So the big one is over at last and now all the pundits can poke
their heads above the parapet and start carping on about how awful it was.
There have already been two on the radio this morning moaning
about how the closing ceremony was so dreadful.
I am not sure which closing ceremony they were watching because the one
I watched seemed to be entertaining and fun. There were a few has-beens amongst the host
of stars that appeared but they were all significant contributors to the
British life and although they hit their peak a while back, oldies like me
still recall them with good memories.
The later stars were often not performers of the kind of music I would
go out of my way to listen to but were equally valid and I put up with them
because they were obviously popular too for their generation and some of them I
have embraced too (figuratively speaking) and included them in my music collection. The one thing I noticed was that whilst we
had a good cross section of British music, no theatre was represented and
especially nothing from the Lloyd Webber stable which had created musical hits
around the world.
All in all it was quite watchable and I was late to bed so
as to watch it to the very end, as were the rest of the family who are
currently staying with us.
Anyway, it is not over yet.
The Paralympics is soon to follow where some really stupendously brave
and determined people will compete, hopefully in front of a similarly
enthusiastic audience and I wish them all the best of luck in their coming moment of
glory.
