I didn't see all of it, but here is a round-up of the memorable parts of the London 2012 ceremony (IMHO)
The Good
Getting straight to the point, The Who. Excellent performance.
Take That - and this is a major admission from someone who truly dislikes their style of music. However, by the time they took the stage, it was a pleasant change to hear in-tune singing.
One Direction - again, not my favourite style of music but very well delivered.
The Bad
Paul McCartney. If you listen to old tracks from Beatles and Wings albums, his voice was usually a bit shaky but did he not know that he couldn't deliver quality at the Olympic gig?
Ray Davies. Not quite so off-key as Sir Paul. Great song, poor delivery.
Liam Gallagher. What happened there? Had Nicola Adams punched him on the nose?
The Others
The Spice Girls sounded just as before (they lost it a bit when hanging on for dear life), Kaiser Chiefs performed a good enough rendition of Pinball Wizard, Annie Lennox was as professional as ever as was George Michael (though boring).
I was not impressed by Emeli Sandé, Russell Brand is not a singer, Jessie J should definitely NOT have attempted We Will Rock You. Brian May, brilliant as he is, cannot resurrect the dynamism of Queen without Freddy. Can't comment on Madness, Muse, Blur and some others as I missed those bits. Eric Idle - well, not really music but good fun.
The Absent
Freddy Mercury and John Lennon for obvious reasons but ... David Bowie?! Wasn't he invited or was he washing his hair?
Personally, I was pleased that Elton John and Cliff Richard were rested. I expect they would have been very competent though not very exciting.
And did I miss it or was there no inclusion of Lily Allen's LDN?
