It's been years since I've liked any of the Bond themes (SURRENDER being the last great Bond song IMO), but this one -- written by Jack White and "performed" by White and Alicia Keys -- is basically a musical atrocity across the board.
Seriously. I usually don't write "WTF" but...well...WTF! Is this a rap song? A Bond song? A rock song? An R&B song? All of the above? How about a giant flaming piece of garbage.
I can't see anyone wanting to hear it outside the movie either...even the Chris Cornell tune HAD a tune somewhere in it.
After listening to this twice (it's no less painful the second time), I still have no idea what they were thinking -- unless they were all high when they wrote it.
If you haven't heard it yet, prepare to be disgusted here:
http://www.theboombox.com/2008/09/18/al ... -new-song/
New 007 Song: "Quantum" of Crap
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I like the LIVING DAYLIGHTS themes...the title track has a nifty Barry hook to it, and the love theme is nice, especially in the orchestral version. Kind of like a "last hurrah" for Barry and the "Classic" Bond series as it were. Years ago I ranked the themes for FSM -- this was way, way back -- and I put them up pretty highJSWalsh wrote:I just spent a few minutes poking around Youtube, and found Tomorrow Never Dies with the K.D. Lang song pasted on, which I much prefer to the Sheryl Crow song. Also, I am the only person on the planet who kinda liked the title song to The Living Daylights.
SURRENDER is one of the all-time classic Bond songs. The melody, bridge, refrain -- all of it is "Bond" like, but it's also hugely memorable. Don Black's lyrics compliment Arnold's Barry-like tune, and k.d. lang delivered the goods. I rank it up there with the greats of the series in fact.
When they relegated it to the end credits for that banal Sheryl Crow song, they pretty much summed up their confusion in the "modern era" over going with an appropriate song vs. what THEY deem to be a "commercial" one.
The irony is that none of the recent Bond songs have done anything on the charts, and this one is guaranteed to flop completely. What a piece of garbage! The Cornell track has grown on me, but the problem for me is his vocals, and obnoxious screaming at the end. If Tom Jones could still belt them out he would've been much better suited for that -- a bit of restraint would've served it well.
Too bad with Arnold around that they couldn't have written a retro Bond ballad a la SURRENDER for the new movie...you just know people are going to be saying outloud "what the hell?" when the credits roll on this one.
Back in the old days ballads worked wonders for this series...everything of late has been a driving "rock and roll" track and really out of step with the series itself. Too bad.
Ah that's true. Ok, I amend my statement. That's the last Bond song I really liked.AndyDursin wrote:I like the LIVING DAYLIGHTS themes...the title track has a nifty Barry hook to it, and the love theme is nice, especially in the orchestral version. Kind of like a "last hurrah" for Barry and the "Classic" Bond series as it were. Years ago I ranked the themes for FSM -- this was way, way back -- and I put them up pretty highJSWalsh wrote:I just spent a few minutes poking around Youtube, and found Tomorrow Never Dies with the K.D. Lang song pasted on, which I much prefer to the Sheryl Crow song. Also, I am the only person on the planet who kinda liked the title song to The Living Daylights.
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Did Golden Eye come out in 96? That was the first one I saw.AndyDursin wrote:So I'm guessing you haven't actually seen a Bond movie made before, like, 1996?tjguitar85 wrote:The World is Not Enough is the only song I realy enjoyed.
Ive seen some of the older ones on TV or video rental.
But I'm not into that kind of pop vocal music.
Actually, I lied, LIVE AND LET DIE is a great song. besides that though, not so much a fan.
SURRENDER is a great song and I despise the Sheryl Crow song. Of the older Bond songs I really like GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, and MOONRAKER. Although it doesn't really count, the title credit music for OHMSS is my favorite Bond title track. I have a soft place in my heart for FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and don't mind THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. The worst Bond songs ever in my book are Madonna's DAD, Lulu's TMWTGG, and Sheryl Crow's song (which I can't even remember a bar of music from). I'd take older Bond theme songs over newer ones. For TLD, I liked Chrissie's song over the end credits much better than the title track, though I'm not sure her song would have worked as a Bond title track. kd Lang's would have.
I'm still trying to get my head around using Tom Jones as an example of restraint ... 
The Bond songs are best when they are written in the spirit of overblown sassy 60's jazz-pop. While the last Bond was watchable I didn't think it was much more than that. I can't understand the repeated attempts to make Bond movies "more realistic" because they are no such thing--the climax of this last one was ridiculous--while at the same time the worst Bonds were the Moore ones that went all the way to self-parody. The reason the Connerys worked was because he was able to pull of the serious stuff AND was so larger-than-life that you just didn't take it too seriously. These are by no means realistic movies, and trying to make them so just shows off how silly they are at core--when they stay in that fake-serious vein, they seem MORE believable, oddly enough.
When people learn of my favorite types of films they assume I love Bond movies, but I never have. They always seemed so stiffly plotted. But I recognized that Connery was just so far ahead of the others who portrayed the role because he was believably bigger than life--all the other actors simply don't have that Cary Grant-like charisma, so they all remind us that they're play-acting, and it all just seems so silly, like wathcing a kid wearing his dad's clothes. He dresses like a grownup, but he ain't dad.
The Bond songs are best when they are written in the spirit of overblown sassy 60's jazz-pop. While the last Bond was watchable I didn't think it was much more than that. I can't understand the repeated attempts to make Bond movies "more realistic" because they are no such thing--the climax of this last one was ridiculous--while at the same time the worst Bonds were the Moore ones that went all the way to self-parody. The reason the Connerys worked was because he was able to pull of the serious stuff AND was so larger-than-life that you just didn't take it too seriously. These are by no means realistic movies, and trying to make them so just shows off how silly they are at core--when they stay in that fake-serious vein, they seem MORE believable, oddly enough.
When people learn of my favorite types of films they assume I love Bond movies, but I never have. They always seemed so stiffly plotted. But I recognized that Connery was just so far ahead of the others who portrayed the role because he was believably bigger than life--all the other actors simply don't have that Cary Grant-like charisma, so they all remind us that they're play-acting, and it all just seems so silly, like wathcing a kid wearing his dad's clothes. He dresses like a grownup, but he ain't dad.
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