Olympic Union Flag raising - RAF out of step

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Olympics Overview

Well it confirms the rumours that the 30th Olympiad were NOT drug free!

Amy Winehouse & references to "Trainspotting" in the Opening Ceremony & George Michael and Russell Brand in the Closing Ceremony - to name but a few!

Do Glaxo-Smithkline have to keep their samples for xx years too?


But all-in-all a Bloody good effort by Danny Boyle to portray English-ness across the world. (I suspect an honour will be forth-coming (as well as an elevation to Lord Coe - if possible))
What a playlist.........(of merit):
Jerusalem
Danny Boy
Flower Of Scotland
Bread Of Heaven
Chelsea Pensioners
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
James Bond & the New Bond Girl (what a coup)
The Dambusters March
NHS & GOSH
KAOS
Mike Oldfield
Simon Rattle
The Beatles (as a group & solos)
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Sex Pistols (albeit if they were censored at the Silver Jubilee)
The Prodigy
John Lennon (wish we could have seen more of the mask)
The Kinks
Madness
Queen
Bowie
the models (I thought their trailers would stand up on end)
The Pink Floyd (& Ed Sheeran)
Fat Boy Slim (I wished the Octopus had turned into more Beatles)
Jessie J (I wish I was that body stocking - Tinie Tampah's driver can't reverse in a straight line to save his life!!!)
The Bee Gees
ELO
& Human Cannon
Eric Idle
LPO
LSO
Take That
Spice Girls
The Who
&
Tim Berners-Lee
(although I would have like to have seen (remaining) Queen perform their traditional finale trio of WWRU/WATC&GSTQ for the Closing Ceremony)


Can anyone think of anything DB missed out??????
X Double-Decker buses (can't find cross-out font)
X Black London Taxis
X Chicken Tikka Masala (See Eric Idle)
X Union Jack
X Royalty
X Musical Exports
X Movie Exports
X Industrial Age
X 1914-1918 War
X 1939-1945 War
X Welfare State
X Iraq & Afghan Conflicts
X Human Cannon
more Monty Python
Laurel & Hardy
Chaplin
Fish & Chips (& other regional delicacies - but how would you have done it?)
2011 Riots (hardly worth advertising on a global stage)
Def Leppard (given the recent release of Rock Of Ages)
Ozzy Osbourne (given his global reality series)


I think it was just a shame that a few front-members of certain bands couldn't be there for the show
Dave Gilmour & Roger Waters
Liam Gallagher
Roger Daltrey (earlier)
Paul McCartney (earlier & later) & Ringo Starr
Stones
Led Zep
Bowie
Queen (at start/end of ceremony)
Barry Gibb (Closing Ceremony) - apologies if I'm too premature etc
Evelyn Glennie (closing)

But I DID wonder about the Anthrax Attack on Eric Idle(???) but he did get a 4-letter word into the ceremony. Thought he might have made more of the fat lady singing!


But ultimately (FAO Lord Coe):
Lots of cheer for the Volunteers, but None Whatsoever for the NON-VOLUNTEERS (i.e. Military) Most called at VERY short notice to fullfil YOUR (LOCOG) shortfalll Other than "The people who stood guard to keep us safe" So you lumped us in with the people who volunteered for G4S on minimum wage and failed to turn up!!!!
Thanks for that!!!!

I was not one - I was on PODL
but was almost called back to work pre-PODL because of Op Olympic



But my favourite moment:
Opening Ceremony
The Parade of nations Britain has conquered!