Cringe-O-Rama

[Big Kev]

In the space of a few hours we've shot any credibility that we built up in the last 2 weeks with that *crap* that posed as the Closing Ceremony.

How embarrassment!!!!

- Hutchance is dead - deal with it INXS
- Midnight Oil & Barnesy haven't had a hit since the time Hawke was PM
- Kylie singing that great traditional Australian song - Dancing Queen by ABBA
- Savage Garden & Midnight Oil pushing the PC Aboriginal barrow

Greg Norman, Paul Hogan, Elle? Sheesh. Question - What do these great 'Australian' icons have in common?

Bananas in Pyjamas? WTF!!!!

Thank god the ratings in the US are the worst ever for Olympics that a small number will be subjected to that tripe.

WHERE WAS YAHOO SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!

 

[Westy Boy]

I liked the fireworks

 

[JUBJUB]

BIG KEV -you lost all credibility with your point when you ask where was Yahoo Serious.

Gee,you were probably disappointed they didn't have Kylie Mole,Con The Fruiterer,The Wog Boy,Chopper Reed and Humphrey B Bear.

 

[Max Power]

I liked and enjoyed the Opening Ceremony (apart from the Yank Marching Band as I said at the time)

but ..............

the Closing Ceremony was pathetic at best.

Music straight out the the mid 80's from washed up rockers. Midnight Oil making political tools out of themselves. It's a sporting event not a friggin political rally.
And the 'aussie icons' Elle now come on, she's a model with the brain the size of a peanut, Hoges had one good movie and is still milking it, Shark - love you like a brother but what's it like living in Florida 11 1/2 months a year?

Didn't even get a close up of Plugger. Would of loved to of heard the Yanks explain that one - "now there is Kylie Minogue being carried on a giant thong by a man called Plugger"

I need a beer - I think I'll go and get a Swan out of the fridge, put on a Cold Chisel CD and watch Australia 2 win the America's Cup. Welcome to the mid 1980's Australia!!!!!

 

[sabre_ac]

I thought it was great
It had everything

But yet again channel bloody seven,the puting out of the flame was no existent.
That was a jet was it???
hmmmm,
Well seven seemed to focus on the jet so we didnt actually get to see the flame go out.
Well done seven

Apart from that Kylie and elle were highlights
Comon Big kev of cource they are icons.
Elle one of if not the most reconized model in the worold:hell of an achievement
Kylie:world renowned singer

Both hot
I think there is no better image than these 2 for the rest of the world
Greg Norman was a bit of a fizzer

And we could have done without the drag queens

 

[Big Kev]

Stirred up the pot ain't I? Oh well I still think it sucked dogs balls.

I like Kylie - but Dancing Queen? At least she still has some music cred unlike Barnsey, INXS, Oils, JPY.

Yeah why not Kylie Mole and Con the Fruiterer? They would have moulded right in.

What about Rolf Harris and his wobble board coming out and singing 'Tie me Kangaroo down sport' followed by Rodney Rude and his Rolf Harris song? Now that would have been watchable.

Barry Crocker must be pissed he didn't get a gig.

Christ it was bad.

 

[WCE2000]

Originally posted by Max Power:

Didn't even get a close up of Plugger. Would of loved to of heard the Yanks explain that one - "now there is Kylie Minogue being carried on a giant thong by a man called Plugger"

Who gives a f*ck what the yanks think. The Yanks are 1 out of 200 countries, and everyone is so caught up in what the US will think of the games.
The only thing that matters is that Auzzies liked it, and i thought it was great and every person i was with tonight loved it and the fireworks were spectucular.

 

[Big Kev]

Let me say b4 I hit the sack - it was not all bad.

* Slim Dusty is a legend.
* The fireworks were OK - but gets a bit tedious after a while (better in the flesh)
* The floats (even prawns on bikes) were A class looking although cringeworthy.
* Cheers to the cameraman who got a shot of Kylie's arse!!
* The ever lucious Tatiana got her head on many times

But the bad still out weighs the good IMHO.

 

[pollywallydoodle]

Where was Dame Edna?

 

[GoEagles]

I thought the opening ceremony was far far better than the closing ceremony overall.

It all started with that runaway lawnmower - how lame was that, and Bruce and Wilko were giggling their little heads off - even they got sick of it after the first 10 minutes.

Ok, the athletes mingling and Juan's final speech was ok - and the hills hoist clotheslines shooting off sparks was great.

But then it took a turn for the worse, that horrible screeching lady who shrieked the Olympic Hymn attracted a moth who wanted to eat her dress.

The music didnt improve very much apart from Savage Garden and Men at Work - I was waiting for Kylie to sing 'I should be so lucky' or 'Locomotion' but alas we got the swedish ABBA song 'Dancing Queen' instead (although I know they were representing Muriels Wedding, right?)

They should of had someone singing 'I am Australian' and Rolf Harris doing the 'Tie me Kangaroo down sport'

The fireworks were bloody awesome though, put the New Years ones to shame.

 

[jod23]

I thought it was quite good, it had all of australias rock and rollers, fair enough there not still making hit records but they sang there hits which are now classics. The aussie icons were great, Elle is the biggest model in the world and is an aussie so why not, Paul Hogan made the biggest aussie impact in the movie business so why not, Norman is easily Australias biggest international sportsmen, although i wasnt sure about bananas in pjs??

I wish i was one of the guys carrying the thong with kylie on it so i could brag for the rest of my life .... Ive been under Kylies thong heheh

 

[Danni]

I couldn't get over how old John Paul Young looked. More than that tho - he looked like Austen Powers older brother - crikey they shoulda done something with that mans hair! And what was with the giant cupie dolls?? Or that giant chicken?

Yeah at first I thought it was corny, but it was done so much bigger than life that it will get a pass mark around the world. You gotta remember to that those 'icons' are some of the reasons that Australia started to get international recognition. After the 'who were those singers?' questions of the opening ceremony, at least we know international spectators will know who those people on the floats were.

 

[JUBJUB]

Other famous Aussie icons that were missing -
*Helen Reddy *Germaine Greer * Fairlie Arrow *The 4 Kinsmen * Rick Springfield * Clive James * Jonathon Coleman [and Dano] * Agro *
The little fat kid from Hey Dad* Nudge * Bert Newton* Daryl Somers & Ossie Ostrich *
Wally Masur [Aust greatest 1st round tennis player] * The cast of Neighbours & Homo and Away * Mark Jackson * Vince Sorrenti * Effie*
Little River Band * Silverchair * Wiggles*Stan Grant & Tracey Holmes * Bob & Blanche *

 

[Rooboy 96]

Slim Dusty... is not really in my era... but he made me proud to be an AUSSIE....

A great show... and Kylie's arse is as great as ever...

 

[Flipper]

The major missing Aussie icon.

BOONIE!!!!!!

Could of had him in the back of a ute sculling 52 stubbies.

 

[JUBJUB]

Warnie could be in the ute with Boonie.Boonie,Australia's best known drinker and Warnie,Australia's best known fagger[not the Peter Allen type !!].

 

[Gonzo]

Not half as cringeworthy as the US mens 4 x 100 carrying on after the win, during the medal presentation and the following media conference.

What a way to leave a lasting impression and reinforcing a stereotype - you absolute bunch of egotistical w***ers!!!

My 2 cents

Gonzo

 

[Pessimistic]

I quite liked it but Killing Heidi would have been good.

But I do think the 'aussie' sound was strongest in the seventies/eighties - since then most have been indistingiushable from US/UK stuff. Boy/girl bands etc

Perhaps Goanna/ACDC etc would have been good.

And stop knoking Policically Correct - It's just another word for Polite

Perhaps Arthur Tunstall and Bruce Ruxton inside a huge mouth might have kept you all happy

 

[TigerTank]

Yeah Pessimistic, Bruce Ruxton would have been a nice balance to Midnight Spoil.

Do we really need to show political extremists (of either persuasion) to the rest of the world?

I didn't think the Olympics was supposed to be about politics...

(well not blatantly so anyway)


BTW Political Correctness isn't politeness (think S11), it's about censorship)

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[RICE80SF]

I won't be going off I'LL JUST GIVE YOU MY OPINION.

I'm with you Pess, what a ****in Cool Arse country to have Drag Queens, Life Savers, Slim Dusty, B1/B2 and Mambo creations in the one showcase. We are a RICH tapestry of difference and I love Australia!

I would've swapped Jimmy Barnes with Killing Hiedi personaly, but other than that I thought it was a sensation. Gotta love having Midnight Oil on, that'd be like the Yanks having Rage Against The Machine in the closing. Would never ever happen. I didn't see anyone in the crowd unhappy with them as they all sung along to "Beds are Burning".

Have a look at papers around the world and I challenge anyone to find a bad word about the whole deal, a sports illustrated journo even said we should have all the up-coming olympics until 3000. Bill Bryson, the travel writer, said in the times "it was the most successful peacetime event in the history of humanity".

I thought the 4 wheel motorbike sequence was crap but it was my kids (6 and 4) highlight, they cacked themselves. Also the fireworks went too long but that was for Sydney siders around the harbour and not for the couch dwellers.

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi.


[This message has been edited by RICE80SF (edited 02 October 2000).]

 

[Gator]

So we can't have Midnight Oil or Yothu Yindi because they might upset a few .

SORRY Mr Howard

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Go Oils......

 

[walshy1993]

i thought it was awesome
kylie and jpy arent really my cup of tea but
dont think much of venessa amorossi or savage garden either but they were great
they were celebrating australian film
jimmy singing workin class man- thats what australia is all about
the oil and inxs were brilliant
what about the buffolo's on scooters
elle and greg norman deserved to be there

slim dusty was a great finish, it made me so proud and confirmed that australia really is the greatest place on earth
as did peter garrett and the oils wearing the sorry gear, i hope some heads rolled, it was good to see

i loved just about every minute of it

 

[Bernie]

So the Americans didn't 'get it' at the Closing ! Oh dear !

A GREAT shame AC/DC didn't feature .. and INXS with Barnes doing 'Good Times' ( the old Eastbeats song ). What about Thorpie with Thorpie ?

How about those 'Temple Priestess' ladies ? Obviously whoever 'recruits' them has one of the better jobs going .. large chests are mandatory.

If you want CRINGE, the Howard smile /smirk /grimace . We all had one of those guys in our class at school and we all know what they're like. Thank God no one else in the world knows who he is. Now THAT would be embarrasing.

 

[TigerTank]

Politics cheapens sport.

And if you take away the guitars and drums, Peter Garrett is just another bloody politician.

The Olympics should not be the place to push a political agenda, be it left or right.

 

[Danni]

I don't know if it is that the Americans 'didn't get it' or just a bit of sour grapes. I read a couple of articles earlier today where the journos appeared quite peeved that Juan-Antonio said Sydney presented the 'best ever' games compared to Atlanta's 'you presented a most exceptional games'.

Oh well!