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[Trident]

Not too bad. Think it will grow on me.

I thought it would grow on me. Looks as if I was mistaken. After listening to it about 5 times, now I'm no longer able to get the blasted thing out of my mind. It hasn't grown on me, it invaded and occupied me. Entirely.

Can't wait to see the film now.

[dlrpkris]

I’ve always been a sucker for (Bond) soundtracks because of how tuneful they can be, the stories they tell and how they enhance the picture. I don’t get this feeling yet with AWTD, so I voted “undecided”. What’s to say they won’t use an alternative mix in the movie like CR anyway?

I really don’t like how similar the similar riff is to YKMN though. I know this film’s a continuation, but surely they can do something new? Too bad Arnold won’t get a credit It’s definitely a grower, but I said all this about YKMN

[iexpectu2die]

The song has now hit the UK iTunes store, and can be downloaded in high quality

[MarkA]

So Paul Stokes hates Cornell. Gee, can´t somebody criticize something (AWTD in this case) without putting down something else (YKMN)?

He is perfectly entitled to, and I agree. Three crap songs in a row, and before that three incredibly mediocre ones. Boy, really looking forward to the next one.

[Blofeld's Cat]

The song has now hit the UK iTunes store, and can be downloaded in high quality

Available here on Australian iTunes too.

EDIT: OOPS! It shows up after a search but not available to download yet.

[PlayItBogart]

Compared to this song, Die Another Day is a masterpiece.

And I KNOW there's a male somewhere in this song...but I'm just not hearing it.

A film edit sounds likely given the three different versions of YKMN, but they'd have to overhaul the instruments, hire new singers, and basically change the song to "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" for there to be a significant improvement.

Edited by PlayItBogart, 20 September 2008 - 10:07 AM.

[iexpectu2die]

The song has now hit the UK iTunes store, and can be downloaded in high quality

Available here on Australian iTunes too.

EDIT: OOPS! It shows up after a search but not available to download yet.

I had the same problem in the UK, but clicking "buy album", rather than on the album itself, downloaded the track - tried that?

[WC]

Wow! I love the theme. Now this is what I call a Bond theme! No matter how many times I hear it I like it even more.

Very very original and fresh if you ask me. It's dark and sexy.

Very good job!

Where are you hearing this tune that many times? Is it online somewhere to listen? Or was it just played on the radio a lot?

[Vauxhall]

Just downloaded it from iTunes, so I can actually listen to it in high quality now. Will see what impact that has on my opinion of the track.

[Blofeld's Cat]

The song has now hit the UK iTunes store, and can be downloaded in high quality

Available here on Australian iTunes too.

EDIT: OOPS! It shows up after a search but not available to download yet.

I had the same problem in the UK, but clicking "buy album", rather than on the album itself, downloaded the track - tried that?

Yeah, I tried that after I posted. Bought it, but it hasn't downloaded yet.

[WC]

Ok I just heard it on the Jo Whiley bbc link. I have to say that while I like Chrissie Hynde (especially in TLD), her duet here with Alicia Keys does sound somewhat of a musical mess. I don't find it has a very memorable melody at all - it's kind of like a filler track on a "music inspired by James Bond" type of album in amidst other more catchy numbers, and not really akin to the main title theme at all. It's definitely not typical of a Bond song - I'm not saying it has to be a Shirley Bassey clone at all, but it's more the kind of material you might find on some smaller budget or lesser well-known film than a big blockbuster production.

[Aris007]

Not good! I don't like it! I prefer YKMN!

[Publius]

I would be fascinated to read what a message board in 1973 would have said about "Live and Let Die". I'd bet good money the responses would be exactly the same.

"'In which we live in?' Arrgh, bad grammar!" "You failed Paul!", "Schizophrenic!", "Aimless mess of electric guitar and weak brass!", "Why didn't they bring in Shirley Bassey!?!", "They picked this over Diana Ross?!!", "Robert Mugabe."

I couldn't agree more. Whether this becomes the classic LALD is remains to be seen (*prepares for the onslaught of flames for even suggesting there's such a possibility*), but I imagine the reaction would have certainly been similar. Maybe even more negative, given there was ZERO precedent for Bond songs to deviate from the brassy/Bassey mold (and Bond was still perceived as eternally polished and always in a tux). LALD flipped everything on its head.

I thought it would grow on me. Looks as if I was mistaken. After listening to it about 5 times, now I'm no longer able to get the blasted thing out of my mind. It hasn't grown on me, it invaded and occupied me. Entirely.

Can't wait to see the film now.

It seems to have grown on you, but I think others have been mistakenly expecting that listening to it constantly will necessarily give it the best chance of growing on them. For some (like you, it seems) that might be true, but I think many people need to give something time, rather than repeated plays, for their opinion of it to change. Not saying it's guaranteed, but I've noticed it's more likely than just cramming it through their ears.

And I KNOW there's a male somewhere in this song...but I'm just not hearing it.

Funny how some people have this complaint while others have the opposite ("where's the female?"). Could the two sounding similar have been... intentional?

[Trident]

I thought it would grow on me. Looks as if I was mistaken. After listening to it about 5 times, now I'm no longer able to get the blasted thing out of my mind. It hasn't grown on me, it invaded and occupied me. Entirely.

Can't wait to see the film now.

It seems to have grown on you, but I think others have been mistakenly expecting that listening to it constantly will necessarily give it the best chance of growing on them. For some (like you, it seems) that might be true, but I think many people need to give something time, rather than repeated plays, for their opinion of it to change. Not saying it's guaranteed, but I've noticed it's more likely than just cramming it through their ears.

Well, actually, if it hadn't had some impact on the first time and I hadn't liked it, I wouldn't have listened to it so often, would I? I don't fancy myself a masochist.

So it made its way into my system right from the start.

[marktmurphy]

So who's bought it?

[bond 16.05.72]

I've ordered the 7" from Ebay but that was a few weeks a go, I really like it so it's no problem to me.

[Orion]

I think, regardless of what you think of the song, we should all buy or legally download a copy, see if we cant get this into the charts, give the film some advertising.

[MrMoneypenny]

Ok I just heard it on the Jo Whiley bbc link. I have to say that while I like Chrissie Hynde (especially in TLD), her duet here with Alicia Keys does sound somewhat of a musical mess. I don't find it has a very memorable melody at all - it's kind of like a filler track on a "music inspired by James Bond" type of album in amidst other more catchy numbers, and not really akin to the main title theme at all. It's definitely not typical of a Bond song - I'm not saying it has to be a Shirley Bassey clone at all, but it's more the kind of material you might find on some smaller budget or lesser well-known film than a big blockbuster production.

Chrissie Hynde??? I think you mean Jack White!

[Mr Teddy Bear]

I think, regardless of what you think of the song, we should all buy or legally download a copy, see if we cant get this into the charts, give the film some advertising.

Yes, throw EoN and Sony a bone. Poor Babs needs another ivory back scratcher.

[Safari Suit]

I really like the horns even though they sound a bit tacky and grafted on in a late 80s kind of fashion, or maybe even because of that. Other than that I'm pretty indifferent, I doubt I would give it much thought if it weren't a Bond theme.

And Loomis is right, the yodel does sound like Tarzan Boy.

I think, regardless of what you think of the song, we should all buy or legally download a copy, see if we cant get this into the charts, give the film some advertising.

Hmmm, does it make me a bad fan that I have no overwhelming desire to give a film with a multimillion dollar advertising budget further publicity?

[MrMoneypenny]

For the last few days now I have been listening and re-listening to this song, in the hope I would start liking it. It always starts good. The instrumentals sound amazing. While some say that it sounds like YKMN, I actually don't hear it. Then Jack White starts to, well, 'sing'. First problem, what's up with this echo sound in his voice? Then Alicia Keys starts singing. No problem there. But then they go into a 'duet' and it becomes the biggest musical mess ever. It's like they're fighting, competing to be the loudest. And they're not trying to be the loudest singer here, oh no, they're just trying to be the loudest. Screaming, yelling, ... And lets ads some more heavy instrumentals in the mix while we're at it! Who cares if it doesn't fit or comes out of nowhere. It has to be freakin' LOUD!!!

I keep thinking, how the hell did this song pass the approval of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson? Can you imagine them sitting in an office, having Jack White in front of them, and hearing this crap for the very first time? It's beyond me that they would have said "This is great! This is what we were looking for!" Are they really getting that desperate to be different? I'm all about being different, but there's a difference between being different/original and different/disaster.

Wow, somebody, please give me a hug and tell me everything is going to be fine because right now ...

[Gri007]

I have just downloaded it from Itunes. So I can listen to it more and hopefully learn to like it. I do hope it is slightly diferent in cinema. I just assume that the version we now have is the radio edit. I do feel that it needs more string and brass, and just slight rearranging. Anybody agree with me?

[mario007]

Don't worry Mr.Moneypenny ... I am sure Jack did a few different versions (Mixes) and played it for Mickey and Babs. There is a good melody in the song ... imho better than YKMN ... they will use a heavely orchstrated version for the titles minus the weird vocal stuff that makes it sound odd. The radio version is unsettling because they wanted the public to notice it! stand out! by the looks of it ... which it has done incredibly well!

[Orion]

Ill rephrase my comment, do everything you can to make this film successfull so we can stick to the down and dirty Craig style films and not have Sony try and revert them to the garunteed moneyspinner types such as Die Another Day or Moonraker. Show them we mostly prefer thsi grittier type of Bond film.

[MaleMoneyPenny]

There is one way to die and that is listening to the out of tune vocal dissonance of "Another Way to Die".

There were probably 900 American Idol contestants that could have sung the song better. They better donate any proceeds to charity. I would recommend a charity for children.

Having studied singing and sung in many venues I can tell you that screaming, shouting, and wailing do not require any musical talent. Children all over the world have been let down by the failure of a producer to draw the line and demand a quality product. Each one of us as a child grew up to understand the quality of a bond song.

At this point unless they remix the song and take out the duets, remove the reverb and overproduction of the voices, and focus on excellent well articulated vocals that actually hit the note rather than stray from the note they are making a big mistake. You have taken a great voice and produced a horrible product. That can not only be the singer's fault but that of the producer.

Stop the insanity and fix this mistake! It is simple because the composition is good. Either replace the vocalists or re-record the track. If the singer can not sing then eliminate them by reducing the volume to where they only become a backup vocal.

I feel that this song is a Hoax. There is ANOTHER WAY TO SING!!!!!

I better go back to my work now as James may be arriving at any minute and I want to look my best!!!

[bnz]

MaleMoneyPenny, i agree except for the statement that the composition is good ;-) The composition is an incoherent mess that in reality is snippets of three different songs somehow mangled together in a bad way. There is a really good comment about it on page 6 or so. I have been doing mistakes like that when i created songs at the age of 14 or so in my first attempts to become a musician (I didn't become a musician just for the sake of clarifying it).

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'Another Way To Die' Digital Download Now Available To Purchase

New James Bond song now available worldwide (excluding North America)

[SecretAgentFan]

Great! But why can´t I find it on my iTunes site?

[Professor Dent]

The beginning of the song is good & it has some hooks that hopefully Arnold got into the score (like the beginning & the keyboard). I think it will play well in the movie over the credits & will probably have some orchestral elements added in like YKMN did. Outside of that, once the newness of Quantum of Solace goes away, I don't see me listening it much. The song sounds quite monotonous at times. To be fair, hearing YKMN in the theater made me a much bigger fan of that song versus listening to the iTunes download so I'll hold final judgment until I see the movie.

[Double-0-Seven]

I just had another listen to the song.

I'm starting to warm up to the vocals. I still really like the music, though I think musically there is a bit too much going on at certain points. Like others, I'll wait until I see it in the theatre with the titles to give my final opinion on it.