Thread: O.T. Olympics opening ceremony

On 28/07/2012 5:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> A bit murky to this Yank -- the Industrial Revolution and all -- wish
> there were footnotes. Luckily Mr. Bean was understandable, as well as
> ER II parachuting in with 007.
>
> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
>

From Wikipedia:
Multi-sport events
At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as the
victory anthem from 2010 onwards. The Commonwealth Games Council for
England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the
anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "God Save
The Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". Jerusalem was the
clear winner with 52% of the vote.[1]

I only knew this because I was reading about their lack of an anthem
in "The English" by Jeremy Paxman

On 7/28/2012 12:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> A bit murky to this Yank -- the Industrial Revolution and all -- wish
> there were footnotes. Luckily Mr. Bean was understandable, as well as
> ER II parachuting in with 007.
>
> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
>
Was it aired on a channel that didn't have Matt and Meredith
yammering on like annoying people who won't stop talking in
a movie?

I enjoyed the show, really well done.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 7/28/2012 12:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > A bit murky to this Yank -- the Industrial Revolution and all -- wish
> > there were footnotes. Luckily Mr. Bean was understandable, as well as
> > ER II parachuting in with 007.
> >
> > But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> > experience with it comes from Monty Python.
> >
> Was it aired on a channel that didn't have Matt and Meredith
> yammering on like annoying people who won't stop talking in
> a movie?
>
> I enjoyed the show, really well done.
>
> nancy

Did you ever watch all of the opening ceremonies in China in 2008? That was
the most impressive I've ever seen.

Gary

On 7/28/2012 9:06 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I enjoyed the show, really well done.

> Did you ever watch all of the opening ceremonies in China in 2008? That was
> the most impressive I've ever seen.

Stunning. How to top that?

nancy

On 7/28/2012 7:06 AM, Gary wrote:

>
> Did you ever watch all of the opening ceremonies in China in 2008? That was
> the most impressive I've ever seen.
>
>
>



I thought China's opening was way too gimmicky and regimented.

I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.

gloria p

On 2012-07-28, gloria p <[email protected]> wrote:

> I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.

How did you view them, Gloria? I got no tv.

nb


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On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:45:18 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
<[email protected]> wrote:

> A bit murky to this Yank -- the Industrial Revolution and all -- wish
> there were footnotes. Luckily Mr. Bean was understandable, as well as
> ER II parachuting in with 007.
>
> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> experience with it comes from Monty Python.

I really enjoyed the forging of the rings part.

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> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:45:18 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A bit murky to this Yank -- the Industrial Revolution and all -- wish
>> there were footnotes. Luckily Mr. Bean was understandable, as well as
>> ER II parachuting in with 007.
>>
>> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
>> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
>
> I really enjoyed the forging of the rings part.

That was great!

Cheri

In article <[email protected]>, notbob <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2012-07-28, gloria p <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.
>
> How did you view them, Gloria? I got no tv.
>
> nb

they invented this new thing called the internet

On Jul 28, 12:07*pm, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds" <atlas-
bug...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> In article <slrnk185mm.2m8.not...@nbleet.hcc.net>, notbob <not...@nothome..com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2012-07-28, gloria p <gpues...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.
>
> > How did you view them, Gloria? *I got no tv.
>
> > nb
>
> they invented this new thing called the internet

Who's they? Al Gore invented the internet.

On 2012-07-28, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:

> they invented this new thing called the internet

How do you think we're having this interchange? Smoke signals?

Ferget I asked. :\

nb

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On 7/28/2012 10:42 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2012-07-28, gloria p <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.
>
> How did you view them, Gloria? I got no tv.
>
> nb
>
>


On TV, but w/o one you could watch live streaming on your computer.

gloria p

On 28/07/2012 11:00, injipoint wrote:
> On 28/07/2012 5:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>>
>> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
>> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
>>
>
> From Wikipedia:
> Multi-sport events
> At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as the
> victory anthem from 2010 onwards. The Commonwealth Games Council for
> England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the
> anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "God Save
> The Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". Jerusalem was the
> clear winner with 52% of the vote.[1]
>
> I only knew this because I was reading about their lack of an anthem
> in "The English" by Jeremy Paxman
>
It 's also a reference to a poem by the great English poet William
Blake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did...n_ancient_time

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> On 28/07/2012 11:00, injipoint wrote:
> > On 28/07/2012 5:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> >>
> >> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> >> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
> >>
> >
> > From Wikipedia:
> > Multi-sport events
> > At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as the
> > victory anthem from 2010 onwards. The Commonwealth Games Council for
> > England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the
> > anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "God Save
> > The Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". Jerusalem was the
> > clear winner with 52% of the vote.[1]
> >
> > I only knew this because I was reading about their lack of an anthem
> > in "The English" by Jeremy Paxman
> >
> It 's also a reference to a poem by the great English poet William
> Blake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did...n_ancient_time

"The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus,
accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled
to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury during Jesus'
lost years. The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation
(3:12 and 21:2) describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a
new Jerusalem"

The first scene of the London Olympics opening ceremony, the "green
and pleasant land" was set at iconic ancient landmark Glastonbury Tor,
then moved on to the Industrial revolution ("Dark satanic Mills") in
the poem/song)

Jerusalem has been the anthem of the Womens Suffrage movement in
Britain; the Women's Institute , and several political parties; so both
the poem and song are very well known and much loved favourites here.

Janet UK

I thought Barcelona was the collest.




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Gorio

On Jul 29, 5:56*am, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> In article <5014ED09.9090...@mail.be>, lalinos...@mail.be says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 28/07/2012 11:00, injipoint wrote:
> > > On 28/07/2012 5:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> > >> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> > >> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
>
> > > *From Wikipedia:
> > > Multi-sport events
> > > * At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as the
> > > victory anthem from 2010 onwards. The Commonwealth Games Council for
> > > England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the
> > > anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "God Save
> > > The Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". Jerusalem was the
> > > clear winner with 52% of the vote.[1]
>
> > > I only knew this because I was reading about their lack of an anthem
> > > in "The English" by Jeremy Paxman
>
> > It 's also a reference to a poem by the great English poet William
> > Blake.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did...n_ancient_time
>
> * "The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus,
> accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled
> to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury during Jesus'
> lost years. The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation
> (3:12 and 21:2) describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a
> new Jerusalem"

Doesn't Joseph of Arimathea figure into the whole King Arthur/Sword In
the Stone deal as well? The Holy Grail?

> * *The first scene of the London Olympics opening ceremony, the "green
> and pleasant land" was set at iconic ancient landmark Glastonbury Tor,
> then moved on to the Industrial revolution *("Dark satanic Mills") in
> the poem/song)

OK, the opening ceremony makes a lot of sense now.

>
> * *Jerusalem has been the anthem of the Womens Suffrage movement in
> Britain; *the Women's Institute , and several political parties; so both
> the poem and song are very well known and much loved favourites *here.

Thanks!

Considering that Monty Python began with a bare foot squashing
something or other, I had a hard time taking seriously any song on
that show that began "And did those feet?"

In article <18dbfd58-c24d-46bb-b2cb-
[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> On Jul 29, 5:56*am, Janet <H...@invalid.net> wrote:
> > In article <5014ED09.9090...@mail.be>, lalinos...@mail.be says...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 28/07/2012 11:00, injipoint wrote:
> > > > On 28/07/2012 5:45 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> >
> > > >> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> > > >> experience with it comes from Monty Python.
> >
> > > > *From Wikipedia:
> > > > Multi-sport events
> > > > * At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as the
> > > > victory anthem from 2010 onwards. The Commonwealth Games Council for
> > > > England conducted a poll of members of the public which decided the
> > > > anthem for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The three options were "GodSave
> > > > The Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory". Jerusalem wasthe
> > > > clear winner with 52% of the vote.[1]
> >
> > > > I only knew this because I was reading about their lack of an anthem
> > > > in "The English" by Jeremy Paxman
> >
> > > It 's also a reference to a poem by the great English poet William
> > > Blake.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did...n_ancient_time
> >
> > * "The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus,
> > accompanied by his uncle Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled
> > to the area that is now England and visited Glastonbury during Jesus'
> > lost years. The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation
> > (3:12 and 21:2) describing a Second Coming, wherein Jesus establishes a
> > new Jerusalem"
>
> Doesn't Joseph of Arimathea figure into the whole King Arthur/Sword In
> the Stone deal as well? The Holy Grail?

Yes, but pretty mythical. Whereas Glastonbury Tor is real and has a
very long (real) history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Tor

Janet
>
> > * *The first scene of the London Olympics opening ceremony, the "green
> > and pleasant land" was set at iconic ancient landmark Glastonbury Tor,
> > then moved on to the Industrial revolution *("Dark satanic Mills") in
> > the poem/song)
>
> OK, the opening ceremony makes a lot of sense now.
>
> >
> > * *Jerusalem has been the anthem of the Womens Suffrage movement in
> > Britain; *the Women's Institute , and several political parties; so both
> > the poem and song are very well known and much loved favourites *here..
>
> Thanks!
>
> Considering that Monty Python began with a bare foot squashing
> something or other, I had a hard time taking seriously any song on
> that show that began "And did those feet?"

spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> But what is the attraction behind the song "Jerusalem"? My only
> experience with it comes from Monty Python.

I know and like the song from Emerson, Lake and Palmer of the
Progessive Rock 1970s and 1980s. At the time I was aware that it was an
old traditional song. It was used in Monty Python as well? I've gone
through phases of liking and disliking them. I eventually settled into
liking them.

So, recipes for Monty Python. I take it similar to Reticulated Python
or other snakes. I've had rattlesnake jerky. Merely okay.

notbob <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2012-07-28, gloria p <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I enjoyed the Australian opening and closing ceremonies much more.
>
> How did you view them, Gloria? I got no tv.

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