Governor General Sleeping during Olympic Opening Ceremonies?
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Was supposed to be Leonard Cohen himself, but he hurt his back or something.
But I agree, WTF KD Lang? I guess she was the only one not doing anything at the last minute to replace Leonard?
I'm sure they could have gotten SOMEONE better... maybe Randy Bachman?
Anyone....
How lame was Lloyd Robertson "I'm sure that Leonard himself couldn't have sung it better" Ya, Riiiiiight...
But I agree, WTF KD Lang? I guess she was the only one not doing anything at the last minute to replace Leonard?
I'm sure they could have gotten SOMEONE better... maybe Randy Bachman?
Anyone....
How lame was Lloyd Robertson "I'm sure that Leonard himself couldn't have sung it better" Ya, Riiiiiight...
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Not sure what you were watching but she has an amazing voice with great range. So she isn't anything to look at she can sing.
She might actually like the seal meat. Remember she went on the ice and ate some raw.
You're right, she does have set of pipes on her. Actually at first glance I thought it was Wayne Newton up there.
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Does any one know why the diva Celione Dion never showed up? She wanted too much money?
And wasnt it embarressing about the "icicles"? I doubt the Chinese would've allowed that to happen.
uncleg, yeah, i know she likes seal meat. She may also like monkey brains too
At first glance, I thought it was Roy Schneider, Deuce Gigaglo.
And another thing, i was watching the US feed and they called the RCMP Canada's "Fabled" national police force.
Speaking of which, why didnt they get tall RCMP officers to present the flag? That's the fable image.
And wasnt it embarressing about the "icicles"? I doubt the Chinese would've allowed that to happen.
uncleg, yeah, i know she likes seal meat. She may also like monkey brains too
At first glance, I thought it was Roy Schneider, Deuce Gigaglo.
And another thing, i was watching the US feed and they called the RCMP Canada's "Fabled" national police force.
Speaking of which, why didnt they get tall RCMP officers to present the flag? That's the fable image.
I sincerely doubt Michaele Jean was sleeping.
KD Lang is internationally renowned and loved for her amazing voice. I suspect if she was blonde with huge tits you would have approved.
Randy Bachman? Give me a fucking break. I loved BTO as much as anybody, but puhleeeeese.
Dont be so sure about that. A few years ago her doctor urged her to take a few months off from work due to exhaustion. In her OCD way she only took two weeks.
Celine couldn't make it because she's doing attempt #5 at IVF to try and get her anorectic self pregnant with her impotent husband's frozen spermies
No joke, that's actually why she couldn't make it, and what she's currently doing.
No joke, that's actually why she couldn't make it, and what she's currently doing.
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Just cause he can write them, doesn't mean he can sing them. KD Land sang that song way better than Leonard could ever dream of. Get over it. Here are the two versions and I think it's pretty simple to say what is a better vocal performance.
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Leonard Cohen sings the song like he wrote it, dispassionately. He wrote the original with 80 verses! He rarely sings the same version twice. It is the most covered of any of his songs, over 200 different artists have performed it. Leonard thinks it needs a rest.
K.D. Lang sang it at the 2006 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on the occasion of Cohen's induction into the Hall of Fame.Of that rendition, Cohen's partner, singer Anjani Thomas, said: "After hearing k.d. lang perform that song at the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2006 we looked at each other and said, 'well, I think we can lay that song to rest now! It’s really been done to its ultimate blissful state of perfection'.
I thought the opening ceremonies were good, I enjoyed many parts of it. The lighting of the cauldron was anticlimactic though.
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Thank you for the history lesson HB40 and yes the lighting of the cauldron was anticlimactic at best. Gretzky was sweating from all the running he had to do, then he got soaked in the rain. As always he was a good sport about it. Gretzky truly is The Great One, a class act all the way!
Michaele Jean is a useless, irrelevant figurehead...
Rogge always talks like he's got a torch stuck up his...
the two broads on CBC recapping the the ceremonies are carrying on like a couple of giddy 12 year-olds...
the national anthem was butchered...
a former steroid abuser carried the torch...
and Vancouver enhanced it's reputation for being a backwater village...
should have went to the Paramount...
Rogge always talks like he's got a torch stuck up his...
the two broads on CBC recapping the the ceremonies are carrying on like a couple of giddy 12 year-olds...
the national anthem was butchered...
a former steroid abuser carried the torch...
and Vancouver enhanced it's reputation for being a backwater village...
should have went to the Paramount...
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Yes, a couple apple juices and a few lap dances would have made for a wonderful evening. What could have been.
this country has only produced one hero in my lifetime...
his name was Terry Fox...
his indomitable will and spirit was unmatched...
this should have been the theme of the entire ceremony...
his name was Terry Fox...
his indomitable will and spirit was unmatched...
this should have been the theme of the entire ceremony...
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