56,
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That sounds like an absolute car crash of an event
Very glad I missed that.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 15:43,
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