2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony: Cheers London! Roll On Rio!

[triple_toe]

Cool, I had heard the song before but didn't know Noel was singing it.

I also bumped into this version of Don't look back in Anger that I really liked. As someone put it on youtube, Noel should re-record all of Oasis albums with his own voice.

Thanks for that!

Adele's pretty preggers at the moment, no? I'm surprised at no Stones or Led Zep.

[Rob]

Adele is pregnant.

And John Lennon is dead. They used video. (for Bowie too).

[moebius]

Yes, apparently NBC broke from the closing ceremony to show a bad sitcom, then the local news, then returned to the closing ceremony after midnight and despite it being on tape delay, did not show Muse or some other acts they chacked.

I wasted my time and watched the entire 3hrs to see Muse. How can they chack the Olympic theme song performance (even though it's the Muse song)???? Stupid NBC! Now give me my 3hrs back!

[Frau Muller]

What's really sad is that NBC will probably ignore all the criticism and do exactly the same for the next several Olympics.

That means that large stretches of the Sochi ceremonies will be chacked because ballet will play a prominent part in both shows. NBC Ballet Haterz had better be fired before Sochi if we are to enjoy any of it on NBC.

[joeperryfan]

Thanks for that!

Adele's pretty preggers at the moment, no? I'm surprised at no Stones or Led Zep.

You're welcome

Apparently there were negotiation problems with the Stones, I'm not sure what happened there. I am surprised about Led Zeppelin though, I wonder if they tried to get them there or not, Robert Plant still sings better than most of the acts that were on the show anyway.

[Rob]

Hey joeperryfan, I was at the Aerosmith concert in VA on Sunday (had to watch Closing Ceremonies on DVR last night).

They have The Who segment on NBC Olympics Live Extra. No Muse or Royal Ballet though.

I hope ballet will figure into Sochi's ceremonies early and often so that NBC can't chack all of it.

[Rex]

The ceremonies lost points with me as soon as I saw One Direction "performing". Can't stand them.

[joeperryfan]

Hey joeperryfan, I was at the Aerosmith concert in VA on Sunday (had to watch Closing Ceremonies on DVR last night).

That's what I call a good trade. I hope they (and Joe in particular) rocked the house as usual.

[pollyanna]

The 25 Most Absurd Moments Of The Olympic Closing Ceremonies

Speaking of scary: the most inscrutable thing about British culture, to me, is how it didn't filter out Russell Brand before he became inexplicably famous.

[Rob]

That's what I call a good trade. I hope they (and Joe in particular) rocked the house as usual.

They did.

[skatesindreams]

Well, Expat shield is your friend instructions posted at the top of the forum. Only a suggestion

I tried it: but, it didn't work well for me.
Everything slowed to a "crawl" on my high-performance computer.

[millyskate]

I tried it: but, it didn't work well for me.
Everything slowed to a "crawl" on my high-performance computer.

Sorry... my computers are always slow yet it's always worked. Weird. I guess I'm lucky!