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Having missed Placido Domingo singing with a Chinese soprano at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics, I googled it just now, but the sound on the you tube did not play. So I wonder what they sang, and was it good? And I've just tried to change 'Somingo'  to 'Domingo', so I hope it worked. |
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« Reply #1 on: 14:40:37, 25-08-2008 » |
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Here you go: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/24/content_9694771.htmThe Chinese soprano - called Song Zuying - and Domingo sang "The Flame of Love", lyrics by Song Xiaoming and Yuan Yuan, music by Bian Liunian and Klaus Badelt. After the hideous 8-minute segment promoting the London 2012 Olympics, anything seemed good... There must be a working version up on youtube by now, so I must go have another look  |
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« Reply #2 on: 16:43:30, 25-08-2008 » |
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All together now:
I have a Song Zuying, O...
(I'll get my Cheongsam.)
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SusanDoris
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« Reply #3 on: 13:33:11, 26-08-2008 » |
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Thank you for the replies. I clicked on the link and it came up with a notice that said I had to install something to do with the Chinese language!! However, my computer teacher will be here this afternoon, so I'll get him to have a look and see what's what. Yes, the presentation was a bit wince-making, wasn't it?! I am prepared to be corrected if wrong, but that singer girl had no voice really and she and the guitarist used up far too much time. I gather the dancing was somewhat haphazard too. Ah well, perhaps it will all get better by 2012... |
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« Reply #5 on: 13:52:55, 26-08-2008 » |
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Indeed, and in bettering the US$100 million that the opening ceremony in Beijing apparently cost, David Cameron's government will be safe in the knowledge that there were no other worthwhile cultural projects on which that money might have been spent ...  |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #6 on: 15:01:45, 26-08-2008 » |
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Indeed, and in bettering the US$100 million that the opening ceremony in Beijing apparently cost, David Cameron's government will be safe in the knowledge that there were no other worthwhile cultural projects on which that money might have been spent ... A cynic observes that the point of commencing the implementation of funding cuts to the Arts in April of 2008 was presumably to precipitate the demise as many cultural organisations as possible that might draw attention away from the kulchural spektakular of the Olympic Games. |
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Antheil
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« Reply #7 on: 15:06:40, 26-08-2008 » |
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Boris Johnson has come in for some severe criticism regarding the handing of the Olympic flag ceremony. He was discribed as disrespectufl as he had his jacket undone, kept putting his hands in this pockets, his grasping of the flag with only one hand also did not show respect and he seemed totally unsure as to what to do with it.
I am not sure I am confident about him.
I thought the London bus sequence, Jimmy Page, etc., projected a very outdated 1960s vision of Britain.
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #8 on: 15:21:41, 26-08-2008 » |
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Yes, given the UK's excellent record with recent projects such as the Millennium Bridge Hey! Our Millennium Bridge was errected on time and on budget:  It is the only tilting bridge of its type in the world:  Or were you talking about some other, inferior Millennium Bridge?  |
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« Reply #9 on: 15:23:14, 26-08-2008 » |
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I thought the London bus sequence, Jimmy Page, etc., projected a very outdated 1960s vision of Britain.
When I read the description of what was planned for this 8 minute 'puff' for London, my first thought was 'What on earth was the person on that thought this up?!'. Then I read it out to someone over the phone (they thought I was making it up) but had to give up because I was laughing so much. I didn't actually watch it. It couldn't have lived up to the eye-boggling, bizarre description. |
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« Reply #10 on: 15:34:07, 26-08-2008 » |
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I assume the folks in Beijing had to wait forty minutes for the London bus and then three arrived together ....
The mind boggles at what our Olympic Commissars are going to think up to convey the essence of Britishness at the opening (and closing) of the 2012 games.
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« Reply #11 on: 15:38:57, 26-08-2008 » |
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PW, I'm sure you'll be fine. We had clothes lines and lawn mowers in 2000. I mean, seriously: clothes lines and lawn mowers!  |
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« Reply #12 on: 15:55:05, 26-08-2008 » |
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I was discussing the Chinese opening ceremony with a friend (I didn't see it myself but I gather it featured thousands of traditional musicians and dancers) and trying to decide what equivalent we could hope for in London. We don't believe there are dozens, let alone thousands, of Morris dancers in the UK, and scarecely any more players of traditional British instruments (that would be bagpipes, of course).
To accurately reflect our modern culture, we assume we will have a Battle of Britain fly-past, followed by a football chant and a song by the latest X-Factor winner.
BBC Radio Newcastle invited listeners to suggest uniquely British sports we could add to the games. Synchonised Signing On was my favourite suggestion.
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« Reply #13 on: 15:57:47, 26-08-2008 » |
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For Mort who did not see the London bus sequence it is here (if you have a spare 10 minutes.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/7577999.stmThe point is, it was not about "Britishness" nor was it about sport, it was all about London, or what young designers in Soho think London means to people. When it came to the zebra crossing I almost expected to see Beatles lookalikes striding across. I thought it was abysmal |
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« Reply #14 on: 16:06:32, 26-08-2008 » |
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Thanks Ants, but the excerpt that I saw on the evening News was enough for me. Squirm making.
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