Easy Weekly Poll, This week: The Olympics Options

[GS Maniac]

The majority opinion in NZ is that it was amazing and I agree. apart from Paul McCartney. I find him terribly over rated.

[ic1male]

I loved the first bit when the countryside changed to industrial and the forging of the olympic rings but then it went completely downhill after that culminating with Paul McCartney who really should be put out to pasture.

[jumbler]

What was Sir Paul singing, and was it really that bad?? Everyone does seem to be moaning about him a hell of a lot.

Either way, it was well past 12-45, and seeing as I had to hit the road in the morning, I went to bed at that point...

This post has been edited by jumbler: Jul 30 2012, 22:42

[Rustythedog]

What was Sir Paul singing, and was it really that bad?? Everyone does seem to be moaning about him a hell of a lot.

Hey Jude. Yes, it was. They are. And quite right, too.

[smalltown]

I went to one of the Ceremony Rehearsals during the week before and I can honestly say it was the most spectacular thing I've seen in my life. I was therefore really disappointed by how it cam across on TV. It was lacking all the scale, all the bombast and all the spectacle that the actual event had. Was a real shame I thought.

Fortunately at the rehearsal I also didn't have to sit through friggin' Hey Jude.

[Nosferatu]

I went to one of the Ceremony Rehearsals during the week before and I can honestly say it was the most spectacular thing I've seen in my life. I was therefore really disappointed by how it cam across on TV. It was lacking all the scale, all the bombast and all the spectacle that the actual event had. Was a real shame I thought.

Fortunately at the rehearsal I also didn't have to sit through friggin' Hey Jude.

To be fair that usually applies to pretty much every theatrical performance, it always loses something if you're not actually watching it live.

[jumbler]

I went to one of the Ceremony Rehearsals during the week before and I can honestly say it was the most spectacular thing I've seen in my life. I was therefore really disappointed by how it cam across on TV. It was lacking all the scale, all the bombast and all the spectacle that the actual event had. Was a real shame I thought.

Fortunately at the rehearsal I also didn't have to sit through friggin' Hey Jude.

To be fair that usually applies to pretty much every theatrical performance, it always loses something if you're not actually watching it live.

Pretty much what I was going to say. Could apply to any concert, too.

I don't really like a lot of Beatles-era songs. But most of the stuff he wrote that came afterwards. Should've chosen one of those songs instead.

[Kev]

I don't really like a lot of Beatles-era songs. But most of the stuff he wrote that came afterwards. Should've chosen one of those songs instead.

Silly Love Songs? Live And Let Die?

[jumbler]

I don't really like a lot of Beatles-era songs. But most of the stuff he wrote that came afterwards. Should've chosen one of those songs instead.

Silly Love Songs? Live And Let Die?

Yep, yep. And Listen to What the Man Said, and Wonderful Christmastime.

[berenger79]

Paul McCartney's singing aside, I thought it was fantastic.

[jumbler]

Another moan!! Give the guy a break!!

[deegee178]

I went to one of the Ceremony Rehearsals during the week before and I can honestly say it was the most spectacular thing I've seen in my life. I was therefore really disappointed by how it cam across on TV. It was lacking all the scale, all the bombast and all the spectacle that the actual event had. Was a real shame I thought.

Fortunately at the rehearsal I also didn't have to sit through friggin' Hey Jude.

To be fair that usually applies to pretty much every theatrical performance, it always loses something if you're not actually watching it live.

Pretty much what I was going to say. Could apply to any concert, too.

I saw a recording of McCartney's gig from about three years ago which was for the opening of the Citi Fields stadium in New York and it was by far the best gig I've seen on tv which is ironic given his recent performances! The energy of the show really came across and that's what's often missing.

As for his Olympics gig I thought it was ok given the technical problems he had at the start but I'm not a fan of Hey Jude generally. BTW I also think he's a true professional as he hasn't said a word about the problems he had, nor tried to defend himself and I don't think others would've stayed quiet.

Overall, the more I think of the whole opening ceremony and the more I see of it, the more I think it was truly spectacular!