Sam said:
Noticed Emeli Sande performed the same song twice.
Now my theory is that someone pulled out, and that was a last minute measure.
Both Adele and Kate Bush were reported to have been rehearsing for the ceremony, so maybe it was one of them?
Thoughts?
Pretty Sure it was Adele who pulled out, there were strong rumours about her playing, so I'm guessing it was her.
Anyway, I thought that was pretty poor. There was no flow or structure to it, just random songs. If they hadn't have just tried to get as many people as possible they could have had real performances instead of playback. Well done to the ones who bothered singing live though. (Looking at you, The Who, One Direction)
It's a shame they didn't hide they were doing it in playback, Taylor hitting the wrong drums, Daltrey moving the mic to his waist when he was supposed to be singing, Bellamy's guitar W***ery, etc.
Highlights
Wish You Were Here artwork tribute
The Who (who in fairness, considering their age and how clearly fake it was, did rock)
Fatboy Slim and the octopus thingy
The lack of McCartney.
Bellamy hitting the high notes and the scream.
The extinguishing of the flame.
Lowlights
The rest of Muse
Jessie J popping up everywhere and being terrible throughout.
Lack of flow, narrative, or structure
Wonderwall from Beady 'we're not Oasis, honest' Eye
The delay effect on Queen. No need, there was more delay effect than at a U2 gig.
The speeches
The fashion bit.
Ed Sheeran murdering Wish You Were Here. He must be punished for that. Really, that felt like a personal insult.
It wasn't a patch on the opening ceremony, but I suppose it was fun.
Goodbye, London 2012, it's been an amazing two weeks!