Closing Ceremonies - Calgary Olympics 1988

[@miska734]

Calgary 1988, uwielbiam wracać do tego momentu:)!!!

[@KS-kb4zt]

Mam to na kasecie magnetofonowej....

[@sawomirmajak7310]

A nie wjeżdżała na stadion kanadyjska policja konna na zamknięcie?

[@arturwilamowski4075]

Najbardziej zapamiętane zimowe igrzyska

[@Pit2x]

Ahhh te wspomnienia!!! Miałem 10 lat i pamiętam Olimpiadę w Calgary dzięki tej piosence :D Zawsze mi się będzie kojarzyć z najfajniejszą i najbardziej luźną Zimową Olimpiadą.

[@marcinwolf5668]

Mam to samo 😀

[@joannadynak9528]

Dokładnie tak, ja miałam 13 lat i również pamiętam ten dzień kiedy rozpoczynała się olimpiada 😀

[@djkaz]

It is my first time that there is lyrics on this song, ever since I heard this song. It is a great ceremony and I can realize how Canadian really love this song.

[@zepter00]

Canada is great country. Brother of my grandfather who was solider in WWII and who fought in the battle of Monte Cassino... after the war he could not return to comunistic Poland. He lived in Canada in Vancuover. "Danger Bay" was my favorite TV seris when I was young. It's wanderful that the next winter olimpics will be in Vancouver. Sorry for my bad english and regards from Poland :-)

[@hanminlee759]

1988 was amazing year that two best Olympics were held. Calgary and Seoul.

[@leszekkolodziej]

Miałem wtedy 8 lat gdy oglądałem tą olimpiadę w tv a teraz mam to niesamowite szczęście mieszkać w Calgary i przechodząc koło stadionu olimpijskiego nie raz mi się łza kręci w oku - szkoda tylko że skocznia narciarska jest zaniedbana ale wioska olimpijska do dziś funkcjonuje i w każdy weekend można spotkać tu mnóstwo ludzi którzy spędzają tu wolny czas ....

[@PMDNAZAWSZE]

a ja myślałem, że to tylko mi tak odbiło na punkcie tej piosenki i tamtej całej atmosfery. Nigdy później nie było lepszej piosenki związanej z igrzyskami. Wpadła wtedy w ucho i już nie wypadnie hehe Miałem10lat ehh ;)

[@simonjjn]

I love "Winter Games" and nice to see it in its original context at Calgary. The little dance by the German guy before and after he sings (third line) is priceless!! I would love to see the song performed at the Opening Ceremony (without words).

[@Vomittunen]

Ale mi było smutno, jak się zakończyła ta olimpiada. Już nigdy później tak nie przeżywałem...

[@theheckler]

Hey, I have this taped too! Oh the memories! They made us sing this in elementary school too along with a bunch of other olympic songs. Oh those were the days.

[@tribefan24]

These Olympics and this song in particular will always have a special place in my heart. These were the first Olympics I can remember and started my love affair with the Olympic Games.

[@KonPolski1978]

Piękne czasy...😃

[@danoTOdano]

Tak swietna piosenka :) druga tak samo dobra dla mnie jest hand in hand tez z 88 tylko chyba z Seulu

[@jannowak2516]

najlepsza zimowa olimpiada zimowa w historii

[@zepter00]

The best olimpic song ever and what a great ceremony!! I was only 8 and i didin't know English but i remember it untill today It was so wanderful, so powerful and... uhm... friendly.

[@HXQbat]

zajebiastsze pamiętam jak wczoraj....

[@aric2007]

Calgary 1988: Can't you feel it? The spirit surrounds you! Vancouver 2010: I believe in the power that comes from a world brought together as one...! Good job, Canada!

[@revindarenata]

closing ceremony always be the most touching and also the saddest moment...

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

exactly

[@orhidea]

it sends shivers down my spine.... Calgary- beautiful, emotional, unforgetable the best Winter Olimpics I've ever seen so far Calgary 88- thank you, merci, danke, dziękuję ps. has someone got the lyrics to the song?

[@MichaelTheTerrible]

Is that Hodori skating on 2:29? How cute!

[@sebastiansebastian4510]

the Best Olympics song ever!

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

I felt it 30 years ago XD

[@zetmac]

I just discovered today that KZbin... I will not go sleep tonight. I hope that this olimpic song will never disappear from the net !?? I will listen to it till my laptop will burn :P

[@fagocista1980]

OMG!! I remember too... 20 years ago...

[@Mariechen13]

Oh my god, I loved these songs sooo much. Great to hear them again! :D

[@Herb615]

Calgary 1988 was the best!!

[@coolrunnings414]

I have a video of the 1988 Calgary closing ceremonies, the ABC version. The commentary and some of the perfomances were so corny and cheesy that we created a drinking game to go along with watching the video. Never had so much fun before, and I'm not even a drinker!

[@basedleaf5062]

Wholesome 🍁🤠

[@diskkkkko]

WHAT A CACK! the third guy to sing is amazing. i'm obsessed.. even the "Video Calibration" is a nice touch.

[@tpmm1]

Strawberries 'n' cream singing Winter Games? I never knew there were lyrics to it. I didn't miss too much... ;)

[@DaveSteinberg]

You're so right. I stand corrected.

[@liduck52]

My alltime favorite closing ceremony;had it all on tape at on time. I remember they unveiled the mascot for the Albertville games-a mountain goat named La Chamois.But when the 92 games got here,they had a different mascot. Have always wondered why they changed it.

[@BenRowley]

I can not believe that it will be 20 years since the Calgary Olympics this Febuary

[@la2stl]

Where can I get a pair of those pants? I found this several years ago while digging through my parents old vhs tapes. My favorite part is when they all jump at 2:06. One of the good things in this video that we saw in the '80's but never see anymore is the mascots taking part in the ceremony. I wonder why that is.

[@TheTaDah]

Love the song! Loved singing it at the Preston Figure Skating Club 'Sugar & Spice On Ice shows in 1988 as well, when we welcomed back our 4 pair skaters who were competing in those Olympics. My skating club was part of this closing ceramony and the memories are forever!

[@Cdnwmn]

Love it!

[@wykitantus]

Nareszczie ja znalazlem. Pamietam ta piosenke. Przez te igrzyska nie puscili wtedy "różowej serii' ha ha ha ha.

[@aatox]

Hahahaha! What a song... And what a performance!

[@shadedmuse]

Lets bring the 2018 Winter games back to Calgary for the 30th anniversary of the 88 games and feel it.

[@julius923]

A little rough singing in the beginning, but still a great video Thanks for sharing this video!

[@DaveSteinberg]

I was 10 years old in 1988. I've heard Winter Games many times since then, but only the orchestral version. Watching this 20 years later was amazing because those cheesy lyrics were still buried in the back of my brain somewhere. CTV did an atrocious job with the coverage, though. How about not talking over the singing? It makes me sad that they won the broadcast rights for 2010, as I know CBC would have done a way better job.

[@aric2007]

Canada gets the Winter Games again in Vancouver, BC 2010.

[@kbriv1]

super

[@LaurenAnyone]

Aww I think they're both equal! Canadians unite! :) In 20 years we'll all look back at Vancouver and think how amazing that was too.

[@KS-kb4zt]

I remember as today...... Its on cassete

[@aspirepixel]

awesome!... that David Foster song still gives me goosebumps.. hehe.. biggest 80's cheese = ~ 1:08

[@zepter00]

piszę do obywateli świata nie tylko do Polaków .

[@nhwxtracker]

@danielleaimeegrant I do not have that part of it. I remember it well tho.

[@piotrmitrega2765]

ahhh widzę że reprezentacja polskich boomerów już tu jest, co za wspomnienia

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 And yes the Olympics back then sent ECHL players but how do you explain the @ss wooping of the NHL all stars? Had team canada's pros in 72 till the last minuit?

[@dejar44]

@okpapereat I'm sorry - you are bringing up 72?? I thought Canada won Series.. I must be mistaken..

[@sebciubienieniewski4248]

Prawdziwa olimpiada nie to co teraz

[@danielleaimeegrant]

Dear Nhwxtracker, Do you happen to have the same song "Can't you feel it" from the Opening Ceremony of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. I would love to see it as I was in the Coca Cola World Chorus (from Australia) for the Opening Ceremony. They used a different group of singers for the closing. Cheers, Danielle

[@BenRowley]

Bring on Vancouver 2010

[@ghostgrabber]

this is only the 2nd time i've heard the words to this

[@amunre5]

@shadedmuse Calgary tried for 2010 and no word yet on if they will try again, but there is intrest in quebec city hosting for the 2022 games. maybe calgary will try for 2026 games instead.

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 So your saying the stats dont matter or how well the players preformed, are you saying they dont remember that after all crosby got a cup and ovie dont? So if Ray Bourque never win a stanley cup, in the end people will remember the stanley cup winners more?

[@khangoor]

the song from opening ceremony is here - /watch?v=BlsLI-4N5Zw

[@okpapereat]

USSR is the best that s why they had excellent results. Im more into USSR hockey then our canadian hockey so exciting to see so structured and highly skilled.

[@lechfack]

anyone knows the other Calgary-1988-song "Come together in Calgary"? Who was the singer? I can't find it on the net.

[@bradhig]

Anyone have the parade of flags in this closing ceremony and the one for Albert ville 1992 winter olympics? Is there anywhere to get that song online? The last olympics of the ABC era sadly afterword NBC ruined everything olympic. Calgary 1988 reminds when I first saw a certain US female speedskaters who used to cause trouble in the 500m log track event.

[@dejar44]

@okpapereat right.. and it had nothing to with the fact the USSR was sending their Pro's (oh, I'm sorry - technically amatuers cause they were in the "Army") and other hockey nations were sending guys that couldn't cut it in the ECHL??? If USSR / Russia is the best, then how come they have no Gold Medals since the tournament allowed all nations to send thier Pro's in 1998?? (FYI - Canada has won 2/4 of the Gold Medals since then)

[@Herb615]

@JimmySand9 Well hopefully Toronto will get it soon

[@Herb615]

@TheYlona78 Toronto will get it soon. I think Toronto will go for the commonwealth games first

[@mylesag2]

Does anybody have a clip from this same Closing showing the Albertville 1992 mascot, the Chamois?

[@somegalfromcan]

The guy at 00:28 looks a lot like Russian figure skater Viktor Petrenko - any chance it was him?

[@silveryote1]

Could you upload it to KZbin? Please?? :)

[@BenRowley]

This was ABC not CTV in the video that why they where showing the American Athlets

[@sainters7]

Next time Im at karaokee Im gonna sing that exact song, and do the same hand motions too.

[@jeshkam]

Oh No! Mullets everywhere! :O

[@jonniah]

Where to buy this song?

[@Herb615]

GO Montreal 1976!! GO Calgary 1988!! GO Vancouver 2010!! Please go for Toronot 2020 or 2024 IOC

[@CalgaryFolkFest]

Is that Luba??

[@coolrunnings414]

I would love to, but I don't have the equipment to do so... :-( It is so bad, it's good!

[@MaccaTree]

I lol'd

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 Well as a candian who watches hockey, any kind of hockey i like to watch, i seen a few KHL games and they do have good players there skilled alike the NHL. I think other Canadians dont see this often that they think we are the best at hockey which is a big misconseptions. Now about russians not winning any gold medals in olympics, well i think its because of the fall of the USSR they that means that they could not use other former soviet states hockey players.

[@Mawbotch]

However they were and are 16 and 20 years (respectively) farther along the olympic line than calgary. Also you can't compare the 1980's to much, as it was its own time...

[@kai-vf1ur]

Hodori?

[@aidenswords5809]

Jim mckay rip

[@Herb615]

@robdmhaze Toronto's getting the games in 2020 or 2024 or 2028!!

[@isaacamigofernandez4vancouver]

Toronto welcomed the world to the 2015 Pan American Games nine years ago, so no Olympics for Canada such as Vancouver at the moment.

[@JimmySand9]

@Herb615 Well, being an American I'm a bit split on that. On one hand, a Toronto games would keep the games out of the US for at least another 12 years. But on the other hand, Toronto completely got the shaft for 2008, and a Canadian Olympics would only be 1,000,000,000,000 times better than, say, an Qatari Olympics.

[@pao1233]

@shadedmuse sorry calgary is not in the bid

[@bradhig]

long track I mean.

[@Herb615]

@robdmhaze GO TORONTO 2020!!

[@EditorGuy-up7nj]

Where mr.foster

[@dejar44]

As for Crosby vs Ove: Ove is certainly one of the most gifted players of all time, but I think the hardware count says it all.. The rest of the stats are just window dressing. In the end people will remember: Stanley Cups Crosby 1 Ove 0 Gold Medals Crosby 1

[@TheYlona78]

@Herb615 No way!

[@HARjomaxHAR]

Look at the tool at 0:28-0:36 ROFLMFAO!!!!

[@dejar44]

@okpapereat yes.. its because of the fall of the USSR.. because Latvia and Belarus are massive hockey powers now.. so much lost talent there.. Russia's team was stacked with talent this year.. That didn't stop Canada from bitch slapping them in the Qtr finals..

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 No you have not mistaken, Canada won but how long did it took canada's professional to win the deciding point was in game 8 54 seconds left to make the decision whos on who will win, and of course canada did but to tell you the truth Canada was out worked. And nowadays canadas professional cannot compare to russians professionals, look at Datsyuk, Kovelchuk, Ovechkin, Semin, Malkin!!!! When was the last time Canada produced players like those?

[@radareq]

texas or canada

[@JennyLundberg88]

oompa loompas

[@dejar44]

@okpapereat As for comparing stats from the 04 draft - you are seriously reaching dude. Do you have any other meaningless stats you would like to pull up? How about players that were born on a tuesday in March? I bet Russia rules in that category..

[@dejar44]

@okpapereat Right.. Toews is over rated.. He's only put in a Conn Smythe worthy performance in the playoffs this year (most likely en route to a Stanley Cup win). Lest we forget he was arguably the best player during the Olympic tournament.. (quote from Mike Babcock during the Olympics when asked who he thought who was the best player on the ice - "whoever was playing with Jonathan Toews")

[@aidsgz]

what the hell???

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 Well i think Toews is overated, you see no 100 point seasons yet. And can we not talk about the past, i know the past is past russian did not do well in the world juniors the past 5 yrs cause canada keep beating them and you cannot change the past. What were focusing on is right now in the NHL, who can top Ovechkin. Well to do that i will name Canadian players from the 04 draft and give you the statistics

[@tone143]

love this as an instrumental,but these singers irritate the crap outta me!

[@okpapereat]

@dejar44 And all seriousness here, dont even compare Jonathan Toews with me please he is overated, doesnt even have a hundred point season yet.

[@SpeedStackRuleBoy]

back then they have no sence of fashion

[@leebob86]

...this is some fucked up shit.

[@nobase]

the singers were horrible