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+Kardboard+ 03-02-2010 10:36 PM

Oh yeah? HD.

Yeah...I have this on repeat too. :(

1080p ver.
YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.
Bilingual final ver.

sas 03-02-2010 10:39 PM

Quote:

Oh yeah? HD.
You have it on HD? You Bastard
Time to search the torrents again

- kT 03-02-2010 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6841390)
Really? I found it to be an insipid piece of overly sentimental trash, but that's just me. :p

think about it this way - we've been hearing it for the past 17 days (granted, not the entire thing, but the first ~7 seconds) and suddenly, it's just gone

i miss it :(

and it must not be just me, since i already got 3 pm's about it :D
so i'll bump it just incase people miss it since it was a page back

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Originally Posted by - kT (Post 6841375)
i missed hearing the CTV theme of I Believe (the instrumental version they played everytime they went to commercial break), so i youtubed it and then spent an hour finding an mp3 download

finally found it
if anybody wants it, shoot me a pm and i'll send you it

incase anybody was wondering what i was talking about

YouTube- CTV Vancouver 2010 "I Believe" Broadcast Consortium Theme (Instrumental)

//edit

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Originally Posted by +Kardboard+ (Post 6841419)
Oh yeah? HD.

i don't think you guys are reading what i wrote :P
the mp3 i have isn't the one with the girl singing it, it's the instrumental version that CTV played everytime they went to commercial break and etc.

Senna4ever 03-02-2010 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by - kT (Post 6841437)
think about it this way - we've been hearing it for the past 17 days (granted, not the entire thing, but the first ~7 seconds) and suddenly, it's just gone

Good riddance, I say. The song is just not believable when it's sung by a 15 year old, no matter how good she can belt out a tune. Kind of like when a 14 year old Leanne Rimes sang "How Do I Live Without You?" Yes, she had an amazing voice, but the song didn't sound genuine coming from a 14 year old. Trisha Yearwood was much more genuine. "I Believe" is just another drab pop song. I don't think it will have the same legacy as David Foster's theme for the 1988 Calgary Olympics, "Winter Games". Just my opinion, of course. :)

HonestTea 03-02-2010 11:09 PM

Guys, so which country won the olympics?

Is there an official announcement that states which country "won" the olympics? :)

Senna4ever 03-02-2010 11:13 PM

The IOC considers the country that won the most gold medals the winner. I have a feeling the USA feels different.

- kT 03-02-2010 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6841469)
Good riddance, I say. The song is just not believable when it's sung by a 15 year old, no matter how good she can belt out a tune. Kind of like when a 14 year old Leanne Rimes sang "How Do I Live Without You?" Yes, she had an amazing voice, but the song didn't sound genuine coming from a 14 year old. Trisha Yearwood was much more genuine. "I Believe" is just another drab pop song. I don't think it will have the same legacy as David Foster's theme for the 1988 Calgary Olympics, "Winter Games". Just my opinion, of course. :)

reading is your friend :D
the link i gave (and the mp3 i'm sending out) isn't the one with the girl singing, it's the little clip that CTV plays before commercial breaks (but the entire song) - it's instrumental

check the youtube link in the post if you have no idea what i'm talking about

skyxx 03-02-2010 11:30 PM

Okay guys. The pan asia games are coming to Toronto in 2015. Should be awesome. :lol

Senna4ever 03-02-2010 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by - kT (Post 6841489)
reading is your friend :D
the link i gave (and the mp3 i'm sending out) isn't the one with the girl singing, it's the little clip that CTV plays before commercial breaks (but the entire song) - it's instrumental

check the youtube link in the post if you have no idea what i'm talking about

I know. I'm talking about both. It got so repetitive it was sickening.

Ronin 03-03-2010 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sas (Post 6841412)
Jennifer Heil is uber cute and you just have to feel for her not taking gold on Canadian soil.

Heil's attitude about it is amazing. She won the silver. She didn't lose the gold.

BTW: Jenn Heil fans...


Ronin 03-03-2010 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by sas (Post 6841429)
You have it on HD? You Bastard
Time to search the torrents again

I have pretty much every single event broadcast downloaded in 720p.

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Originally Posted by +Kardboard+ (Post 6841419)
Oh yeah? HD.

Yeah...I have this on repeat too. :(

1080p ver.
YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

Bilingual final ver.
YouTube- CTV's Final "I Believe" Montage Preceded By Brian Williams' Final Words from Vancouver

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Senna4ever 03-03-2010 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin (Post 6841650)
I have pretty much every single event broadcast downloaded in 720p.

CTV feed? I've downloaded a lot of the events, too, but they're all NBC.

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Ronin 03-03-2010 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6841653)
CTV feed? I've downloaded a lot of the events, too, but they're all NBC.

Yeah, all I see is NBC feed.

Tapioca 03-03-2010 07:56 AM

This story nearly brought a tear to my eye this morning:

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Hockey celebration: Joyous Canadians take their game to the streets


By Collette O’Reilly, Special to The Sun March 3, 2010

VANCOUVER — We peeled ourselves away from our two-week addiction to our televisions and headed to the streets Sunday to hear the roar, the horns, and join in the celebration of our lifetimes.

As it did in neighbourhoods across Canada, in the middle of West Broadway, a street-hockey game broke out surrounded by a swirl of Maple Leaf shirts, uplifted voices, and a flurry of flying Canadian flags. Big kids were little kids again! Instead of calling “Car!” the crowd had to call “Bus!” as a Broadway bus tried to squeeze past, itself filled to the rim with fans sporting red jerseys and big smiles.

The police didn’t try to stop the crowd and instead stopped traffic to let the crowd grow, play, and celebrate.

What elation! As I watched the street-hockey game, I welled with pride to be a Canadian and with the pleasure of calling Vancouver my home. The goalie, who was being peppered with two pucks and one ratty tennis ball, was rewarded with a resounding “LOU!” when he made a save.

Then amid this fevered stick-clashing and sneaker-squeaking chaos the goalie grabbed the pucks and stopped play. He backed off the big kids and urged forward the little kids.

As they reluctantly stepped forward, the goalie placed a puck in front of a three-year-old, three-foot-tall girl, handed her an adult-length hockey stick and told her it was “her turn.”

We all watched as her little arms could barely hold the stick, much less swing it. She dragged it along the pavement towards the puck and … she missed. The goalie moved the puck over to give her a better chance. She swung and again missed.

Each miss brought agony to the crowd and strengthened our need to see her “Shoot and Score!” Some of the players moved in, thinking she would never be able to hit it and the big kids should get back to playing. But the goalie stood up for her right to play and held them off. Talking only to the little girl, he told her to swing as hard as she could.

She took the stick back on an impossible line, she dragged the stick towards the puck with all her might, and somehow she made contact.

The goalie lifted his stick and dramatically threw himself across the net to make the save. All eyes watched the puck wobble under his stick and … she scored! The crowd roared! Flashes of cameras from all directions, flags flying, everyone right in the moment, cheering. We all knew that he had given her the goal, but the magic was that she didn’t know.

The little girl smiled wide with a couple teeth missing, just like the pros. She looked up in awe at the faces of the adults cheering for her and then turned to her mom, giggling and stamping her feet with joy.

It was just one goal on one magic day, but perhaps this goal inspired her just like the earlier goal inspired all of us.

We were all proud of our goalies, both Lou and this anonymous street hero. Our goalie, of course, encouraged all the other kids to take a shot and go for gold too!

I tapped his shoulder offering to send him some photos I had taken. He said, “That would be great! My name is Alex. I’m a teacher with the Vancouver school board.”

Alex: Canadian, teacher, and already working to inspire our 2026 Winter Olympians.

© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun

Tapioca 03-03-2010 08:06 AM

Stephen Brunt's essay, I think, is a better tribute to the Games than the "I Believe" montage.


+Kardboard+ 03-03-2010 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sas (Post 6841429)
You have it on HD? You Bastard
Time to search the torrents again

I just linked to two on YouTube. One's 1080p, the other 720p. :p
Quote:

Originally Posted by - kT (Post 6841437)
i don't think you guys are reading what i wrote :P

You are CORRECT! Here, have a cookie.

lilaznviper 03-03-2010 03:05 PM

anyone have the bilingual version of i believe?? in mp3 format
that version is catchy after i heard it

Ronin 03-03-2010 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tapioca (Post 6841748)
The police didn’t try to stop the crowd and instead stopped traffic to let the crowd grow, play, and celebrate.

In reading that...seriously, props to the police for keeping everything safe while we had fun. Other than the liquor stores shutting down early and busting a few seriously rowdy drunks here and there, they did a fantastic job letting us have fun. I high-fived quite a few cops during the Olympics.

Harvey Specter 03-03-2010 06:29 PM

Cops usually get bashed by some media and people but during the games they did one amazing job and deserve a lot of credit for letting fans enjoy the festivities without much police interference. I also read that police went around and talked with fans before the game started which set a happy and fun mood amongst all the cops and the crowd.

Iceman_2K 03-03-2010 06:41 PM

shit, i've been trying to find this exact video all week......thanks man! Crap, now i feel shitty seeing the montage....

Quote:

Originally Posted by +Kardboard+ (Post 6841419)
Oh yeah? HD.

Yeah...I have this on repeat too. :(

1080p ver.
YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

Bilingual final ver.
YouTube- CTV's Final "I Believe" Montage Preceded By Brian Williams' Final Words from Vancouver


Iceman_2K 03-03-2010 06:42 PM

I agree, they deserve a lot of credit for letting the fans enjoy the festivities.

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Originally Posted by Jah Gekko (Post 6842655)
Cops usually get bashed by some media and people but during the games they did one amazing job and deserve a lot of credit for letting fans enjoy the festivities without much police interference. I also read that police went around and talked with fans before the game started which set a happy and fun mood amongst all the cops and the crowd.


ShyGuy 03-03-2010 09:14 PM

the cops were high fiving the crowds after we won gold in the hockey game..

orange7 03-03-2010 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 6842919)
the cops were high fiving the crowds after we won gold in the hockey game..

maybe the cops were just checking for weapons.

StaxBundlez 03-03-2010 11:14 PM

Here's how it breaks down: a gold medal is made of 550 grams of silver covered with 6 grams of gold, a silver medal is made of 41 grams of copper and 509 grams of silver, and a bronze medal is made of a mix of mostly copper with some tin and zinc. This means that in today's market a gold medal is worth approx $494, a silver medal $260, and a bronze medal just $3.

http://www.luxist.com/2010/03/02/how...-really-worth/


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