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Skyfall felt like a Godsend after the awful AWTD.
Sam Smith is as mainstream as can be. Obviously he is critically acclaimed with several Grammy wins and hugely successful in selling records which is something that is not that easy nowadays.
I can't imagine that his song will divide people. I'm pretty sure this will be another No 1 hit plus guaranteed Academy Award nomination. And I don't even have to hear the song first to know that.
Maybe "we" are overcritical in a forum like this. And I have to include myself in that assessment.
Totally disagree. Yes it's about money in part - always has been and always will be. But after Adele this was an obvious choice. And it's actually evidence that Bond is at a peak of success right now. EON can work with whoever they want and not just old has-beens passes their prime. It's refreshing that the Bond themes are being performed by artists at the peak of their careers - it helps make Bond feel fresh, and a little bit culturally relevant instead of a bit of a joke.
i assume you're joking?
When I say 'divisive', I was meaning within the fan community.
Personally, as soon as his name was mooted, at least a year ago, I thought it made sense.
The discussion smacks of all that Craig not Bond nonsense.
Wait for the song and then make up your minds.
As for Jarvis Cocker saying a Bond song HAS to be brassy - what a load of nonsense.
I doubt that ..we here agree on everything lol
Some people are going to despise it even if it's good. They'll just dislike it because it's Sam Smith.
David Zaritsky from The Bond Experience posted on the site's Facebook account a picture of him finding it in stores on August 27, tho I've yet to find it myself in Austin.
I've also yet to see a pre-order for the Main Title theme on iTunes.
Wrong thread again.
In complete agreement here. I'm not really a fan of Smith's but I'm aware of what his contribution can do as an added benefit to SP. It's a very good business decision. However, before I say anything else, I'll wait to hear what his contribution sounds like.
http://www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/88192
Asked if he would record a future Bond theme, Gallagher was keen: "If I was asked," he said. "Fucking too right. I'd record a Bond theme in a heartbeat. But they usually want people who are famous in America, don't they? I'm only famous in Manchester. And bits of south London."
As much as a missed opportunity AWTD was I'll listen to it over Crowe's dirge, Garbage's funeral march and that Madonna tune.
In his BBC Radio 1 interview, he said the only people that knew he had done the song were his parents and those involved with his video - hinting at past tense.
I think they've already done it. It's fairly late in the game to be doing it now - and he would have planned for it. Stupid rumor or stupid scheduling if true.
You mean the writing is on the wall ?
More seriously, can you tell a non English native speaker if the title sounds like an easy self-criticism for those who will hate it with passion ? Is it like calling a song "This is a disaster" ?
His song may have twice the balls.
I'm in my 60's, so maybe that colors my opinion a little, but I also work for a group of radio stations with five different formats, so I'm open to all kinds of music and all types of singers. I listen to Top 40, Rock, Country, Easy Listening, and Alternative Rock every day and over the past 20 years have actually met a number of high profile artists and groups at concert events. So I promise to keep an open mind until I actually hear it. (I still say that Alicia Keys could have done an incredible theme song if she'd written it herself and sung it alone!)
Yesterday, Sam Smith was on one of those PBS music shows and, as I was surfing the channels, like old guys like to do, I stumbled upon it. My wife is a Bond fan as well, so I called her in and told her "This is the singer who's doing the SPECTRE theme song." She watched and listened to him for about three or four minutes, then turned to me and said "You're kidding, right?"
Smith obviously has a good voice and sells a ton of CDs and downloads, but he doesn't so much sing as warble. Hopefully, he'll produce a great theme song... but I'm not optimistic.
I'll wait to the finished product is delivered but considering everything so far about Spectre is screaming classic Bondian brilliance I don't think Writings on the Wall is going to be a song people will be humming years from now but then again Skyfall is likely to be the same.
A large slice of humble pie will be eaten if Smith does pull a classic out the bag.
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