Comments on: Should the London 2012 Opening Ceremony feature Ian Dury’s ‘The Bus Driver’s Prayer’? http://www.synergy-sponsorship.com/blog/20100311/should-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony-feature-ian-durys-the-bus-drivers-prayer/ The Sponsor's Consultancy Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Stephanie Branston http://www.synergy-sponsorship.com/blog/20100311/should-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony-feature-ian-durys-the-bus-drivers-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Stephanie Branston Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:28:32 +0000 http://www.synergy-sponsorship.com/blog/?p=3366#comment-778 The double-decker red bus transforming into a privet hedge (as happens every day in W1...?) remains the most memorable element of London's handover during the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony. Not sure that is wholly a good thing but still... An Essential London 2012 album is a must. A whole lot of tunes competing to appear on it, my personal favourites would include 'A Rainy Night in Soho' (the Pogues), Abba's 'Waterloo', The Clash's 'London Calling' and 'Violet Hill' by Coldplay (Violet Hill is a small street between Maida Vale & Abbey Road in St John's Hill). Got to say Ian Dury's version of the Lord's Prayer would be somewhat preferable to LOCOG opting to commission Cliff Richard's dubious 1999 version. It may have been in the name of charity but still, some acts remain unforgiveable. Dury all the way. Rock & roll. No contest. The double-decker red bus transforming into a privet hedge (as happens every day in W1…?) remains the most memorable element of London’s handover during the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony. Not sure that is wholly a good thing but still…

An Essential London 2012 album is a must.

A whole lot of tunes competing to appear on it, my personal favourites would include ‘A Rainy Night in Soho’ (the Pogues), Abba’s ‘Waterloo’, The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ and ‘Violet Hill’ by Coldplay (Violet Hill is a small street between Maida Vale & Abbey Road in St John’s Hill).

Got to say Ian Dury’s version of the Lord’s Prayer would be somewhat preferable to LOCOG opting to commission Cliff Richard’s dubious 1999 version. It may have been in the name of charity but still, some acts remain unforgiveable.

Dury all the way. Rock & roll. No contest.

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