PAUL Mccartney olympics

Discussion in 'Ducati General Discussion' started by 749r man, Jul 28, 2012.

  1. it was awesome i was proud to be British, but yes dragging out the old beatle was a weak ending
     
  2. Old wobbly head Macca will get where water wont. And his has a mouth akin to an Anus
     
  3. Well he is sh*thead in my opinion, so his mouth would be a suitable anus.
     
  4. Don't worry, if Macca croaks we've always got the Spice Girls as backup...
     
  5. When I first saw the Hobbit hill I half expected the Telly Tubbies to show up, and no Oasis in the musical montage either which I thought was a little off, the punks po-going was brilliant and McCartney should just stay home. I would rather stick my head in a bucket of warm sick than listen to another tired rendition of 'hey go and buy my records cause I haven't got enough money'. I quite liked Abbey Road tho.....

    If they they drag that bloody Reggie Dwight out for the closing ceremony with 'candle in the park' :rolleyes: I will shout bad words, a lot Grrrr

    Apart from that all fine and dandy.

    Just goes to show what a bankrupt country can really do. First rate effort from Danny Boyle.
     
  6. We had a vision of this at the Queen's jubilee gig. He was crap on that too.

    It could have been worse though...........Elton John could have been on with him too :rolleyes:
     
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  7. Just a shame they used my money to do it. Money we won't get back.
     
  8. They used your money too? Thought they just used mine :tongue:
     
  9. I think some may have missed the theme of the ceromony which was celebrating the history of Britain.

    From a historical point of view the Beatles are probably the biggest thing pop wise the Uk has ever had or maybe the Stones or Elton rug head, which are eqaully past it. Hence why he was there. Coldplay or something would be more up to date but the Artic Monkeys represented the new and Macca the old.

    By the standards of eliminating Macca because newer is better despite him being historically huge would mean not having Brunel and having some wanky modern architect who made a building shaped like a knob celebrated instead.

    You could argue that would be more interesting but that was not the theme.
     
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  10. No need for another Beatles tribute act, The Arctic Monkeys filled that spot, then of course we had the unedifying spectacle of a real life Beatle doing his past glories yet another disservice. At least they didn't convince Ringo to pick up his sticks & join in the sing-along.

    It was. Absolutely superb.
     
  11. Enjoyed it myself. Bit disjointed, very jingoistic but hey; welcome to the British olympics loud and clear!

    Feel more aggrieved by the spend on many of the venues which will cost us further millions in the years to come, but hey, its here now so lets get on with it and enjoy!!
     

  12. It was thought as a fovour using YOUR money, save you from dying of obesity by putting you on finacially induced starvation diet. :wink:
     
  13. Why? Do you normally get any of it back?
     
  14. The thing to do is not giv em any. God bless Jimmy Carr :eek:
     
  15. We, I said, as a collective. No country turns a profit from the olympics, and to spunk billions of pounds in the midst of a global recession is foolhardy at best. Really, I will watch the games with interest and shout loud for the british athletes, but I couldn't give a flying fuck for where they compete. It really isn't important.
     
  16. I get all that really and sort of agree with you.
    But the money's been spent now, so any "could of, should of" is just a waste of energy.

    So best thing that can happen now is that we put on a good show for the world and for ourselves.

    And if I'm honest, all the infrastructure projects kept people in work and boosted the economy. It makes a lot more sense than sending people off to explode things and die in sandy deserts (which seems to be another favourite British use for public money).
     
  17. B*gger Paul McCartney....never liked him from the start (yes, I saw the start way back when) I preferred the Stones.

    But WTF is the "Air Rifle @ 10metres" competition.......??

    F-me, do they really win a medal for putting a .22 pellet through a .22 pellet hole at 10m??

    It seems they can't without all the cr*p they have on the gun and on their head........Jesus.

    I picked up my air rifle the other day which I hadn't used for nine years, fired one pellet to clear the dust and then put three inside 12mm at 30metres.......It weighs 9+lbs.

    Perhaps I should have gone in for the competition......but I'm too busy with the bl**dy wood pigeons we have got round here at the moment......only joking (Mrs Arquebus wouldn't like it)

    AL
     
  18. Hmmmm, I wonder where the term Whinging Poms comes from ??? :wink: Arguably the greatest spectacle on Earth and all you can do is moan ? Just enjoy it while you can ! :upyeah:
     
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  19. Well I for one enjoyed it. The music was powerful, dramatic and poignant. Yep McCartney was a mistake. Ex Beatle, yes, Stadium performer ? Not any more.
     
  20. Well, I watched the whole thing on iplayer last night and thought it was superb. The Macca thing really was poor, though, and I'd rather have seen a contemporary band top the show.
     
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