2012 Olympics

[AcademicPistol]

Snap. Highlight for me will be Purchase & Hunter.

[thetime]

Well Steve redgrave wint be lighting the flame.

[Alcatraz]

Bannister would be the right choice of the Bookies favourites

[Gothenburg83]

the commentator said that the Ukraine will hope to get their own back on England in the Olympics after what happened in the Euros! What a ridiculous comment to make

[Alcatraz]

Corr blimey that was good

[The Nal]

T'was alright. Really impressive. The Danny Boyle bit was incredible. Prodigy and Sex Pistols in the opening ceremony!? Yes sir.

Everyone there though, well and truly outdone by the the German ambassador guy as the German team walked out.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

T'was alright. Really impressive. The Danny Boyle bit was incredible. Prodigy and Sex Pistols in the opening ceremony!? Yes sir.

Everyone there though, well and truly outdone by the the German ambassador guy as the German team walked out.

[Ed209]

That was the shit

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Shouldn't you be in the air right now - or are you? Didn't see the vaste majority of it so can't comment. Heavily suspect it would be though. I only found out tonight that it cost £27M. That's f*cking disgraceful.

[Ed209]

I don't begrudge spending 27 million (50p per person) on something like that which is good for the human soul when we spend billions more on blowing people up.

Heading off in a few hours. Had to watch it on NBC, which was hilarity in its own way. Especially the commentary through the parade of nations. Such gems included "Winston Churchill called the Ugandan people the jewels of Africa, well he obviously never met Idi Amin" and "here's Madagascar, best known for the popular animated movies"

Edited July 28, 2012 by Ed209

[Alcatraz]

I only found out tonight that it cost £27M. That's f*cking disgraceful.

[Alcatraz]

"here's Madagascar, best known for the popular animated movies"

[Purple Monkey]

No Doctor, but a big gay Queen number.

Dissapointment..

[The Nal]

Huw Edwards on the Rwandan flag carrier: "He hopes to put Rwanda on the map as a country of cycling, not just genocide".

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

I haven't watched the telly at my own house for about a year and a half now. Until tonight that is, when my brother called around and asked for the telly to be put on. This was late so I missed the opening ceremony. Did this bloke really do this or is it just that the camera has caught it this way? I've looked on line and can't find the answer, but I am a little intoxicated so that may explain that. Or not perhaps.

[The Nal]

He was waving, just got caught like that.

[Englishdragon]

Ive uploaded a video of Frank Turner playing at the opening ceremony last night if anyone is interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It13YtFTQJU

[Gre]

Huw Edwards on the Rwandan flag carrier: "He hopes to put Rwanda on the map as a country of cycling, not just genocide".

[The Nal]

When the athlete himself, who lost 6 brothers in the genocide, is quoted as saying that, I think that's okay to mention.

[Alcatraz]

Debatable!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTFtMeZ6fA

[AcademicPistol]

Apart from McCartney. Not really sure why he was there when so many were not.

[The Nal]

Huh?

Edited July 28, 2012 by The Nal

[AcademicPistol]

They wheel him out now to close out any old shite. Live AID, Concert for NYC, Live8, Olympics. Where were Townshend, Weller, Mick and Keef, Madness, Jimmy Page, Ray Davies etc etc? Its like "Oh lets just get Macca to do Hey Jude".

And I love Macca. One of the greatest ever humans. Minor criticism though. It was a stunning opening ceremony.

[Gre]

Heineken is £4.50 a pint (at least at the beach volleyball), which isn't bad for London - I paid £4.55 for Tubourg at Brixton Academy last week.

Edited July 28, 2012 by Gre

[The Nal]

I do agree but i would have personally like to have had 1 or 2 of your aforementioned 'legends' instead of Dizzee or Arctic Monkeys instead of Macca. But i guess they didn't want to over do it with legends which is fair enough.

Edited July 28, 2012 by The Nal