I'm probably in the minority but I feel like they should stop pulling Ali out for stuff like this. Let the poor guy rest.
at least we were original I suppose...we were delivering on our message that this is to inspire the future generation, although I'm sure a degree of bottling picking one olympian over another came into itIt's like they didn't want to offend any one of the great Olympians so bottled it! Chances are these kids will do nothing in the coming years. Ah well, all in all a good ceremony. Now to the real business
The cauldron is effing immense.
Massive fuck up there by Sir Paul and his band. The only cock up of the night really, and by the person who's been in showbiz the longest!
what happened? I must have stopped watching at that point.
Hahahahahaaaa. Every fucking time. Every Worlds and Olympics it was the same story. Zelezny was a right character so the heart-break wasn't too bad.I was hoping they would have Steve Backley throw a flaming javelin at the cauldron only to fall a little short and then have to bring Jan Zelezny in to do it.
That cauldron is a masterful, technical achievement.
Either he started too early or the band started too late. He had to cut 2 lines out of the first verse to catch up. You could hear someone else singing different words (I assume backing singer or backing tape).
Either he started too early or the band started too late. He had to cut 2 lines out of the first verse to catch up. You could hear someone else singing different words (I assume backing singer or backing tape).
I think you'll find it was a sound guy cock-up. in big gigs like that, theres a dealy of sound to people at the back, and it sounded like they were playing the delay through onto the stage, so it was a few seconds out. If so, Macca and his band covered it superbly.
Actually I did think he recovered well. I've listened to it again and it sounds remarkably like a backing tape of him singing. Is he doing a Chezza Cole?
It always doesMacca's bit is dying on its arse.