Director Danny Boyle ( Trainspotting ) is currently cutting together a feature-length version of his 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
Brit rockers take on The Beatles' classic for Olympic opening ceremony
The London Olympics opening night ceremony on Friday left a last impression on millions of viewers, thanks in part to the songs choices used to emphasize director Danny Boyle's dazzling spectacle. UK chart-topping tunes like U2 's "Where The Streets Have No Name", David Bowie 's "Heroes", Pet Shop Boys ' "West End Girls" and Arctic Monkeys ' "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" soundtracked the parade of countries marching into the Olympic Stadium, while [...]
by Bill Pearis Artic Monkeys at 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony The 2012 London Olympics are underway, with the wildly ambitious spectacle of the Opening Ceremonies happened last night (7/27), as directed by Danny Boyle , the man who gave us Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire . And while you can argue whether or not it was successful, epic, dazzling or dumb, you gotta give it up to Boyle for [...]
Filed under: News AFP British rock 'n' roll factored heavily into last night's London Olympics opening ceremony , and as one might expect, the music of the Beatles got gold-medal treatment. In addition to Paul McCartney 's closing performance of " Hey Jude " -- a massive singalong he prefaced with a line from "The End" -- latter-day Brit-rock heroes the Arctic Monkeys covered the Fab Four's "Come Together." [...]
Remember when we reported that Arctic Monkeys were rumored (or rumoured, if you like the British spelling) to ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ arctic-monkeys-cover-come-toge ther-at-olympics-ope/67530/
Im pretty psyched about the 2012 Summer Olympics in London this summer. Today was the opening ceremony featuring performances by popular English artists Arctic Monkeys, Two Door Cinema Club and Beatles legend Paul McCartney. A nice nod to England's reputation for a fresh music scene. The ceremonies will give these bands worldwide exposure, especially newcomers Two Door Cinema Club. Check [...]
The Arctic Monkeys can now tell their grandchildren they got to cover The Beatles' "Come Together" in front of the Queen and Sir Paul McCartney. The band took the stage tonight at the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics and performed both "Come Together" and "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor". You can watch footage of the performance below. A studio version of their "Come Together" cover is also now available via iTunes . The ceremonies also featured performances by McCartney, Dizzee Rascal, and Emeli Sandé. In addition, the soundtrack included [...]
Ingleses, ingleses, ingleses, ¿qué más podemos decir?, sabemos perfectamente que su cultura es totalmente musical y es que sin duda saben cómo hacerla, cómo ser pop sin perder calidad, algo que han aprendido desde muy pequeños. Por eso no nos sorprende que músicos ingleses jóvenes lleguen a ciertos niveles de reconocimiento, status y popularidad. Uno de los claros ejemplos es este chico, Miles Kane , generador de la Kanemanía y sí, muchos dicen que hasta físicamente es parecido a Paul McCartney , usa trajes hechos a la medida, posee cierto atractivo sexual y parece que el [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! A mockumentary featuring the Arctic Monkeys -- and a white rapper trying to get a support slot at one of their gigs -- is set to be released on Oct. 9. 'Le Donk & Scor-Zay-Zee' stars 'The Bourne Ultimatum' actor Paddy Considine. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has admitted he chose the Rolling Stones over the Beatles as a young rock fan. But in an MTV interview he said [...]
I would have to say that this mix was inspired by my trip to Rasputin Music in Berkeley yesterday. I could probably spend all day in there listening to CD after CD - there's just something hypnotizing about the place... MP3s: Gnarls Barkley - Charity Case The Breeders - Overglazed Spiritualized - Sweet Talk Wilco and Billy Bragg - Feed of Man [...]
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