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calumlynn


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Also, I can't hate Brian May. The fox and badger on the arms of his jacket were just brilliant, and hopefully they didn't go unnoticed by david cunting cameron (he doesn't deserve capital letters).

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Callum, I thought it might be due to the atheletes' entrance taking longer than expected, so they looped the previous performance rather than got anyone else to play. I presume the thinking being that if more 'new' performances occurred, the shine would be taken off the athletes.

When the athletes should, technically, be what it's all about I suppose, rather than armchair critics shouting out about how the bookends to the Games don't quite fulfill their entire musical/historical/racist tastes.

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saw119 wrote:

Also, what was up with Liam's voice? He seemed to be singing in a much higher register than I've ever heard him sing that song in before.

His voice got lower with age, and they're trying to avoid the "kermit effect". It's a common effect known by Oasis fans that happened between 2002 and 2003 and comes back after the 2nd gig of every new tour. See this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIzqXnRqpSs or this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NLcUx8A1JI&feature=related

 



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Barcroft wrote:

My mate told me Mozza was dead against it too.

Albarn reveals that, unsurprisingly, they got paid practically nothing:

http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/65481

So that's a reason why Pulp may not have wanted to do it.


Completely off-topic... I was wondering through Soho yesterday and came across a certain Bar Italia by chance (only just moved to London). So I had to stop by for some refreshments to see what it was all about :). I expected to see you all in there on your laptops!

 ...there's never enogh room for your elbows at the tables for a laptop... 

Welcome to Capital City!



-- Edited by superchob on Tuesday 14th of August 2012 12:16:14 AM

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It was indeed due to the athletes taking too long that the same songs got played. But that's no excuse, they should have had more songs prepared for that, especially when the Opening Ceremony overran. My wife got it right when she said the ceremony was maybe designed to turn everyone back to their cynical old selfs, because by and large it was bloody awful! What the fuck was that piss poor recreation of the Wish You Were Here album sleeve all about? Why tease people into thinking Bowie was there, only for his segment to be an intro to a bloody fashion show? Why did George Michael get away with playing his new song that nobody could give a toss about? Why Emelie Sande AGAIN? Jessie J singing about not caring about money while driving around in an expensive car, why? It's not a question of a lot of the music not being to my taste, I was prepared for that. Why did Kate Bush re-record her vocals for Running Up That Hill and not even turn up? The Who were great, don't know how anybody could knock their performance, but i'm not sure they should have finished things off. This guy got it right. http://christt.com/words/closingceremony/

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I actually really enjoyed the closing ceremony, whereas I found the opening ceremony rather boring.

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Agreed on practically everything you've said liltman.

Off topic but have people noticed spam appearing in underlined words in posts today?

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Apparently Bowie, Kate Bush, Sex Pistols and the Stones all turned down the chance to appear

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rawrsomesauce wrote:

Apparently Bowie, Kate Bush, Sex Pistols and the Stones all turned down the chance to appear

 

Haha, was just about to post this in here!

I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't the only ones either.



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I don't think anyone could have stomached the sight of another Pistols reunion.

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The Sex Pistols.....at the Olympics......did anybody think that one through?

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My mate told me Mozza was dead against it too.

Albarn reveals that, unsurprisingly, they got paid practically nothing:

http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/65481

So that's a reason why Pulp may not have wanted to do it.


Completely off-topic... I was wondering through Soho yesterday and came across a certain Bar Italia by chance (only just moved to London). So I had to stop by for some refreshments to see what it was all about :). I expected to see you all in there on your laptops!

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Barcroft wrote:

My mate told me Mozza was dead against it too.

Albarn reveals that, unsurprisingly, they got paid practically nothing:

http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/65481

So that's a reason why Pulp may not have wanted to do it.


Completely off-topic... I was wondering through Soho yesterday and came across a certain Bar Italia by chance (only just moved to London). So I had to stop by for some refreshments to see what it was all about :). I expected to see you all in there on your laptops!

 

The only time I've been to Bar Italia was at 5am after being chucked out of Blow Up (this would be around the year 2000)

It was the only place open at that ungodly hour and full of drug casualties. We had to stop one guy who was literally about to chew off his tongue.

Have viewed the song in a much clearer light since then!



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They could have renamed it (Yes! how good was) Mile End. I mean it's close to the olympics stadium. Few lyrics changes and it's good to go

We didn't have no where to live, / we didn't have nowhere to go
'til someone said / "I know this place off the Loop Road."
It was on the fifteenth day, / we had an olympics holiday.
It took an hour / to pry it off and get inside. / It smelt as if someone had cried;
the sitting room was full of flags, / the kitchen sink was blocked,
the bathroom sink not there at all. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / How good was 
Mile End. / And now we're living in the sky! / I'd never thought I'd live so
high, / just like Heaven / (if it didn't look like Hell.)
The lift is always full of piss, / the fifth floor landing smells of filet o fish
(not just on Friday, / every single 15 olympics days .)

Below the kids come out tonight, / they kick a ball and have a boxing fight
and maybe hug somebody even if they lose in the pool.
Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / how good was / Mile End.
[mumbled mutterings... you love it...]
Oo-ooh / Everyobdy's wants to be your friend
'cause you're not from round here, / ooh / as if that was
something to be proud about. / The burger king of the Isle of Dogs
feeds up children with hot dogs. / Down by the playing fields,
someone sets a torch on fire I guess you have to go right now 
before you understand just how, / how good, 
how good a human being can be. / Ooh, / it's a mess alright, / yes it was 
Mile End. / (please do that! Leave your medal out!) 



-- Edited by andy on Tuesday 14th of August 2012 01:43:45 PM

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I will be at BA on Saturday morning. Apropos of little!

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Opening ceremony: the england i know and love, pure class, laughter and good music (Pulp should have been there)

Closing ceremony: a boring take on england clichés, with some pompous music acts only there for promotion (i'm glad Pulp wasn't there)

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The different styles of the artistic directors was thrown into sharp relief while watching the closing ceremony. Danny Boyle's opener was clever, witty and entertaining and Kim Gavin's was rather boring, unstructured and aimless. One is a film director and the other is a choreographer for large stadium shows for acts like Take That.

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Someone (I forget whom) tweeted that Danny Boyle had been taken to hospital with excessive dehydration due to how much he had been pissing himself laughing during the closing ceremony...

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Queen have got We Are The Champions (and a dozen others), Bowie's got Heroes (although they didn't use it foolishly). If Pulp or Jarvis had played what thematically significant song could they have played? The closest I can think of is Everbody Loves The Underdog - but that doesn't quite work does it?

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Australia might appreciate it...

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The songs could either, it seems, be about winning/participating or about London itself. Hence West End Girls/Parklife etc. The closest Pulp have got is Mile End.

And that's litigious.

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London: Sport City "have you ever heard all the people puffing? It's a marvellous sound."

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