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Do We Now Know Who Sings The Next 007 Title Song??
Is songstress Adele warbling the title song on the still-untitled next James Bond movie, directed by Sam Mendes (“American Beauty,” “Road to Perdition,” “Jarhead,” “Revolutionary Road,” “Away We Go”) from a screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (“The World Is Not Enough,” “Die Another Day,” “Casino Royale,” “A Quantum of Solace”) and John Logan (“The Time Machine,” “Star Trek: Nemesis,” “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas,” “The Last Samurai,” “The Aviator,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Rango”)?
Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes are joining Daniel Craig and Judi Dench for the long-anticipated project.
Wait. Sam Mendes is directing a Bond movie? Fuck, that could be AMAZING!!
Find all of Vulture’s story on Adele's potential involvement here.
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Nice for a fat chick...
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Sept. 6, 2011, 11:43 p.m. CST
In this Bond film, Bond romances a 16 year old girl while smoking weed in his garage with the teenage boy from next door
by Bobo_Vision
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Seriously, great fucking match. Say what you will, that girls voice is undeniably angelic
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If she's the singer they chose to help compliment a James Bond story, consider me confuzzled.
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Sept. 6, 2011, 11:46 p.m. CST
Angelic? If angels smoked filterless Camels since the age of 9, then yes. Angelic.
by BYOBkenobi
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I think all the hype about her is that she's a fat, white chick that sounds black when she sings... just like Amy Winehouse (who's music bored me also). Yeah, yeah: call me a racist, if you want. You know it's true.
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would be a great Bond title song in the tradition of Barry and Bassey.
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Not too hard a bar to rise above.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:15 a.m. CST
WHY THE FUCK HAS PORTISHEAD NEVER DONE A BOND MOVIE
by the Green Gargantua
oh yea, it's because the world is full of shit tards.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:16 a.m. CST
SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES RULE! I CAN'T WAIT FOR A SIDESHOW FIGURE OF ADELE!!!!!
by gruemanlives
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:17 a.m. CST
WHY THE FUCK HAS PORTISHEAD NEVER DONE A BOND MOVIE?
by the Green Gargantua
My self being a shit tard and neglecting to leave a ?mark, hence allowing myself to freely point the finger at all the other shit tards.
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I was hoping for Cee-Lo....."Bright Lights, Bigger City" evokes a lot of things including Bond-like bits, but Adele was my back up. Should be good.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:24 a.m. CST
You Know My Name rocked. Another Way to Die sucked. Adele is the wrong direction to go in.
by JuanSanchez
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They would have KILLED Quantum of Solace. Now that was a shitty song.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:28 a.m. CST
Damn, didn't realize it was a re-run -- he died Aug. 23
by MooseMalloy
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and out of nowhere there's a story about it. Weird!
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no A in front.
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My wife was listening to her album, and I said that whoever was singing should do the next Bond theme. Turns out I'm not the only person thinking like that.
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For crying out loud.
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I went to see them in concert this summer and after 25 years, they can still put on a hell of a show. One segment was very similar to a Bond opening and it it me they never did an opening theme. Think they'd be absolutely perfect.
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GOLDENEYE was the shit!
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Where does she say anything about doing the bond theme?
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Sept. 7, 2011, 1:20 a.m. CST
And Quantum Of Solace was worst Song/Movie of the whole Bond collection...
by wtriker1701
Before it had been (in my worst of list) Casino Royale (Song) and License to Kill (Movie). So Adele CAN'T lose!!!
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Now, you've got me thinking. I know that Bond movies rarely feature duets (in fact, the only one I can think of was the atrocious Jack White / Alicia Keys song [why the Hell, with the talent involved, wasn't that better?]), but a duet between Adele and Cee-lo could be fucking phenomenal.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 1:39 a.m. CST
Anything is better than that Jack White/Alicia Keys rubbish
by seasider
Adele could pull it off with the right song but there are other artists out there who I'd like to see take on a Bond theme.
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Bring on the young talent!
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If not her, how about The Donnas? http://www.thedonnas.com/ Give Brett Anderson's Solo tune, Born Angry, "Aim Twice, Shoot Once", a listen! It is very Bond 007-like! on here: http://www.righttracktunes.com/
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Period.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 2:05 a.m. CST
Casino Royale (2006) has one of, if not the, best Bond credit sequence
by GoDFaDDa42
The credit sequence for Quantum of Solace was disappointing and dull, which could also be said for the rest of the movie. Casino Royale is in my top 3 fav Bond movies (From Russia With Love, Goldeneye, Casino Royale).
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Sept. 7, 2011, 2:08 a.m. CST
If your teenage daughter runs off with a drug dealer, it's a great thing
by SmokingRobot
Because drug dealers are authentic, caring people who can see the real beauty in the world. And you're just a piece of shit middle class heterosexual white person.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 2:15 a.m. CST
She is not singing the Bond theme,she is singing the TITLES theme.
by KilliK
jesus h christ,it's funny you express opinion for the wrong subject.
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You know my name was a powerful rock ballad, but it also sounded GREAT in orchestral form without lyrics. You can't say that for Another Way To Die. I quite like The White Stripes so I didnt mind its broken-up percussion heavy styling, but the melodious quality wasn't there.
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Felt Mountain has a sweeping, orchestral, filmic mood to it that would suit Bond inrcedibly well. Plus, Alison Goldfrapp has a fantastic range. Personally, I loved You Know My Name, but Another Way to Die sounded a bit too much like a piss-take (what Bond song uses the word "bling"? Seriously?). Adele is a great choice as a singer - but it does depend on the song.
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Of course she's not mainstream so won't be chosen but her song 'I Wish I could Have Loved You More' sounds like a Bond tune should.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 2:35 a.m. CST
Connerys 3rd Bond was Goldfinger, Moores was The spy who loved me. regarded as the best film of each of their runs so hopefully Craig Bond 3 will follow suit....
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
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He really should have done a Bond theme.... And Cornel's song was very good actually.
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Fuckers.
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why not Florence and The Machine? Though I also agree with the earlier suggestion of Muse.
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Adele would be a perfect fit - if they're adapting Casino Royale With Cheese; Live And Let Fry; or The Man With The Golden Bun.
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even better.
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...which was, apart from a blinding pre credit sequence, a steaming pint of monkey wank.
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from furious angels, a track he did i'm 100% sure was intended to be a bond theme and didnt get selected - listen to a track called 'Speed Me Towards Death' and tell me i'm wrong
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Sept. 7, 2011, 3:11 a.m. CST
Would that John Barry could return...
by MARCEL_THE_NEGRO_PROJECTIONIST
The Bond title songs sorely miss that immensely talented gentleman. RIP, John Barry.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 3:14 a.m. CST
'The World Is Not Enough' sucked... that was Brosnan's third Bond...
by MARCEL_THE_NEGRO_PROJECTIONIST
And Dalton didn't stay on long enough to make a third.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 3:28 a.m. CST
To Paraphrase Cobra Kai: Brosnan does not exist in this dojo. he always sucked I dont even bother with his films.
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
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Is gorgeous and damn she can sing her arse off. Stunning voice. Chris Cornel has quite possibly the greatest rock voice ever .
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Best Bond ever
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Super-hot young British talent, just missed out last night to PJ Harvey on winning the Mercury Music Prize. She should do the next Bond theme - her current single 'Suzanne and I' sounds like it already is a Bond theme, summoning Barry / Bassey in the best possible way.
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I can't think of one memorable line of dialogue from the Purvis/Wade Bond factory... how the fuck did they get the gig in the first place? The old Bond films had great screenplays and brilliant dialogue. Not anymore. And I wish we could get rid of David Arnold's shitty sub-par John Barry wannabe crap too. <p> Best Bond songs: From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Nobody Does It Better, For Your Eyes Only, All Time High and The Living Daylights. <p> Worst Bond songs: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Another Way To Die. <p> Worst Bond song ever: Toss-up between Die Another Day and Another Way To Die.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 3:54 a.m. CST
Great choice for a singer for the next Bond tune. And kwisatzhaderach, be thankful that's not Orci and Kurtzman who are writing the script. At least the movie has a chance.
by AsimovLives
And Sam Mendes is a writer himself, so any shit the writers might come up with will have to face a though screen process from Mendes.
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She says she's recording it in November, but the film is released in October!
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True, at least Mendes is on board. I doubt even the Broccolis would let Kurtzman and Orci anywhere near a Bond film!
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They already missed the boat with Goldfrapp. They should have tapped them two movies ago. "Time Out from the World" off Supernature was the perfect Bond song. But now Goldfrapp is a completely different band. Meanwhile, they hired frakkin' Chris Cornell. Not to disparage the guy, but a bond song needs glamour, and glamorous he ain't.
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vincewhirlwind, that Anna Calvi song is nice. Avenging Angels by Space is also worth a listen, it has a nice 007 type sound.
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The other perfect Bond song would have been "Land of a Thousand Words" by the Scissor Sisters. If you don't believe me, just watch the video.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:22 a.m. CST
Amy Whinehouse was supposed to do Quantum of Solace..
by CeejayNightwing
But she couldn't get her act together and they had to rope in last minute.com artists to deliver anything in time. QoS remains the most misunderstood Bond film of all time and perfectly compliments Casino Royale.
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of the post Connery bond movies. Dalton plays the character straight from the books, none of this wisecracking, gadget using nonsense, He's a mean, cold SOB out for revenge, and boy does he get it. Supremely violent, a great movie and I always felt Dalton was robbed of the chance to make more, love to have seen Goldeneye with him as 007 instead of Brosnan, I liked Brosnan but he was way, way to smooth.
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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/adele-created-by-%27shit-women-go-on-about%27-brainstorming-session-201104073699/
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:29 a.m. CST
I get shit for digging Coldplay but the track "Spies" screams Bond
by ndally
Chris Martin could write a helluva Bond theme. Dude knows how to write a memorable track. I know Coldplay has it's haters out there but they are evolving into one of the great mainstream bands of the last decade. That's right I said it. They just release shitty singles for some reason. Their best stuff is the shit they don't release as singles. So i say Coldplay for Bond 23
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:49 a.m. CST
Alicia Keys should had sung solo for QUANTUM OF SOLACE. And a different song althogether.
by AsimovLives
QUANTUM OF SOLACE's song was totally unmemorable. The song was so lame, they couldn't even make an intrumental leitmotif out of it. Say what you will about "You Know My Name" song from CASINO ROYALE, but that song (which in itself is pretty good) made for a great James bond leitmotif theme which worked brillantly as an alternative James Bond music theme.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:54 a.m. CST
Excluding the song, the only thing that really bothers me about QUANTUM OF SOLACE is the shooting and editing of the action scenes.
by AsimovLives
This is the movie that fianlyl made me completly fed up with the shaky cam technique, oth as a shooting style and as editing style. Other then that, the movie is actually good. Not as good as CASINO ROYALE, but a worthy sequel. The story was good and the acting was top notch. And the directing, while there was no action going on, was pretty solid.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 5:02 a.m. CST
pumaman, i'd say that Timothy Dalton is the best actor playing Bond. Though Craig is getting there too.
by AsimovLives
I'm talking about acting talent here, and not merely just onscreen charisma.
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in a year! Seems cruel to make us wait that long.
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Please go fuck yourself with a pinecone. Thank you. Sincerely, All women everywhere.
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heading right back into shit-fest territory
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opening credit sequence and unmemorable song. I really liked Goldeneye & Casino Royale opening visuals & songs.
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Listen to "It's Alright", the whole thing starts like a Bond Title sequence, Cee Lo has the proper sound of a Bond Track.
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I didn't really like AMERICAN BEAUTY. Sure it was better than most Hollywood dross, goes without saying, but I didn't think it was as accomplished as something like Ang Lee's THE ICE STORM. However, I saw AWAY WE GO a few months ago and I absolutely, totally loved it. Really thought it was a very, very special film, it really captured that very dramatic part of life where you transition to being a parent. I laughed, I cried, I thought. And it was so beautiful. Bravo. So I'm kind of excited about this!
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Sept. 7, 2011, 5:31 a.m. CST
If they call the film 'Carte Blance' as is currently rumoured they won't be able to do that cool 'O' as zero thing with the logo as on the last two.....shame.
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
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Look it up on Youtube
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Sept. 7, 2011, 5:51 a.m. CST
Since like the first time I heard her voice, I thought she'd be great for a Bond song.
by SilentP
Which is also why I thought it would never happen. So, yay!
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Sept. 7, 2011, 5:53 a.m. CST
That stupid Duran Duran song kept Raspberry Beret out of the #1 spot
by Rupee88
always remember that
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Portishead is a good shout too!
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"My Mistakes Were Made For You" that would be a great Bond song. Would have been perfect for Quantum of Solace actually http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtAfZcax7uU&feature=fvst
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Sept. 7, 2011, 6:09 a.m. CST
They should have gotten Radiohead to do the Quantum of Solace song
by Rebel Scumb
Probably the only ones who could have found a way to make that crazy title fit into the lyrics of a song
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Sept. 7, 2011, 6:10 a.m. CST
I always thought Fiona Apple would have been a perfect choice to do a Bond song
by Rebel Scumb
Seriously all I want is some swanky girl singing the title over and over again, like the Goldfinger song. Every time they try to get more original than that they lose my attention.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 6:12 a.m. CST
The Garbage song for 'the world is not enough' was pretty good
by Rebel Scumb
The Sheryl Crow opening song for tomorrow never dies sucked, but the END credit song for that film by K D Lang was awesome, they should have put that at the front of the movie instead of talentless Sheryl Crow who just happened to be trendier at the time.
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1) He was sexually passive in Licence to Kill (the chicks made all the moves) and only had one woman in "Living Daylights"--and she looked like the Girl Next Door, not the unbelievably hot, unattainable chicks Bond is supposed to bed. 2) He couldn't do fight choreography for shit. He looked good in a Tuxedo, but moved like a stiff.
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Yep....the Star Trek Nemesis guy.
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Come on, you fucker. Sustain that note.
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This shrieker needs to be put out of her fat misery.
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...she's got a real range. Check out her Conjure One vocal stuff. Adele's voice is just fucking annoying...
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I just realized, I must be the biggest fan alive, as I dug all of the actors who have played Bond. I dig even the bad flicks; View to a Kill, Golden Gun, World is not Enough....Color me a Bond expert I guess. To date; the worst Bond song ever is STILL The Man with the Golden Gun. The song lives up to the band's name, garbage for TWINE. Sheryl Crow's "Tomorrow NEver Dies" is forgettable.
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An overweight chick who bitches about ex-boyfriends in all of her songs.
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Craig was one pissed off mother. Love this flick for its great chases; the plane, the boat, the foot chases. Some bad editing towards the end. Stop shaking the camera to make it look like action.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:07 a.m. CST
Put back the naked silouetted ladies in the opening credits!
by ZodNotGod
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He was boring as fuck and License to Kill was like a generic American 80's action movie. I half expected Q to lament that he was "too old for this shit" and Bond to yell, "Yippie kay yay, Mr. Falcon" before he capped someone. Brosnan was the best post-Connery Bond and TWINE was the best theme song in at least a few decades. Mmm Shirley Manson.
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Sheryl Crowe's song was a replacement for an original song composed by Bjork which was rejected. Bjork retained the music and re-wrote the lyrics and that song became BACHELLORETTE. Next time you heard that song, try imagine it as TOMORROWNEVER DIES's opening theme and wonder what could have been.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:12 a.m. CST
Another Way to Die WAS the worst Bond song from the worst movie...
by Wes_Reviews_
...bring back Duran Duran!
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as long as they re-title the movie The World Up My Ass...
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only had one woman in "Living Daylights"--and she looked like the Girl Next Door, not the unbelievably hot
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:22 a.m. CST
I guess it says a bit myself that my favorite Bonds are Dalton, Lazemby and Craig (with the occasional good moment from Brosnan).
by AsimovLives
I do not follow the dogma as a matter of course, and it also shows something of my own iconoclastic nature, i guess. What makes me like them? They made me believe that Bond was an assassin.
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co-wrote Gladiator, so he ain't all bad...heh-heh
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:24 a.m. CST
There hasn't been a good theme song since A View to a Kill.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Which is pretty pathetic to think there have been great Bond movies, but no good songs since the Roger Moore era.
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Type O Negative's Everyone I Love is Dead? Bond goes Goth! It's just me, isn't it?
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:30 a.m. CST
i liked 'rolling in the deep' when it was called 'gimme shelter'
by zom-bot.com
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Great, great Bond, criminally wasted. Brosnan also came close in parts of his movies, but was let down by horrific scripts. The praise Craig got for Casino should have gone to Dalton first because they're playing v. similar Bonds. And considering the dreck we've had in terms of title tunes, Adele's a good choice. Fairly obvious based on her popularity, but at least we're not giving Madonna another crack...or, God forbid, Rihanna or the Bieb.
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......in the theater, I hated it! However, the 2nd time around I thought it was quite good. No where near Casino Royals! Daniel Craig really owns Bond just two movies in. QoS had an excellent screenplay with sharp dialogue. We might be feeling differently if the action was edited better. I actually bought into the villain's sinister real-world plot. Go back and study the film again. The drop off from CR to QoS isn't that bad. I think Sam Mended is going to hit a homerun. Maybe one QoS can get a re-edit to make the action less choppy. I mean, fuck, that one scene where he fights M's attacker for the gun could have awesome. It was just too fucking choppy.
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Too bad
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Back around Supernature they would've been a great choice, but Head First is just too Xanadu sounding to fit with Bond. I loved Head First and prefer the disco sound over their old stuff, but it's just not for Bond.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 7:53 a.m. CST
Laroux might be able to deliver something with more bite
by Spandau Belly
She could be a cool choice.
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number9997, yep you're right about QUANTUM. Could have been - or rather could still be - a very good movie if it were to recieve a professional re-edit of the action scenes. Sadly however, the Bond theatrical cuts are the ONLY cuts. Never known a Bond dvd to be a 'directors cut' or to include so much as a sniff of a deleted scene. As it is, the big set pieces like Bond and the traitor agent swinging around on ropes is just an epileptic fit on screen. Truly terrible editing.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 8:02 a.m. CST
Bring back Shirley Bassey or Tom Jones that would do.
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
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...what's Tony Hadley doing these days? Heh-heh...
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Sept. 7, 2011, 8:20 a.m. CST
Poor Pierce... finally got to play the part - and they gave him the worst scripts
by impossibledreamers
Ah well.
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Seriously. And TWINE was boring as fuck, that's for sure. I have it in one of my Bond Collection DVD sets and it took me four tries to get through the whole thing without falling asleep. Lazenby was a good Bond. Fact. The Jonas Brothers should do the next theme song. Not fact.
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...and if she had taken a Dick Tracy-like approach to the material, she would have been. Instead, we got the single worst Bond opening theme of the entire franchise. The biggest tragedy for me, though, is that kd lang's outstanding "Surrender", which was written to be the theme for "Tomorrow Never Dies", was replaced by the forgettable Sheryl Crow song. The key to all good Bond songs is that the film's composer have a hand in them. "Casino Royale" did this. "Quantum of Solace" did not. The effect is noticeable.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 8:41 a.m. CST
its a shame that Madonnas 'Beautiful Stranger' was 10 times better than the shit she did for Die Another Day.
by harryknowlesnothingaboutfilm
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Sure Goldfrapp's music has changed over the past few albums but Alison Goldfrapp's voice is still the same. She's got a perfect voice for a Bond titles song. Every time this subject comes up I can't think of a better singer. If you're worried about her music sounding too disco these days just get someone else to pen the song and let her sing the shit out of it...
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I think it's underrated. It suffers from some awful editing, but only a few times, it's not like the piss awful Jason Bored movies where they turn the camera on and throw it down a flight of stairs and use whatever they get.
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...and bring Tom Jones back for one more go around. He is old as shit but he can still sing his ass off.
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How about eating a salad?
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They're Welsh and they rock!
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It's an obvious choice. They have to do the song for the next Bond movie.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 9:51 a.m. CST
JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYES. Jeez, I don't know. I liked that song. I guess I'm the only one. P.S. QOS is a POS
by AzulTool
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As for Bond themes that never were... I have a hunch that Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" was a prospective QoS theme song at some point. It's quite good, but I suspect it was a little too ballad-y. "Another Way To Die" was decent enough, but the production on the vocals left much to be desired. They should have let (made?) Jack do it on his own without Alicia Keys.
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Too many Americans doing the theme lately. Garbage is the only non-American since the Dalton era, and wouldn't you know it, it's one of the best. Tina Turner on Goldeneye is the best theme of the last 30 years, at least, but Bono and The Edge wrote it. Nothing against American singers in general, but a Bond theme should be European at least.
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Way to think outside the box.
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Yeah, they already made an entire album of spy music: the classic DUMMY.
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Why screw with what's right? What do you want, Black Eyed Peas? That's totally unexpected, do it!
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I think Jack White’s theme could have been good if it had been more focused and less sprawling. The melody and flow of the song kept getting lost. Glad that they are even making a new Bond movie. It and The Hobbit were touch and go for a while, thanks to MGM being bankrupt. Hope the new movie is more fun than the last one.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 10:25 a.m. CST
Tom Jones, Thunderball & it's unreleased alternative, Shirley Bassey's Mr. Kiss, Kiss Bang Bang were some of Bond's greatest themes.
by Amadeo Zeller
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Though, I don't disagree with Frank about it being sloppy. Still good, has a nice rough edge to it. Modern Bond themes haven't ever matched Goldeneye. Adele is fantastic choice. Bring up Amy Winehouse is cruel, because it's the best choice.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 10:32 a.m. CST
I liked certain parts of the arrangements of A LICENCE TO KILL, But detested Gladys Knight's vocals. Her lazy enunciations irked me to no end.
by Amadeo Zeller
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It's just as much about (a) the villain, (b) the lead woman aka Bondgirl, and (c) the storyline. This is why I love Goldfinger so much. Goldfinger and Oddjob were both such bad asses. The plot to corner the gold market by making Fort Knox radioactive was brilliant. And you can't beat Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore. After Goldfinger, the only other decent Connery Bond effort was You Only Live Twice (I never cared much for Thunderball). On Her Majesty's Secret Service gets most of the formula right, especially with Diana Rigg in the film. It also featured one of the best scores (and, IIRC, it was the ONLY Bond movie where the main title sequence is an INSTRUMENTAL track, not a vocal one...the vocal song from the movie was the Louis Armstrong ballad "We Have All the Time in the World.") OHMSS, however, has that incredibly dated look to it. Surprisingly, Goldfinger has weathered the years much better. I thought License to Kill was pretty good, but casting Wayne Newton was a huge mistake as he was just too much of a caricature. While Dalton was a decent enough Bond, the villains were "meh." I hated how the writers made it a competition between two women at the end. Stupid. Brosnan had his moments...I thought Goldeneye was good, but really nothing much stood out for me after that. All very unmemorable. Roger Moore made ONE good Bond film, and that, of course, is Live and Let Die, but a lot of that film's success goes to Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour. Moore always seemed like a dandy...he was terrible at fight scenes. And he was given the most smarmy dialogue...he was always smirking. It was as if all Bond had to do was to act "suave" and that was enough. For me, the worst Bond film by far is A View to a Kill. OMG it was dreadful. I think Craig's Bond is the closest to what Ian Fleming had in mind, along with Connery's Bond in From Russia With Love. Even though I love Goldfinger, there are moments in it when Bond is just a little too "cute." It's still one of my favorite films, but Connery took some of the edge off of Bond that was present in FRWL and also in Doctor No. And if you don't think "Goldfinger" isn't one of the best Bond songs, you have no taste whatsoever. OTOH, Matt Munro's interpretation of "From Russia With Love" sounds like a Vegas lounge lizard.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 10:40 a.m. CST
redplanet, dang, I really liked Matt Munroe's From Russia with Love. I always thought it was one of Bond's more classier themes.
by Amadeo Zeller
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In a way, "Another Way to Die" sounds like a poor man's "You Know My Name". But I still enjoy both.
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she already sounds retro, she can definitely belt out a song and without hearing a single part of it it's already better than friggin Jack White and Alicia yelling "bang bang" at each other for 3 minutes... Torture....I think I'd rather get the rope swung at my balls than listen to that awful song again.
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I think Adele is a great choice, a true talent. But would like to see her voice paired with a producer like Liam Howlett. Some of the horns & samples used on The Prodigy's last album "Invaders Must Die" were amazing, and could give the next theme an edge while still featuring a classic voice like Adele. But maybe the most difficult challenge any artist must face when doing a 007 theme is the title. A band like A-ha did the best they could with "The Living Daylights". Keeping the Monty Norman Orchestra style horns is key, but not every title can be sung! I really liked QOS (Olga Kurylenko is one of the hottest Bond girls of all time), but you can't sing that title. "Another Way to Die" seemed forced, just like the pairing of Keys & White. You don't always get "Licence to Kill" or "For Your Eyes Only" gift wrapped for you. As far as the filming style, I'd like to see less Bourne gritty camera work too. If Dan Bradley is on as the 2nd unit director, we know what to expect.
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...I personally slaughter every single person whoever made her a star... Gaga is a freak and shouldn't even be allowed to watch a 007 movie...it was bad enough that they let Madonna act AND sing a song...if they ever let a wannabee loser with daddy issues do it...ugh... Next time Beiber crashes his car I hope it's Ryan Dunn style and Gaga is giving him road head so they both blow up.
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Stuart Baird may be a mediocre director (Nemesis, U.S. Marshals), but he is a damn fine editor. He went back to his roots with C.R. Combine him with a good director like Martin Campbell and you've got one of those rare lightnng in a bottle Bond films....Baird did not come back to edit QOS, hence the sulkiness. And editing DOES make the difference!
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Sept. 7, 2011, 11:05 a.m. CST
Great. So we get another "actors director" for a Bond Movie
by Jack Desmondi
Just like Quantum of Solace, which was a tiresome Bourne wannabee from another "Actors Director". I seriously don't understand why the Broccoli's are going in this direction with the series. Sam Medes isnt' an action/adventure movie director--so why try and shove him in that box? Jesus, there's plenty of great young talent out there who could really make an exciting Bond film.
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I've been waiting for anything 007 related to show up somewhere, my dad got me into it when I was little and every movie that's come out since Goldeneye we've seen opening night together...he loved Casino Royale after the horrible cheese they did with Brosnan...talk about wasted opportunity... Anyway...I remember both of us cringing at Quantum's song...and wondering why they felt the need to go Bourne with all the quick editing. Good as back to back bond marathon but alone Quantum was a major step back. Sam Mendes will hopefully bring the drama back from the original Connery's who took their time building the tension, especially against Red Grant, my #1 choice for most dangerous adversary.
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Perfect match!
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Sept. 7, 2011, 11:23 a.m. CST
So, instead of getting a real, soulful black female singer, let's get a popular white girl that imitates black singers well?
by Joe Jones
What happened, was Joss Stone not available?
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Sept. 7, 2011, 11:24 a.m. CST
JESUS FUCK FUCK ADELE WITH CAPS ON STUPID FAT SLOW BORING BRITISH BITCH...i hate her, boring is an understatement
by Daniel
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And I'm a Brit, and to British ears, she sounds as thick as a plate of pig shit.
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There is one pretty good Stuart Baird-directed action flick: Executive Decision. You know, the one where Steven Segal bites it in the first half hour of the movie. Otherwise, yeah, he's a superb film editor. I've read articles that he's saved more than one movie, with editing room fixes, from being incoherent messes.
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You can't sing like that! You're white!
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Adele's only like 22 years old, she could do a Bond song 20 years from now. We ought to be getting 007 songs from well estabished legendary singers like Joe Cocker, David Bowie, Sade, Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, David Gilmore (Pink Floyd), Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Sinéad O'Connor, Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)Tom York (Radiohead), Jeff Lynne (ELO), Roger Daltry (The Who), Robert Plant (Led Zepplin), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Eric Clapton, Billy Idol, AC/DC, U2, Travis or Seal. Get these type of singers to do a Bond song while there still in possession of all their powers. Aside from Adele, I wouldn't mind a Bond song from more current acts like Katie Melua, Bat For Lashes, The Killers, Joss Stone (who already did a 007 video game) or The Corrs. The singer should be someone you'd imagine Bond not immediatley clicking to silient if it happened to start playing over his Aston Martin's radio.
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I think Adele is a good choice. She's relevant and has a great voice. My number choice, though, would be Michael Buble. He could do a huge, brassy number (like Thunderball with Tom Jones) but with a modern sound. I've always thought his "Feeling Good" is an example of this. (it even has a Bondian guitar riff in the middle) To me, Buble is an obvious choice for a classy song.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:01 p.m. CST
I wouldn't mind a George Michael 007 song, but he is rather...
by The_Genteel_Gentile
well, y'know. But he does have a really cool voice.
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Just saying. I do like several of gentile's choices, though.
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As usual... Jeez.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 12:21 p.m. CST
Ben Affleck for the new Bond, cross over with the Bourne franchise. Climax with Mano eh Mano sex sequence - but which one would sleep in the wet patch?
by Jeff Myers
Seriously though - the last Bond flick was an overly complicated, soulless mess.
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is For Your eyes Only. Best Bond song is title theme they used for OHMSS. Best Bond is Moore (okay stop screaming-- he's the Bond I grew up with) Best Bond action sequence is ski-motorcycle chase in FYEO. Best Bond Girl - Hands down Theresa in OHMSS. Best Bond villain- Hard to top Blofeld. Best Henchman - Oddjob. Best fistfight - 007 and 006 on and in the giant antenna in Goldeneye. Best gadget - Aston Martin ejector seat in Goldfinger. Best line: "Shocking. Positively shocking."
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barrel rolling the '74 hornet from one side of a broken bridge and landing it wheels down on the other in the man with the golden gun. CGI can suck it
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For Your Pies Only GoldenPie The Man With the Golden Bun The Viennese Whirl is Not Enough Live and Eat Pie You Only Eat Twice (as much as a thin person)
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Siouxsie Sioux, all the way....
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Snappy, you forgot the classics DIET ANOTHER DAY and FROM RUSSIA WITH LUNCH.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 1:45 p.m. CST
WTF!! What's cool about just raiding YouTube for news!!!
by Arkhaminmate001
I think it's time you hacks removed the 'Cool' and 'News' from your site name.....Jeezzz talk about dull and pointless articles, was this just to show off the ability to link pages from youtube onto your site.
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Demo for a "Thunderball" theme? It actually exists. I think he cut it himself, trying to get the job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rqS98seNA
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Sept. 7, 2011, 1:49 p.m. CST
Who is this Adelle person and why should I care about her?
by Royston Lodge
Do I live under a rock, or something? I have no clue who she is. Might as well get Rebecca Black to sing the theme song.
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The others rank at their very worst as passable. Besides, this is shit, the best title sequence didn't even have vocals and that was From Russia With Love. Watch it and just try to disagree, bitches!
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Much as i want another BOND movie (NOW!!!), preferably as good as CASINO ROYALE, I am not sure the screenwriters and director are right for the project. I mean... Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - “The World Is Not Enough” (not BAD, but not great. A few very entertaining things, others very weak - Uneven) “Die Another Day” (one of the WORST BONDs), “Casino Royale” (AWESOME) “A Quantum of Solace” (CRAP!) ...and... John Logan - “The Time Machine” (CRAP!), “Star Trek: Nemesis” (CRAP!), “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas” (Entertaining, but not great), “The Last Samurai” (Good, but maybe too long), “The Aviator” (Snore-fest), “Sweeney Todd” (CRAP), “Rango” (Haven't seen it, but Johnny Depp is NOT BOND). ...and finally... Sam Mendes. Mmmmmm. “American Beauty” (Good Drama), “Road to Perdition” (Fair), “Jarhead” (Bad, Anti-War CRAP), Revolutionary Road” (Boring CRAP), “Away We Go” (CRAP!) So...are these the right people to bring Bond back? I mean, I sure hope so because that's what we get this time. Still... ...A little worried.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 3:25 p.m. CST
gqsioux "Face to Face" was the only thing good about "Batman Returns"
by AzulTool
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That doesn't even pertain to a Bond song, I'm just bummed that he died like, 20 yrs ago.
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don't say you can't hear that bond vibe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJbltAPNGA
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Portishead. Thank you, that is all.
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with at least a couple of the bonds theyve had bands submit themes and then picked the one they wanted; ie saint etienne's tomorrow never dies, and there was a curve one too for that. i also second a gg allin bond theme, or peaches would be nice.
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Winehouse had more talent in her little finger than Adele has in her entire body. Fuck all the enabling arseholes who supplied Amy Winehouse, SHE SHOULDA DONE A BOND SONG. Wouldn't mind seeing Muse have a crack at a Bond theme, they'd be… different.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:24 p.m. CST
Duran Duran's still around. They should bring them back to do it.
by Wolfman Nards
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cause she got funk
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SiriusXM 80s channel or 1st Wave reported the other day Duran Duran is getting the return gig.
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Listen to Tori's b-sides 'Bug A Martini' or 'Back Me On Up'. Or 'Code Red' from American Doll Posse. Or 'That Guy' from Abnormally Attracted To Sin.
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'Another way to die' is the title of the song from QOS. Seriously. Also, Lazenby was shite.
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Shit, wrong talkback
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Sept. 7, 2011, 4:54 p.m. CST
Fuck all of you...Only ONE artist best defines the realistic/hardhitting new age Bond
by conspiracy
Who? LEMMY FUCKING KILMISTER....that's fucking who.
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...*yawn*
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funny as fuck link, cheers. Although, not quite as funny as your later winehouse comments. Seriously pal, that bitch was shit.
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Dr. Ho-Hos From Russia with Grub Thickfinger Thunderthigh You Always Eat Thrice On Her Majesty's Secret Sauce Buffets Are Forever Live and Get Pie The Man with the Two For One The Pie Who Loved Me Plateraker For Four Pies Only Octohelping A Moo to a Meal The Living Filet Nights License to Gorge Goldenpie-thighs Tomorrow Never Leftovers The Single Serving is Not Enough Pie Another Way Royale with Cheese Wontons of Solace
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Sept. 7, 2011, 5:14 p.m. CST
Some CD store clerk played Adele on his phone for me to get me to buy the CD
by tangcameo
Uh oh yeah she does sound a bit like...
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Guy plays it, saying she's unlike any other singer. I listen to it and tell him... "Sounds like KT Tunstall's Black Horse Cherry Tree" I tell him. He listens to it again. Second time, he hears Tunstall and I completely ruin Adele for him.
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she was the perfect match of material and style. RIP Amy.
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Personally speaking, I'd like to see Sting get a chance at a Bond credit theme.
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Susan Boyle, with backup by a supergroup formed from members of Mastodon and Impaled Nazarene.
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I for one am sick of the yawn inducing Muzak being suggested. Adele? Sting? Room Temp Winehouse? Fucking Boring. The 60's and 70's were the only good Bond themes...they were slick and sexy and timely. Naked bitches Romped slow motion, their silhouetted, unaugmented pendulous breasts bouncing and as they ran and trampolined, their firm and supple buttocks lovingly lit as some bad ass crooner belted out a tune of thinly veiled sexual innuendo. Those worked for the times and the films. But todays Bond theme, given the direction of the franchise, should have all the subtlety and aural impact of a forced Horse/Women copulation or a Mexican Cartel Beheading. Which is why LEMMY is the perfect artist. A musical Punch in your fucking little sisters face.
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All the great recommendations. Thanks everyone. A Bjork Bond theme would've been badass. I never knew that about Bachelorette. She was a global phenomenon at one time. Now just kind of an oddity. Volta was junk. Lots of awesome choices in here.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 6:32 p.m. CST
hey bubcus, different link to video..playable in Canada.
by intheyear2525
don't know why anyone would upload a video to youtube and then restrict it to americans only. it's not like the copyright holder upped it and had distribution rights agreements to worry about. http://lovi.tv/video/uirgywhoka/Adele_Adele_s_21_The_Inspiration_Part_4 this link plays fine for me..
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Sept. 7, 2011, 6:36 p.m. CST
norton833--it sure as hell aint right for Bond
by soma_with_the_paintbox
but I would love for that to happen, if only for the sheer wtf extravagant novelty of it.
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Sept. 7, 2011, 8:07 p.m. CST
Man, that Casino Royale credit sequence is fucking beautiful.
by Stuntcock Mike
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That's all
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Dance into the fire, bitches.
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She has a classic vocal style that will enhance the movie. I've always favored the Sean Connery Bond movies... maybe they will bring more of that timeless style back.
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pretty big year for them last year, and there one of the biggest European bands and one my favs , but Adele is cool.
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Orbital captured the spy theme vibe with the awesome "The Box" a two part track on the "In Sides" album from 1996. And The Propellorheads did a masterful job with "On Her Majesties Secret Service", remixing it into 00-Heaven. David Arnold has a great ear for music, you only have to listen to the "Shaken and Stirred" remix/tribute album to the Bond themes to see how brilliant the man is. I trust that who ever is selected the song will be a good one. But Goldfrapp would all kinds of awesome-sauce!
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Massive respect for doing the WHOLE Bond filmography in food form. Great post. I particularly like You Always Eat Thrice, and for sheer ingenuity, Wontons Of Solace. Bravo sir.
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Moon raper He screwed the Living Daylights out of Me For your Thighs Only Octopussy (Har!) Goldfinger bang Thunderbawled You Only Cum Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Cervix Dr. No, Yes...Oh Yes, yes, yes!
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...the long answer is "No, no we don't."
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Great choices! Here's Toni Halliday from Curve with a tune that practically sounds like a Bond Song audition; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6VrumnCaxI
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And for that matter who in the hell is portishead? Who is siouxsie sioux? Name me their top ten hits. Guess that's the point-- the Bond folks will want some variety of name recognition and those folks don't deliver. Goldfrappe in particular would probably do something pretty cool but they don't have much cultural relevance for anyone beyond those who follow them. Not to say Chris Cornell does either. The Bond songs that resonated had elements of timeliness and kitsch to them. Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, View to a Kill, etc... Of recent movies, the only group that even had a shot at doing a really cool Bond song was Garbage for TWINE. And even they ended up doing some overly orchestrated overly serious ode. Didn't work.
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Killed By Death Come to think of it, that would make a great title for a Bond film. Better than Quantum of Solace.
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The way they have bene performing it live lately is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8u1sb6532I
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Ladies and gentlemen, the 21th century.
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