Zelig Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 alan wilkins on air ..time to turn the TV OFF :WTF: Are you serious? Anyway, me chaloo :bye: Link to comment
FairCricket Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Camera Work :fail: Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Camera Work :fail: The whole thing was a fail Link to comment
asterix Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Boring music trio S,E,L..Pathetic music and even more pathetic lyrics..It's like they didn't had any stock left of good music and lyrics.. (Stock Sesh..) Link to comment
Cricket_Guru Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 the afridi scanario made a good, rest fail, bangla fail, lanka dance fail, india sing fail... Afridi - Bryan......Pass Link to comment
diegovegaz Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 not too bad only the captains in rickshaws, and the opening track sung by 3-4 bangla singers was enjoyable pretty boring, the rest Link to comment
Watson87 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 the afridi scanario made a good, rest fail, bangla fail, lanka dance fail, india sing fail... Afridi - Bryan......Pass no attack on player pass, no bombing pass :D All iz well Link to comment
Watson87 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 3B-2DXGhXmI this is the best song i heard for this WC :good: nah man the song sucks Link to comment
Hindustani Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 the afridi scanario made a good, rest fail, bangla fail, lanka dance fail, india sing fail... Afridi - Bryan......Pass LOL, I have not seen the ceremony but looking at all the posts of aftertards, no offense, you guys are probably closet homosexuals for the guy considering his minimal cricketing talent or probably easily amused with low standards (considering it is pakistan, I am not surprised), I am going to give the benefit of the doubt and will take second option for you :--D providing unadulterated entertainment to the forum, Durka Durka :hatsoff: Link to comment
Zero_Unit Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I didn't see the show live but saw some highlights of it. Looked like a grand opening. Didn't go through all the damn performance except Bryan's XD. BTW OMFG my parents are from Kolkata and I speak bangla a bit but the bangla those bangladeshi spoke I barely understood anything :S ... didn't know there was that much of a difference! Link to comment
qwaszx Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 any of you guys have the links to the highlights?? Link to comment
cric_addict Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 uncalled for' date=' please dont forget, we r indians, and our country is no better. so dont throw stone when you live in a glass house. showing respect to other countries and especially to our neighbour, who is nt always up on our ass like the other one, will only take us indians higher[/quote'] well said brother!! i wish all indians were like you!! hats off to u!! Link to comment
DaFan Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening The crowd reserved its biggest cheer for Shakib Al Hasan's arrival © AFP Those who were not at the Bangabandhu National Stadium will never know just how successful and moving the opening ceremony of the 2011 World Cup was. Those who saw it on TV would have cringed at Sonu Nigam crooning an English inspirational song, Bryan Adams of all people being the top draw, recordings of Shankar-Ehsan-Loy's unremarkable theme song playing on loop, and the politicians inducing yawns with their speeches. Those who were here, though, saw, heard and felt the heartbeat of Bangladesh cricket. What happened inside the stadium, sold out by 25,000 people welcoming the World Cup with open arms, was only a minor part of it. There were 25,000 other fans - and this is a conservative estimate, mind you - outside the stadium, with no hope or intention of getting in, partying away to their own rhythm of vuvuzelas, carrying Bangladesh flags about 50 feet in length, celebrating the World Cup. The reception for the World Cup on the streets of Dhaka was the closest cricket can get to a football World Cup. There was no giant screen outside for them, the music could hardly be heard there, there was obviously no alcohol to keep them going, but they danced and made merry, choreographing their own moves. There was not an inch of space in about a kilometre's radius of the Bangabandhu Stadium. Nigam, Adams, Mustafa Kamal (the BCB chief) might as well have not turned up. The crowd either side of the stadium wall couldn't care less. There were journalists at the ceremony who have covered cricket World Cups, Olympics, Asian Games, even football World Cups, and they swore they have never seen anything like this before. For a sport that has a bad history with opening ceremonies, nothing could have been more welcome. It didn't need the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to declare the World Cup open. The World Cup was open when at 2am last night, thousands were dancing on the streets, signing the best-wishes bat, and tens of cars went round and round the Bangabandhu Stadium. And when similar scenes were taking place at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, which didn't even have anything to do with the opening ceremony. And to say that the 50-over format is supposed to be dying. Not in the subcontinent, not in Bangladesh by a long shot. However, like with the good old ODIs, the opening ceremony had its middle overs. Nigam followed up his Celine Dion act from the recently-held Filmfare Awards back home in India with a self-composed song titled Rise Up For Glory, which showed that his great voice needs to be rescued, from himself. The politicians took about half an hour of valuable time, and were on the verge of inviting a streaker. The crowd mimicked and made fun of one of them, another speaker gave two different figures for Bangladesh's population in half a minute, and ICC chief Sharad Pawar tried to speak Bangla but no one could make out a word of what he said. In the bigger picture, though, all those were minor irritants. There were some very nice touches to the ceremony. Local artists performing before the main function started was one such; getting popular, almost legendary singers, Mumtaz, Sabina Yasmin and Runa Laila, to share the stage was another, as was the crowd going crazy at the first sound of Bollywood music in an overstretched celebration of India. Then there was the laser show involving the towering 24-storey Bangladesh Development Bank Building . On a long white curtain, a cricket pitch was projected. From the top floor, men tied on harnesses came down. Two batsmen, bowler, keeper, slip, umpire, cover, midwicket were all there. One man was pulled up suggesting a bowler running in to bowl. The ball was a laser pointer. In one over of "aerial cricket", they showed a forward-defensive, an lbw appeal, a scrambled single and overthrows, a play-and-a-miss, and a boundary. The best, and the most unforgettable, moment was when all the captains were brought in on cycle rickshaws. One captain on each rickshaw, with a young boy sitting beside him, waving to the crowd, and the crowd responding generously. They came out alphabetically, Australia first, with one exception - Bangladesh were saved for the last, and more importantly Shakib-Al-Hasan for the very last. Few present at the Bangabandhu Stadium will ever forget the applause that Shakib walked out to. Put the applause for the other 13 captains together - and they were not stingy with any of them - but it paled in comparison. That noise was enough to know what the World Cup meant to the country. In that moment, the traffic jams, the poor singing, the long speeches didn't matter. Over to Shakib's team now to make sure the party goes on deep into the tournament. The people deserve it. http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/501499.html Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 It was anything but perfect. Okay everyone has their likeness, It started of decently with Bangla anthem and some western style bangla singing, but those speached by some minsters of Bangladesh and by SHARED POWER, just bored everyone to death. I left for work rite after that, didn't watch anything so don't know if it got better after that or not, but from what I read, it was a boring event. Link to comment
desi pride 1234 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 :asleep::yawn2:not really. it was boring except bryan adam's show. Link to comment
BERGKAMP Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 yeah i saw a bit of it and it seemed a good cure for insomnia. Link to comment
DomainK Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 What did Sonu Nigam did? I have not watched it, but everyone is saying that it was boring. Link to comment
Sid Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 One of the worst I have seen,lol at perfect opening Link to comment
sandeep Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 stop being jackasses, the bangla crowd and people are excited about the world cup and thats a good thing. go bangles, win all your games after saturday's. Link to comment
desi pride 1234 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 stop being jackasses, the bangla crowd and people are excited about the world cup and thats a good thing. go bangles, win all your games after saturday's. the opening cermony was not so impressive and nobody is complaining abt bangladesh crowd.. i wonder who is the real jackass here???:hmmm::dontknow: Link to comment
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