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2012 Olympics

bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
bustaheims said:
So, the theme to the Closing Ceremonies is "British people you may have heard of?"

Britain: We made some great music anywhere from 15 to 45 years ago.

And, we'll bring in someone new to ruin our classics.

Seriously, Jesse J (whoever she is) butchered We Will Rock You.

And that Beady Eye band butchered Wonderwall. What an awful live singer they have.
 
Nik? said:
bustaheims said:
And, we'll bring in someone new to ruin our classics.

Seriously, Jesse J (whoever she is) butchered We Will Rock You.

I don't have a strong opinion on that as A) I don't like the song much anyway and B) I think the lead vocals on that song aren't really the point anyway but in total I'd almost go the other way. I get the nostalgia factor and everything but for the most part I thought the opening and closing ceremonies highlighted the sort of unfortunate ways the voice can age. I thought, for instance, that the Arctic Monkeys sounded way better doing a Beatles classic than McCartney did.

OTOH, Daltrey stills has some chops.
 
The closing ceremonies celebrated the best of British culture (music) from past to present.  An amalgamation of the old and new.  As promised, a spectacular extravaganza of a "symphony of music".

Time to say goodbye to London 2012 and an Olympics to remember, what with several records broken, set, and conquered.  From Michael Phelps to Usain Bolt, from Rosie McLellan to Gabby Douglas, all athletes from near and far, all cultures and languages, everyone, everything, under the Olympic banner, each representing their respective countries...

....for Canada, 18 medals may not be a huge amount, but, it's the effort and the dedication that counts above all, competing against the rest of the world.  For a nation such as ours,  our athletes' medals were 'golden'.  From the women's soccer team to the men's track team... in our hearts you're all big winners nevertheless, no matter the outcome.

So...so long London....and ladies and gents...congratulations on an Olympics very well presented.  Aye mateys...ta ta!

 
skippy said:
bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
bustaheims said:
So, the theme to the Closing Ceremonies is "British people you may have heard of?"

Britain: We made some great music anywhere from 15 to 45 years ago.

And, we'll bring in someone new to ruin our classics.

Seriously, Jesse J (whoever she is) butchered We Will Rock You.

And that Beady Eye band butchered Wonderwall. What an awful live singer they have.

You mean the same guy that sang the original Oasis version, Liam Gallagher?

Agreed, he didn't sound very good. Beady is basically Oasis without Noel Gallagher.
 
Very nice summation of Canada's Olympic effort...

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news/article=london-2012-canada-bronzed-games.html
 
dm_for_pm said:
skippy said:
bustaheims said:
Nik? said:
bustaheims said:
So, the theme to the Closing Ceremonies is "British people you may have heard of?"

Britain: We made some great music anywhere from 15 to 45 years ago.

And, we'll bring in someone new to ruin our classics.

Seriously, Jesse J (whoever she is) butchered We Will Rock You.

And that Beady Eye band butchered Wonderwall. What an awful live singer they have.

You mean the same guy that sang the original Oasis version, Liam Gallagher?

Agreed, he didn't sound very good. Beady is basically Oasis without Noel Gallagher.

If it weren't for Noel, nobody would know who Liam is. Noel should have sang the song and Liam should be performing in a Beatles cover band.
 
If it weren't for Liam, Noel would have never been what he is today.  It was a combination of the two that made them both successful - Noel doesn't, and never did, have the voice or the charisma on stage to make all those songs huge the way they were.
 
Potvin29 said:
If it weren't for Liam, Noel would have never been what he is today.  It was a combination of the two that made them both successful - Noel doesn't, and never did, have the voice or the charisma on stage to make all those songs huge the way they were.

I would disagree. Noels voice is far superior to Liams. I would agree that Liams voice does work on some songs, but for the most part, the music of Oasis would be far better if Noel took the reigns.

And charisma and trying to play the part of a jerk rock star are two different things. Charismatic he is not. But i'm sure they are/were more popular because of his attitude. People do buy into that for some reason.
 
skippy said:
Potvin29 said:
If it weren't for Liam, Noel would have never been what he is today.  It was a combination of the two that made them both successful - Noel doesn't, and never did, have the voice or the charisma on stage to make all those songs huge the way they were.

I would disagree. Noels voice is far superior to Liams. I would agree that Liams voice does work on some songs, but for the most part, the music of Oasis would be far better if Noel took the reigns.

That's fair, everyone's particular taste in music is different, but Liam's voice was always singled out for praise by critics through the first 3 albums especially, and while they may have had some success with Noel only doing all the singing, I don't think he can carry a song like "Supersonic", their breakthrough hit in the UK, or songs like Champagne Supernova/Wonderwall that became big here.

But it's impossible for me to say - I can't un-hear Liam's singing on the songs, so whenever I hear Noel singing it, it's already a song I know and love from Liam singing it, so I can't say whether if Liam had never sung on it that it would've been better or worse.  But I know I love his voice on the albums, but fair enough if you prefer one over the other. 

I just think Liam's voice on those songs, at that moment in time, played a major factor in them becoming huge - and it extended not only from his voice, but the demeanour and yes, charisma on stage (Noel's just as big of a jerk - remember the whole telling Damon Albarn he wished he died of aids thing?), it was a package.  Noel brought the songwriting and catchy riffs, Liam brought the swagger and sneering/attitude to the vocals.  Noel's got a voice, and he can sing certain songs very well (Don't Look Back in Anger, etc), but as I said in another thread recently, I can't listen to him for a full concert try to belt out songs.  His voice just gets boring to me, and it works far better in a smaller, acoustic setting.

What was this thread about again?  ;D
 
Justin said:

From the article:

South Africa has some of the world's highest murder rates, with nearly 50 people killed each day in the nation of 50 million. It also has high rates of rape, other assaults, robbery and carjackings.

U.N. statistics show South Africa has the second highest rate of shooting deaths in the world, second only to Colombia.


This guy Pistorius has had a history of some trouble.  Some have speculated the whole thing could have been "accidental".  Whatever and however, he'll have a lot of answering to do. 

 
"Premeditated murder" charges being pursued by prosecution...

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--distraught-oscar-pistorius-could-face-charge-of--pre-meditated-murder--111548119.html

His late girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, described as a lawyer, a woman with "beauty and brains".

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/reeva-steenkamp-cover-model-law-degree-164016410--oly.html

 
New evidence suggests connotations of a possible argument between Pistorius & Steenkamp over her relationship with a South African rugby star.

Not only was Steenkamp shot multiple times but she had been beaten with what investigators believe was a bloodied cricket bat found at the home of Pistorius.

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/02/18/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp/
 
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