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“The songs in the James Bond franchise have always been significant in their own right, even down to ‘Live and Let Die’ and ‘Goldfinger’ and then through to ‘Skyfall’ and ‘You Know My Name’ by Chris Cornell and ‘Another Way to Die’ by Jack White and Alicia Keys. Those are songs that have bore real importance to our songwriting lives for years. It’s much deeper than just kind of going ‘this seems like a good opportunity’ you know what I mean? We really wanted to do it. It’s like a dream come true to us. … Again, (I) can’t iterate, over-iterate … we just feel so lucky to be a part of it. We’re just pumped. I can’t wait for everybody to hear the song.”
That makes me feel pretty good. It’s interesting that they competed for the song. Hopefully, the best song won. I wonder who else developed demos.
The fact they had to prove their suitability is the positive to be taken here. They (particularly he) show reverence for the franchise and a real willingness to make this work. I don’t recall getting that vibe from Smith beyond the usual platitudes. There’s little more you can ask for.
I agree. It also shows that they were chosen for their potential rather than just simply because of Eilish's current popularity. Her popularity helps of course, but it sounds like that wasn't their only consideration which I think bodes well for the song.
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Really showed too. Genuinely a terrible song with terrible composition and everything. He's overrated.
I remember Smith also complaining about having to sing it because it was “too high” (I think this was on Graham Norton); you wrote the damn thing! Don’t play it again, Sam.
(Full disclosure: I actually don’t mind the song, but I couldn’t resist :P)
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But then Smith was the 'first openly gay man to win an Oscar', so it's okay
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He probably thought he’d only have to sing the song once while recording, and then never again. :) Besides the Graham Norton Show and the Oscars, has he actually sung it live?
Total aside, but I like it when singers include their Bond songs in their set lists. Paul McCartney being the perfect example for this. And I loved it when Adele included hers in her 25 tour.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/dustin-lance-black-sam-smith-oscars-faux-pas-gay-winners
Duran Duran and a-ha too. Both bands have their respective songs as set list staples so they're great examples as well. Chris Cornell also frequently performed YKMN at his solo shows.
Seeing Live and Let Die as the climax of McCartney's show here in Vancouver a few months ago was sublime. What an incredible experience.
I think he was just pointing out that Smith claimed to be the first openly gay Oscar winner when he wasn't, while we were all having a go at Writing's on the Wall. Probably not very relevant, but easy to see why the comment was made.
Indeed. It seemed to be tongue-in-cheek
He looks relaxed and seems to be enjoying himself in the intervew. Have we ever seen him play Bond like that?
He's a big Steve McQueen fan I think and channels that into his Bond. McQueen famously slashed his own lines to the absolute minimum. Not sure it's the right approach for Bond but a bit late now to change.
Great tidbit about McQueen, and cool that he did that. Want to watch more of his stuff; I’d love to watch Le Mans if I can track down a copy somewhere.
Yeah, I just didn't get how that was any relevant.
Many people have commented on it but we've rarely seen Craig looking relaxed and enjoying himself during his entire run. Just seems a real shame. Would have been nice to see him calm, confident, enjoying female company and a good bottle of wine. I suppose there were brief glimpses in CR - like the train scene with Vesper- but that was more flirtatious. Maybe we will get it with NTTD but the pacing of the Craig films has tended to be action: angst : action ad infinitum.
Yeah I loved how he wasn’t even the first to win that particular Oscar! :D
We’re poking a bit of fun at Smith; nothing nasty. It’s a sort of a joke :)
Seems like they put score on a scene with Bond coming to reality after explosion in graveyard.
This is interesting….
I think Eon are obviously prepping exhibitors that the film will be looooooooooooooooooong.
I think past examples of Hollywood tentpoles that may be good indicators of length are as follows:
On this basis, I think it’s likely that NTTD will come in around 163-169 minutes. If the film is really near to 174 minutes (with credits), I think CJF should keep cutting. That kinda runtime is enticing to me as a fan, but to general audiences it keeps like a chore. He only needs to trim another 5-10 minutes to make a justifiable argument.
Unlike, @antovolk I do not believe this is an Avengers: Endgame situation. That film already had a $2 billion audience in waiting after Infinity War. Marvel have a very captive audience who binge the 2/3 releases they put out a year. Bond is a little more bespoke and (evidently) less frequent in its output. People knows the Marvel side characters, however audiences are already struggling to recall who Madeleine Swann is…..the first trailer was basically designed to remind people to re-watch Spectre (or at least read the Wiki).