BBC sport live opening ceremony...

[Sachs]

Wow!!!

[monty0703]

yup. must have been practising for aaages.

[Sachs]

The colours are fantastic!!! Watching it on HD

[Philtaz]

Can't say I've been too excited in the build up to these Olympics but the openeing ceremony is indeed stunning.

[Sachs]

Couple of Manchesters ideas in there!!!

[Philtaz]

Anyone have any ideas about the music? Parts of it sounded very similar to Jean Michel Jarre's Waiting For Coasteau album.

[Sachs]

No idea! x

[tiggerblue10]

I didn't see any of it as I was at work. Saw a bit of it on the news and it looked pretty impressive.

[tiggerblue10]

I have also just seen on the news that many people had their houses destroyed to make way for the Olympics :-(

[Sachs]

Really tigger?

[anotheoldgit]

I have also just seen on the news that many people had their houses destroyed to make way for the Olympics

Looked like slum clearance to me, over-hyped by the media for propaganda purposes.

The excellent BBC coverage of the event was spoilt only by the commentators and that infernal Red i BBC Sport thingy in the right hand corner of the screen.

[blackcat77]

Well, London has got it's work cut out for the next 4 years, hasn't it? How can we top that?!