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Same here, and i cant stop listening to the snippet either..
Great song; just what I hoped it would sound like!
If I didn't hate Twitter I'd probably care. Still, I suppose it's publicity.
I think it's a bit too soon to start ranking Adele theme. Anyway, if we're doing this, here's my top 5 (not sure about my top 10).
1) Live And Let Die
2) You Know My Name
3) The Living Daylights
4) The World Is Not Enough
5) Goldeneye
My sentiments exactly.
Check this out -
Lizo.
Who did you interview?
Very Bondish.
Still, very beautifully done and very catchy, but kinda a bit just too predictable. When will we have a song that is more original, like Nobody Does It Better?
I personally like that it sounds like the James Bond theme. It IS the 50th anniversary. :)
Having said that, I like this a hell of a lot more than that!
Is this supposed to be Lizo Mzimba from the BBC? He's done many BBC articles for Bond in the past...
Yep, I agree with you there.
Listening to it now, you're quite right. A little busy in spots for my taste, but I hear it.
I do agree to a certain extend. 'Nobody Does It Better', and to a lesser extend 'For Your Eyes Only', where just ballads on itself. Only the fact that they were used for a Bond film, made them a Bond song. But musically, it could also have been a title theme for a heavy Oscar drama, like 'On Golden Pond'.
'Skyfall' has indeed 'Bond' written all over it. But that's a Bond song no? It should be recognizable as such. Amy Winehouse introduced us to a new soul sound, but in itself she was inspired by the 1960's soul from the likes of Dusty, Dionne and Nancy Sinatra.
I think that's now happening more clearly with the Bond theme 'Skyfall'. We go back to the original music roots of Bond. Call it unoriginal, but how on Earth can we be completely original if musicians keep inspiring one another. That's the great thing about music: It is open for debate, for music, for taste, but most importantly it is a human phenomenon in which the ears do all the work.
So far our dear villain Elliot Carver is right: Give the people what they want. And I have the feeling 'Skyfall' is appealing more more to a larger audience then the past 4 or 5 Bond songs. That's the obvious choice of the Bond producers. And I take less originality for granted then. As long as the overall melody stays original enough, which is the case.