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I hold my hand up here, My fault. I think myself and Burgess have come to an understanding and conclusion now, so you'll hear no more about it on this thread. Back on topic....
That makes two of us. In terms of not having heard of her prior to the first rumours surfacing here. Not kids- or step-kids-wise. And being in my very late 40's,
She's far from my first choice don't get me wrong. But Beyonce and Ed Sheeran were rumoured. It could've been worse.
And to be fair maybe a massively current artist is sort of needed. Nearly five years since the last film, same sort of tone/plot, same recurring cast, etc. And the film itself seems to have a pretty retro vibe as well. Getting someone very "now" to do the theme song might be a good way to counteract any feelings of sameyness or staleness. Shows Bond is still with it, no signs of fatigue, it might be a direct sequel but they're not just coasting by on the glory of SF still.
Hmmm..
No idea.
I want it to sound like a Bond theme...but I want to like it....
And I know Billie Eilish's songs and way of singing
So....I have to be realistic in what I want
I EXPECT something like Sam Smith's song
A slow song with a good chorus
I thought Sam Smith's song was..fine..but I wasn't a big fan of it...just fine, I didn't hate it, I think it did it's job and that's it....and every once in a while it'll grow on me
So...I expect the same by Billie Eilish, I don't think it will be a bad song, and I think it will be a serviceable song which will be just a good Bond song which many will think "yeah, ok" (altough some people will be blinded by prejudice maybe and I get it..but I think many people might also say "hey, she is an 18 year old pop-singing girl but she is not the worst at this)
What I WANT.....well...
Idk..a song that won't be all slow and will be kinda fun/menacing or at the very least have a great chorus since that will probably be the highlight of an otherwise slow (or at least that's what i expect) song
I am fine with Billie Eilish, she'll do the job (y)
P.S. Can we please start getting some perfect fits for Bond themes???? I mean..yeah, Billie Eilish is alright for the job just like Sam Smith but...can we get...idk..Lana Del Rey? Adele again? The Sting rumours were decent to me too.
Idk, I feel like there are many perfect fits in Hollywood and I am annoyed when they are not used.
Someone posted this few pages back, and since I assume people who never heard of her googled and probably listened to "You should see me in a crown" or "Bad Guy" they might expect a song like that
This is what I imagine Billie's Bond song would sound like.
Yes she can sing, especially slow songs such as this one..which you gotta admit kinda sounds bondian in the type of tune
It's not my taste in music, though I am stuck in the 20th Century.
It's not my sort of thing either but honestly, I think the 21st century has been better for music than a lot of people give it credit for. Hip hop has been on another level to anything from the 80s or 90s. You've got grime coming out of the old garage stuff (probably showing myself up as very mainstream now but Stormzy is brilliant, the hype is deserved). Guitar music I always thought was worse, I've got a soft spot for proper old school stuff thanks to my adoptive dad (Guns n Roses that kind of thing) and I genuinely think that British, alternative/indie guitar bands were a lot better back in the day. Love the whole 80s/90s Manchester scene. But there's still some good ones. Anything Alex Turner does is incredible. And even in terms of that classic sort of rock I was on about it's not all gone. Rush were still going until a couple of years ago.
I'm only saying all this because I used to say the same, that music had gone downhill, until I thought about it and realised that there's actually tons of modern stuff I listen to and enjoy. Pop music now is crap sure but poppy chart music has always been crap. We just forget about it because it's forgettable, we only remember the good music from years gone by and that leads to us romanticising them I think.
I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan of hers but I am familiar with her music and I do applaud the producers for the choice they made. A popular artist, appealing to a younger demographic, but also someone with some uniqueness and creativity to prevent it from being a completely safe choice (i.e. Dua Lipa or Ed Sheeran, and to a lesser extent Beyoncé). Will this draw more teenagers into cinemas come April? Somehow I doubt it, but I’m so glad they decided not to live in the past and commission an artist who’d make a safe “Classic Bond” sort of tune, I’d rather they shoot for the moon and end up with Another Way to Die than go back to the old well and get The Writing’s On The Wall. Personally, Bond has been at its best when it’s pushed the envelope to try new, fresh perspectives and that’s true for the music of the franchise as well. My favourite title songs are OHMSS, LALD, AVTAK, and YKMN, all of which broke the mold and deviated from the formula.
Which is a silly plot, yes, but not a cliched, over-used and hackneyed one like a character getting amnesia. Even the cheap soap operas stay away from that one. You’re really not making a great case.
I’m open to anything adapted from Fleming, as long as it’s done authentically and realistically. I can picture now Craig walking in to M’s office, after greeting a nervous looking Moneypenny - ‘there’s something wrong with 007!’
Craig sitting down, pale faced, glazed eyes, casually reaching into his pocket.
I think this would be a brilliant scene, far better than anything in the Brosnan era, and far better than anything from SP.
BTW, it’s not amnesia either. Have you read the novel?
I’m sorry for this aside but I have a hard time feeling positive about someone like this joining our franchise. Bond singers used to have class. Where is Dame Shirley Bassey?
Which is his right I believe, I am not even sure about the choices EON made concerning the music of the next 007, I will let you know what I really think when I have heard either of them. And I am not hopeful but ready to be surprised.
But with the more black and white elements in Spectre maintitle (Lucia moments) in mind, it possible there go more like this:
Snow White & the Huntsman end credits.
Daniel Kleinman can't better runed it too. Directer is fan of AVTAK and i hope there get inspyred more from that maintitle, Octopussy or LTK. Minimal and not best maintitle Maurice Binder made, but mabey works for NTTD.
Hope you realise that
1. They're just songs
2. Lucifer does not exist
3. Suicides are rising because boomers left the world in a decay as they overpopulated it, destroyed it with pollution and global warming, created ineffective educational systems, put too much pressure on their children and broke the economical system.
But thanks for proving once again how much this world was ruined by religious whataboutism.
You quoted the wrong person, ringfire is the preacherman.