London 2012

[Virgostar]

*double post*

Anyhoo, as you can see by my signature & av, I'm now into the Olympic swing of things.

YAAAAAY to our 4x100 freestyle girls for winning gold. It was unexpected, yet great. Am a bit sad that Libby Trickett only got to swim the heat, but the girls who swam the final sure brought it home for us.

Hoping for some more medals overnight Sydney time, hopefully of the gold variety. Our 4x100 freestyle boys are gonna smash everyone (all those other countries could neverrrrrrrrrrr!) + I'm hoping we get medals in the women's 100m butterfly & men's 100m breaststroke. Not sure what colour those will be, but I reckon we're in with a chance in those events.

[JimJim]

Because of the timezones, most of the premier action takes place around 4-8AM here, which should be taken into consideration with these figures. Opening ceremonies ratings in Australia:

6.50mil - Sydney
3.30mil - Beijing
3.03mil - Athens
1.72mil - London

I'm gonna have to watch the highlights package during primetime every night here, because I'm not dedicated enough to watch early morning coverage.

[Virgostar]

I'm gonna have to watch the highlights package during primetime every night here, because I'm not dedicated enough to watch early morning coverage.

Same here, or just watch replays whereever I can. I'll watch the heats and things that take place during the morning over there, but no way in hell am I getting up at like 4am to watch the finals live. A lady needs her beauty sleep!

[Shorty]

Because of the timezones, most of the premier action takes place around 4-8AM here

Same here. The opening ceremony began at 7am Sat morning here, which is way too early for a weekend

The only events I care about NZ aren't even in, I'm so not patriotic

[JimJim]

As per usual, like most Aussies all I really care about is the swimming!

[Wardo]

As per usual, like most Aussies all I really care about is the swimming!

Haha you're beasts in the water! I'm so happy Thiago Pereira got his silver medal at the 400m Medley!

Too bloody right! (Although I am biased since it was in my home city and I also got to see the torch relay run through my old suburb.)

That's so cool! I'm really looking forward to the Olympics in Rio (2016) so I can see the torch

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Right now: USA X France in the male basketball =]

[shrimpy_boy11]

Only caring about the Rowing here. Its where New Zealand excels.

Oh and hockey... the win for the ladies against Aussie was a surprise!

Lastly i just like watching gymnastics cause its amazing what those athletes can do!

I could literally sit on the couch and watch the olympics live all day long.


Right now im watching river kayaking... river kayaking!! WTH?? Up next Dressage lol.

[Formusic]

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 People's Republic of China 6 1 2 9
2 United States of America 2 3 2 7
3 Italy 2 2 2 6

[Blondini]

The full setlist for the show was:

PART 1
Captain Algernon Drummond, William Johnson Cory - Eton Boating Song
Elgar, AC Benson - Land of Hope and Glory
The Jam - Going Underground
Muse - Map of the Problematique
Big Ben Chimes
Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
The Clash - London Calling
Simon May - EastEnders Theme
The Shipping Forecast
Sir Hubert Parry, William Blake - Jerusalem
Elgar - Nimrod
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Eric Coates - Dambusters March
Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
Monty Norman - James Bond Theme
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
BBC News 1954
Arthur Wood - The Archers Theme
Winifred Atwell - Black and White Rag

PART TWO
Sugababes - Push the Button
OMD - Enola Gay
David Rose - The Stripper
Lionel Bart - Food Glorious Food
Irwin Kostal, Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Rizzle Kicks - When I Was a Youngster
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Colin Tully - Gregorys Girl Theme
William Pitt - City Lights
The Who - My Generation
The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
The Beatles - She Loves You
Mud - Tiger Feet
Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
The Specials - A Message to You Rudy
David Bowie - Starman
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Duran Duran - The Reflex
New Order - Blue Monday

PART THREE
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Soul II Soul - Back To Life
Happy Mondays - Step On
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Prodigy - Firestarter
Underworld - Born Slippy
Jaan Kenbrovin, John William Kellette - Im Forever Blowing Bubbles
Blur - Song 2
Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers
Tigerstyle - Nacnha Onda Nei (contains Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure and Ilaiyaraaja - Naanthaan Ungappanda)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Radiohead - Creep
Muse - Uprising
Kano & Mikey J - Random Antics
Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
MIA - Paper Planes
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

PART FOUR
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Roll Deep - Shake a Leg
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Oasis - The Hindu Times
Oasis - Wonderwall
Emeli Sande - Heaven
William Monk/Henry Francis - Abide With Me
Pink Floyd - Eclipse
The Beatles - The End
The Beatles - Hey Jude
David Bowie - Heroes
Eric Spear - Coronation Street Theme
Ron Grainer - Doctor Who Theme
John Philip Sousa - Monty Python Theme/The Liberty Bell
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners

I posted the link to that before - it's not exactly the same as the one that was transmitted. For instance, the track Surf Solar by F*ck Buttons was at the start and some songs were not in the final show - The Reflex, Bitter Sweet Symphony, Creep, and i don't recall Paper Planes or Viva La Vida.
A Spotify playlist with some of the tracks is here: http://open.spotify.com/user/nme.com/pl ... xxMtPoy5uf

Plus, the tracks from the official album:

CD1 Isles of Wonder

1.Frank Turner – I Still Believe
2.Four Nations Choirs – Jerusalem/ Flower of Scotland/ Danny Boy/ Bread of Heaven
3.LSO On Track Orchestra & Francois Xavier Roth – Nimrod
4.Underworld feat. Dame Evelyn Glennie – And I Will Kiss
5.Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells / In Dulci Jubilo
6. LSO – Chariots of Fire
7.Blanck Mass & LSO – Sundowner
8.Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – Bonkers
9.A.R. Rahman – Nimma Nimma
10.Emeli Sande – Heaven
11.Emeli Sande – Abide with me
12.Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
13. Arctic Monkeys - Come Together
14.Underworld feat. Alex Trimble, Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Elizabeth Roberts, Only Men Aloud – Caliban’s Dream

CD2 Welcome

1.Chemical Brothers – Galvanize (beginning)
2.High Contrast – Moon watcher
3.Underworld – Always Loved a film (instrumental)
4.Underworld – Dark and Long (Dark Train)
5.Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
6.Underworld – Minneapolis (High Contrast remix)
7.High Contrast – Reach
8.High Contrast – Ghost Dance
9.Underworld – Confusion the waitress (Darren Price & High Contrast remix)
10.Wretch 32 – Traktor (radio edit)
11.F Buttons – Olympians (High Contrast remix)
12.High Contrast – Can’t stop the fire
13.Underworld – Moon in Water (instrumental)
14.Underworld – Crocodile (High Contrast remix)
15.U2 – Where the streets have no name (High Contrast remix)
16.High Contrast – For Years
17.Underworld – Dirty Epic (Darren Price & High Contrast remix)
18.High Contrast – The long way home
19.Underworld – Dark and Long (Darren Price & High Contrast remix)
20.Underworld – Rez (High Contrast remix)
21.David Bowie – Heroes (radio edit)
22. Chemical Brothers – Galvanize (ending)

Thread of which is here

Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive was also played during athletes' parade.

Looking back at that playlist there is definitely some omissions, for instance there was definitely a little a little of "Smile" by Lily in the opening section, also does anyone know what the kinda jazzy number was between the Mike Oldfield tracks when the nurses and beds were performing.

An old Benny Goodman piece. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympi ... emony.html

[Blondini]

Congrats to Brit boxer Anthony Ogogo for his win! Some of you may remember him from Celebrity Big Brother Hijack.

Thank God the GB women's beach volleyball team aren't being prudish over wearing bikini's like USA and NZ. Their asses are on full display!! What's the point?

[Blondini]

Flowing Friday's (July 27) lavish Olympic Games opening ceremony, 14 tracks selected by creative director Danny Boyle have started to make an impact on the Official Singles Chart.

Arctic Monkeys, Underworld, Muse and Emeli Sande lead the charge with two tracks each.

Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor re-enters the Official Singles Chart at Number 95, while their cover of The Beatles' Come Together is at 67. Underworld's Caliban's Dream is new in at 69, and their mega-hit, Born Slippy, re-enters at 111. Emeli Sande's break-through single Heaven re-enters at Number 125, while her heartfelt rendition of Abide With Me debuts at 180 after a mere 24 hours on sale. Muse's Survival is at 82, followed by their 2009 Top 10 smash, Uprising, at Number 104.

Dizzee Rascal's Bonkers is Number 80. The Jam's Going Underground and The Clash's London Calling re-enter at Number 102 and 128, respectively. Frank Turner's I Still Belive is at Number 97 and The Chemical Brothers' Galvanize is at 109. Vangelis' Chariots Of Fire, which was performed on the night by the London Symphony Orchestra with a little help from Mr Bean, is at 118.

This week's highest Olympics-related track, however, is Public Enemy's Harder Than You Think, climbing 44 places to Number 27 after featuring in Channel 4's Paralympics ad campaign.

Caliban's Dream is now #11 iTunes! Underworld's And I Will Kiss is album only (being 17 minutes long!) - album is #1 iTunes. Again, see corresponding thread. As well as iTunes updates thread: http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... 09#3897309

[Wayne]

I forgot how much I enjoyed Arctic Monkey's Come Together performance

[PosziMC2]

So proud!

[Blondini]

Labrinth's Earthquake is going DOWN at 78! I don't remember it being played. I will edit that bit out of all posts.

[Shorty]

Only caring about the Rowing here. Its where New Zealand excels.

Oh and hockey... the win for the ladies against Aussie was a surprise!

Lastly i just like watching gymnastics cause its amazing what those athletes can do!

I could literally sit on the couch and watch the olympics live all day long.

Right now im watching river kayaking... river kayaking!! WTH?? Up next Dressage lol.

LOL I only have Prime coverage cos we don't have Sky Sports, so I'm stuck with what they decide to show. I'm sorry but rowing is deathly boring, I don't care about it. Show me something interesting

Despite being a wrestling fan, I don't care for the Olympic wrestling, it's boring. I do think of Kurt Angle everytime I hear about it though lol.

Gymnastics is on this afternoon, so I'll definitely watch that

[Virgostar]

I forgot how much I enjoyed Arctic Monkey's Come Together performance.

I did too. My parents were like "who the hell are they? They're crap!" when they played IBTYLGOTD (I on the other hand bopped & sang along), but my Dad had to concede that they did do a good rendition of Come Together.

I'm sorry but rowing is deathly boring, I don't care about it. Show me something interesting

I quite enjoy the rowing, but right now I'm watching too much swimming to care about what's happening there. Luckily I've got cable/Foxtel and can switch between 8 channels for action.

I'm gonna have to eat humble pie after my last post re: our 4x100 freestyle guys. I'm totes devo about them coming 4th - I think the weight of expectation and all the hype surrounding got to them in the end. It doesn't bode well for our 2 representatives in the 100m freestyle later on (James Magnussen & James Roberts), especially since they both swum far below their best in that relay. I'm a bit worried now, but I shall try and retain the faith that at least one of them (more likely JMag atm) will get a medal.

Congrats to Christian Sprenger for the silver in the 100m breaststroke & to Alicia Coutts for bronze in the 100m butterfly. So much for all the talk that world records wouldn't fall at this Olympics - 3 in the first 2 nights!

Looking forward to waking up tomorrow to find out Emily Seebohm has won gold in the 100m backstroke...or at least a medal of some colour! She's looking pretty good atm. Not sure whether Leisel Jones will get one, but I'd say she's in with some small chance.

Got to watch the last quarter & a half of the Brazil/Australia men's basketball...never realised how good your country is at basketball Wardo! I'd say they're in with a chance for a medal of some sort - probably bronze. Also watched a tiny bit of men's water polo - forgot that I enjoy watching that (and canoe/kayak slalom) too. Damn they play rough!

[Wardo]

never realised how good your country is at basketball Wardo! I'd say they're in with a chance for a medal of some sort - probably bronze.

I was surprised too! Brazil's team is back to Olympics after 16 years.

I hope you're right, a medal would make me so proud

[tdc2000]

Don't know how coverage is in other countries, but NBC here repeatedly acts as if only the Americans in an event matter. The open rooting has always rubbed me the wrong way. Are announcers as jingoistic in other countries?

For example, when the Aussie women beat the USA in the race on Saturday, the announcers were depressed, even considering a bronze as some sort of "failure".

[Baditude]

NBC's coverage tonight didn't seem unfair or one-sided.

[Titan3510]

^ I feel the same way.

Sydney is and will forever be the best Olympic Games ever.

I agree.

But the Beijing opening ceremony >>> life

[Baditude]

I can't believe Michael Phelps didn't even medal in the swimming competition yesterday. I'm actually kinda happy, though, because I really don't like Phelps. Glad the USA's Ryan Lochte won the gold. Congrats to Brazil and Japan on beating Phelps.

[Wardo]

I can't believe Michael Phelps didn't even medal in the swimming competition yesterday. I'm actually kinda happy, though, because I really don't like Phelps. Glad the USA's Ryan Lochte won the gold. Congrats to Brazil and Japan on beating Phelps.

I couldn't believe either!

Pereira is really good at the Pan American Games, but everyone was expecting Olympic medals only for Cesar Cielo. A silver with Phelps-beating taste

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Right now: Ivanov at badminton

How's it possible for a so tall man to be that agile???

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Oh ma... The Australian Basketball team tying the game in 65 points was just EPIC! That's Olympics

[Vindrag]

Gymnastics!

[Baditude]

Yesterday was really heart-wrenching for the women's gymnastics. It's gonna be tight between Russia, China, and .the U.S.

[Thriller]

Tom Daley talks exactly like king_oxymoron