Olympic salute to Hitler defeat.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....opening-ceremony.html

I along with the rest are all for show of a little patriotism, but do you think it is appropriate for part of the opening ceremony to "MENTION THE WAR".

Paul McCartney is said to be taking part also, couldn't we do better, what would you wish to be included in the Opening Ceremony?

[rockyracoon]

Sp, I'm coming to your opening ceremony, I like the sound of that.

[jno]

Kromovaracun, yes, they could include snippets of Starlight Express.

[bazwillrun]

"Opening ceremony to include a cast of British musical greats (who somehow got missed off on the Jubilee party):
snip
Dizzee Rascal "

Best laugh Ive had in a long time, musical and great , yeah right, how about non musical and schite

[sp1814]

bazwillrun

Oh dear - didn't you know that Dizzee Rascal is the best selling male artist of this century?

[ludwig]

For anyone that's interested in some real information rather than Daily Mail toss, here it is..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18392025

[zebo]

Why does the Opening Ceremony have to be so lavish? Personally, I would prefer a simple ceremony, none of the razzmatazz that started in Los Angeles, it's become far too competitive, there's no gold medal for the Opening!

[jno]

because they're expecting four billion people to watch it.

[bazwillrun]

"Oh dear - didn't you know that Dizzee Rascal is the best selling male artist of this century? "

only in the UK

hes definitely not great and never will be, heres some figures you'll never see this rsole listed in, now or in the future

Still laughing my rs off

[bazwillrun]

now i've done some checking it would seem robbie williams holds the records.

care to show me where you got your figures from

[sp1814]

bazwillrun

You have to discount all Robbie sales with Take That, which includes the Progress album.

Robbie is the biggest solo male artist of the 90s. Not the 00s.

[sp1814]

bazwillrun

Look - I'm yanking you. Robbie outsells Dizzee...but Dizzee is more relevent than Robbie (especially after the sales disaster of his last solo effort - 'Rubebox' anyone? Shudder).

After seeing what is planned for the opening ceremony (some kind of giant version of 'All Creatures Great and Small'), it appears that there will be no room for a great British superband.

Pity.

[emmie]

Perhaps it should be along the lines of Britain's history, as opposed to some has been and some never were rocknrolla

[sp1814]

em10

That's a possibility, but there's also the danger that it cold be as boring as hell. You could celebrate great British authors and the history of Britain, but over and above everything else, it has to be entertaining (hence The hologram of Patrick Stewart reading Shakespeare).

I suspect a superband made up of Bowie, the Stones, Adele, Clapton and Collins, followed by a 'new generation' superband consisting of Plan B, Tinie Tempah, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal and Taio Cruz would have more 'traction' audience-wise than say, Simon Schama and Peter Ackroyd reading extracts from their latest tomes.

[jno]

you could get Helen Mirren to cut the pink tape

[FredPuli43]

Sounds like the clips that the host country shows during Eurovision; shots of peasants merrymaking in national dress, and scenes of rural life.

Did you know that Olympic tickets are freely available still ? FNAC, a French equivalent of Amazon, but which has a ticket agency for pop concerts etc, has 4 pages of them, including the 100m final (granted at 1800 euros when I last looked) but the tennis finals come in at about 280 euros.

[anotheoldgit]

Forget Bowie, the Stones, Adele, Clapton Phil Collins, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, The Streets, Dizzee Rascal and Taio Cruz etc.

What about Chas & Dave and The Wurzels for some typical cultural renditions?

As regards the historical inclusion why not Dr David Starkey, he would liven things up a little.

[sp1814]

AOG

I'm afraid Chas and Dave have split up (about 18 months ago).

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// I'm afraid Chas and Dave have split up
(about 18 months ago). ///

They could always reunite, it is not all that unusual for groups to do so.

And what better time, London 2012 Olympics.

[sp1814]

AOG

Good point...its happened before - Live Aid etc.

Let the campaigning begin here (I'll let you lead on this one).

[emmie]

makes some interesting reading..

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1142536.html