olympic opening do

Really enjoying it until (and I don't say this lightly) fucking paddy shit playing.

"No surrender"

YRA (yorkshires republican army)

And I don't care who offended.

Good stuff mate

Not got a clue what youre on about

but carry on

Thought the opening ceremony was fantastic. Only negatives for me were Arctic Monkeys and Paul McCartney. Couln't see the point of having the Arctic Monkeys there at all and the show should have finished with that amazing lighting of the cauldron , not Paul f*****g McCartney.He was a massive, annoying anti climax after the cauldron part.

captain solo wrote: Really enjoying it until (and I don't say this lightly) fucking paddy shit playing.

"No surrender"

YRA (yorkshires republican army)

And I don't care who offended.

What is he on about? [eek2]

I didn't see the point of the Arctic Monkeys being there either by the way although the lead singer seemed to be trying to conjure up the image of Lennon in his pre mop-top days..

Cranelane wrote:

captain solo wrote: Really enjoying it until (and I don't say this lightly) fucking paddy shit playing.

"No surrender"

YRA (yorkshires republican army)

And I don't care who offended.

What is he on about? [eek2]

I didn't see the point of the Arctic Monkeys being there either by the way although the lead singer seemed to be trying to conjure up the image of Lennon in his pre mop-top days..

I actuallythought the artic monkeys were energetic and flawless. You wouldn't have wanted coldplay now would u? Mcartney was pointless (and out of time) but I guess he's got the world wide appeal.

I thought the opening ceremony was brilliant and Danny Boyle deserves a lot of credit for his vision and execution.

Cranelane wrote:

captain solo wrote: Really enjoying it until (and I don't say this lightly) fucking paddy shit playing.

"No surrender"

YRA (yorkshires republican army)

And I don't care who offended.

What is he on about? [eek2]

Indeed. What IS he on about?...

Spotnick wrote: Well, Sir Paul is kind of a no-brainer. He's a living monument.

Granted he hasn't done anything good in years, but he's still one of the frontmen of the biggest band of all time.

bang on. he's a bloody BEATLE.

and while i'm no big fan of t'arctic monkeys, i've hardly met a young person who isn't. they seem to be one of the few modern guitar bands that manage to be both popular and cool. most of us on this site are frankly too OLD to really know what's what with ver kids.

we get our go with the hyde park gig, innit.

oh, and opening ceremony overall? best thing i've seen on the telly ever.

Cranelane wrote:

captain solo wrote: Really enjoying it until (and I don't say this lightly) fucking paddy shit playing.

"No surrender"

YRA (yorkshires republican army)

And I don't care who offended.

What is he on about? [eek2]

I didn't see the point of the Arctic Monkeys being there either by the way although the lead singer seemed to be trying to conjure up the image of Lennon in his pre mop-top days..

'No surrender to the YRA'

Well , I just don't subscribe to this McCartney is god just because he was in the biggest band in the world. Beatles were great, granted but it seems to be a crime not to worship McCartney these days. So fricking charge me.

Anyway enough of the negatives . Loved the ceremony . Industrial Revolution part,Mr Bean, NHS part, the British Saturday night part ( that girl has dropped her phone segment ) the girl was brilliant- and very, very pretty. Thought the segment with Emile Sande singing Abide With Me was really good and the couldron lighting with the Underworld track just topped it all off . Arise Sir Danny Boyle.

edit also loved the Underworld track to the Industrial Revolution , the snippet of the Stones ' Satisfaction ' that guitar riff never sounded so good and really liked that David Holmes (?) track when Beckham was on the speedboat

Thought it was Bang on, realy well thought through, alll the good bits mentioned above,, well apart from Elgar,,,

Follow that,, not too sure about this team GB lark though.

went for a walk in the park yesterday, amazing, great Atmosphere, Basketball event was well up and they even plyed the Beatles and the Stones,, oh yea and Oasis.Next up Wemberleeeee.

Ceremony.

there were just so many little brilliant touches. the TARDIS sound effect. doreen lawrence carrying the flag. each country contributing their own petal to the cauldron - which they can take home with them after, like a posh party bag. the brookie kiss which in that moment became the first lesbian kiss to be shown on telly in so many countries.

s'wonderful.

johnny wrote: Well , I just don't subscribe to this McCartney is god just because he was in the biggest band in the world. Beatles were great, granted but it seems to be a crime not to worship McCartney these days. So fricking charge me.

i actually think it seems to be hugely, deeply unfashionable to admit to a fondness for sir paul, and i think it's been that way for a while.

Great you all enjoyed it so much yo didn't hear bloody u-poo.

Thought this was Great Britain's Olympics.

But at at this thread has substance.

Oh and Elgar's Nimrod ( while Brannagh's Brunel quoted Shakespeare ) Never fails to stir the English soul, that tune

An interesting rumour regarding the CLOSING Ceremony emerged today when Ed Sheeran claimed that he was going to perform with Pink Floyd, however "The Floyd" have issued a statement to the NME Denying that such a duet will take place, I am therefore assuming that he will be performing with either Gilmour or Waters but not both together...

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