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London 2012 MegaThread [Part 2]

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  • #1902
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    am i the only one who hates this song??

    It's incredibly depressing.


  • #1903
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    was kind of hoping for a john lennon or freddie mercury hologram for a second there :(


  • #1904
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,271 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Nice to have John, im sure he is looking down.

    'Imagine there's no heaven'


  • #1905
    bhamsteve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭bhamsteve


    Good stuff


  • #1906
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    foxinsox wrote: »
    Excellent lighting and sound now

    At least during the recorded parts.

    :D


  • #1907
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Perfect song for this <3


  • #1908
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Mysteriouschic wrote: »
    I wish they played Queen for longer

    Not the last we heard of it says this observer


  • #1909
    H2UMrsRobinson
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭H2UMrsRobinson


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    am i the only one who hates this song??

    No. I Dislike it intensely.


  • #1910
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Awww magic.....


  • #1911
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Nice to have John, im sure he is looking down.


    Not if he got the after life he believed in.


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  • #1912
    funnights74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭funnights74


    Jimoslimos wrote: »
    Phew! Thought we were going to have McCartney live again

    don't rule it out


  • #1913
    Dead Man Walking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Dead Man Walking


    John lennons head on acid


  • #1914
    blueser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,725 ✭✭✭✭blueser


    Queen-Mise wrote: »
    QUEEN..... yeah...
    Exactly. Better than El-who-bow.


  • #1915
    patmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,589 ✭✭✭patmac


    I hope that Ugandan has better luck than Uganda's other gold medal John Akii Bua
    http://newafricanmagazine.com/features/sport/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-great-john-akii-bua


  • #1916
    Rascasse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭Rascasse


    Quick George, out of the loos, now!


  • #1917
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    George Michael is prob in the bogs whacking off thinking about the 5 'rings' ;) :pac:


  • #1918
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    It started off pure sh1te but it's finally picking up a bit!
    Oh it's George Micheal. Never mind :o


  • #1919
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Id say being the tv director for this is some nightmare.
    CAMERA 1,4,6,1,3,SKY,8,122,3344!!!!! /brain go boom


  • #1920
    Spudmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Spudmonkey


    Lighting effects are superb!!


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  • #1921
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Maybe its the drink but im enjoying it now.


  • #1922
    jos28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭jos28


    Very impressed with the lighting


  • #1923
    df1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭df1985


    Tune!

    are they attempting to blind everyone in the crowd!?


  • #1924
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    Light show is unreal


  • #1925
    I_smell_fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 378 ✭✭I_smell_fear


    Couldn't they just have said a big Mass instead?


  • #1926
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    What's white and slides down the Olympic Stadium toilet walls?

    George Michael's latest release :p


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  • #1927
    srm23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭srm23


    should have floated out on a lie-low and sang "club tropicana"


  • #1928
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    Wow.. all the music acts are my teenage years...

    Except for one direction of course! :-/


  • #1929
    AllWasWell
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭AllWasWell


    lighting is fantastic


  • #1930
    Jesus Shaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,959 ✭✭✭Jesus Shaves


    Lighting is amazing, pity about George Michael, I really can't wait for the spice girls.


  • #1931
    Scráib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Scráib


    I_smell_fear wrote: »
    Couldn't they just have said a big Mass instead?

    Isn't there anything to be said for another mass?


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  • #1932
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    "Michael Clarke ‏@macnovel
    Good job the organisers of the #london2012 #closingceremony didn't dope test the musicians and songwriters.
    "


  • #1933
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,818 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    AllWasWell wrote: »
    lighting is fantastic

    Slow start but definite caught my attention now


  • #1934
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    I thought the Queen wasn't supossed to be there tonight.


  • #1935
    jos28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭jos28


    I_smell_fear wrote: »
    Couldn't they just have said a big Mass instead?

    I love a good mass :D


  • #1936
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    kfallon wrote: »
    What's white and slides down the Olympic Stadium toilet walls?

    George Michael's latest release :p

    Hint hint, that's where his own personal closing ceremony is going to be


  • #1937
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Nice couple of backing singers there....phwoarrrrrr! :o


  • #1938
    H2UMrsRobinson
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭H2UMrsRobinson


    Despite his dubious lifestyle George has still got it and probably always will have. Love him!


  • #1939
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,432 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    df1985 wrote: »
    Tune!

    are they attempting to blind everyone in the crowd!?

    Switch off. The BBC did warn beforehand that there would be flash photography, strobe lighting and fireworks.


  • #1940
    Colmustard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭Colmustard


    I just don't think live acts work, Danny Boyle only had a few.

    Some light show.


  • #1941
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    He's pretty good considering how ill he was recently.


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  • #1942
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Why is there no "autumn" or "spring" Olympics? Then we could have an event every year.

    Autumn events could include 'leaf blowing' and 'putting the clocks back'.


  • #1943
    AllWasWell
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭AllWasWell


    bilston wrote: »
    Slow start but definite caught my attention now
    and spice girls yet to come


  • #1944
    srm23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭srm23


    id like to think if i was a man of George Michael's wealth, I wouldn't be dressed so stupidly


  • #1945
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Wavy arms... sure why not


  • #1946
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    OT but Rory McIlroy winning the PGA and barely anyone following. Not a fan so I couldn't care less. :D


  • #1947
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    Good closing ceremony, British displaying their kettling skills excellently :pac:


  • #1948
    Dead Man Walking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Dead Man Walking


    Gay bono


  • #1949
    Larianne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Fair play to you George. He was in intensive care only a few months back! :eek:


  • #1950
    cgpg5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Hoho he's still got it!


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  • #1951
    Queen-Mise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,461 ✭✭✭Queen-Mise


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    He's pretty good considering how ill he was recently.

    Was thinking that - he nearly died from pneumonia recently.

    What is the second song he is singing :confused::confused::confused:


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