Lets help the Songwriter..

wordswords Buckinghamshire, EnglandPosts: 249MI6 Agent
What lyric could you rhyme with 'Quantum of Solace'

How about:

'I'm in a Quantum of Solace,
I feel as blue as Reg Hollis*'

*out of the UK police series The Bill! :p

I tell you what, its not easy!

Comments

  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly Liverpool, UKPosts: 1,048MI6 Agent
    I am losing my emotions
    My Quantum of Solace
    When I ride the underground
    I use the Hill that is Dollis
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  • wordswords Buckinghamshire, EnglandPosts: 249MI6 Agent
    edited January 2008
    I am losing my emotions
    My Quantum of Solace
    When I ride the underground
    I use the Hill that is Dollis

    Splendid! Much better than mine!
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    It's a quantam of solace
    That Gromit and Wallace
    Would be better than Craig
    As Bond, I'm afraid
    :D
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Harry PalmerHarry Palmer Somewhere in the past ...Posts: 325MI6 Agent
    No rhyme and no reason.
    How about something completely different?


    Hold tight, hold on tight now,
    It's down, down to the wire,
    Set my hopes up way too high,
    Comfort's in the way we die
    Wo-oh-oh-oh, Quantum of Solace...
    1. Cr, 2. Ltk, 3. Tld, 4. Qs, 5. Ohmss, 6. Twine, 7. Tnd, 8. Tswlm, 9. Frwl, 10. Tb, 11. Ge, 12. Gf, 13. Dn, 14. Mr, 15. Op, 16. Yolt, 17. Sf, 18. Daf, 19. Avtak, 20. Sp, 21. Fyeo, 22. Dad, 23. Lald, 24. Tmwtgg
  • Smoke_13Smoke_13 Kitchener Ont CanadaPosts: 285MI6 Agent
    Let's just remember that Casino Royale's theme song was "You know my name."

    Quantum of Soloce's theme song could completely avoid the words "Quantum of Solace" and be solely about revenge or what not.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    I'd like to see the title song use a line from the Fleming story (as with "We Have All the Time In The World")- "Won't You Give Me Anything At All" could work either uptempo or as a ballad.
  • highhopeshighhopes Posts: 1,358MI6 Agent
    edited January 2008
    Great thread ...
    A warning to David Arnold: I've copyrighted this

    You beat my testicles
    And made me grimace
    Twas weeks before Vesper
    And I could have coitus
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    The queen has her jewels
    And me, I have mine
    You messed with the wrong ones
    You abominable swine
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    007's my number
    My license to kill
    You threatened my "numbers"
    My license to thrill
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me



    I'm thinking Tom Jones on vocals ...
  • a rogue AIa rogue AI Posts: 128MI6 Agent
    Hahahaha! Good one!
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    My hat's off to you, HH. Who'd-a thunk of rhyming "solace" with "coitus?" You make Don Black look like a piker! {[]
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • cbdouble07cbdouble07 Posts: 132MI6 Agent
    :))
  • cosmo_kramercosmo_kramer Duluth, MinnesotaPosts: 24MI6 Agent
    highhopes wrote:
    Great thread ...
    A warning to David Arnold: I've copyrighted this

    You beat my testicles
    And made me grimace
    Twas weeks before Vesper
    And I could have coitus
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    The queen has her jewels
    And me, I have mine
    You messed with the wrong ones
    You abominable swine
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    007's my number
    My license to kill
    You threatened my "numbers"
    My license to thrill
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me



    I'm thinking Tom Jones on vocals ...


    You had me at testicles.
  • PendragonPendragon ColoradoPosts: 2,640MI6 Agent
    highhopes wrote:
    Great thread ...
    A warning to David Arnold: I've copyrighted this

    You beat my testicles
    And made me grimace
    Twas weeks before Vesper
    And I could have coitus
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    The queen has her jewels
    And me, I have mine
    You messed with the wrong ones
    You abominable swine
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me


    007's my number
    My license to kill
    You threatened my "numbers"
    My license to thrill
    It's time for some payback
    A Quantum of Solace
    For me



    I'm thinking Tom Jones on vocals ...

    I laughed sooo hard! great song, HH! :D

    ~Pen -{
    Hey! Observer! You trying to get yourself Killed?

    mountainburdphotography.wordpress.com
  • wordswords Buckinghamshire, EnglandPosts: 249MI6 Agent
    Smoke_13 wrote:
    Let's just remember that Casino Royale's theme song was "You know my name."

    Quantum of Soloce's theme song could completely avoid the words "Quantum of Solace" and be solely about revenge or what not.

    Yes that is true, but its not half as much fun as trying to shoehorn this title into the lyrics!

    There are some brilliantly inventive people on this site - very impressive! {[]
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    I don't really care what the song is. To be honest, I haven't really cared much for modern Bond film music, it really just does not compare with the older Bond films, in my opinion.

    Let's bring back Dame Shirley Bassey to do one more Bond song.
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,854Chief of Staff
    edited February 2008
    To be honest, I haven't really cared much for modern Bond film music, it really just does not compare with the older Bond films, in my opinion.

    Let's bring back Dame Shirley Bassey to do one more Bond song.

    While I don't care much for most of the action music David Arnold has come up with- with a few exceptions such as "Backseat Driver"- and not at all for Eric Serra's, most of the slower pieces (including Serra's, JFF!) in the last half-dozen Bonds hold up well compared to the classic cues IMHO. Pieces such as "City Of Lovers" (CR06), "Casino" (TWINE) and "That's What Keeps You Alone" (GE- Serra) work both onscreen and off, and deserve to be ranked with John Barry work such as "Try" (OHMSS) and "The Wedding" (YOLT). Barry still rules this particular corner of film music land, but Arnold can hold his own with these softer tracks.

    The action music is where the biggest difference lies. All too often Arnold relies on pounding percussion and orchestral stabs- "Miami International" (CR06), "Antonov" (DAD)- while Barry's comparable pieces- "Battle At Piz Gloria" (OHMSS), "Golden Gate Fight" (AVTAK)- utilise rousing melodies and exciting arrangements to provide the energy.

    As to la Bassey returning, I seem to recall a quote from David Arnold saying he'd like to work with her but TPTB felt she wasn't contemporary enough to do another Bond song.
  • darenhatdarenhat The Old PuebloPosts: 2,029Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    The action music is where the biggest difference lies. All too often Arnold relies on pounding percussion and orchestral stabs- "Miami International" (CR06), "Antonov" (DAD)- while Barry's comparable pieces- "Battle At Piz Gloria" (OHMSS), "Golden Gate Fight" (AVTAK)- utilise rousing melodies and exciting arrangements to provide the energy.

    I agree wholeheartedly with this. I felt that Arnold's work in TND was enjoyable, but TWINE really wore on me with it's repetitous percussion. This, couple with my distaste for Madonna's title track, prevented me from purchasing the DAD soundtrack.
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