And what did mass grand pianos and a man in a jet pack have to with athletics in 1984?. I’d attack the 1996 ceremony, but it was so crap I cant remember it.
Oh, I forget, when you do it, its great. When we do it, cue sneering comments at the useless Limeys.
USA!..USA!
RAH-RAH-RAH!.
Get the chip off your shoulder. The closing ceremony in LA with the flying saucer was a complete embarrassment.
The only good opening ceremony I ever saw was the one in South Korea with that giant rope dragon thing. They kept it simple.
Actually, the pianos playing is one of the few things I remember about those Olympics. I thought it was wonderful listening to great American music on all those pianos.
I’m sorry I just didn’t care for your ceremony. Parts of it were quite nice. Other parts had me going WTH? It was disjointed. I liked the hymns. I enjoyed the tribute to the victims, but had to watch that online. Enjoyed how the “spittoons” were actually used. That was lovely.
However, the other stuff was a jumbled mess. When I think of Great Britain and the UK, I have much respect for the land of many of my ancestors and what they accomplished. I wish there had been more of that and less “pop”. If the Olympics were here in Texas, you’d bet we would have Cowboys, Indians, football, oil, Jesus, BBQ and etc. That’s who we are and we are proud of it. Not some weird half time show devoted to the EBT card.