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No. Love it.
Gotcha. Think I was confused again by some weird glitch in the quoting I seem to be experiencing.
If the very fact everyone here is too close to Bond, it's interesting to see the general reaction of the World is actually similar on the net and reported in the press - even Sky and the BBC are showing comments similar to here and yet as shown the charts don't lie so there's immense interest. It just seems maybe, it's a song that's difficult to be indifferent to.
I'm forever impressed by the knowledge and care to detail and analysis given here to anything Bond and whilst I rarely dive into the heavier debating, read prettymuch every thread as I personally strive to keep an open view of all the actors, films, and soundtracks etc in the series.
Guys don't sour things and get acrimonious with one another, please!
I've not used the C word on this forum and I wouldn't use that word with someone I've never even met but I guess RC7 is your mate on here and I'm not so defend him calling me that word all you like.
Agreed. It's a song. You either like it or you don't. no need to throw the C word around because someone doesn't agree or disagree with one another. I like the song but not the vocals, but I feel the same way about Goldfinger and The Man With the Golden Gun's song. I couldn't give a toss about the main title song anyway. I don't watch Bond movies for them. Let's all lighten up.
I wasn't taking sides at all @Shardlake and I'm not condoning the language, I was attempting to make a light-hearted dodge of the issue that obviously fell flat.
My apologies to you @Shardlake if it seemed as though I was participating in a ganging-up on you.
Look who's talking, I remember clearly that you called me names, not the c word but others. You're just a trouble maker.
If you can’t picture a drag queen in a sequined gown singing or lip-synching it in a gay club as dancers in tuxedos dance around her, it’s not a Bond song.
Well said Murdock: a very pragmatic sensible mindset to take here and something we all should remind ourselves!!
The usual folks have arrived to poison this thread because they can't accept any other opinion but their own.
Hope there will be a thread opened to discuss this song in a well-mannered fashion.
Whether one likes it or not will not impact whether one sees the film. However, some (including members of the general public) may want to purchase earmuffs.
Now it's up to the well publicized film to do the walking, which it had better do next month.
I suppose, but for me the music of Bond is something very important to me, though it appears it is not for Murdock ("I couldn't give a toss about the main title song anyway.")
It's a topic worthwhile for discussion, but "lighten up" is certainly advice we could all use here :)
You are the biggest stirrer of them all leaving comments to provoke reactions pretty much every time, trouble maker??? you caused more than I have such a large post count over such a short time and most of it stirring up trouble.
Go on call me the C word as well!
Bond music is something very important to me too. Mainly the film's score not so much the main title song. That's what I'm more concerned about given I didn't really like Newman's first effort. I'm more curious about that. :P
Heat. Kitchen. Do One.
16 post dickhead.
That's a gross exaggeration. Bond is anything but neutered. He's at his best and still going strong.
First off the song is boring. The arrangement can't change that and by the way, kudos to Newman for saving the song just a little bit. I think any Disclosure or Sam Smith song is more interesting than this one.
Secondly, the vocals are awful. I read somewhere that they used Smith's original demo. It totally shows.
Then, the song is written from Bond's perspective. Smith himself said he had to put himself in the role to write it. I wonder, has he ever seen a Bond movie ? For God's sake, James Bond would never say those things. It sounds more like some of Smith's personal frustrations.
And am I the only one who imagines ballerinas when he goes on a high pitch ?
I knew Smith won't deliver the most ballsy Bond song, but this makes me feel sorry for him.
Tom Cruise is still shorter.
..to each his own .. but this is a Bond forum geared more toward Bond fans. The series changes and evolves ...sometimes with the trends sometimes not.
I like both but Bond way more.
I guess Bond x Sam Mendes just doesn't work. Maybe it's time for Nolan and fresh breath of air.
I think I'm with you on that one too. I've just caught up on this forum since yesterday, and I cannot believe the hateful comments. I've had some thrown at me not long ago. I'm a honest genuine, nice lad. I have sometimes gave it back, but there's some people on this forum who are very nasty and say thing to irritate. Lets all just play nice. We are all bond fans in the end of the day, but we will obviously have different opinions.
The song has grown on me other more playthroughts, but many agree with what I said on sams facebook page. I got loads of likes when I said it lacks oomph and that the high pitch vocal spoils the song.
The song is how I imagined it to be, I really did. Not exactly, but the kind of vocals. I racked my brain ever since he was announced as the singer. I said to myself, how can that work, going from his previous songs. And in the end, it doesn't work well at all.
Not to worry , lets hope the gun barrel returns at the beginning and the film is a huge sucsess and amazing!!!!
It might be interesting. At least for the sake of "what would Hans Zimmer do with Bond ?" since we're in this thread.
I think I miss Guy Ritchie when I hear Mendes' name. And his current wife would only be a Bond girl with no expectations to sing the theme :D
I listened to the song on iTunes as soon as I woke up this morning, headphones on, and just closed my eyes trying to picture a title sequence with all the requisite Bond imagery. I did flinch when he went high, but overall I really love the song and it's been in my head all day. It's also raining where I'm at and the melancholy of the song fits the weather perfectly. Can't wait to hear it in theaters soon!