[9-Sep-2012] Coldplay @ Paralympics Closing Ceremony, London, UK (please post your reviews for Wiki, thankyou!:D) - Page 80

golfing7861 · 10-09-2012, 02:11 AM

ETIAW recorded by someone in the stands-

Coldplay Paralympics Closing Ceremony Finale 9 Sep 2012 - YouTube

Kinda cool to see how amazing the lights looked from their point of view.

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:12 AM

Adam White ‏@AdamWhite144

@coldplay That was immense!!! Especially my all time favourite song...Yellow... #Paralympics http://pic.twitter.com/099bwl1q

miE_O ‏@miE_O

Paralympics Closing Ceremony Coldplay Rihanna Jay Z| E! Online http://www.eonline.com/news/344416/p...-rihanna-jay-z @eonline

Rodriigo ‏@rodriigoepf

I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/iUrSjeJoYr4?a Coldplay - Charlie Brown (Live from Paralympics closing ceremon

Cheese Nip 2 · 10-09-2012, 02:15 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by jenflor;5411047
Wouldn't it be awesome for it to be an extra on the tour DVD?!

They should!

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:15 AM

(I haven't checked these out yet.)

janebuckeye ‏@janebuckeye

@pipsytip A link to Paralympics closing ceremony pictures. There might be some Coldplay pics in there.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/steampunk/th...ing-cerem-3n9d

EDIT: There are a couple of nice Chris/RiRi pics in there. And lots of the acrobats etc.

JackZ · 10-09-2012, 02:16 AM

You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html

And is it just me, or does the commentator say "Car Kids" at 1:14:16?

Cheese Nip 2 · 10-09-2012, 02:18 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116
You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html

"And is it just me, or does the commentator say Car Kids" at 1:14:16?

I thought I heard that too!

coldplaykb · 10-09-2012, 02:18 AM

^ Yup. He does. Oh boy

golfing7861 · 10-09-2012, 02:19 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116
You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html

And is it just me, or does the commentator say "Car Kids" at 1:14:16?

Lol for real.

Ennosuke · 10-09-2012, 02:23 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by jenflor;5411047
Wouldn't it be awesome for it to be an extra on the tour DVD?!

Would be like a dream comes true

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:23 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116
You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html

And is it just me, or does the commentator say "Car Kids" at 1:14:16?

Sounds like it to me too!

DiOli05 · 10-09-2012, 02:27 AM

So, no one has Strawberry Swing?

golfing7861 · 10-09-2012, 02:28 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by DiOli05;5411123
So, no one has Strawberry Swing?

Here it is!-

Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony London 2012 Coldplay Ft Rihanna Part 2 - YouTube

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:29 AM

Paralympics 2012 closing ceremony – music review

Olympic Stadium, London

Alexis Petridis
The Guardian, Monday 10 September 201

It was hard not to approach the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games with some trepidation.

The equivalent event at the Olympics had felt slightly underwhelming, perhaps because no spectacle could possibly live up to the athletic spectacles that had preceded it, partly because the air of mystery surrounding what was going to take place led people to expect a surprise that never actually came: if you'd listened to the wild talk of appearances by David Bowie and Kate Bush and holograms of Freddie Mercury, it was hard not to be even more disappointed when it became apparent what you were actually going to get was Jessie J.

The latter issue was circumvented here by announcing who was going to be performing in advance. Nevertheless, you didn't have to be one of those people who thinks Coldplay are the cloven-hoofed musical emissaries of satan himself to have been slightly concerned about how appropriate a booking they were.

On one hand, they are one of the biggest bands in the world – a suitably global success for a global event – they stir vast stadiums full of people for a living, and it is a churlish character that claims they are anything other than very good at it. On the other, the key piece of music at the Paralympic opening ceremony – the track that seemed to hit on something vital about the Games to come – was Orbital and the Graeae Theatre Company's retooling of Ian Dury's Spasticus Autisticus, a song that is brutal, startling, furious and many other things that Coldplay's music are not. Thanks to their ubiquity on TV soundtracks – tinkling away as someone departs The X Factor or the DIY SOS tells their tragic back story – a lot of their songs have become musical shorthand for "oh, isn't it a pity", designed to elicit sympathy for whoever is on screen. The Paralympics have incited a vast array of emotions in viewers, but pity isn't among them, as anyone who caught a glimpse of the frankly terrifying wheelchair rugby will attest.

As it turned out, their set got better the more upbeat it became: the triumphant arena-filling guitar riff of Charlie Brown seemed to fit the event more than the more ponderous ballads, while it would take an effort almost as superhuman as the athletes had put in over recent days not to be moved by their collaboration with the Paraorchestra on Strawberry Swing, -– one of their loveliest songs, its melody boasting a subtlety that the bands' detractors would have you believe they don't possess – or the crowd singing along with Viva La Vida while fireworks exploded and confetti fluttered from above.

The staging meanwhile, felt noticeably darker, less cosy and self-congratulatory than the Olympic closing ceremony. There was a lot of stuff with fire and steampunk costumes, rusty vehicles cannibalised from old cars and farm machinery and people pretending to be crows on stilts.

A seasoned festival-goer might note that it all had a whiff of the kind of thing you see at 3am in the outlying fields at Glastonbury: a definite improvement on the Olympic closing ceremony, which carried a whiff of a bad night at the Brits.

In the event that you felt bored by Coldplay, there was always something to distract your attention: ice skating, high-wire artists dangling from motorbikes, aerialists twirling from bunches of oversized light bulbs that sprayed out fire, people running out of the mouth of a giant fish carrying huge cardboard cutouts of insects on sticks. There was interpretative dance, which was nowhere near as disheartening as interpretative dance to Coldplay looks on paper.

The same was true of Rihanna's solo appearance. We Found Love is a decent pop song that's become rather a victim of its own success: one way of giving it some added interest in the teeth of its ubiquity is to have her perform it while flying around the stadium on what looked like a vast garden swing.

The other special guest was Jay-Z. With Rihanna and Coldplay, he played Run This Town. Not the most obvious choice, but recontextualized by its surroundings it felt weirdly appropriate: as anyone who visited London during the Games and noted an almost tangible sense of excitement in the air knows, that's precisely what the Paralympics appeared to do.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...iew?CMP=twt_gu

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:30 AM

لميااا من غير ء ‏@Namlaaaa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=7NFSNCZ03sA Viva la Vida (Live from Paralympics closing ceremony) #Coldplay

TracieMorgan · 10-09-2012, 02:32 AM

Salvador E. Prado ‏@SalvaPradoVigo

LONDON / 2012,09.09 / Daily Mail / NEWS + IMAGES Para, Para, Paralympics! Coldplay rock the Games Closing... http://fb.me/1PvXMKSB7

10-09-2012, 02:12 AM	#1187
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10-09-2012, 02:15 AM	#1188
Cheese Nip 2 Milkmen = Interesting Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,868 My Mood: Location: Back into your open arms Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 64 Thanked 96 Times in 73 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by jenflor;5411047 Wouldn't it be awesome for it to be an extra on the tour DVD?! They should! __________________ I never have signatures on so I probably won't see this again for another 6 to 7 months. In that case... Dear Chesse Nip 2, How is the future? Do they have jet packs? Did gorillas take over the world? Has Car Kids been released yet? If so can you email me a copy from your brain (obviously where data is stored in the future). Well, good luck with those terminators! Sincerley, Cheese Nip 2

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TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	(I haven't checked these out yet.) janebuckeye ‏@janebuckeye @pipsytip A link to Paralympics closing ceremony pictures. There might be some Coldplay pics in there. http://www.buzzfeed.com/steampunk/th...ing-cerem-3n9d EDIT: There are a couple of nice Chris/RiRi pics in there. And lots of the acrobats etc. __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

10-09-2012, 02:16 AM	#1190
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10-09-2012, 02:18 AM	#1191
Cheese Nip 2 Milkmen = Interesting Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,868 My Mood: Location: Back into your open arms Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 64 Thanked 96 Times in 73 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116 You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html "And is it just me, or does the commentator say Car Kids" at 1:14:16? I thought I heard that too! __________________ I never have signatures on so I probably won't see this again for another 6 to 7 months. In that case... Dear Chesse Nip 2, How is the future? Do they have jet packs? Did gorillas take over the world? Has Car Kids been released yet? If so can you email me a copy from your brain (obviously where data is stored in the future). Well, good luck with those terminators! Sincerley, Cheese Nip 2

10-09-2012, 02:18 AM	#1192
coldplaykb Heaven Is In Sight Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,647 My Mood: Location: Up With The Birds Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 69 Times in 33 Posts	^ Yup. He does. Oh boy __________________

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golfing7861 High fivin' Chris Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,999 My Mood: Location: Houston, Texas (the waterfall) Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 51 Thanked 114 Times in 63 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116 You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html And is it just me, or does the commentator say "Car Kids" at 1:14:16? Lol for real.

10-09-2012, 02:23 AM	#1194
Ennosuke Coldplayer Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 114 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by jenflor;5411047 Wouldn't it be awesome for it to be an extra on the tour DVD?! Would be like a dream comes true

10-09-2012, 02:23 AM	#1195
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by JackZ;5411116 You can watch the full thing here: http://smart.paralympic.org/player/Main.html And is it just me, or does the commentator say "Car Kids" at 1:14:16? Sounds like it to me too! __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

10-09-2012, 02:27 AM	#1196
DiOli05 Mrs. Berryman Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,107 My Mood: Location: Dahlonega, US Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 240 Thanked 250 Times in 173 Posts	So, no one has Strawberry Swing? __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Mollyxyloto;5476203 I could imagine you to become a pilot that flies a spaceship to mars. There you’d find a flying penguin. You’d return with one and you'd name him Dave, you'd be in the newspaper & Guy would notice your EXISTENCE & ask you to marry him. You'd say no, you’d marry this guy (the guy you like, let's name him George). You & George would go skipping through meadows with Dave flying behind & you'd retire early & enjoy life because you're rich from the discovery of Dave.

10-09-2012, 02:29 AM	#1198
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	Paralympics 2012 closing ceremony – music review Olympic Stadium, London Paralympics 2012 closing ceremony – music review Olympic Stadium, London Alexis Petridis The Guardian, Monday 10 September 201 It was hard not to approach the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games with some trepidation. The equivalent event at the Olympics had felt slightly underwhelming, perhaps because no spectacle could possibly live up to the athletic spectacles that had preceded it, partly because the air of mystery surrounding what was going to take place led people to expect a surprise that never actually came: if you'd listened to the wild talk of appearances by David Bowie and Kate Bush and holograms of Freddie Mercury, it was hard not to be even more disappointed when it became apparent what you were actually going to get was Jessie J. The latter issue was circumvented here by announcing who was going to be performing in advance. Nevertheless, you didn't have to be one of those people who thinks Coldplay are the cloven-hoofed musical emissaries of satan himself to have been slightly concerned about how appropriate a booking they were. On one hand, they are one of the biggest bands in the world – a suitably global success for a global event – they stir vast stadiums full of people for a living, and it is a churlish character that claims they are anything other than very good at it. On the other, the key piece of music at the Paralympic opening ceremony – the track that seemed to hit on something vital about the Games to come – was Orbital and the Graeae Theatre Company's retooling of Ian Dury's Spasticus Autisticus, a song that is brutal, startling, furious and many other things that Coldplay's music are not. Thanks to their ubiquity on TV soundtracks – tinkling away as someone departs The X Factor or the DIY SOS tells their tragic back story – a lot of their songs have become musical shorthand for "oh, isn't it a pity", designed to elicit sympathy for whoever is on screen. The Paralympics have incited a vast array of emotions in viewers, but pity isn't among them, as anyone who caught a glimpse of the frankly terrifying wheelchair rugby will attest. As it turned out, their set got better the more upbeat it became: the triumphant arena-filling guitar riff of Charlie Brown seemed to fit the event more than the more ponderous ballads, while it would take an effort almost as superhuman as the athletes had put in over recent days not to be moved by their collaboration with the Paraorchestra on Strawberry Swing, -– one of their loveliest songs, its melody boasting a subtlety that the bands' detractors would have you believe they don't possess – or the crowd singing along with Viva La Vida while fireworks exploded and confetti fluttered from above. The staging meanwhile, felt noticeably darker, less cosy and self-congratulatory than the Olympic closing ceremony. There was a lot of stuff with fire and steampunk costumes, rusty vehicles cannibalised from old cars and farm machinery and people pretending to be crows on stilts. A seasoned festival-goer might note that it all had a whiff of the kind of thing you see at 3am in the outlying fields at Glastonbury: a definite improvement on the Olympic closing ceremony, which carried a whiff of a bad night at the Brits. In the event that you felt bored by Coldplay, there was always something to distract your attention: ice skating, high-wire artists dangling from motorbikes, aerialists twirling from bunches of oversized light bulbs that sprayed out fire, people running out of the mouth of a giant fish carrying huge cardboard cutouts of insects on sticks. There was interpretative dance, which was nowhere near as disheartening as interpretative dance to Coldplay looks on paper. The same was true of Rihanna's solo appearance. We Found Love is a decent pop song that's become rather a victim of its own success: one way of giving it some added interest in the teeth of its ubiquity is to have her perform it while flying around the stadium on what looked like a vast garden swing. The other special guest was Jay-Z. With Rihanna and Coldplay, he played Run This Town. Not the most obvious choice, but recontextualized by its surroundings it felt weirdly appropriate: as anyone who visited London during the Games and noted an almost tangible sense of excitement in the air knows, that's precisely what the Paralympics appeared to do. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...iew?CMP=twt_gu __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

10-09-2012, 02:30 AM	#1199
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	لميااا من غير ء ‏@Namlaaaa http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=7NFSNCZ03sA Viva la Vida (Live from Paralympics closing ceremony) #Coldplay __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*

10-09-2012, 02:32 AM	#1200
TracieMorgan Biggest JONNY fan 2012 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31,724 Location: Playing the drums very badly, and the bass even worse. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 965 Thanked 808 Times in 531 Posts	Salvador E. Prado ‏@SalvaPradoVigo LONDON / 2012,09.09 / Daily Mail / NEWS + IMAGES Para, Para, Paralympics! Coldplay rock the Games Closing... http://fb.me/1PvXMKSB7 __________________ www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld www.facebook.com/traciemorgan www.facebook.com/traciemorganmusic http://twitter.com/TracieMorgan *"That was the day I was almost murdered by a sheep." - Jonny Buckland*