Summer Paris 2024 - General Discussion

[RussellEbertHandball]

 

[pepsi]

Gotta suck up to the US.

Hate to say it but having attended 4 of them now, the Olympics wouldn't be what they are without the USA.

 

[Romeoh1]

Haven’t seen it all but will catch the replay- everything I saw was fabo. Go Paris. Cauldron incredible. Beautiful city.

 

[smasha]

C'mon Ozzie athletes!

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Watching French TV on Stan's stream they are doing a full analysis of the ceremony. Lots of smiling and laughing.

 

[pepsi]

Let’s cross live to the Brisbane Organising Committee

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Brisbane really sticks out like a sore thumb.

Since 2000 you've got Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo, Paris, LA.

Great we have another Olympics but there is so much riding on Brisbane and the politicians to pull the finger out of their arae and put on a proper games or give it away.

 

[Plugger35]

Tina Arena must be spitting chips that Celine Dion got the gig ahead of her.

She is quite big in France or so she says, she lived there and can speak French at least.

I would have liked to have seen her do a French version of this song.



it would have gone down well in the early 90s Eurotrash nightclub segment of the opening ceremony.

 

[Royces Hart]

Brisbane really sticks out like a sore thumb.

Since 2000 you've got Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo, Paris, LA.

Great we have another Olympics but there is so much riding on Brisbane and the politicians to pull the finger out of their arae and put on a proper games or give it away.

As a resident of SE Qld and an Olympic nut, there is a part of me that hopes they pull out.

There is zero that they have done so far, that gives me any confidence that they can pull it off, even satisfactorily.

 

[sideswipe]

Unforgivable for the boat carrying Rafa et all to have a fender out whilst underway. They pulled it in after a while, but the damage had already been done. Rookie move.


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[Royces Hart]

Tina Arena must be spitting chips that Celine Dion got the gig ahead of her.

She is quite big in France or so she says, she lived there and can speak French at least.

I would have liked to have seen her do a French version of this song.



it would have gone down well in the early 90s Eurotrash nightclub segment of the opening ceremony.

After her crap during Covid, she can GAGF.

 

[Plugger35]

I hope Brisbane wheels out Matilda again, one of the great moments of the 1982 Commonwealth Games.



Back when we used to give a shit about the Commonwealth Games, simpler times but better times.

 

[JackNah_8]

I just watched a doco on her, I'm a bit amazed she's doing this, butt it's great.

She was amazing. I was surprised to see her sing live again after watching her documentary

 

[Royces Hart]

I hope Brisbane wheels out Matilda again, one of the great moments of the 1982 Commonwealth Games.



Back when we used to give a shit about the Commonwealth Games, simpler times but better times.

Take a road trip to Gympie, you can see her for yourself while you fill up your car.

 

[Plugger35]

After her crap during Covid, she can GAGF.

Yeah I have no time for her either, she was a poor woman's Kate Ceberano, she was the real deal.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I hope Brisbane wheels out Matilda again, one of the great moments of the 1982 Commonwealth Games.



Back when we used to give a shit about the Commonwealth Games, simpler times but better times.

Matilda now enjoys her retirement at a fuel station at Kybong near Gympie.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Cauldron for Brisbane should be the Big Pineapple

 

[scoman]

I think Brisbane will have to embrace a similar idea for their opening ceremony. Won't have a decent stadium (if the politicians continue to politic) or any remarkable landmarks like a tower, an opera house etc. I think they have to lean heavily into the bay, the river and North Stradbroke and Moreton Islands. Surfing, fishing, beaches, Quandamuka culture etc...

 

[outabounds]

Yeah I have no time for her either, she was a poor woman's Kate Ceberano, she was the real deal.

Kate had it going on in those days.

 

[Plugger35]

The 1962 stadium in Perth than hosted the Commonwealth Games or the Empire Games as it was known back then is no more.

It's been bulldozed for housing, I'm not old enough to remember 1962 but we used to have our school athletics carnivals there.

 

[Plugger35]

Kate had it going on in those days.

She backed up Bedroom Eyes with this banger.



She was no one trick pony.

 

[Munga]

I hope Brisbane wheels out Matilda again, one of the great moments of the 1982 Commonwealth Games.



Back when we used to give a shit about the Commonwealth Games, simpler times but better times.

Matilda will be back for Brisbane, nothing surer.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

After her crap during Covid, she can GAGF.

Long before COVID, she was slinging shit at Australia from France around 20 years ago, iirc.

 

[revo333]

I don't want to rain on France's parade though but it was disappointing that Daft Punk, Air or Jean Michel Jarre didn't get a gig.

Apparently they were asked but knocked it back.

 

[Satan]

The nigerian womens basketball team , were stopped on going on boat , weight issues? , the bus that dropped them off went to the pick up point q. What a fiasco

 

[Plugger35]

The first Olympics I remember was the 1984 LA Olympics




Lionel Richie knew what he was singing about.

You need to stay up all night long when the Olympics are in a different time zone.

What a great Olympics 1984 was, I chucked a sickie in primary school to watch it, my mum didn't care as she watched it too.

Carl Lewis dominating track and field, Glynis Nunn winning gold in the women's heptathlon.

Gary Honey the Commonwealth long jump gold medallist getting a silver medal behind Carl Lewis, that was a big silver though.

Dean Lukin the tuna fisherman winning gold in the weight lifting.

Gloating about how NZ won double the gold medals Australia got by sitting on our arses back when NZ dominated the rowing.