Didn't watch it, but George and the Spices look nice. I want whatever Mel B is drinking

excited said:

JoeTyler said:

The Who are still in great shape

the who (& eric idle) saved the day

too bad I HATE the song he sang

nursev said:

Didn't watch it, but George and the Spices look nice. I want whatever Mel B is drinking

I think George looks a bit older than he should, and what's up with that song selection? "Freedom 90"?!

'scuse my ignorance, but who is Jessie J? she sounds like she actually has pipes. catsuit wasn't bad either

datdude said:

'scuse my ignorance, but who is Jessie J? she sounds like she actually has pipes. catsuit wasn't bad either

She's been everywhere for the last year. I don't even follow current music and even I haven't been able to avoid her.

I like her when she's actually singing, but she goes waaay over the top with all of her vocal ticks and quirks at times.

[Edited 8/14/12 14:40pm]

Olympics Closing Ceremony Soundtrack Available Now

August 14, 2012
Link

NBC may have angered music fans by declining to air some key moments of Sunday's star-studded 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony in London, but now the entire soundtrack to the extravaganza is available for purchase as a digital download.

David Arnold, the ceremony's music director, says in a statement about the concept behind the event, "If there is a universal radio station that only tunes into British music and you close your eyes and dial through it and hear all these different things sparkling…and then you land on a certain moment, that's kind of the idea of what we're trying to do with this symphony."

Here is the entire track list to A Symphony of British Music:

CD1

Urban Voices Collective, "Because"
Julian Lloyd Webber, London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Stomp featuring Timothy Spall, "Salut d'Amour"
Madness, "Our House"
Massed Bands of the Household Division, "Parklife"
Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"
Ray Davies, Urban Voices Collective, LSO, "Waterloo Sunset"
Emeli Sande, "Read All About It"
David Arnold, "Parade of Athletes"
Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective, "Open Arms"
Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective, "One Day Like This"
Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God Remix)"
Toby Pitman, David Arnold, Pete Lockett, Rahda Meta, Prabhat Rao, Varun Verma, Bilwa Iyer, Urban Voices Collective, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, Elspeth Hanson, Gay-Yee Westerhoff, "Here Comes the Sun"
David Arnold, "Medal Ceremony"
Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody (Excerpt)"

CD2

John Lennon, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, "Imagine"
George Michael, "White Light"
Kaiser Chiefs, "Pinball Wizard"
David Bowie, "Fashion"
Annie Lennox, "Little Bird"
Ed Sheeran, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford, Richard Jones, David Arnold, "Wish You Were Here"
Russell Brand, LSO, "Pure Imagination"
Russell Brand, Bond, "I Am the Walrus"
Fatboy Slim, "Right Here, Right Now"
Fatboy Slim, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, Medley: "Price Tag"/"Written in the Stars"/"Dynamite"
The Bee Gees featuring Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, "You Should Be Dancing"
The Spice Girls, Medley: "Wannabe"/"Spice Up Your Life"
Eric Idle, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
Muse, "Survival"
Queen, Medley: "Day-O"/"Brighton Rock"
Queen and Jessie J, "We Will Rock You"
The London Welsh Male Voice Choir, The London Welsh Rugby Club Choir, LSO, "Olympic Anthem"
LSO, "Extinguishing the Flame"
Take That, "Rule the World"
David Arnold, "Spirit of the Flame"
The Who, "Baba O'Riley"
The Who, "See Me Feel Me"/"Listening to You"
The Who, "My Generation"

Identity said:

Olympics Closing Ceremony Soundtrack Available Now

August 14, 2012
Link

NBC may have angered music fans by declining to air some key moments of Sunday's star-studded 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony in London, but now the entire soundtrack to the extravaganza is available for purchase as a digital download.

David Arnold, the ceremony's music director, says in a statement about the concept behind the event, "If there is a universal radio station that only tunes into British music and you close your eyes and dial through it and hear all these different things sparkling…and then you land on a certain moment, that's kind of the idea of what we're trying to do with this symphony."

Here is the entire track list to A Symphony of British Music:

CD1

Urban Voices Collective, "Because"
Julian Lloyd Webber, London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Stomp featuring Timothy Spall, "Salut d'Amour"
Madness, "Our House"
Massed Bands of the Household Division, "Parklife"
Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"
Ray Davies, Urban Voices Collective, LSO, "Waterloo Sunset"
Emeli Sande, "Read All About It"
David Arnold, "Parade of Athletes"
Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective, "Open Arms"
Elbow, LSO, Urban Voices Collective, "One Day Like This"
Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God Remix)"
Toby Pitman, David Arnold, Pete Lockett, Rahda Meta, Prabhat Rao, Varun Verma, Bilwa Iyer, Urban Voices Collective, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, Elspeth Hanson, Gay-Yee Westerhoff, "Here Comes the Sun"
David Arnold, "Medal Ceremony"
Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody (Excerpt)"

CD2

John Lennon, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, "Imagine"
George Michael, "White Light"
Kaiser Chiefs, "Pinball Wizard"
David Bowie, "Fashion"
Annie Lennox, "Little Bird"
Ed Sheeran, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford, Richard Jones, David Arnold, "Wish You Were Here"
Russell Brand, LSO, "Pure Imagination"
Russell Brand, Bond, "I Am the Walrus"
Fatboy Slim, "Right Here, Right Now"
Fatboy Slim, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, Medley: "Price Tag"/"Written in the Stars"/"Dynamite"
The Bee Gees featuring Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, "You Should Be Dancing"
The Spice Girls, Medley: "Wannabe"/"Spice Up Your Life"
Eric Idle, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
Muse, "Survival"
Queen, Medley: "Day-O"/"Brighton Rock"
Queen and Jessie J, "We Will Rock You"
The London Welsh Male Voice Choir, The London Welsh Rugby Club Choir, LSO, "Olympic Anthem"
LSO, "Extinguishing the Flame"
Take That, "Rule the World"
David Arnold, "Spirit of the Flame"
The Who, "Baba O'Riley"
The Who, "See Me Feel Me"/"Listening to You"
The Who, "My Generation"

No Freedom by George Michael?

Noel Gallagher: 'Beady Eye Had to Ask Permission to Play Wonderwall''

August 16

Noel Gallagher has revealed that Beady Eye and the Olympic closing ceremony's organisers had to get his permission before he allowed them to play 'Wonderwall' at Sunday night's (August 12) closing ceremony.

Speaking on XFM, Gallagher said that the band had to re-record the track and send it to him first and that he toyed with the organisers for a while before he agreed to let them use it.

Asked about 'Wonderwall', he said: "They had to re-record it and then send it to me. I did play a bit of cat and mouse with them for a few days – I took it until Friday night at 10 o'clock before I said yes and they were shitting it."

He continued: "Not Beady Eye, the organisers. Because I had to say yeah and I was like 'Meh, it's alright, I'm not sure with this new string arrangement' and they were like, 'Fuck! The gig's on Sunday,' so I was like 'OK, alright, you can have it then'."

Gallagher also confirmed that he himself was invited to play the ceremony, but turned it down as he didn't want to mime.

He said of this: "I was asked to do it a long time ago and, to be frank, they were being so secretive about it. I was like, 'Who else is playing?' and they were like, 'We can't tell you, you've got to sign a confidentiality agreement' – it's like it's the Iran nuclear programme or something."

He continued: "I mean, what do they think is going to happen? ITV are going to get hold of it and put on a gig the night before with the same bill?! And then they wanted me to do it acoustically and then they wanted me to mime... and I'm all for miming in TV shows - I'm all for that - but if you're in a stadium with 80,000 people and you're pretending? I can play live!"

He continued further: "One of the organisers... I said [to him] 'Why do you want me to mime?' and he said, 'It's a big gig'. Really?! I do this shit for a living! In the end, I was just like, 'You know what? I'd rather watch it on the telly'."

http://www.nme.com/news/n...gher/65529