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Schattenjäger · Sep 21, 2006

Chris Cornell - You KNow My Name

http://www.tiffanyastone.com/blog/2006/09/music_to_bond_to.php

not bad.. a little more on the rock side.. but im sure ill warm up to it

Error Macro · Sep 21, 2006

As a Chris Cornell song, I like it.

As a James Bond theme song, I hate it.

DarienA · Sep 21, 2006

Error Macro said:
As a Chris Cornell song, I like it.

As a James Bond theme song, I hate it.

Hmm well as a comparison what did you think of Madonna's Die Another Day?

hadareud · Sep 21, 2006

DarienA said:
Hmm well as a comparison what did you think of Madonna's Die Another Day?

I thought that song was horrible as a James Bond song to be honest. The last one to sound like a proper James Bond song was Goldeneye.

I like Cornell, I will listen to it as soon as I'm home from work.

Outdoor Miner · Sep 21, 2006

Shit sandwich

Kung Fu Jedi · Sep 21, 2006

DarienA said:
Hmm well as a comparison what did you think of Madonna's Die Another Day?

Madonna's Bond song is the worst of all of the Bond Songs for me. But I loved Garbage's The World Is Not Enough.

teiresias · Sep 21, 2006

Is this actually the "theme song" (plays during the opening credits), the post where that video is posted just says it's tied to the soundtrack, doesn't necessarily say it's the theme song.

[EDIT]NM, just read some more links.

demon · Sep 21, 2006

Ahhh, the pure essence of Bond.

NotWii · Sep 21, 2006

First 15 seconds are awesome, but the rest of the song sucks.

'VIEW TO A KILL' by DURAN DURAN will always be the best Bond song!

Schattenjäger · Sep 21, 2006

yea im not warming up to it very much..

and best bond song ever is Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

NotWii · Sep 21, 2006

Schattenjagger said:
yea im not warming up to it very much..

and best bond song ever is Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

That's 3rd for me, after 'The Living Daylights'

Kung Fu Jedi · Sep 21, 2006

Wii said:
'VIEW TO A KILL' by DURAN DURAN will always be the best Bond song!

Don't you mean Live and Let Die?

AgentOtaku · Sep 21, 2006

Wii said:
First 15 seconds are awesome, but the rest of the song sucks.

'VIEW TO A KILL' by DURAN DURAN will always be the best Bond song!

dam straight

Solo · Sep 21, 2006

Im partial to Tom Jones' "Thunderball", myself. Madonna was atrocious. Though TWINE was a mediocre movie, its theme song was great.

8bit · Sep 21, 2006

Schattenjagger said:
yea im not warming up to it very much..

and best bond song ever is Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

No way, it's Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better.

As to the song in question here, it's awful. Possibly the worst Bond theme yet.

Wes · Sep 21, 2006

Kung Fu Jedi said:
Don't you mean Live and Let Die?

Definetly the best bond theme.

Although the opening 20~ seconds of You Only Live Twice is just perfect.

mrklaw · Sep 21, 2006

Kung Fu Jedi said:
Madonna's Bond song is the worst of all of the Bond Songs for me. But I loved Garbage's The World Is Not Enough.

yeah, probably the best recent bond tune. Although Tomorrow Never Dies was pretty faithful to the bond 'sound'

Solo · Sep 21, 2006

Oh shit, I am ashamed, and so should all of you for also forgetting it. The best Bond theme, hands down, is the one for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Its 100% John Barry instrumental, and 100% kickass. Thats my favorite of them all. Kickass opening credits too, featuring snippets of all the Connery Bond movies.

AgentOtaku · Sep 21, 2006

Solo said:
Oh shit, I am ashamed, and so should all of you for also forgetting it. The best Bond theme, hands down, is the one for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Its 100% John Barry instrumental, and 100% kickass. Thats my favorite of them all. Kickass opening credits too, featuring snippets of all the Connery Bond movies.

Actually I love that one too!

then again, OHMSS is one of my fav bond films next to Russia and Goldeneye

Kung Fu Jedi · Sep 21, 2006

mrklaw said:
yeah, probably the best recent bond tune. Although Tomorrow Never Dies was pretty faithful to the bond 'sound'

Yeah, I'd agree with that statement. It has a very classic Bond theme sound to it. I didn't care for it all that much at first, but after listening to it more, it grew on me a lot.

And I should note, I pretty much love all the Bond themes, so it's hard to pick out a "best" for me, with the exception of Madonna's song. It Fvcking sucks and I'll never learn to like it. Period.

Luna104 · Sep 21, 2006

AlanHemberger · Sep 21, 2006

Sounds like it should be the new opening theme for Smallville. Not Bond like at all

GoldenEye 007 · Sep 21, 2006

Yeah, this is a bit.... weird. Feels a bit too... I don't know... extreme to be a Bond theme.

Since we're talking about it, though, some of my favorites are:
Goldfinger
Thunderball
OHMSS
Diamonds are Forever
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
A View to a Kill
The Living Daylights
GoldenEye
TWINE

Deleted member 1159 · Sep 21, 2006

It sounds alright when the pace slows down, but the chorus and most of the song is just too up-beat to be a Bond theme. It's not a bad song, though.

Eggo · Sep 21, 2006

Ugh... the magic is gone. When does this thing come out on DVD? 3 weeks?

TemplaerDude · Sep 21, 2006

That blew. That really, really blew.

Great King Bowser · Sep 21, 2006

Even Die Another Day was more Bond Theme-esque.

I don't mind the song though.

temp · Sep 21, 2006

Great song; it's perfect for the movie.

DECK'ARD · Sep 21, 2006

That is horrible.

Donono · Sep 21, 2006

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME!!!!

Mason · Sep 21, 2006

This doesn't sound Bond at all.

Mason · Sep 21, 2006

Donono said:
YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME

YOU KNOW MY NAME!!!!

More like

YOU KNOW MAH NAYYYYYYYYYY-MUH

YOU KNOW MAH NAYYYYYYYYYY-MUH

Kintaro · Sep 21, 2006

I thought it was decent. Honestly, who gives a shit? It's during the opening credits. OH NOES.

eggo said:
Ugh... the magic is gone. When does this thing come out on DVD? 3 weeks?

Go end yourself. This movie will rock.

Kung Fu Jedi · Sep 21, 2006

Kintaro said:
Go end yourself. This movie will rock.

Agreed. The previews look awesome, and it looks like this Bond is going to have quite an edge to him.

Error Macro · Sep 21, 2006

DarienA said:
Hmm well as a comparison what did you think of Madonna's Die Another Day?

I really did not Die Another Day's theme at all. Well, I mean, the more I listened to it, the more I accepted it as just a regular song, but as a Bond theme? Fuhgeddaboutit! Actually though, Madonna's tune seemed to have a little more Bond flavor to it than this one. And sadly, that makes it a better Bond song, to me.

Kintaro said:
I thought it was decent. Honestly, who gives a shit? It's during the opening credits. OH NOES.

Eh, it kinda sets the tone for the movie. Pretty important to most all Bond fans.

re: recent theme songs - my favorite of the recent material has to be Garbage's The World Is Not Enough. Love, love, LOVE that song. Tomorrow Never Dies had a decent tune, but Sheryl Crow was not the right person to sing it. Her voice is just not smooth enough, nor can she hit certain notes.

My all-time favorite Bond theme is A View To A Kill.

Has anyone heard the Propellerheads version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Now that's just brilliant.

Penguin · Sep 21, 2006

A little off topic.

But does anyone have a link to the remixed version of the Bond theme in the trailer?

MaverickX9 · Sep 21, 2006

Has anybody ever heard the Bond song that Eric Clapton and Vic Flick recorded?

As far as I know, it was an instrumental that was supposed to be used in License to Kill, but they went with a Gladys Knight song instead. I was always interested to hear the Clapton/Flick version.

temp · Sep 21, 2006

Error Macro said:
Eh, it kinda sets the tone for the movie. Pretty important to most all Bond fans.

Yeah, exactly, and this song sets the tone for the movie really well. It's perfect; a rough rock song for the new rough Bond. I can see how you'd say it doesn't sound like a Bond song - even though I don't think it's TOO out of place among the other songs - but the Bond theme songs don't have to sound exactly the same every time, and I think this is a good change for this movie.

Solo · Sep 21, 2006

Eggo said:
Ugh... the magic is gone. When does this thing come out on DVD? 3 weeks?

You're so right. Theme song is mediocre, lets throw in the towel for the entire film, despite rave advance screening buzz! Who cares if the movie is good, the music sucks!!!

Error Macro said:
Has anyone heard the Propellerheads version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Now that's just a butchering of a classic.

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