How can that twat Jessie J or whatever her name is get to fill in for the great Freddie Mercury's bits lastnight, absolute disgrace that
We saw videos of freddie mercury, videos of John Lennon* ..... But where was that other, late, great British icon of popular entertainment..... where were the videos of George Formby!!??? * Was I the only one who saw the irony of a kiddies' choir singing along to Lennon's "Imagine no religions" - and on bounds George Micheal with a big crucifix bouncing off his moobs? Great finish with the giant Liver bird though.
I couldnt believe it mate, I hate that bitch anyway, so annoying I hate her even more now. Can't believe that Brian May and Roger Taylor agreed to that ****
I turned it off when she came on doing that bit, was enjoying Brians shredding leading up to that but then wshe walked on! Was like what the **** is this?????????? What about Sabbath? Maiden? Nothing mentioned on them was there?
Talking of Queen, I'm sure I heard on radio 2 (showing my age) that the Darkness were going to perform? So wanted to see Justin's finger tatooes of Queen as well.
Led Zepp, Black Sabbath, Pink Floydd (without Prince Harry singing), Iron Maiden to name a few that could have made it. The world thought we were **** at sport and good at music two weeks ago...how things change eh?
Also didnt think it was appropriate for her to sing its all about the money song as that goes against everything the Olympics is about. I watched about an hour of it last night and thought most of it was terrible only bit I liked was Eric Idle and always look on the bright side of life.
sorry you old farts but jessie j, tempa and cruz were brilliant.... ok so the ENTIRE section from when they finished (muse terrible, queen abysmal, spice girls???? god awful) was pretty bad but come on guys didn't you see that the contemporary stars were brilliant singing and the 90s stuff was trash... fatboyslim looked like sky when he was up there in his octpus. jessie j in a body suit = brian may in his old fart white hair and POORLY played guitar solo was trash.....
Dunno, maybe I am old but Jessie J comes across very cold/harsh and materialistic which kinda felt at odds with the overall feeling of these games. Also think she's been rediculously overexposed on the BBC this year so maybe that's it: I'm sick of looking at her face. But yeah, the remnants of Queen are starting to get as embarrassing as Paul. Who brings Muse to any party unless it's a joint suicide (and I like them!) Actually thought the spice girls silliness fit with the image better TBH even if they are fairly talentless. Take That had that warm fuzzy feeling of togetherness the games wanted to portray. What was left of the Who was an improvement on what was left of the Beatles.....
Apparently loads of kids thought Lennon was Harry Potter! Jessie J was a bunch of ****e, if Tupac can do a live gig surely Freddiw (with his greater experience) should be able to do one!
"brian may in his old fart white hair and POORLY played guitar solo was trash....." Behave! Got nothing against JJ (actually seems to have a good live voice) but trashing Poodle-head is sacrilege! Name any of today's axemen, including Jack White, who are worthy of crawling over ten miles of broken glass just to flick pebbles at May's turds? Only Hendrix, Cooder, Blackmore, Knopfler, Gilmour and Nigel Tufnell are in the same class (and yes, I have deliberately left Page out of that list). And Ernie Isley too. Keep on trucking dude.
How can you play a tribute to British music over the last 50 years and leave the Rolling Stones out of it. Along with the Beatles theyare the most iconic British band globally! Why the hell did they give gearge Michael such a big slot and what the hell was that second song he 'sang'?
You forgot Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Joe Satriani and Gary Moore. Brian May was a genius with an electric guitar.
"What was left of the Who was an improvement on what was left of the Beatles..... " Feared the worst for Daltry after it became obvious Macca's voice had gone forever during the opening ceremony and the jubilee thing. Was only four years ago at Anfield that critics of all ages were marvelling at Paul's ability to still cut the mustard at his age. Indeed, he toured last year and a workmate in his 20's saw him and said he was brilliant. When the bear comes and gets you though.... Which is why, having seen the Who a few years back in some Prince's Trust concert on telly (it was Floyd's last all star line up before Wright's death - talking of which, never mind Muse, what happened to Comfortably Numb in last night's party? (I did used to play that at parties, much to my ex's annoyance, in between her Kylie records)) and Daltrey shredded Baba O'Reilly to bits. He was totally gone - but he was okay last night. Please God don't give Mccartney false hope: he needs to exit the live stage left and leave it to the whole landscape of tribute bands like the Arctics doing Come Together.
Hmmm. Saw Clapton live a few times. A blues guitarist as opposed to a riffer. The others were/are special though.
Eric Clapton wrote some great rock stuff too ie Cocaine and Layla. A special mention has to go out to Gary Barlow for performing so close after his baby was still-born. That took courage. Top bloke.
he didn't write cocaine, did he? I'll look it up, but yeah, great riff in that. As in Bad love too. Top man Barlow, and a Liverpool fan, d'accord.
