Goodnight, London

We're watching the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics--it's like a big British pop concert, starting with what looked like Jubilee street parties.

• I loved the "Imagine" with the John Lennon sculpture.  
• Oh, the "Our House (in the middle of our street!)" song and the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls."  Just makes me want to sing.
• And seeing George Michael takes me back 25 years!  I saw him in concert twice, one in Wham! and once on the Faith tour.  
• And Mama Teacher, now I know who One Direction is!  
• I couldn't have cared much less about those models, though.  
• Oh, Annie Lennox meets Zombie-Interview With a Vampire is fabulous, but what is that song?? 
• Hmmmm, losing me on the Russell Brand and octopus-eats-the-bus part.  I'm always a bit behind hip British culture/humor.
• Seems apropos---"we're trying to make the world dance/forget about the pricetag/ka-ching!"  Is that a Rolls Royce??
• Oooh, the octopus is dancing!
• Yeah, Dynamite!  Mama knows a song!
• Here come the Spice Girls!!!!
• OMG, Eric Idol and "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!!!!"  HRH Prince Harry was even singing!
• Bollywood dancers and Holi colors!
• Freddie Mercury . . . but the Queen part with the woman in the bodystocking left me lukewarm.

I think that's the end of the concert (mercy it ended suddenly on NBC, with that Welsh men's chorus.)  Now for the official goodbyes.  I'm going to miss you, London and the Olympics, you did a bang-up job . . . see you in Rio!