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I was quite surprised to see that it has any detractors as well. It essentially follows the formula for a proper Bond theme to the letter; something we've been missing for a while.
But can we still depend...
...on one man?
TWINE is not a bad song it's just that Garbage has done so much better.
I'm curious are the strong supporters fans of the band? I would tend to think non-fans would like it better than fans.
I think TWINE and YKMN are the only "proper" Bond songs we've had in decades. The first can be traced to GF and the second to LALD.
YKMN is in the vein of LALD, but it's quite original sounding to me. Very different and unique for a Bond film. More grungy. Just like AVTAK had a bit of New Wave.
I don't like AWTD or DAD but at least they attempted to be creative, even if the results were less than satisfactory.
Worst has got to be FYEO for me. Awful stuff.
My lineup would be:
---- Nails on a chalkboard
TMWTGG - Not very catchy and blatantly a copycat maneuver (LALD), but it does try to be somewhat fun.
MR - Feels like a bland, mushy pea soup. Uninspiring theme with cringy lyrics. (But to be fair, the title doesn't exactly lend itself to a good song name to sing about.)
FYEO - So sappy I can make maple syrup for months every time I hear it.
All Time High - As @dominicgreene best put it, "ATH sounds like a shite soap opera intro song."
DAD - An easy target, as many have already commented their distaste with it. I like the concept, but not so much the execution. Points for trying out techno, the string instrumentation, and for being catchy, but, seriously, lyrically, W. T. F.
---- Ears are bleeding
Writing's on the Wall - It seriously make me feel caught in a post-millennial teenager's diary after his happy place bubble has finally popped. If you can get past all the wailing, the song structure is as much of a weak and confused as emotional wreck that is the lyrics. It's like when they found success with Skyfall, they instantly decided to copy the self loathing, world is going to end moodiness. At least Skyfall was listenable. Good grief!
Another Way to Die - Honestly there's a part of me that really wants like AWTD. I like the direction it was going, I see the vision, I really do...but man, that chorus...there's no word appropriate enough to define its awfulness. And then there's the 'bang bang bang bang' cherry topper. That's just unforgivable.
Compare to what they chose:
I just find it to be so grating. The instrumentals are ok.
Since I'm the one who posted my negative feelings toward TWINE previously and this is the worst Bond song thread, I'll elaborate. It does follow the formula and that's part of the problem. It's reheated with little to put it anywhere near the same level as a Goldfinger or Diamonds Are Forever, so I'm not sure what not liking TWINE would have to do with one's feelings about GF, especially since it's one of the films where music is immediately linked with it.
Not so with TWINE. It's not exciting or romantic, just there as part of what's required for a Bond film at the time. Madonna's DAD at least took a chance as did the themes that followed to varying degrees of success but they say more Bond to me than TWINE does.
All Time High is a bit vanilla to me.
Another Way to Die is quite messy, on par with the editing of QOS I might say.
Finally Writing's on the Wall would have been a lot better if it was done by a woman.
The worst additional song must be Only Myself to Blame, happily enough not included in the movie.
The songs that I like but generally disliked by others are The Man with the Golden Gun, The Experience of Love and Die Another Day.
The first one is pretty catchy, I like the piano in the second one and concerning the third one, I enjoy electronic music once in a while so there you go.
For instance, some people like heavy metal. I think it's terrible. I like French music from the 60's, some might find that very strange indeed.
Anyway, I like most Bond songs. Maybe some of them for nostalgic reasons, but I like them.
Another Way to Die is a mess. Do like Jack White's music, but that song is not on my playlist, for sure. Still, Die Another Day holds the place as worst Bond song for me. The best part is from 0:00 to 0:16, just before the vocals start. Never understood why Madonna is regarded as a pop icon. Surely, there's far better pop musicians out there.
I must admit Another Way to Die has grown on me as did The Writings On the Wall.
No I will run for cover and prepare for the incoming attack!
Arnold put it forward for main song. They went with boring instead!
Sorry to go off topic fellas. Carry on.
I think Tomorrow never dies is actually a good song which is just a bit disturbed by Crow's limited voice what is noticable especially in the beginning of the chorus.