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Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But perhaps we should wait until the song is played in the context of the titles to claim worst ever.
Deserves some award, for keeping many forums alive with posts for days. :D
I hold off all judgement until then.
Wow, this girl has saved the song
She's elevated it from putrid to passable.
The song is still sappy and shite. Utterly awful and a huge letdown for a film that holds so much promise, but vocally she"s saved it, or at least as well as such tripe can be saved.
To paraphrase the Rolling Stones..."It's the Singer not the Song"
ie the singer is what's most wrong with this song.
Nutshell:Bad song but badder singer.
#WorstBondSongEver
It doesn't seem like people really bash Another Way to Die anymore, and I certainly remember the overwhelming negative reaction that song got upon release (rightfully so). Perhaps it was simply forgotten.
For the record, I'm very mixed overall with another WOTW. Ultimately I would put it in the bottom half of the themes, but worse that Another Way to Die's dreadful vocals? Worse than Die Another Day? Some of you complaining about WOTW's admittedly dodgy lyrics better take a trip down memory lane. Here, let me get you started.
#BestBondSongEver
I wouldnt mind something fresh/unexpected. GE & CR have had the best themes of the last twenty years. Turner & Cornell were unexpected but great.
I like the song and the falsetto part (very catchy) along with the orchestral sections are my favourite parts of the song. I also like the melancholic, vulnerable tone and lyrics. The parts that I don't dislike but don't enjoy as much are when he is singing the verses which are a tad on the dull side not unlike his other songs. Overall I will say that I definitely like it but don't love it. I have enjoyed listening to it many times.
I knew from the beginning as soon as I heard the rumours that Smith would be doing this, would be that his vocals would be criticised. The male singers of Bond songs have always sung with deeper vocals in the past. When I listen to a new Bond song, I don't listen to it with the previous Bond songs in mind. Anyway, for me, with the exception of maybe Skyfall, License to Kill and The Living Daylights that I like alot (but still don't love), I have never loved any of the Bond songs but have enjoyed all of them to varying degrees.
Not surprisingly, it went straight to number one on the Vodafone big top 40 in the UK. He has a big following right now.
So just to say once more, I definitely like the song but don't love it along with most of the other Bond songs. :)
It would be nice but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Bond is mainstream. As long as the film is good I don't care as much about the theme song. I've never loved any of the Bond songs. I've always felt that Bassey's Goldfinger is overrated. Never raved about it myself.
Best ever? Surely you're joking..... Granted everyone's entitled to their own opinion but come on, better than Nobody Does it Better, or Goldfinger even? Heavens no.
Two appreciation threads? Yes that would be quite silly. I really like the song but enjoy reading criticisms of it too, when they're constructive/interesting.
I don't know if I would say it's THE best Bond song but I would certainly rank it up there. Yes, I would place it way above Goldfinger. Enjoy the song just fine but only in the film.
Agreed. To me the best ones are the ones you can enjoy outside of the film and Goldfinger isn't one of them.
I disagree about this girl's version of WOTW. Smith's version is better than this. This girl has a nice voice but her voice sounds like so many others.
Yeah. The instrumental alone is a little bare to put on without vocals. With all the controversy surrounding the song itself (let's face it, it's not very good), should be interesting to see what they do in the title sequence.
The first time for this era EON has chosen a song that actually sounds like a proper Bond song and not like some wannabe innovative crap or rock song that dooesn't sound Bond or some lullaby belted out.
Jason, do you think LALD is a "rock song that doesn't sound Bond"?
LALD is nothing like YKMN and George Martin could have made anything sound like Bond.
The problem definitely aren't the supporters of WOTW but the hysterical critics that go to any length to bash Sam Smith, and the song.
This thread is testament to that.
Okay, we are all with you here, we can help you get through this. Just stay calm and follow these instructions and it'll be all back to normal. Deep breaths now...
Go to itunes playlist. Type in the search box...James Bond theme songs...do not type in Sam Smith...repeat do not type in Sam Smith this will again cause shallow sensations in your inner ear...hit search button....good, you're doing really well...now choose We have all the time in the world....and then play....this should take you back to the feeling of James Bond classic songs not soggy toast with Marmite.
You'd have to tell us. Some of the hate seems incredibly disproportionate. Given one member appears to have joined simply to berate the 'egotist', Sam Smith, I'd have to say some (not all) have some sort of agenda. What that is, who knows?
I can understand not liking it ( we all have different tastes) but to
Keep on attacking it, seems a bit vengeful.