I don't feel the
need to pile on about NBC's lackluster coverage of the London Olympics in
general and the closing ceremony in particular. The number of posts on Twitter
that use the hash-tag #NBCfail suggest that ground is pretty well covered. That
said, it's pretty sad that, in an event intended to highlight British
contributions to popular culture, the network opted to slight the most
quintessentially British of the major "British invasion" bands – one
that could alternate between straight-out rock and literate slice of life
stories - The Kinks. While Ray Davies may be a little worse for wear at age 68,
I'll take his performance of "Waterloo Sunset" over the travesty that
was Paul McCartney singing "Hey Jude" at the opening ceremony any
day. Here’s a link to the performance that NBC saw fit to cut in favor of
multiple performances by something called Jessie J: http://www.examiner.com/video/ray-davies-closing-ceremony.
Enjoy.
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