#88

I woke up at 3AM couldn't get back to sleep… this is the result.

It has been a tradition every 4 years since the revival in 1896 and in nearly 5 days I will be hooked on the XXIX Olympics. Now lately China hasn't been getting the greatest PR and you can be sure they have been trying their hardest to
promote themselves. I'm not even going to go in to the protests or the politics any deeper, I really want to look forward to this year like any year and not imagine a political train wreck.

So to help with my personal Olympic hype I went searching!

1980 Moscow Opening Ceremony – Opening Act & Parade of Nations

1980 Moscow Opening Ceremony – Children's Show

1980 Moscow Closing Ceremony – Misha says Goodbye

1984 L.A. Opening Ceremony – Olympic Hymn

1984 L.A. Opening Ceremony – Rhapsody in Blue

1984 L.A. Opening Ceremony – Lighting the Cauldron

1984 L.A. Closing Ceremony – Space Ship

1988 Seoul Opening Ceremony – Hand in Hand (eng sub) ;)

1988 Seoul Opening Ceremony – Dragon Drum Ceremony

1988 Seoul Opening Ceremony – Lighting the Cauldron

1988 Seoul Closing Ceremony – "Goodbye"

1992 Barcelona Opening Ceremony - Highlights

1992 Barcelona Opening Ceremony – Flaming Arrow *

1992 Barcelona Closing Ceremony – "Amigos Para Siempre"

1992 Barcelona Closing Ceremony – "Fuego Gitano

1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremony: Part 1 – Part 2

1996 Atlanta – Lighting the Cauldron

1996 Atlanta CC – Gloria Estefan "Reach" **

1996 Atlanta CC – "Power of the Dream"

2000 Sydney Opening Ceremony – Deep Sea Dreaming, Dream Time Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

2000 Sydney Opening Ceremony – Lighting of the Cauldron

2000 Sydney Closing Ceremony – "Vangelis"

2000 Sydney Closing Ceremony – Savage Garden

2000 Sydney Closing Ceremony – "Island Home"

2000 Sydney Closing Ceremony – "We'll be One

2004 Athens Opening Ceremony – Welcome Home(Part 1 & 2) Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

2004 Athens Closing Ceremony – Part 1

2004 Athens Closing Ceremony – Maleviziotis & Serra

2004 Athens Closing Ceremony – Anna Vissi

2004 Athens Closing Ceremony – From Athens to Beijing

*One of the best moments I think of lighting the Olympic Cauldron.

**The best Olympic Theme that I have ever heard.

So yeah, there you go! Of course not all of that is probably in the order that it was show at the actual ceremonies and there are a lot more video clips out there.

Only 4 days, 17 hours, and 5 more minutes to go!!