Yay! The Olympics! Brilliant! Who wouldn't want to watch athletes competing in events for an oversized piece of bling? But hey, it's great for the nation right? Whole decayed areas have been wiped out to make way for wondrous architecture that?ll sit dormant for years to come.
Excellent, that’s just the thing that our stupid government’s ?Big Society? wanted to achieve. Pump loads of money into the host city whilst other cities used for side-events have to do with no investment! HURRAY!
So far, the London Olympics has thrown up a logo which looks like an epileptic?s nightmare and, with less than a year to go, it's been announced that alongside film director Danny Boyle, electronic duo Underworld will be working on the opening ceremony. Whilst it might come as a strange choice to some, the decision may be the kind of bold move that could result in a proper audio and visual feast!
At present, UK pop music is riding fairly high in the charts with amongst others, Take That, The Saturdays and JLS scoring well in the hit parade.
Imagine the thought of these artists performing at the opening ceremony where a global audience will be casting a careful eye to see how London fares against Beijing in 2008.
In an instant, they would be critically mauled.
Clearly, someone on the Olympic committee didn't want to be mocked. So, they turned to Danny Boyle who was appointed as the artistic director for the opening ceremony. With diverse work across in film including ?The Beach? and Oscar winning film ?Slumdog Millionaire? he?ll always be associated with iconic nineties film ?Trainspotting.?
Of course, Underworld scored their biggest hit from ?Trainspotting? . Despite not gaining a number one with the track Born Slippy.NUXX, it was a song that always gets high praise as one of the songs of the nineties.
Cynics may worry that The Royal Family might be faced with a ceremony of rave, strobe lights and neon clothing. However, the band have collaborated musically with Boyle multiple times on films, including ?A Life Less Ordinary?, the soundtrack to sci-fi flick ?Sunshine? and recently, a theatre score for the classic play ?Frankenstein.?
Not all of the songs are heavily beat based, as this piece from ?Sunshine? showcases:
This ambient piece shows that Underworld are diverse in terms of creating more than just songs that will get a batch of clubbers reaching for their pills.
Therefore, the prospect of what this collaboration of both visual and creative remains a genuine exciting prospect.
Whilst it's not expected to be a fast paced display to mark the arrival of the Olympics in London, there should be some surprising treats that?ll at least make for a one off and unique display.