I am late very very late, in fact it is
tomorrow now because of this …….AH. Anyway the reason for this late diary entry
was to watch the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games to see how it faired.
It all went remarkably well as it happens; although on a personal level, I sort
of felt they tried to squeeze a bit much in.
As always happens in these things the athletes took just a bit longer than they are meant too to get
into place and the subtle herding towards the end got a bit less subtle. And it
all got off to a flying start with loads of good music and clever little quirky
classic British stuff. But then it sort
of just lost its way as it run into Fat Boy slim and the like.
But then all was saved by Eric
Idle Singing 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life' a true classic of what Britain is all
about and the perfect song to confuse a fair percentage of the worlds countries.
And Brian May was really good too, just a shame that Freddie is dead; a bit
like John Lennon, what I particularly liked about John Lennon’s performance was
that although he is dead he did a much better job of it than Paul did at the
start.
I thought it rather
interesting that bearing in mind the Olympic stance on Drug taking that a fair
number of the featured music was from groups and musicians who have over the
years taken one or two substances that would be a little frowned on in the test
lab. I also thought that the roller-skating nuns was a sneaky and cunning way
to upset one or two of the more strict catholic countries, along with the some
of the more scantily clad people. However we did throw in some morris dancers
just so they know us Brits are WELL COOL and a man on a high wire who set fire
a shop clothes dummy……. Yes only us Brits would do that….
Sadly I saw the spice
girls but they were not on long and seem to have lost the knack a bit (maybe it
just me, I was never a fan)
I rather liked the little Rio bit the classic seventies flared cat suits and afro
hair was brill as was Elvis. You see Rio were able to raise Elvis from the dead,
now that really is Cool, we tried to trump this with a neat trick at the end by
putting The Who centre stage, a damn clever move they no doubt remember those flared
cat suits and Elvis like it was yesterday.
Talking of yesterday, this
is yesterdays diary entry because today is today …….. DAMN I said that at the
start ……..GOODNIGHT ALL.
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It was all a little confusing, to say the least but the music was brilliant.
ReplyDeleteWatching the fireworks from the Lil man's bedroom window was spectacular, hearing the Spice Girls screeching through the microphone however was a tad painful, causing several planes to crash land in the nearby vicinity and our urban foxes to howl loudly in despair...okay, maybe I'm lying a little bit.
Brazil's presentation was good, can't go wrong with afros and half-naked men...
Yes I think there was a general view it was a bit confusing, but I think that was part of the plan.
DeleteStill I guess you get two weeks off now before the Para-Olympics start up and it all kicks off again with restrictions on what you can do.