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Blah blah blah sucks blah blah blah falsetto blah blah blah horrible, no climax, doesn't sound like Bond blah blah @Timmer worst bond song ever blah blah yes I have to agree with this statement.
The song isn't among my faves, either, but Tom Jones is brilliant. I saw him live last summer and he was great, and the voice remains as strong as ever.
It's certainly been polarising, but seemingly not enough to stop it going to number 1. Must have struck a chord for a fair few people.
That should say something though. Music hits at a gut level. If it grates, it grates, and it impacts one's view of the whole caboodle. That's why it's important that it not irritate. I'm able to look beyond that aspect (the lyrics I mean) because it's the soul-less (to me) singing that hurts, but I don't blame others for their views on the lyrics as well. Art has that effect.
For marketing purposes, it may have been a good idea to create something controversial like this (to get people talking), but in the long run I wonder if it will do any damage. I hope not, and SP the film can still lift everyone's spirits in 1.5 months time, even if Smith the songster & lyricist did not.
A good Scots term there! :))
@andmcit, I'm right there with you! I've wanted to cave and give it a listen so many times since people seem very strongly divided on it, but I'm still holding in strong! Hoping I can last until November. It was easy with Adele's 'Skyfall' because it seemed to be universally loved, so I knew I'd just be waiting for something great and the payoff would be worth it, but with most of the votes going to the negative side of whether everyone on this site loves it or not, I've been itching to give it a listen.
@Creasy47, no, I don't think anyone has said that (at least not that I can see here).
However, I personally think it wasn't necessary to create something controversial like this (if they couldn't see that it would be controversial then perhaps they should reconsider their careers......having said that Mendes did give Logan a completely free reign until he had to be sacked for cocking it up on the script....so perhaps controls are not in place where they need to be). So either they did it intentionally (which is good PR/Marketing no matter what I think of it), to get tongues wagging (mission accomplished) or they did not know what they were doing (and that's a scary thought for the film....).
At the end of the day, there is an appreciation thread specifically for the 'lovers'. I'm open to hearing positive and negative remarks on this thread and have found all comments quite informative (including the very negative and very positive ones)...
I think you're probably noticing it more because you've not listened to it yet.
That's my point though.
They didn't need to go down this path. Either they chose to intentionally (and have had an effect for marketing purposes.....to quote Carver: "There's no news......like bad news!") or they had no clue what impact it would have (which means they are idiots imho).
I try to be reasonable most of the time, but that song.....nearly killed me.
It's funny that the majority of those who absolutely hate the song are the same people who are making me really want to hear it, just to see if I agree or if I find myself confused at how anyone could think it's awful.
Whatever happens, you're going to go one way or the other. There's no sitting on the fence with this thing. It shares that with Madonna's DAD, and hopefully that's all SP shares with it (apart from having a tricked out Aston and being the 4th film from an actor.......oh oh...the similarities are mounting...)
Seriously though, SP is going to put all worries to rest. I'm sure of it.
Well said. Let's get things in perspective here!
http://beta.digitalspy.co.uk/music/james-bond-007/news/a670863/sam-smiths-spectre-theme-writings-on-the-wall-is-set-to-become-the-first-no1-bond-theme/
As I said from the start, mission accomplished. That was the purpose and it has been achieved.
For the most part, I waited for the main event and believe this is the best way to hear the track. I'd then go out and buy the LP to play it to death and relive the film over and over.
It's how I first saw YKMN and SF and they worked so well with the OS that I got the full goosebumps response and I love them and can never tire of hearing them. I realise these days they need to be a moneymaking element in the whole brouhaha of a film release but they didn't really need to live outside the film in SC RM days of Bond.
It's probably how I've really ingrained one and every Bond track to the point where I can listen to them all - DAD included. Don't snigger, it's true.
The powerful thing about music is the association of the time you heard it and the circumstances of who you were with, what you were doing etc. I have indelible memories of a washout tent camping holiday with my parents and sister in the New Forest and the escape to Bournemouth on spec to see the new Bond release.
We sat up in the gods in an ancient classic theatre with side boxes and full on curtains etc and when it all belted out Duran Duran the feeling was immense - the expectations, the excitement and the shared experience with those close to me cannot be matched not forgotten.
So sitting in front of a PC and downloading it to then compare notes online here isn't the way I want to recall listening to the new Bond. It's a bit pants really.
I wish I had waited to hear WOTW in the theatre for the first time in IMAX with the DK credits. I'm sure my experience would have been more +ve. I'm not going to listen to it anymore (for obvious and previously stated reasons) until I see the film, and hopefully it can be salvaged in my mind at that time.
Stay strong.......you're doing the right thing.
I think some would rather have this guy singing it. :D