Olympic GDT - 12 August

[d_phaneuf]

Danny Boyle is currently going through his CV bolding and underlining the word “opening”.

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[trackercowe]

Surprised U2 is not there actually. They are trying to push the whole Great Britain thing, so why not have Ireland's predominant act there?

I also agree that Oasis and possibly even Radiohead (although I doubt they would be willing to perform) should be there.

[FurnaceFace]

Yay, the Spice Racks! Now we can see how crappy they all aged.

[cDnStealth]

Yep, this needs to end with a good old fashioned soccer riot!

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Surprised U2 is not there actually. They are trying to push the whole Great Britain thing, so why not have Ireland's predominant act there?

I also agree that Oasis and possibly even Radiohead (although I doubt they would be willing to perform) should be there.

that is your answer.

[nik-]

Closing the Olympics with the Spice Girls ... assuming they're last ... a little sad no? Or is it just me?

[cDnStealth]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

Surprised U2 is not there actually. They are trying to push the whole Great Britain thing, so why not have Ireland's predominant act there?

I also agree that Oasis and possibly even Radiohead (although I doubt they would be willing to perform) should be there.

Because aside from the north, Ireland is not part of the UK.

[PeteLFan]

Yayyyyy the spice girls !!!!!

[kirant]

Well, my ears lasted a whole 10 seconds of Spice Girls before I muted the TV.

[browna]

Originally Posted by FurnaceFace

Yay, the Spice Racks! Now we can see how crappy they all aged.

Very well.

[Machiavelli]

Someone tell Sporty to stop screaming.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by cSpooge

that is your answer.

But Ireland was part of Great Britain's team this time around (well Northern Ireland at least). So why bother differentiating in their musical acts, if they let athletes from the other nations compete as Briton's?

Forgot which part of Ireland U2 is from, and too lazy to look up, but they could have made an exception.

[Senator Clay Davis]

The PGA Championship isn't very interesting, but I'm still watching because every time I flip over to the closing ceremonies, it appears to be something embarassing. Shoulda just had Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath, maybe some Britpop and thats about it.

[getbak]

Geri looks better now than she did back in the day.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

But Ireland was part of Great Britain's team this time around (well Northern Ireland at least). So why bother differentiating in their musical acts, if they let athletes from the other nations compete as Briton's?

Forgot which part of Ireland U2 is from, and too lazy to look up, but they could have made an exception.

NI and Ireland are very (very) different

NI is part of GB, Ireland is not

politically it wouldn't have gone over well in England (and they would have been ripped in Ireland)

[cSpooge]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

But Ireland was part of Great Britain's team this time around (well Northern Ireland at least). So why bother differentiating in their musical acts, if they let athletes from the other nations compete as Briton's?

Forgot which part of Ireland U2 is from, and too lazy to look up, but they could have made an exception.

Because Ireland and Northern Ireland are 2 VERY different countries. That is like saying we should have had American acts in Vancouver.

[Senator Clay Davis]

We still had Nickelback, so that hurts us big time.

[Ozy_Flame]

Alright oasis! He's probably going to finger the whole crowd when he's done.

[GirlySports]

there's more! They didn't end on that bad note.

[d_phaneuf]

oh my

come on out Noel

please don't be Beady EYe