# Olympics Closing Ceremony Watch-along thread (UK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295 "2012-08-12T20:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/101 "2012-08-13T00:03:46Z")
I didn’t care about all the music, and it wasn’t as good as the Opening Ceremony, but I enjoyed the lunacy of both. **AND THEY PLAYED A KATE BUSH SONG IN ITS ENTIRETY!!!** Hell, that alone makes it the greatest Closing Ceremony in history (as far as I’m concerned anyway). The one that comes close is Calgary in 1988, where kd lang came out and performed live, making everyone get up and dance. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/102 "2012-08-13T00:13:11Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Interesting that the reaction on here is mostly positive whereas on the british board I’m on the reaction is amused face-palming at how pants it is. And yet they all loved the opening ceremony, whereas here the verdict was mixed. If it makes them feel better, I thought significant chunks of it were pretty crap. But the Python bit was fabulous, I rather liked the zombie Freddie call and response, and there was plenty of other good stuff too. Mixed bag, really. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/103 "2012-08-13T01:09:58Z")
Yep, NBC totally cut out the Kate Bush song. They cut out a lot more too. The first hour seemed to be reduced to 10-15 minutes. The entrance of the athletes took about, what 2 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/104 "2012-08-13T01:10:20Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Perhaps it was just time for people on that board to start to have a bit of a backlash? Hell no - people on there have been cynics about the olympics from the start, but enjoyed the opening ceremony because it was good, and didn’t enjoy this because it wasn’t. I think it probably appealed more to an international audience rather than an audience who hears those songs repeatedly on the radio all the bloody time, including kate bush. Britpop represented by wonderwall, ffs. It also just wasn’t as televisual as the opening ceremony - like a concert where you can bet the people there are enjoying themselves, but it’s a bit dull on screen. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/105 "2012-08-13T01:14:36Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > The one that comes close is Calgary in 1988, where kd lang came out and performed live, making everyone get up and dance. I remember that. They introduced her with “Ladies and Gentlemen! The Alberta Rose, Miss K. D. Lang” and she came out dancing and spinning around singing “Spin Me Round”. It was great. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/106 "2012-08-13T01:25:14Z")
I know I’ll take hell for it here, but having John Lennon singing Imagine was perfect. Fucking perfect. “Imagine all the people, sharing all the world.” I’m a softie and had tears streaming down my face. It’s playing again, and now I see some dude singing “Wish You Were Here.” You guys have the absolute best music in the world. No comparison. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/107 "2012-08-13T01:28:37Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I know I’ll take hell for it here, but having John Lennon singing Imagine was perfect. Fucking perfect. > > “Imagine all the people, sharing all the world.” > I’m a softie and had tears streaming down my face. But the turtle-back Lennon face sculpture with people underneath it releasing balloons was just…well, I thought it was a bit silly. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/108 "2012-08-13T01:34:15Z")
I really want to see a “Behind The Scenes” about the technology of the Olympic stadium. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/109 "2012-08-13T01:35:56Z")
Watching the NBC evisceration of the show right now. Stripper police represent! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/110 "2012-08-13T01:43:14Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Watching the NBC evisceration of the show right now. Ryan Seacrest and fashion models; is this some kind of sick joke? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/111 "2012-08-13T01:46:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Ryan Seacrest and fashion models; is this some kind of sick joke? The fashion models are forgivable, if only because Britain has been telling the rest of the world how to dress for hundreds of years. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/112 "2012-08-13T01:52:14Z")
This show has given me measure of respect for the Spice Girls. It _can’t_ be easy to climb a ladder onto the top of a cab in those heels. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/113 "2012-08-13T01:54:12Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > This show has given me measure of respect for the Spice Girls. > > It _can’t_ be easy to climb a ladder onto the top of a cab in those heels. Gives new meaning to the phrase Mini-dress. Wonder how much it costs to bedazzle 5 Minis? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/114 "2012-08-13T01:55:03Z")
Uh, why doesn’t Liam Gallagher raise his microphone, instead of hunching down? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/115 "2012-08-13T01:58:41Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The fashion models are forgivable, if only because Britain has been telling the rest of the world how to dress for hundreds of years. The fashion models are unforgivable, because the Olympics are all about striving to achieve things and fashion models are stick figures with pouty lips. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/116 "2012-08-13T02:04:12Z")
Always look on the bright side of life…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/117 "2012-08-13T02:09:49Z")
Well, Harry seemed to be enjoying it and whistling along. It’s good to be the “spare”, you can let your hair down. > [@WotNot](#): > > “Life’s a piece of BLEEP > When you look at it…” The man called it… ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/118 "2012-08-13T02:10:02Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Always look on the bright side of life…🙂 Life’s only got bright sides when you can _bleep_ out the shit, apparently? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/119 "2012-08-13T02:12:17Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Gives new meaning to the phrase Mini-dress. > > Wonder how much it costs to bedazzle 5 Minis? I believe those were London Taxis, not Minis. BTW, I missed mentioning that Russell Brand and Bond doing I Am The Walrus (the bus being an allusion to the Magical Mystery Tour) was quite enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295/120 "2012-08-13T02:15:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The fashion models are unforgivable, because the Olympics are all about striving to achieve things and fashion models are stick figures with pouty lips. …who think only of themselves. I used to design for GODS! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295.md?page=7)