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[mrsbonds_ppk]

Hello my fellow mates. I was just listening to 'The Experience of Love" from the Goldeneye soundtrack by Eric Serra and i've realized how much I like this song. T he lyics are somewhat interesting and I think it's really talking about Bond. I was wondering if anyone elese like this song and what are your feelings about the lyrics:

Here they are:

I know you dream a lot
Holding on to lies
And wait around
For someone to know where you hide
In your dreams, you feel a lot
But you keep it all inside
And you close your eyes
It helps keep you alive
The experience of lovin'
Won't take all the pain away
Just understanding for the first time
What you feel inside
Love is in your life
And having come this far
Cherishing your dreams
You may have realized now
How they help keep you alone
The experience of lovin'
Won't take all the pain away
Just understanding for the first time
What you feel inside
Love is in your life
Leave the dreams behind
Breathing in the scent of love
Leave the dreams behind
Sensing life in everything
Under the sky
The experience of lovin'
Won't take all the pain away
Just understanding for the first time
What you feel inside
Love is in your life

Thanks,
Alana

[Santa]

Sorry, I think it's a dreadful, dreadful song.

[Safari Suit]

I think it's the best thing about the GE soundtrack... for what that's worth.

[sharpshooter]

I have always found that song to be a strange song to have at the end of GoldenEye. One needs to finish a Bond movie on a high - not dreary whispering. The song though does somehow fit Eric Serra's haunting score somehow.

[trs007]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Mine is the "song" is a piece of self-indulgent crap that has absolutely no business ending, or being a part of a Bond film. The end credits should send you out of the theatre on a high note, not that wallowing sap. To this day, when I pop in a Bond DVD, GE remains the only one I won't watch the end credits. I think Eric Serra was the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Excellent. Love it.

[Mr_Wint]

I hate this song. Awful.

[gkgyver]

I don't even think it holds up as a good song, let alone as a Bond song.

[dodge]

To be perfectly honest, the lyrics made me gag. But, on the bright side, I've always loved Eric Serra's score. Though it's hated by many members, it struck me as right and refreshing, heralding what was meant to be a hip new Bond. And my contempt for the lyrics doesn't diminish my love for the score.

[Jim]

It is like being sprayed with red-hot dung.

Draw your own conclusions about whether I would enjoy that sort of thing.

[Zorin Industries]

I'm afraid the song is dire. It sums up what is wrong with GOLDENEYE as a film - over produced, not sure of its cinematic place in mid-90's cinema and just because you have the acoutrements of Bond (i.e. a 007 esque song) doesn't mean you have a successful Bond film.

It's one saving grace is that is slightly better than the turgid Scott Walker song that was written for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, an equally flawed entry in Brosnan's canon....

[Santa]

It is like being sprayed with red-hot dung.

Draw your own conclusions about whether I would enjoy that sort of thing.

I'm fairly sure you would.

[Jim]

It is like being sprayed with red-hot dung.

Draw your own conclusions about whether I would enjoy that sort of thing.

I'm fairly sure you would.

One must have a New Year's resolution, after all.

[Qwerty]

I have always found that song to be a strange song to have at the end of GoldenEye. One needs to finish a Bond movie on a high - not dreary whispering. The song though does somehow fit Eric Serra's haunting score somehow.

Agreed. One of the few odd choices when it comes to songs in the Bond films.

[DamnCoffee]

'The Experience of Love' is probably the worst Bond songs ever! it sounds cheap and tacky, and probably works well on some foreign soap opera or a low budget p

[Righty007]

I love it.

[SilencedPPK]

I thought the song was not so good, so it's definately not one to end a Bond movie. I like how other Bond movies end, like CR with the James Bond theme, or FRWL the theme to that movie... That song did not seem good enough for Bond. I hated how it ended like that... especially with that god awful song.

[Genrewriter]

It's sort of a guilty pleasure for me. It's not a good song at all, totally wrong for a Bond film and would be better served on the night shift of an easy listening station. Despite that, I find myself compelled to listen to it. Granted I also think Hudson Hawk is actually pretty good so the answer could be found there.

[rafterman]

It makes me throw up in my mouth. Choosing Eric Serra was a mistake and letting him sing an end titles song was an even bigger mistake.

[SilencedPPK]

It makes me throw up in my mouth.

*shivers* And that's the worst of all!

[Mr_Wint]

It's one saving grace is that is slightly better than the turgid Scott Walker song that was written for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, an equally flawed entry in Brosnan's canon....

No, No, No!

"Only Myself To Blame" has John Barry written all over it. It shouldn't be used as an endsong but it's still great work from David Arnold. Although I didn't like it first, after listening to it several times, it got stucked in my head completely for quiet a while. That should've been the main theme song for TWINE.

[mrsbonds_ppk]

I have always found that song to be a strange song to have at the end of GoldenEye. One needs to finish a Bond movie on a high - not dreary whispering. The song though does somehow fit Eric Serra's haunting score somehow.

Agreed. One of the few odd choices when it comes to songs in the Bond films.

I agree with that, absolutely

[TheSaint]

It sounds like a bad Peter Gabriel song.

[Blofeld's Cat]

It sounds like a bad Peter Gabriel song.

Oooh, really good assessment, TheSaint!

Still, it's a reasonable song, but not a Bond song. BUT, it's still better than Madonna's effort (or rather, attempt).

[ACE]

I'm afraid the song is dire.

It's one saving grace is that is slightly better than the turgid Scott Walker song that was written for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, an equally flawed entry in Brosnan's canon....

Hmmm, I like The Experience of Love - it has a haunting, Peter Gabriel-esque vibe and interesting vocals by Monsieur Serra. The tune is culled from Leon aka The Professional.

As for Only Myself To Blame, I think will be like WHATTITW - an undiscovered gem. Scott Walker was a casting coup to sing for Bond and the unimaginative suits who nixed the song in favour of the Bond theme should be shot.

Please do not keep ending the films with the James Bond theme (except Casino Royale, of course).

When it comes to Bond songs, one man's ceiling is another man's floor.

[Qwerty]

Please do not keep ending the films with the James Bond theme (except Casino Royale, of course).

Agreed. I was pretty disappointed when I heard they were just going to go with the Dirty Vegas remix of Die Another Day for the ending. With Casino Royale, I can certainly see the James Bond theme being there, but I really hope we see the return of the end title song for Bond 22.

[Safari Suit]

My opinion of Serra's score was that it would have been cool for a MegaDrive or N64 game, but for a major film... no dice.

I actually prefer "Experience of Love" to Tina Turner's song though, but that's just me.

[Dunph]

It's self indulgence to the extreme.

[Bond#9-GeorgeKemp]

I didn't like it at all, thought it was kinda wrong for the setting and the movie.

This is all about opinions though! Glad to hear some like it!

[Zorin Industries]

"Only Myself To Blame" has John Barry written all over it. It shouldn't be used as an endsong but it's still great work from David Arnold. Although I didn't like it first, after listening to it several times, it got stucked in my head completely for quiet a while. That should've been the main theme song for TWINE.
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Just because it has John Barry all over it doesn't make it a good song. Perhaps it should have tried to be less of a Bond song (in a way YOU KNOW MY NAME has successfully achieved) and reflected the film and its' narrative and not who was in the music studio canteen that lunchtime. It's a terrible piece of music. It's like being aurally suffocated by clingfilm. And the instrumental version in the film is no better which really throws light on a bad song.

[quote name='ACE' post='681767' date='5 January 2007 - 09:45'][quote name='Zorin Industries' post='681265' date='4 January 2007 - 16:23']I'm afraid the song is dire.

It's one saving grace is that is slightly better than the turgid Scott Walker song that was written for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, an equally flawed entry in Brosnan's canon....[/quote]

Hmmm, I like The Experience of Love - it has a haunting, Peter Gabriel-esque vibe and interesting vocals by Monsieur Serra. The tune is culled from Leon aka The Professional.[/quote]


Bond songs should not be "culled". However, if they ever let Eric Serra near the gig again then "culling" is exactly what should be done with the dated French composer whose ego dictated how he screwed up GOLDENEYE and actually cheapened the film considerably. It plays like a bad TV movie Bond film and Serra is partly to blame. In fact, he "only has himself to blame..." (did you see what I did there...?!! Suit yourselves...!!).