I caught the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics 'Live' on TV as well, making it a complete closure. I really enjoyed the 3-hour show very much, because I really loved the music. Although I rarely listened to English music, the show did put together their proudest music export of the past 50 years, and it moved me.
Closing ceremonies are after-parties and at London, they did touch the right notes. The British music were non-stop, and though most of them were quite foreign to me (especially those that were before my era), I didn't really feel bored at any time. The London Symphony Orchestra playing in the background were wonderful and I think I read somewhere that they actually put together segments from 4100 songs.
I have 2 personal favourite moments from the Closing Ceremony. One, was when the Spice Girls were re-formed for 1 night to belt out 2 of their greatest hits. Another, was when Take That performed their hit song "Rule the World" when the Olympic flame was extinguished. I had never heard of this song prior to the ceremony, but I was somehow so drawn to the song that I decided to YouTube it and subsequently looped it several times.
London2012 will very likely be the only Olympic Games that I really watched full-time for 2 whole weeks. I think I will experience some withdrawal symptoms over the next few days, and will definitely miss all the excitement that had been so synonymous with the competition.
人生是黑白的.
6:33 PM <3
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