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Or Ed Sheeran, though I gather his is already written. The little boffin that he is.
Agreed.
I thought Bassey would've been a nice touch for SF with it being the 50th and everything. Would've preferred her to Adele.
Wouldn't we all? Prefer her to anyone, in fact.
I have to be contrary on this on this one; GF is a classic and I still love it. DAF is not as good but still a great Bond theme. MR was terrible and showed that while she still had a great voice, stylistically it’s time had past. At this point a song done by Bassey would be hard pressed not to sound like a caricature of her previous songs
With that said, I would have taken her in a minute over Sam Smith.
Bassey's still got a set of pipes, that's for sure. This is the way you deliver a song about Bond's inner state of mind imho. Not like that whining trash they selected for the last film. Having said that, perhaps the tone and the lyrics don't quite fit what Forster conceived visually for the film. Still, it's a shame as this is a pretty good song.
They must've been mad to reject that!
Then a couple of weeks ago , i watched The Voice (clip below) and just blown away again by Tom Jone's voice. Not only the pitch bu the relaxed delivery. Again, just pure class. As a spin off, check out Jennifer Hudson. Wonderful voice but, she suffers from the post Whitney habbit of pushing too much. A certain lack of sensitivty.
But popular music is in decline IMHO and the number of singers who can compete live with the likes of Jones and Bassey? count them on one hand. There are many many reasons why the voice as a single factor has become less important compared to other things. More image the substance with most singers.
I would love Bassey or Jones to do just one more but I would think commercial pressures would make that very unlikley:
Tom Jones is the man. He has an incredible, strong voice & I love his Bond song. Quite frankly, I think his version of Kiss is as good as Prince's, blasphemous as that may seem.
but it does give the opportunity to hear her sing properly and boy IMHO she is impressive. So another possibility for a Bond theme singer?
PS this track with a different arrangement could have been a cracking Bond theme?
Foo Fighters gets my vote for a Bond theme
Look at that cast list. It's got Bond written all over it.
I agree that Jessie J would be a good choice for Bond 25 too. This is one of my favourites from her: