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Let The Games Begin . . .

[This is part 10 of our ten day most memorable Olympic moments countdown to the 2012 Olympics. The daily non-Olympian athletic gratuitous eye candy is just a bonus.]

You have to feel sorry for whoever was selected as the host city to follow Beijing and its incredible opening ceremony. Trying to compete with that massive spectacle of precision is a lose-lose situation. It appears London has wisely chosen to go a different way with flocks of sheep grazing in a pastoral setting mixed with a mosh pit of rowdy fans. Huh. Should be interesting to see if they can out-do the Atlanta Games opening ceremony extravaganza replete with truck loads of Bubbas flying rebel flags. Forgot about that one didn’t ya?

Lots of the secret surprises in store for tonight’s opening ceremony have already leaked. To date, I’m not too impressed and it sounds like Jeffrey’s prompt to have the gals from Absolutely Fabulous light the Olympic Cauldron would fit in quite nicely. They are holding back the Spice Girls reunion for the closing ceremony, but are promising a stadium-wide sing-a-long with Paul McCartney performing Hey Jude. For the 5,000,000,000 time. Cutting-edge stuff.

A lot of British rockers will be on hand either in person or represented by their music, but as far as the promise of being gay-inclusive, Elton John seems to have been left out of the mix. But then again the opening ceremony is supposed to be a celebration and Elton has turned into such a grumpy old queen I wouldn’t invite him to my party either. Besides, they already have a grumpy old queen attending.

Athletes will be rocking and rolling ya.

I wouldn’t invite the dead either, and I don’t mean the Grateful Dead. The organizers of the London Games should have spent a few more minutes on the question of who? before sending out invitations to participate in the opening ceremonies. Instead, they contacted the manager of The Who to ask if legendary drummer Keith Moon would be able to perform. Nice idea, except Moon has been dead for 34 years.

Manager Bill Curbishley says he responded to the request by informing the Organizing Committee that Kieth now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to The Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’. “If you have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him,” he added as a suggestion.

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend are expected to play some role in the Olympic festivities, but if you are going for the really big names in British Rock, how about trying for John Lennon and George Harrison to stage a Beatles reunion? And while Jerry Garcia wasn’t English, he does seem to fit their other criteria. And maybe they could get Ed Sullivan to introduce the acts while they are at it.

On a final note before the Games begin, Prime Time viewing in the U.S. will be some seven hours behind the live events. It takes that long for Ryan Seacrest to get made-up. As a kid I was never good at waiting to see what Santa brought on Xmas Day, tearing through all the brightly wrapped packages the night before was my norm. I’m gonna attempt to exercise a bit more self-control with the Olympics. So you bastards that live in the Merry Ol’, don’t be going and posting comments full of spoilers. MmmKay?

[‘The XXX Games’ are a series of posts about hot Olympians, gay competitors – both present and past – and general articles about the 2012 London Olympics of interest to gay men. So, yeah, lots of hot male eye candy. Click the XXX Games graphic below for additional news, stories, and pictures.]

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