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Just saw that and was going to post :)
Not brilliant but better than I was expecting. A million times better than DAD or AWTD, but not up there with LALD, YKMN and OHMSS imo.
I feel like I'm alone here but I would've actually preferred the Muse song. Still, this gets the job done.
Oh Daniel ;)
-Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Love it. The first good Bond theme by a female since Tina Turner's Goldeneye. It has the traditional sound that's been lacking from the last few Bond films. The lyrics seem like it parallel the film's theme with standing together despite what's going on around you. The music blended in brilliantly with Adele's vocals, yet didn't overtake Adele. I didn't mind the backup vocals. Adele has joined Shirley Bassey, Nancy Sinatra, Carly Simon and Tina Turner in providing us a classic main theme by a female artist.
I can't find any faults with this song after two listens. I don't know where Adele will end up in my rankings, but I do know that I have a new entry in My Top 10 themes.
I agree, but I don't have a problem musically. I can feel the emotion from the chorus because it screams Bond all over it: It's a Bond theme song by numbers. Allthough at this point I wouldn't rank it among the very best (Live And Let Die, Nobody Does It Better, Diamonds Are Forever, YOLT, Casino Royale). Purely because of the bad production. It should sound much smaller/tighter together with the voice of Adele instead of this enormous wide and bland sound where everything gets lost somewhat.
I think this song will fit the whole mood of the film, and that's what counts. It is still a themesong anyway. :-)
Edit: LeChiffre I assume/hope it will be on the soundtrack as she doesn't have a new album out.
The choir lifts it and the orchestration. Its not quite as muscular as the punch between the eyes YKMN - but still a worthy entry.
This totally reminds me of TND and TWINE, a Bond song era I thought we had ruefully left behind.
Adele does have a stunning voice, yet having heard songs like Fire to the Rain from her, she sounds weirdly restrained on this one.
I understand that many people disliked AWTD, but that song at least didn´t sound like a lame attempt, unlike this one.
License To Kill and The Living Daylights are two post Moore Bond songs that I love and have never got sick of.
You a north Londoner?
West London...
I wouldn't call it a lame attempt. She played it safe without going over the top. Indeed she did sound restraint when compared to her previous songs she did, but her high pitch sounded just about perfect for this particular song.
- Great music and instrumentals
- Good backup vocals
- Crappy lyrics (way too repetitive, I don't think any film's title has been repeated nearly as many times in the title song before. Not to mention the annoying use of the word "crumble" to rhyme with "Skyfall")
I hope Arnold comes back for the next film and writes the title song. When artists write their own Bond songs alone, the result is often less than spectacular (unless the artist is Paul McCartney). You Know My Name is still the best song of the Craig era.
on my list of personal favorites.. if i had to rank it right now, it would go..
1. "Diamonds Are Forever" Shirley Bassey
2. "You Know My Name" Chris Cornell
3. "Live And Let Die" Paul McCartney
4. "Skyfall" Adele
5. "The World Is Not Enough" Garbage
GF
TB
MKKBB
DAF
YKMN
SF
GE
Surrender
TLD
TWINE
Heaven forbid the song's title appear in the chorus.... shock and gasp.... they clearly are novices at what they do....
and you are clearly forgetting about Madonna's 'Die Another Day' - where Die Another Day was just not repeated in the chorus - but throughout the whole friggin' song!.... you want to talk about crappy lyrics, to a repetitive crappy song, there ya go..
10) Fron Russia With Love (Matt Monro)
9) Nobody Does It Better
8) Kingston Calypso
7) Jump Up
6) The World Is Not Enough
5) Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4) You Know My Name
3) Skyfall
2) Goldeneye
1) Goldfinger
I think it's rather bold to say we leave an entire 'Bond era' by using a specific music sound or song for a Bond film. Why does the Craig Bond era so forcefully need to distance itself from all its predecessors. I find that like....ignoring the best elements of Bond.
Moreover, just a song doesn't mean we end up with Danny Craig's own silly, cartoon-ish 'Die Another Day' or 'Moonraker'. Off course, 'Skyfall' will look and feel like a more traditional Bond film. And it is because of the 50 year anniversary also. But I firmly believe the Bond producers try hard to gradually bring back that traditional Bond feel, in a nuanced way. Not in an overblown way like with 'Die Another Day'.
That's why I prefer this Bond-film to be Danny Craig's 'Thunderball', instead of the uncontrolled and rather bold comparisons with the worst Bond films 'Die Another Day' and 'Moonraker'.
Ok, so it wasn't that bad. But the song could have done with a few less Skyfall's. It was not as noticeable in the preview clip.
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"Let it crumble!"
Haha!