But yeah the Sam Smith one really is crap.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
The Kd Lang song is nice, yes, but the actual Sheryl Crow theme is one of the best in Bond.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
Really? Not even top 10, tbh.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
Surely there has been a poll for the bond songs, right ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:16 (six years ago) link
I think the much hated post-Goldeneye Brosnan era was strong in terms of themes that were just playful enough and not just Shirley Bassey pastiche ala Adele and Sam.
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
A poll would be good
― abcfsk, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
I'm convinced there's already been one, but I can't find it.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
voilà !
What's the best Bond theme?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
but it's a bit old... might need a re-match
The rightful winner is shamefully low.
― chap, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
― abcfsk, Friday, December 8, 2017 5:11 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 8 December 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
I love kd but the sheryl tune has a way better melody, and an actual chorus, whereas the kd is just an (admittedly fun) mess of Bassey pastiche atmospherics
Still better than Smith or Adele though
Imo "license to kill" is the great underrated bond theme
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
I somehow don't hate the Smith one but it's still not a contender in the Bond theme sweepstakes
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
also the moody string bit after the 2nd chorus on the sheryl is goooorgeous
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
I don't understand why they haven't asked Goldfrapp yet, or would that be too obvious?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 December 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
presumably it's because they look at how much of a profile the act has in the US, unfortunately
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
do usa’ers give a fuck about sam smith?
― straightedge is just volcel for vegans (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 December 2017 16:23 (six years ago) link
Right before he performed the SPECTRE theme:At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, held on 8 February 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Smith performed "Stay with Me" and also received four Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Stay with Me") and Best Pop Vocal Album (for In the Lonely Hour)
with a few exceptions (Cornell, maybe) nearly all of the last 20 years of Bond themes has been artists either at their commercial peak in the US, or with a couple top singles within the last year
― mh, Friday, 8 December 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
they just offer it to whoever got the most solo vocal artist grammy awards half the time
I assume there's a preference towards acts on Sony labels -- Cornell, Jack White, Alicia Keys, Adele were all on Sony. Sam Smith wasn't.
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
A View To A Kill is the only one that seems to get regular play as just a pop song from its era. Just heard it played in this restaurant in fact.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 8 December 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
god that was rubbish
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
Quite enjoyed it in the cinema, but caught a bit of it on TV last night and wasn't at all impressed.
― chap, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
Well.....I mean you've seen mendes other bonds?
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
this was the first Craig one i didn't see on a big screen, landscape porn and booming sound system would've improved the experience but i feel like somebody should've written a story for it
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
how does anybody fucking waste Christoph Waltz?
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
only the fact that i was watching it with my mum stopped me from putting my foot thru the telly
incidentally the first episode of McMafia on BBC1 last night was far better than this
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
yeah I think I went too easy on this one upthread, it's a bad bond. no desire at all to rewatch ever.
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
there are no good bonds
― mark s, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
― pee-wee and the power men (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
xp
i'm aware of your rongness on this point
this one was bad enough to make me regret all of them tho
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
Yeah I caught this last night for the first time and it was laughably bad.
The dreadful lifeless theme tune should have warned me what was to come really.
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
quite like the song, one of the least rubbish things about the whole experience
― you shoulda killfiled me last year (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/d4fc01bc47ce9d36a6267106f2880236a382da96.jpg
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Mendes hates Bond it's pretty obvious
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
i found this more diverting than skyfall but it's not very good no
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
This one def went through a spectacular reversal for me too, from seeing it in the theater & thinking whoa that was p great to rewatching & going ... ok wtf WAS that (Dave Bautista henchman still great though, that chase was dope)all that Christoph Waltz/Blofeld backstory was so fkn STUPID grrr it makes me so mad now
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
Skyfall held up a little better to rewatching, plus it’s shot so gorgeously I get distracted from the silly stuffBut yeah Spectre just annoys me more & more every time I put it on (ive rewatched twice since theatres)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
if it helps my pals and i made best sense of this (the equal worst entry in a long series all just as bad) by assuming that everything that happens after the torture scene is only happening in bond's head as he lies unconcious and feverish on the operating table, as will be revealed in the next ep when he wakes up
― mark s, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
it’s the worst thing to hope for bcz god how shit is THAT but tbf i kind of hope it’s true
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
Did ILX ever poll the best Bond film opening scene? This would be...top half.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
Bond Pre-Credits Sequences: POLL
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
for your eyes only robbed imo
I don't even remember the GoldenEye one
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
006 died (but not really)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
that was the one where he caught up to the falling plane, climbed inside and flew away
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link
he was in Titanic?
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:07 AM bookmarkflaglink
he played Kathy Bates
― its subtle brume (DJP), Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:08 AM bookmarkflaglink
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 03:05 (four years ago) link
ok this is unexpected but it actually hits quite differently rewatching now after seeing No Time To Diei think half of what i didnt like was Madeline Swan & i honestly appreciate her a lot more now?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
Yeah I kinda figure that like with QoS if you watch this in combination with the film it’s most directly tied with it takes on a different resonance, however unintended at the time.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link