A thread for the Olympics. 🏃‍♂️

If only it really were Edith singing.. that would be lovely.

JamesandJon33

Celine Dion now ……sigh

Lovely! Celine sings so beautifully.

RosiesMaw2

Wow!
My gob is well and truly smacked! And the Piaf song always makes me well up, if this is the finale it is stunning at last 🎈

It's beautiful.

Well done Celine

RosiesMaw2

Wow!
My gob is well and truly smacked! And the Piaf song always makes me well up, if this is the finale it is stunning at last 🎈

Exactly this Maw. 🥲

But Celine was ok.

Sobbing now- Céline Dion- the crème de la crème!

Well done Celine Dion. What a finish!

Pity about the rest of it. 😂

Well thanks all this thread has entertained me tonight 👏👏

Enfin!
I’ve a sore bum and sore eyes and I’m off to bed. Very well done finale though.

Going to go and watch some paint dry, much more enjoyable. Although the Marguerite Monnot Hymne a l'Amour is lovely I'm afraid the balloon is definitely not doing it for me. A washout, in more ways than one.

Michael Johnson trying to be positive!

Ah, I had a lump in my throat while Celine sang. She has such tremendous talent, and has been suffering with illness. She said she would crawl on stage if she had to!

Wonderful. An someone above mentioned it was an older song; which is why it sounded familiar to me. My parents played French records, so perhaps it was in my memory bank.

RosiesMaw2

Sobbing now- Céline Dion- the crème de la crème!

She was amazing, wasn't she.

Regroup at 08.00 tomorrow for the keener viewers.

Off to claim my Award for Endurance 🥇.

I might not surface by 8 !

I feel a bit guilty now; so much work went into this. However, it was disjointed.

However, it was more showcasing Paris than anything. A mistake not to hold it in the stadium.

Shame about the weather, it didn't just put a dampener on it, it drenched it.

Well that’s 4 hours of my life I will never get back!

CanadianGran

Ah, I had a lump in my throat while Celine sang. She has such tremendous talent, and has been suffering with illness. She said she would crawl on stage if she had to!

Wonderful. An someone above mentioned it was an older song; which is why it sounded familiar to me. My parents played French records, so perhaps it was in my memory bank.

D’accord 🥲🥲

CanadianGran

Ah, I had a lump in my throat while Celine sang. She has such tremendous talent, and has been suffering with illness. She said she would crawl on stage if she had to!

Wonderful. An someone above mentioned it was an older song; which is why it sounded familiar to me. My parents played French records, so perhaps it was in my memory bank.

I think it was written (and sung) by the wonderful Edith Piaf CanadianGran - Hymne à l'amour.

It has been sung by others, in English too, but Celine Dion made it sound magnificent again.

I woke up thinking about that poor piano.

gulligranny

Going to go and watch some paint dry, much more enjoyable. Although the Marguerite Monnot Hymne a l'Amour is lovely I'm afraid the balloon is definitely not doing it for me. A washout, in more ways than one.

Yes, apologies.

Lyrics by Edith Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot

Good morning everybody!
Here’s Matt.
x

I’m off to read reviews of last night’s performance in the newspapers!

Shame about the weather, but it didn't seem to dampen spirits.
It was spectacular, although dragged on a bit to long, Lady GaGa didn't impress, but Celine was excellent, so pleased to see her perform so well after battles with ill health.

Celine Dion was fabulous and what a return! I'm afraid I wasn't keen on much of the show. I suspect it didn't show to advantage on screen and was better in real life. I liked the idea of Paris being involved, loved the combination of the boats, then the Louvre, fashion etc. And the pop up pictures in the Seine. But the whole thing was unwieldy and too long, so I lost interest. I'm looking forward to seeing some sports later

time.com/7004283/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-seine/

I was out last night so missed the live ceremony.
Watching a precis of it now on BBC2 🤦‍♀️