Sam Smith to sing the new Bond theme?

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:17AM #1

Hells to the no!

Unless the beige one pulls something spectacular out of the bag, that would be a frickin' disaster. I've always thought Muse would do a brilliant Bond theme myself.

Who would all you wise music aficionados on AH choose to do justice to the legacy of the Bond theme?

darkpagandeath · 08-09-2015 12:18AM

Who ?

Junkyard Tom · 08-09-2015 12:20AM

Is he related to Sam Spudz?

Agent Coulson · 08-09-2015 12:20AM

Is she any good?

KungPao · 08-09-2015 12:23AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Hells to the no!

Unless the beige one pulls something spectacular out of the bag, that would be a frickin' disaster. I've always thought Muse would do a brilliant Bond theme myself.

Who would all you wise music aficionados on AH choose to do justice to the legacy of the Bond theme?

Limp Bizkit did a good Mission Impossible, maybe them?*

*I may be out of touch

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:23AM

I simply don't believe you are all this behind on the musical trends of today's youth.

Sam Smith like. You know, the guy who sings those songs in the charts.

GLaDOS · 08-09-2015 12:25AM

Is he the really whiney guy?

NachoBusiness · 08-09-2015 12:25AM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Who ?

Sam Brown.

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:25AM

KungPao wrote: »

Limp Bizkit did a good Mission Impossible, maybe them?*

*I may be out of touch

Did they?

I don't think I've ever heard a Limp Bizkit song in my life, so I'm even more out of touch than you :P

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-09-2015 12:26AM

Extremely disappointing news. I imagine there is a lot of anger about this in the James Bond community.

Cold War Kid · 08-09-2015 12:30AM

Sam Smith is dreadful, but his whiny voice might be ok for the melodrama of a Bond song. And while his voice really is unbearably whiny, the lad can sing, and hit those high notes.

I'd like a Bond theme song by Bjork. Although she did a very Bond-esque song, Play Dead, from a film called The Young Americans (the song was produced by David Arnold, who is a film soundtrack composer and worked on Bond films).

Sinead O'Connor could belt out a Bond theme song brilliantly too. As could Bono. And David Gahan from Depeche Mode.

The Backwards Man · 08-09-2015 12:33AM

Nobody does it better

Cold War Kid · 08-09-2015 12:34AM

I fecking love James Bond theme songs - was just thinking about this topic yesterday when Tomorrow Never Dies was on TV; cracking number by Sheryl Crowe.

Good call Dark Crystal!

My fave is Licence To Kill by Gladys Knight & The Pips. That Adele number is class too.

Tarzana2 · 08-09-2015 12:36AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Unless the beige one pulls something spectacular out of the bag, that would be a frickin' disaster. I've always thought Muse would do a brilliant Bond theme myself.

Muse are the beigest of the beige!

I could see Florence Welch being good. The song would need to suit her voice though, sometimes she sounds terrible.

Amy Winehouse would have been perfect for singing a Bond theme song.

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:39AM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

I fecking love James Bond theme songs - was just thinking about this topic yesterday when Tomorrow Never Dies was on TV; cracking number by Sheryl Crowe.

Good call Dark Crystal!

My fave is Licence To Kill by Gladys Knight & The Pips. That Adele number is class too.

I love those two themes. Skyfall may actually have nudged it past Goldfinger as my favourite Bond theme.

Live and Let Die, Nobody Does It Better and Diamonds Are Forever would probably round out my top five. There are very few duff ones though. Lulu's Man With the Golden Gun and Sheena Easton's For Your Eyes Only are pretty dire and I thought yer man from The White Stripes duet with Alicia Keys was awful too.

Yakult · 08-09-2015 12:39AM

Have no interest in Bond tunes, but I might if they used Hanger 18.. Old song but still!

Junkyard Tom · 08-09-2015 12:39AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFIc-NeHSk

KungPao · 08-09-2015 12:40AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Did they?

I don't think I've ever heard a Limp Bizkit song in my life, so I'm even more out of touch than you :P

Ya. It was just before people realised they were utter garbage riding on the waves of Eminem and Korn.

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:41AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Muse are the beigest of the beige!

Ah here, on what planet could Muse be described as beige??

I could see Florence Welch being good. The song would need to suit her voice though, sometimes she sounds terrible.

She's worse than Sam Smith at the whining!

Edit: Just saw the Amy Winehouse comment and I'm totally with you there. She would have done an amazing job.

dodderangler · 08-09-2015 12:42AM

Does the song really matter? It's still gonna be a Shiite film like every other bond film

The Backwards Man · 08-09-2015 12:45AM

I've always thought Louis Armsrong's song used in On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the most apt Bond song.

Tarzana2 · 08-09-2015 12:45AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah here, on what planet could Muse be described as beige??

I find them fantastically dull myself. They want to edgy but they just aren't. A very pedestrian rock group.

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:45AM

dodderangler wrote: »

Does the song really matter? It's still gonna be a Shiite film like every other bond film

Now now dodderangler, don't be coming in and raining on my parade - now there's a tune - Streisand would have belted out a Bond number like no one's business.

GLaDOS · 08-09-2015 12:46AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah here, on what planet could Muse be described as beige??

Their last few albums have been pretty uninspiring tbf. Muse of old would have made a good bond tune though.

The Backwards Man · 08-09-2015 12:47AM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I find them fantastically dull myself. They want to edgy but they just aren't. A very pedestrian rock group.

If they were in your living room right now would you horse them out?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-09-2015 12:49AM

I always liked Garbage's Bond theme.

johnnyskeleton · 08-09-2015 12:50AM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Who ?

He fills in for Vincent Brown whenever the latter has had too many jars that afternoon.

Cold War Kid · 08-09-2015 12:51AM

Duran Duran - View To A Kill... quality!

ScummyMan · 08-09-2015 12:51AM

Arctic Monkeys recent style would suit a Bond theme imo.

dark crystal · 08-09-2015 12:53AM

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Duran Duran - View To A Kill... quality!

Oh yeah, that was a good one. Shite Bond film, but great theme. I quite liked the A-Ha one too.

Tarzana2 · 08-09-2015 12:54AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

If they were in your living room right now would you horse them out?

I would probably, though I can't imagine myself not offering them a tea or coffee or a drink. :pac:

Sam Smith to sing the new Bond theme?

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