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Champion.

I wonder if he was watching the opening ceremony... And got wet...

But what a show! Incredible. I normally just don't follow or like those kind of events (usually boring as hell), but that was truely special. The French tore the standards to pieces.

- Doxa



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All true. I thought that "imagine" was a party pooper though.

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Hopefully Mick got to see Gojira…
Holy Moly!!!

That was quick, from Missouri to Paris.

Not really. Ha ha.

Quite the rock on Melanie's left hand.

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I wonder if he was watching the opening ceremony... And got wet...

But what a show! Incredible. I normally just don't follow or like those kind of events (usually boring as hell), but that was truely special. The French tore the standards to pieces.

- Doxa

He did get wet ..check Lucas Jagger ' story on instagram

Poor DaVinci...

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He did get wet ..check Lucas Jagger ' story on instagram

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I'll give France 5 stars out of 5 for their ambitions on the opening of the Olympics. Sunny weather and it would have been a success. Now it rained away. At least they tried.
Some gold nuggets though - like the mezzo soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel performing the Marseillaise on the roof of the Grand Palais (in the pouring rain!).

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I'll give France 5 stars out of 5 for their ambitions on the opening of the Olympics. Sunny weather and it would have been a success. Now it rained away. At least they tried.
Some gold nuggets though - like the mezzo soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel performing the Marseillaise on the roof of the Grand Palais (in the pouring rain!).

Well, it probably wasn't that nice at there due the rain, but I didn't see any problem when watching it from a telly. Everything looked fine and going perfectly. The French are crazy people in a positive way, doing unexpected things. Thinking out of the box. No wonder 1789 happened there...

I guess in future the upcoming Olympic sites will use the concept of using the city as a platform, not just the stadium for the opening ceremony, but then again, not every city is Paris and all that history and culture... Hard to follow that one!

- Doxa



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Hopefully Mick got to see Gojira…
Holy Moly!!!

Gojira is so awesome. Saw them for the first time in 2015. Elite musicians. Singer is drummer’s brother. French metal with occasional pro-environment lyrics. Not knuckle-dragging stuff.

Check this out. Drummers, good luck pulling this off!!!

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I'll give France 5 stars out of 5 for their ambitions on the opening of the Olympics. Sunny weather and it would have been a success. Now it rained away. At least they tried.
Some gold nuggets though - like the mezzo soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel performing the Marseillaise on the roof of the Grand Palais (in the pouring rain!).

Well, it probably wasn't that nice at there due the rain, but I didn't see any problem when watching it from a telly. Everything looked fine and going perfectly. The French are crazy people in a positive way, doing unexpected things. Thinking out of the box. No wonder 1789 happened there...

I guess in future the upcoming Olympic sites will use the concept of using the city as a platform, not just the stadium for the opening ceremony, but then again, not every city is Paris and all that history and culture... Hard to follow that one!

- Doxa

Sure, they were ambitious and had new ideas. And a big budget I guess (most of it going to security though). But it's a visual thing - the weather makes a huge difference.

Still I wonder why Sir Michael was invited to the British Embassy. Is he a sponsor of the Olympian team or something? Or have they scheduled a performance for him at the ending ceremonies?
Otherwise I don't get it. Celebrity glance?

I feel reminded of some lyrics he once wrote:

There's a regiment of soldiers
Standing looking on
And the queen is bravely shouting
"What the hell is going on?"
With a blood-curdling "tally-ho"
She charged into the ranks
And blessed all those grandmas
Who with their dying breaths screamed, "Thanks!"

Me, I'm just waiting so patiently
With my woman on the floor
We're just trying to do this jigsaw puzzle
Before it rains anymore

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Still I wonder why Sir Michael was invited to the British Embassy. Is he a sponsor of the Olympian team or something? Or have they scheduled a performance for him at the ending ceremonies?
Otherwise I don't get it. Celebrity glance?

THey should have asked Mick to carry the flag for the opening ceremony!

Mick and son Deveraux at the fencing event at the Grand Palais (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)


Fabrice Coffrini/AFP



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Mick at the Grand Palais for the fencing.
Tom at La Defense Arena for the swimming.





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With Adam Burger (canoe slalom) :

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Still I wonder why Sir Michael was invited to the British Embassy. Is he a sponsor of the Olympian team or something? Or have they scheduled a performance for him at the ending ceremonies?
Otherwise I don't get it. Celebrity glance?

Sir Mick is representing United Kingdom. He is there to support his countrymen and women in the games. Also, he is a celebrity, and he is a fan of sports of all kinds, especially when UK is involved.

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Please do NOT use this thread for gossip!

Bjornulf

Those four young female athletes were probably thinking "who is this old guy? Oh well, we'll be nice and take a picture wit him" LOL

Mick crosses the Concorde bridge (1st pic) then goes into the Grand Palais (2nd pic) then heads to the British Embassy (last pic).

All 3 spots are within walking distance (a few hundred meters each) and I'm sure Mick went there by foot.

Funny how the man can turn into a rock supershowman (on the last US tour) then effortlessly become a common man and sports fan.

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Mick crosses the Concorde bridge (1st pic) then goes into the Grand Palais (2nd pic) then heads to the British Embassy (last pic).

All 3 spots are within walking distance (a few hundred meters each) and I'm sure Mick went there by foot.

If you're referring to photos posted in this thread, they were taken on different days.

I rest my case then... I don't think Mick slept on the sidewalk between events.

But he's still a super-cool cat!



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Who is the odd man out? Well, the old man in the middle is old school like watching what's going on out there, while the others are busy with their mobiles...

- Doxa

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Who is the odd man out? Well, the old man in the middle is old school like watching what's going on out there, while the others are busy with their mobiles...

- Doxa

And you typed this on your… ?

Well I typed this, with two fingers, on my work laptop as usual.

If I had to type it on a mobile phone this thread would be on page 10 by the time I'd finished !