mjmooney Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 Exactly. Nothing to do with luck, his voice is shot, and he should stop now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I don't know why he doesn't just change the key of the songs to suit his naturally ageing voice. Or just drop everything a semi tone or whole step. That might help, rather than trying to hit the notes he could in his twenties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 Precisely. That's exactly Elton John has done, quite successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I've heard that bloke from Hyde Park with the big through switch makes an appearance somewhere around when Macca shouts 'hello Londo....' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I like Paul M. a lot but his voice now does sound somewhat like the paedo from family guy singing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 This song is in the opening ceremony. Pretty funky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuchanan Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Frank Turner is playing at the opening ceremony. Amazing news! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 This song is in the opening ceremony. Pretty funky. That is quality lol. It's an Indian Kill Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I was amused by BoJo’s performance Can we Beat France? Yes we can. Can we beat Australia? Yes we can. Can we beat Germany? I think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 I was amused by BoJo’s performance Can we Beat France? Yes we can. Can we beat Australia? Yes we can. Can we beat Germany? I think so Yep, that was good. I was also amused by his live interview on Sky about half an hour ago - how did an interview to discuss the Olympics turn into a story about his secretary tricked him into getting a haircut. Comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 i honestly think after the opening we will all be proud to be british Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 i honestly think after the opening we will all be proud to be britishI thought you were Greek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Heard a bit of Boris from Hyde park last night whilst he somehow managed to insult half the world without anyone seeming to care ... A good Olympics and then Boris will start his push for Tory Leader ready for a run at PM in 2015 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 A good Olympics and then Boris will start his push for Tory Leader ready for a run at PM in 2015 :-) well he's gonna have to decide which he wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Personally I though Johnson was crass. His behavior was not what you would expect from a man in his position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm quite excited for the opening ceremony. I'll probably be massively disappointed, but I'm really looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 Personally I though Johnson was crass. His behavior was not what you would expect from a man in his positionExactly what you'd expect from him, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Personally I though Johnson was crass. His behavior was not what you would expect from a man in his positionExactly what you'd expect from him, though. Are you talking about Boris or drat01 there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 So, who's lighting the candle then? Redgrave? Bannister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2012 So, who's lighting the candle then? Redgrave? Bannister? The Queen has become a surprise late bet to light the Olympic cauldron, with one bookmaker slashing odds on the monarch doing the honours from 25–1 to 5–1 overnight. Several bookmakers suspended betting on the market after a flurry of bets backing Sir Roger Bannister, the man who ran the first sub-four minute mile. Bannister and Sir Steve Redgrave remain the clear favourites, with odds hovering at close to evens. Redgrave's gold medals at five consecutive Olympics arguably make him a safer choice in protocol terms, given that the honour is traditionally given to a sportsperson with significant history at the Games. Bannister competed at the 1952 Olympics but failed to win a medal. Similarly medal-less is the Queen, but this has not stopped the bookmaker BetFred dropping the odds on the 86-year-old monarch igniting the cauldron in the Olympic stadium. "We've had about 400 bets on the Queen, and the odds have gone right from 25-1 to 5-1," said a spokesman for the company. Given the potential for insider knowledge, all bookies have limited punts on the flame-lighter's identity to relatively small sums, about £200 or so. "If someone walked into our Windsor office with £20,000 in cash we wouldn't accept it, no," said the spokesman. William Hill said it was keeping its market closed following the spate of bets on Bannister. "We've run this market for seven years, ever since London got the Games, and throughout it Sir Steve Redgrave was always the favourite," said a spokesman. "But from about 7pm on Wednesday till yesterday [Thursday] afternoon we got a sustained run of bets on Bannister." The four of five bookies still taking bets offer a range of less likely choices, including David Beckham at around 7-1, Bradley Wiggins at 33-1, or for the more ambitious, Lady Thatcher at 250-1. On Thursday morning the organising committee's chief executive, Paul Deighton, said the person who would light the cauldron had been chosen and Team GB's chef de mission, Andy Hunt, said the decision had been "unanimous". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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