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"always look on the bright side of life!" vanlassie Aug 2012 #1
when Idle came up with that... o geeze. Whisp Aug 2012 #3
And throw in some Bollywood! Why not?! Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #55
Idle was great. Russell Brand, not so much... sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #35
Even Prince Harry was singing along with that. hifiguy Aug 2012 #57
I think they could have done better with the David Bowie songs ... Tx4obama Aug 2012 #2
agreed. I would have loved to see more of the Bow Whisp Aug 2012 #4
NBC is editing vanlassie Aug 2012 #5
oh, I was watching from Canada CTV, so maybe I did see it all? Whisp Aug 2012 #8
Each of the Bowie pics had a different song, about 3-4 secs for each one. Tx4obama Aug 2012 #11
ah, I was pouring snippets of Royal Crown at the time too. Whisp Aug 2012 #17
Fashion? nt MADem Aug 2012 #29
Fashion? Whisp Aug 2012 #34
The song "Fashion" was played (just the recording) while there was a dumb fashion segment. begin_within Aug 2012 #37
The song.... MADem Aug 2012 #41
ah, of course. Whisp Aug 2012 #48
NBC cut Ray Davies and Kate Bush (although she wasn't actually performing) sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #32
There was one long section when the athletes came in that was pretty cuttable muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #39
Elbow was playing while the athletes came on I think sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #59
I heard some naysaying about the Spice Girls doing their thing there Whisp Aug 2012 #6
They had a great section with video of Freddie Mercury and ... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #7
Daltry did pretty dang good. Great closer Whisp Aug 2012 #9
which reminds me of Tina Turner the Acid Queen Whisp Aug 2012 #18
imagine if Freddie were still alive JI7 Aug 2012 #12
I know... Whisp Aug 2012 #13
I've edited my comment above ... what I was referring to was ... Tx4obama Aug 2012 #14
I agree... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #16
I agree. nt MADem Aug 2012 #30
I shouldn't admit this Whisp Aug 2012 #15
The opening ceremony also had 3 snippets begin_within Aug 2012 #21
Yep, Bowie and Elton. And I wish Ringo would have been there with Paul at the opening ceremony. Tx4obama Aug 2012 #24
I had such an enormous crush on Paul when a teeny Whisp Aug 2012 #31
He's in Palm Beach, Florida. begin_within Aug 2012 #36
it would have been great to see Lennox and Bowie tribute to Freddie, Under Pressure. Whisp Aug 2012 #25
Lennox was pretty cool on her own sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #62
This is nice. Muse - Tribute Vid Whisp Aug 2012 #10
Little surprised no Elton John...but they only had so much time I suppose. eom yawnmaster Aug 2012 #19
for me, I didn't miss him at all. Whisp Aug 2012 #22
Closing ceremony was better than the opening one, in my opinion... begin_within Aug 2012 #20
LOVED it but I cannot believe the gall of NBC to interupt the closing Raine Aug 2012 #23
I want to see Ray Davies and Waterloo Sunset!!! vanlassie Aug 2012 #26
I saw him on the BBC telecast. Nedsdag Aug 2012 #28
I'm still trying to find it. A friend said it was the highlight of the show. n/t sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #33
I have Direct TV and they lost the signal for about an hour here in L.A. lob1 Aug 2012 #27
They should have done "O Superman" begin_within Aug 2012 #38
A few negative comments from the Brits (Recommends so far in brackets) Prometheus Bound Aug 2012 #40
woah, that's quite the list of critiques. Whisp Aug 2012 #49
LOVED the "Fools and Horses" reference at the beginning! Curtland1015 Aug 2012 #42
I didn't watch it last night because of True Blood but I hope to catch the replay On-Demand LynneSin Aug 2012 #43
For Those Who Missed Ray Davies... KharmaTrain Aug 2012 #44
Thank You. Such a beautiful song Tom Rinaldo Aug 2012 #47
The two songs I turn to when I'm feeling depressed sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #61
One of the greatest songs of the rock era. Thanks for sharing! nt Romulox Aug 2012 #50
definitely one of the favourites of the evening. Whisp Aug 2012 #51
I watched ten minutes of it AngryAmish Aug 2012 #45
If you watched it on NBC you got stiffed...they cut all sorts of things out.. truebrit71 Aug 2012 #46
And what about The Rolling Stones? They were/are such a huge part of Brit music. Nt kittykitty Aug 2012 #52
lots of good people missing Whisp Aug 2012 #53
A post in another thread said the Stones declined to appear. GoCubsGo Aug 2012 #58
I've also read that Jagger refuses to play in England for tax reasons sweetloukillbot Aug 2012 #60
Gawd I love the Brits' music -- and the non-religious themes. Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #54
I thought it was great. ellisonz Aug 2012 #56
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