oldtimer Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Give them a lot of slack. They are only english. They could not hold the north american colonies at the height of their power. They came back in 1812 and burned down the white house. We beat them with a pirate. FFS if it were not for us they would not exist today in their present form. Well they got to host an olympic games anyway. Good for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 some really nice things come from England....some mighty fine looking ladies and some really good rock-n-roll. Missed the closing ceremonies, which sucked because i'm a huge Queen fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think they did a fine job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Android Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Where the Hell was Paul McCartney????..................and The Spice Girls reunion???? Out of all the great musicians to come out of England ???? Brian May and Roger Taylor were definitely the best part!!!!!!! Loved Eric Idle too, and the Stadium LED panels were very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Brian may was easily the best part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Brian may was easily the best part. THANK YOU Oldtimer and you too Audio...me and Brian taken 2 1/2 weeks ago. Met him a few times and I can't say enough good things about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted August 14, 2012 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2012 I think they did a fine job Your right, if NBC would have done as good as London we would have seen alot more. http://blog.sfgate.com/olympics/2012/08/13/closing-ceremony-cuts-spark-outrage/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 The Brits seem to retain that Dickensian slant to their productions. Somewhat chaotic, obtusely creative, a weensy bit confusing, dark and light and with their endless cultural legacy somehow laced amongst it all. Not exactly to my tastes but distinctive. Rather like Mary Poppins on digitalized steroids, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I think they did a fine job Your right, if NBC would have done as good as London we would have seen alot more. http://blog.sfgate.com/olympics/2012/08/13/closing-ceremony-cuts-spark-outrage/ Yes, NBC did fumble the ball.I did catch Nick Mason playing drums on one Pink Floyd tune.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 George Michael,................really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Where the Hell was Paul McCartney????..................and The Spice Girls reunion???? Out of all the great musicians to come out of England ???? Brian May and Roger Taylor were definitely the best part!!!!!!! Loved Eric Idle too, and the Stadium LED panels were very cool. Exactly!! Of all the great musicians from the UK and we get The Spice Girls? Taio Cruz? One Direction? Take That? Seriously! I was thinking the same thing with regards to Paul McCartney (at least we did get John Lennon). But then again, where the hell was Ozzy? Black Sabbath? Judast Priest? Iron Maiden? Hell, for that matter, were was King Crimson? Brian May was definitly the hight-light (despite having to hear Jessie J butchering "Another One Bites the Dust".) and even getting to hear a little bit of Pink Floyd as well. The LED lighting through-out the stadium was really cool. The programming to get those lights to sync up like that had to be quite interesting. During the whole time I was watching the Olympics, I was wondering what the heck those square things where at every seat - turned out they were the LED lighting boxes. I will admit that overall, the closing ceremony was pretty enjoyable and pretty cool to watch, but NBC coverage did suck for the most part (why did they have to stick that stupid show in right after the torch was extinquished but before the Who performance - I did not bother to stick around, plus had to go to bed at that point). I did miss the opening ceremony though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Jimmy Page was another big snub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Sir Paul was there for the opening... I guess that was enough for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 They should have done a performance routine a-la 'Werewolves of London' with Lon Chaney Sr. and Jr. dancing with the Queen (look alikes, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 But then again, where the hell was Ozzy? Black Sabbath? Judast Priest? Iron Maiden? Hell, for that matter, were was King Crimson?I believe Maiden is still touring the states ; saw them in Charlotte NC June 20th . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Jimmy Page was another big snub. He took the handoff in Beijing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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