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(AP) - "I'm chatting `bout my personal generation," sang The Who, capping some sort of raucous, steel `n' retract Olympic shutting ceremony

But which usually generation? When the band people primary sang "My Generation," we were looking at for their 20s. Now many people are usually driving 70.

Like this Olympic torch transferring from a single athlete to another, that London games' closing formal procedure had been a good all-ages affair which is designed to show the actual flame of British creativity leaping out of one population to the particular next.

A formal procedure that director Kim Gavin named a good "elegant mashup" with song as well as resourcefulness was fashioned to exhibit that the British Invasion by no means ended, give thanks people pretty much.

"It's about how precisely very good British song is within the actual world, along with precisely how worldwide the item is," Gavin explained a day prior to a ceremony.

So there was clearly Annie Lennox and George Michael, who bought their begin inside 80s nevertheless the roars which welcome Michael's "Freedom" along with Lennox's "Little Bird" suggested each are however planning strong.

If that's too older hat, there is One Direction, boy wrist band of the moment, along with Tinie Tempah, Jessie J plus Taio Cruz who conducted their own songs, then some sort of Bee Gees path coming from the actual great age associated with disco.

There appeared to be Elbow the sort of serious band music journalists love while respite for all whom almost certainly found others in the industry a tad cheesy.

And in the event that that was all insufficiently quirky, there seems to be some sort of brass band playing Madness; a Guards group of musicians throughout scarlet tunics and bearskin hats participating in Blur; and Monty Python's Eric Idle vocal "Always Look on the Bright Side regarding Life" coupled with centurions, bagpipers along with roller-skating nuns.

We seen this sounds and songs in the left Queen's Freddie Mercury vocal "Bohemian Rhapsody," Liverpool choirs accomplishing John Lennon's "Imagine."

There were quite a few noteworthy absences: No Rolling Stones the group of musicians mentioned we were looking at beyond practice. No Elton John, while he did document one of several established games anthems. There seemed to be some sort of David Bowie montage, but no Bowie inside person.

It weren't nearly this music. Gavin said he / she needed to show exactly how "U.K. culture, media, songs are generally locked mutually to generate another large thing."

So there is a nod in order to Britain's scandal-tarred nevertheless exciting press, inside the newsprint-covered sites as well as vehicles of the best scene.

There has been fashion. We saw 1960s Mods, whose dramatically designed appearance can be seen with the brand new styles regarding Tom Ford and also others. There were images connected with supermodels inside patterns by Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Alexander McQueen as well as Victoria Beckham, now your designer as well as some sort of Spice Girl.

One from the models has been even a new Jagger Georgia May Jagger, little princess involving Rolling Stone Mick.

The present rocked that 80,000 spectators indoors Olympic Stadium, although don't have rave critiques from those people observing with TV. Some determined it way too kitschy, or even as well incomprehensible young children asking yourself who Ray Davies was, mom and dad scratching their heads at One Direction.

"Embarrass some sort of generation," tweeted film critic Dave Calhoun in a play to the games' established motto: "Inspire a Generation."

That Olympic slogan could also value upwards the particular ceremony's ethos.

Or perhaps, to help misquote The Who, the children tend to be okay plus their parents are, too.

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