[閒聊] 鐵媽媽擔任2012倫敦奧運開場.......甘五摳寧？

看板IronMaiden作者Gotthard (不肯老去的疲憊靈魂)時間14年前 (2010/03/27 23:15)推噓2(2推 0噓 2→)

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英國的衛報裡的一個音樂部落格談到2012年奧運應該找鐵媽媽來開場。理由當然是北京奧運閉幕華麗聲光效果之後，英國絕對不能丟臉。而且鐵媽媽是倫敦在地人，專輯全球銷售七千五百萬張，在flgith 666影片裡巡迴更證明鐵媽媽席捲全球的能力雖然說是這樣說...保守的英國人很可能派出搖滾老將如齊柏林、披頭四、Pink Floyd... 來應戰，畢竟鐵媽媽雖然能全球演唱會熱賣，英國人不見得每個人都以鐵媽為榮啊... 有興趣的可以去看一下，純喊爽的機率高~ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/mar/25/iron-maiden-olympics Why we need Iron Maiden for the Olympics Britain's record at soundtracking sporting events is woeful. So who better to reclaim some glory in front of a global audience than east London's heavy-metal overlords? After tackling such unedifying questions as whether a sausage roll can get more fans than an X Factor judge and if Jon Venables should be executed, Facebook users this week threw their collective weight behind getting Iron Maiden to open the 2012 Olympics. The race is on to amass one million supporters and convince organisers that when the curtain goes up, the assembled ranks of athletes, fans and dignitaries should be deafened by the overlords of British heavy metal. Britain's record at soundtracking sporting events is woeful. The 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester ended with – for reasons apparent to absolutely nobody – a Jimmy Cliff and Dave Stewart duet. M People's Heather Small wandered onstage at one point. And when future historians identify when the western world was left in the dust by China, they will look at the end of the 2008 Olympics, when China's jaw-dropping, CGI-enhanced performance was followed by the UK. A rickety, balsa wood bus trundled on, then fell apart like a cheap circus prop. Leona Lewis emerged from the roof to sing Whole Lotta Love while Jimmy Page wobbled around on a hydraulic lift, each of them pretending to have a clue who the other was. It couldn't have been a more poignant metaphor for post-imperial decline if they'd had an old woman dressed as Britannia, ravaged by Alzheimer's and mumbling her way through TS Eliot's The Waste Land ("My people humble people who expect/Nothing"). The 2012 Olympics is Britain's chance to reclaim some glory in front of a global audience. Iron Maiden have a greater international reach than any other British band, having spent their career touring Japan, the former Eastern Bloc, South America and, more recently, India and the Middle East, selling 75m albums in the process. Their sporting track record is also proven: a career-long devotion to West Ham (check Steve Harris's claret-and-blue guitar strap and sweatbands); footballing skills displayed in the Holy Smoke video; Bruce Dickinson's fencing prowess; and their soundtrack to the timeless Daley Thompson Lucozade TV ad. As native east Londoners, they're also an obvious choice. Maiden's thunderous, militaristic bombast is exactly what a spectacle of this kind requires. Without Maiden, it's JLS pulling their shirts up while Clare Balding dances with Mr Blobby. If Maiden open the Olympics, the whole world will be united under a ragged Union Jack and Britain's international reputation will be restored. All this while a giant zombie mascot shoots flames out of his eyes and lurches towards a terrified Sebastian Coe, who cries like a girl. Come on, let's make it happen. -- I don't need to worry 'bout tomorrow Ain't anticipating what's to come And I don't need to worry 'bout the things I have not done Long as I got rock and roll I'm forever young Long as I got rock and roll I'm forever young -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 115.43.151.48