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hifiguy

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57. Even Prince Harry was singing along with that.

Reply to vanlassie (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 04:28 PM

Aug 2012

The closing ceremony was so utterly and completely British, especially the humourous bits. Loved it.

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Olympic Closing Ceremonies. [View all] Whisp Aug 2012 OP

"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