Closing ceremony:
I think that The Who (Daltry and Townsend) were the only band playing live, - the rest were singing live over pre recorded tracks. Can't blame the organisers for that as it would have been virtually impossible to get the sound right with all of those changes.
The negative:
George Michael, - 1 song was enough why did they let him sing his new single, - a song that nobody knew?
Why did the taxi driver fail at getting Posh (she is anything but) off of the top of that cab when he pulled away, - Pete you should have applied for the job!
"Wonderwall" is Noel's song not Liam's, - High Flying Birds should have played rather than Beady Eye....
No reference to British Blues rock, - the fact that Brit bands came over to the USA and took the blues and then sold it back to the world changed the route that music took.
- Just because the Sex Pistols refused the filthy lucre to appear live did not mean that Punk should have been left out... it was another amazing change of musical direction that still today influences the music world.
Heavy Metal....? This stage was set up for Iron Maiden coming from within spitting distance of the Olympic Park..
In saying that it was brilliant as a show, - I did like the diversity of it and can excuse the need to pander to a varied audience...But one song from Jessie J would have sufficed... Loved the way they got Freddie in there, - was quite a touching moment knowing how he would have so loved to have been there. - Gary Barlow struggling to hit the right notes at the start of "Rule The World" was also quite emotional and perfectly understandable given what he went through last week loosing his baby daughter at birth, - fair play to the guy for doing that.
My YouTube channel with plenty of my Joe's videos dating from 2009 inc his first Hammersmith Odeon ones:
http://www.youtube.com/ian916fun
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