(Bond 24) SPECTRE's Opening Credits Theme Song.

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  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    Facts are only relevant when they agree with your opinion ? ;) Oddly enough I have no training
    in music, yet manage to know what I like, without the need for polls to tell me. What I should like. :D
    I'm no fan of either Sam or Radiohead, an ordinary punter ;) and of the two songs presented, in my
    opinion the Producers made the right choice. As to which song is better? That's as subjective as
    do you prefer Picasso to Munch. :))
    As always friends not looking for an argument, after all in my opinion the greatest band of all time
    was Jive Bunny. :D
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  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    edited December 2015
    By the way Revolver66, what makes you think my comments were directed at you ? ;)
    There are many members commenting on this thread, as for Citizen Kane being the best
    movie ever made ? ..... seems that Fact has now changed !
    http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time
    The current Fact is that Vertigo, is Now considered the best film ever made, so it would
    appear that Facts like opinions can Change. :p eh! hombre

    http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time
    http://www.thetoptens.com/rock-bands/
    http://diffuser.fm/influential-bands/
    http://www.thetoptens.com/most-influential-rock-groups/

    wow, all these music sites listing top influential, bands etc and no mention of Radiohead. :p
    Guess I can find Facts too. :))

    Gee i've obviously riled you up a tad here to make you go to all of that effort ;) However, You are correct, in their annual 10 year poll Sight and Sound has dropped Citizen Kane to number 2. However what I was actually referring to is that by aggregate over the past 70 odd years Citizen Kane is most definitely the most lauded film of all time. No film has been named the greatest more often by critics the world over than Citizen Kane. And yes whilst there are undoubtedly lists that don't include Radiohead, that link that I previously sent you rounded up all published best of lists in music journalism and calculated the most prominent bands and albums. As you can see, they did pretty well.

    Anyways i'm off aye :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Not riled at all, ;) just went looking for some Facts ( as they seem to be used to back up opinion),
    also no trouble only took a few seconds to find a few sites. :D I'm a big movie fan and knew about
    Vertigo getting the top spot. ( still have my hopes the critics will push Adam Sandler's masterpiece
    Jack and Jill up there someday ) :)
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  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Jack and Jill what a classic :)) :))
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,920Chief of Staff
    Radiohead are one of THE most boring bands of all time...and their SPECTRE 'attempt' sounds like water going down a plug hole - only not as melodic ! X-(
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Their Spectre version makes me appreciate for what we have with Sam Smith :D
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  • Markyb64Markyb64 Posts: 86MI6 Agent
    Facts are only relevant when they agree with your opinion ? ;) Oddly enough I have no training
    in music, yet manage to know what I like, without the need for polls to tell me. What I should like. :D
    I'm no fan of either Sam or Radiohead, an ordinary punter ;) and of the two songs presented, in my
    opinion the Producers made the right choice. As to which song is better? That's as subjective as
    do you prefer Picasso to Munch. :))
    As always friends not looking for an argument, after all in my opinion the greatest band of all time
    was Jive Bunny. :D
    Woah there TP...I'm still in mourning for Joe Dolce knocking Ultravox's Vienna off the top spot..now Ultravox doing a Bond theme..there's a thought???? 8-)
  • HatThrowingHenchmanHatThrowingHenchman Russia With LovePosts: 1,834MI6 Agent
    I've listened to it yesterday and really dislike it. Nothing that is hooking, no memorable lyrics (to be fair, you don't understand much of them anyway); overall I'm very glad they used WOTW.
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  • blame_thatcherblame_thatcher Posts: 199MI6 Agent
    Radiohead might be good if Thom Yorke sang properly. Instead he always wants to sound like a sad 15-year-old girl.
  • The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man EnglandPosts: 434MI6 Agent
    Don't mind a bit of Radiohead now and again. Especially their 90's stuff. Their song for SPECTRE though is awful. :#
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    http://www.gq.com/story/radiohead-james-bond-spectre-theme
    GQ magazine call Radiohead's Bond theme " Super Weird"
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Just watching some Fr Ted on one of the channel 4 channels. A depressed priest
    Is made happy again until a trip home on the bus the driver plays " Radiohead" and
    he gets depressed again. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Looks like Writing's on the Wall won the Golden Globe!
    Nice!! Very pleased about this. Was a cracking Good Song
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Not a huge of this song, but its nice enough and I like to hear the bond films winning something now and again
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Congrats to Sam, I'm one of the few who like it. :)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Congrats to Sam, I'm one of the few who like it. :)
    I thought it was mostly very popular TP? Have to say I love the orchestral version on the soundtrack and I did buy Sams version but I just found his vocals a touch simpering, I usually like Sam Smiths voice, can't really explain it??
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    Congrats to Sam Smith -{ Another prize for the Bond franchise! that's always a plus in my book! :D It's only the third Golden Globe the series has ever gotten after all!
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It's not popular on here Chriscoop everyone ( apart from a few) seem to hate it :#
    Then again I've always been ahead of the curve, :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    It's not popular on here Chriscoop everyone ( apart from a few) seem to hate it :#
    Then again I've always been ahead of the curve, :D

    I for one never hated it, but wasn't a particular fan either. However I have to admit Daniel Kleinman's title's go hand in hand with it in such a superb way. Can't help but smile throughout the whole title sequence, as was the case for me again yesterday in the theatre's :) - I think it helps that the course of the song comes in faster in the movie. (Gives the song some more pace)
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  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,173MI6 Agent
    I liked the song, I just wasn't crazy about Sam Smith's version.

    I felt it would've been better performed by a female singer.

    I said it the first time I heard it and that's still my opinion.

    Foolish consistency is, after all, the hobgoblin of small minds. :))
  • MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
    WOTW really grew on me. Ok, the vocals are a bit meh, but the track itself is beautiful. Shame it wasn't used more in the film.
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  • HarveyMushmanHarveyMushman Posts: 339MI6 Agent
    edited January 2016
    I really didn't like Sam Smith's Bond theme song when I first heard it, I remember reading somewhere Daniel Craig saying just wait until the film comes out and the song will slot in to place. Sure enough it did and I have grown to like it quite a lot.

    Interestingly I also read in an interview somewhere Daniel Craig is a fan of Radiohead, so maybe he influenced them coming on board to give it a shot. I grew up listening to them myself and have always quite liked the band but I have to admit their version was a bit off-beat/odd.

    I've spent the morning listening to the last 4 theme songs, for me I think out of all of them Adele and Sam Smith's emotes that classic or traditional "Bond" feeling the most. I don't think Chris Cornell's theme has dated to well but I liked it at the time, I think it would sit well on a Brosnan film and I'm not going to talk about Quantum of Solace.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    DC actually interviewed Thom Yorke from the band when he presented a radio show a few years back, and did admit to being a radiohead fan, I like radioheads earlier work and have there earlier albums but for me they just got too weird after OK computer, thank God they used Sam Smith this time round. Personally I was hoping the band Muse might have done a theme tune.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Alas, I always wanted Bowie to have a go :( ...but who knows if he'd ever have been game for it. He didn't want to be Max Zorin, at any rate. A classic 'might have been.'
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  • HarveyMushmanHarveyMushman Posts: 339MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    DC actually interviewed Thom Yorke from the band when he presented a radio show a few years back, and did admit to being a radiohead fan, I like radioheads earlier work and have there earlier albums but for me they just got too weird after OK computer, thank God they used Sam Smith this time round. Personally I was hoping the band Muse might have done a theme tune.

    As I wrote my post I was thinking of suggesting Muse, their song for the London Olympics was pretty well received from memory but I think they are likely to produce something similar sounding to Chris Cornell.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Do you think? They are a pretty diverse band, I'm a huge fan of there's and already they've done 3 or 4 songs with a bondian sound, but I reckon any song with an electric guitar driven theme is likely to be compared against cornell and dare I say jack white.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Alas, I always wanted Bowie to have a go :( ...but who knows if he'd ever have been game for it. He didn't want to be Max Zorin, at any rate. A classic 'might have been.'
    Oh yeah. That would have been epic. Like McCartney's LALD. {[]
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  • HarveyMushmanHarveyMushman Posts: 339MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Do you think? They are a pretty diverse band, I'm a huge fan of there's and already they've done 3 or 4 songs with a bondian sound, but I reckon any song with an electric guitar driven theme is likely to be compared against cornell and dare I say jack white.

    You have a point. I agree. I do think they are quite diverse I like them a lot they'd be a good choice for the next one.
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