I’m sorry, but this was possibly the worst Olympic Opening Ceremonies for the past 50 years. Perhaps the Brits loved it, but the rest of the world was bored to tears. It was also cringe-worthy at times, such as when the men from the Industrial Revolution and 19th century clothes started break-dancing or all the digging and then the kids in their pajamas…just terrible. The way so much of the presentation was pre-taped too was mind-boggling. Really, you couldn’t pull it off live? And then Paul McCartney, who I love and I adore the Beatles, having those lip-sync issues, oh my God. And we thought Ashley Simpson on SNL was bad, this was truly horrific and played to 4 billion viewers around the world. What a horrible, shameful and embarrassing moment for Sir Paul who did not deserve that. He probably shouldn’t lip sync in the first place or have a backing track, but that miscue was just cringe worthy. To be a Beatle and a living legend and getting truly humiliated like that. And to think of Britain’s rich musical history and most of it tonight were just tracks off the records instead of live performances. Why? Jimmy Page was dying to play the Games and instead you use some British rappper??? Especially when rap is uniquely American. The Stones, Bowie, Brian May, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, The Who, Led Zep, all these classic amazing bands would have played in an instant and yet instead all we get are the Arctic Monkeys? I actually like them but I think Danny Boyle could have done better. What about Radiohead or Blur? Even Oasis are far bigger and more important than the Monkeys and I’m sure they would have reunited for this. Can you imagine “Wonderwall” being played in front of 4 billion television viewers? That would have been magical. Stone Roses are already back together but what Danny should have really done is to get The Smiths back together using this as an excuse and have them play “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” during the lighting of the cauldron. Now THAT would have been something!