The opening ceremony was so good. Why did the closing ceremony have to suck so badly?

Because they changed the organiser......

What are you talking about Octavious. Leeds finished just outside the playoff a couple seasons ago to go into the Premier League. This past season was a disappointment, but they've been on the up & up despite hard financial times. And, they can still kick Man U's ass, which is what is important.

Leeds needs fans like you (dreamers) but if you don't put in there is a danger they may go broke

That isn't real hope. The playoffs are designed to make Leeds believe there is 'hope' and turn on itself, before acquiring enough debt to blow it out of the leagues for good..

LOL, good one.

No Rod Stewart, Elton John, Genesis, Coldplay, Tom Jones, etc, etc, etc ...... disappointing !!
We missed a trick there, it could have been brilliant
Apologies to the World for this poor finish, that wouldn't get you on the podium ..... pathetic !!

George Michael and then, even worse, Queen or that pretentious May guy :-( Noel Gallagher away with the fairies. Even Madness had something wrong with their sound, what a shame.
Best thing there was the Spice Girls.

Now that is rubbing salt into the wounds ........ GB have just taken Gold Silver & Bronze in the US PGA, you Yanks took one hell of a beating !!

Bah I was hoping Poulter would win one. Anyway, didn't know Bradley & Rose were British. I always thought Vermont was in the USA. Silly me.

Haven't you heard of the English Rose, sack your researcher

"Best thing there was the Spice Girls" ... being on screen for such a short time!

"Best thing there was the Spice Girls" ... being on screen for such a short time!

Yes, you are probably right. But at last they were a little easier on the eye that the guy who was placed on the sex offenders register a few years ago, he really represents the best of GB, not.
As to rock songs about London, what happened to this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGlvQTtrRTs&feature=related
Those guys, plus their erstwhile pianist Jules Holland, would have put on a great show.
And would you really put Waterloo Sunset over this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c

Of course not.
Nope a very poor show I am afraid,

Fulhamish - I'd put Waterloo Sunset over most songs - Ray Davies is much under-ratd songwriter, and he showed Paul McCartney how you can perform at that age. [Much as I love The Clash, an apocalyptic song isn't the best choice]

Overall, not bad, better without the Spice Girls and One Direction (and Jessie J singing with Queen - wtf), but pretty good compared to the 70s retro bobbins from Rio.

It's been a great 16 days. The whole thing went pretty smoothly. Team GB did better than we hoped (3rd in the table, and 17 medals better than the minimum target). And, perhaps most importantly, we reclaimed our flag from the racist right - when one of the defining images is a Somali born British Muslim draped in the Union Flag, after winning 2 gold medals, it shows what we can be

+1 Pete - U da man