2012-08-12 (Sunday)
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London 2012: we’ve glimpsed another kind of Britain, so let’s fight for it | Jonathan Freedland | Comment is free | The Guardian
A nice piece on what the Olympics have shown us about what Britain can be. (via Stellar)
Tweets
The opening ceremony was the most surprising, delightful and inspiring show I've seen, followed by a really fun and eye-opening two weeks.
What on Earth did Elton John already have in his diary for tonight?
It's barely *my* generation Roger.
In fairness, I suppose most of the music was contemporary in that it was from the period since the previous London Olympics.
@russelldavies When's @radioroundabout ?
"Thank you to those who gave up their allotments."
@russelldavies Oh definitely. He's just showing them up for the imposters they are.
@anneshewring Maybe this is what their NHS is like?
@russelldavies This guy was actually a bin man though I think.
All the athletes from the sitting down sports must be tired after all this standing.
@stml Which ceremony are you organising? 2016? 2020? I can't even imagine…
We're so good when we're laughing at ourselves. Oh. Muse are on.
Well that bit was very silly and British, which is good.
Did the commentators also say "the originators of girl power" during the suffragettes bit in the opening ceremony?
You know what would be just right? A surprise appearance by Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox.
@russss Can't play that easily through my TV unfortunately though (our TV computer is too old for iPlayer etc to play).
Better to remain silent and thought a Trevor Nelson, than to speak out and remove all doubt.
@Zoonie I think I tweeted something about how bad the opening ceremony would have been if it had been Annie Lennox, Elton John, etc...
I spend 2 weeks cheering on fit and healthy athletes and you give me flipping supermodels???????
Lennox. I knew it.
Oh but God no really, making Lennon's head?
If you're going to have Lennon doing 'Imagine' anywhere, it should be in front of people from every country and shown around the world.
Mr Diack picks up all the bunches of flowers by the heads of the flowers. Weird.
@spaceboy Who should it be? Vote now!
They should have got a Spotify subscription.
@stml What happens if we cast the right spell now…?
@infovore They should be worn for brainstorming workshops.
@ianbetteridge Because I really hope and want it to get better. And the Olympics have taught me to never give up :)
@Zoonie Budget/time has nothing to do with it.
Show, don't tell.
@dracos Ha ha, you're so funny! (And I'm not even a Beatles fan.)
And then the whole of Britain woke up, and it was like the previous two weeks had never happened.
That Batman and Robin will look very odd to foreigners.
Why have they covered everything in printouts of ebooks?
The portentous voiceover on this BBC montage sounds like someone failing to do a serious version of funny Tom Baker voiceovers.
Oh Lordy. The BBC have the same bloody commentators back for the closing ceremony. Just when I thought Britain had become a better place.
BBC's gold-winning montage creators risk everything by over-egging a long Olympic sequence with a syrupy cover of 'Imagine'.
@antimega Life advice from people who spent years working really hard at something but never achieved it would probably be more interesting.
@antimega Yeah, and it's only people who (a) had a dream and (b) achieved it, who bang on about it being possible.
@chrislunch You are a fine example to all those who thought such a dream was unrealistic. Anything is possible!
@tomtaylor Yes! And I can achieve it! Can't wait!
@matlock I think I need to put some more thought into my choice of goals.
"If you have a goal in life, you can achieve it." Excellent. All I need now is a goal.
@mildlydiverting I'm about to get a tube and bus. If you haven't exercised by the time I reach my destination I'll be *very* disappointed!
The truck at the front with tiered seating facing backwards for the photographers looks so funny.
Round the corner, waiting for the Olympic marathon men.
Liked tweets
Dad: "Seb Coe. They'll let him park where he likes after this."
We're so good when we're laughing at ourselves. Oh. Muse are on.
This is like the Brit Awards fucked It’s A Knockout.
Of course the athletes love it. They haven't been out for four years.
2 weeks of brave beautiful amazing female athletes and presenters and now Russell Brand and totty in scanties. WOMEN, KNOW YOUR PLACE
OH in perfect curve office: so what we do right is this we get Bowie, Kate bush, pink floyd. "they all said no" "ok what we do instead..."
@kpunk99 "Imagine there's no countries" sings john lennon floating above an enormous union jack made from people waving flags
Sounds like we just rebooted the island back to factory settings.
I wish the BBC would have let Adam Curtis do one montage. Mogwai, Phil Spector, Helvetica, footage from Watergate…
Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
RT @SimonNRicketts: Imagine being this Olympic volunteer. And then this happens. bit.ly/ToTb6N >> Contender for moment of the Games