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[Dr Octopuss]

Id kinda like them to go with someone like say Duffy to sing a title song written by David Arnold with lyrics by Tim Rice or Don Black, and then get a good solid rock band like Kings of Leon to do a couple of incidental songs and then another Title song played over the end credits.Failing that just have KOL do the title song anyway.

[Miles Miservy]

So can the Broccolis finally wake up and hire artists that would be more suited to do a Bond theme for once? The last two opening credit Bond theme songs were just not good fits.

My top artist suggestions to do the next theme song in no particular order....

1. Portishead
2. Muse
3. Micahel Buble
4. Massive Attack
5. Radiohead

Any one of these great artistic talents have what it takes to deliver a great and epic Bond theme that would be far more fitting and appropriate for a Bond film, then the last two ill advised choices IMO.

To bad Amy Winehouse is too cracked out to deliver....at one point she would have been a good choice, but she needs to sober up first.

What are your top choices guys and gals?

Don't think Amy Winehouse'll be recording this one & quite frankly, aside from Radionhead, I haven't heard of one of these bands.

[Santa]

Cee Lo Green.

[Goodnight]

Adele might be 'fat' but face it, the reason why female singers such as Rhianna, Cheryl Cole etc are so focused on image is to compensate for the lack of talent.

When you can't dance and have to rely heavily on autotuning.....you had dam well better look good.


Back on track...some really good suggestions here.

[DaveBond21]

I can see Adele being approached to do the Bond theme. Not a major fan, but I can see it happening.


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[Captain Tightpants]

Adele might be 'fat' but face it, the reason why female singers such as Rhianna, Cheryl Cole etc are so focused on image is to compensate for the lack of talent.

Adele might be 'fat', but she wouldn't actually be appearing in a title sequence or the film (especially not after the last time that happened).

And female singers like Rhianna are actually fairly talented to begin with. They don't use auto-tune, for one. If you want someone whose career is built on her image of being attractive, look no further than Nicki Minaj and Keri Hilson, who actually wrote a song about inner beauty - Pretty Girl Rock - and then filled the video clip with people uglier than her. And then she followed it up with a new song music video that were more explicit than most soft-cre pørn.

[domnule alb]

I'm intrigued by Buble, but it's not the perfect fit. A rougher sound would fit the tone I hope the movie would take. Like the guy who does the theme for TrueBlood...

[Captain Tightpants]

His name is Jace Everett; Bad Things is the "True Blood" theme. Reminds me a lot of Chris Isaak, especially the song Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing.

[00Twelve]

I can see Adele being approached to do the Bond theme. Not a major fan, but I can see it happening.


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I think I've officially decided to endorse Adele as someone whom I'd love to hear in Bond 23. Can't think of a more appropriate choice, to tell the truth. Girl can flat out wail.

And anyone deriding her body shape gets a big ol' from me, as if that's what it's about. She'd sound amazing on a well written Bond theme.

[DaveBond21]

I can see Adele being approached to do the Bond theme. Not a major fan, but I can see it happening.


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I think I've officially decided to endorse Adele as someone whom I'd love to hear in Bond 23. Can't think of a more appropriate choice, to tell the truth. Girl can flat out wail.

And anyone deriding her body shape gets a big ol' from me, as if that's what it's about. She'd sound amazing on a well written Bond theme.

David Arnold and Don Black could write a Bond theme that would be perfect for her.

[Captain Tightpants]

I wouldn't ust limit it to Arnold and Black - get Adele herself in there, too. Let her inject a bit of her own personality into the thing.

[Syndicate]

These are singers I DON'T want to see doing a Bond title song at all, for any Bond movies to come.

Sean John Comb

Kayne West

Tommy Lee

Rhianna

George Michael

C Leo Green

Lady Gaga

Jennifer Hudson

Beyonce

Keith Urban

Jay Z

Toby Keith

Edited by Syndicate, 23 August 2011 - 06:42 PM.

[Red Barchetta]

I'd like to to see (or is that hear?) the next title song to be slightly less raw, or jagged, and a little more refined- but not too much. To go along with Bond starting to settle into being a 00.

My pick(s)? Still thinking on that...

[Captain Tightpants]

These are singers I DON'T want to see doing a Bond title song at all, for any Bond movies to come.

And when have any of those names been connected to the title theme? Or are you just being paranoid?

[Tatianaa]

Would EON go for an overweight theme performer?

Thats very harsh to suggest that adele couldn't do it because of her weight, im sorry but im starting to get very sick of people degrading her talent because she's 'overweight'

[Syndicate]

Forgot about this, how about Robert Duncan, who did the theme for the third and fourth season of The Unit. The song is called Walk the Fire.

[Captain Tightpants]

Because you can barely make out the lyrics over the sound (which is over-synthesised):

[michallo_w]

As for me Adele could be new Shirley Bassey - she's got the voice. But then again I would love if Franz Ferdinand could make it. Or Kaiser Chiefs, I've got strange feeling that indie rock would work for Bond.

[Captain Tightpants]

This might be a bit of a strange one, but I'm going to suggest the Red Hot Chili Peppers - or maybe just Anthony Kiedis. And this is why:



It's Brendan's Death Song from their new album I'm With You. It's probably the first song I've heard from them that channels the same power as Under the Bridge. The chorus in particular gets me every time - "Like I said, you know I'm almost dead; you know I'm almost gone".

I think they're an act that would need the right song to be effective, but if that song was something like this, I think it would be fantastic.

[SecretAgentFan]

What about Elvis Costello?

[mr_white87]

It would be great if Duran Duran or A-Ha perform song for Bond 23.. But I guess theres no chance for that.

[Stainless Steel Teeth INC]

Could it be Adele then?

http://www.digitalsp...theme-song.html

[Captain Tightpants]

Well, she denied it when Ross started humming the theme, so maybe she's working on something else ...

[supernova]

Adele has the pipes for a classic Doctor Who theme. If she does the theme it will definitely be a big seller -- which is about due for a James Bond theme!

And as Daniel Craig recently said that Bond 23 will be like the Classic oldies, it sounds like a match. Adele is my favourite anyway -- so hope it happens.

[Skudor]

Sounds like she may be submitting a concept.

[Dustin]

The Weeknd

[Miles Miservy]

So can the Broccolis finally wake up and hire artists that would be more suited to do a Bond theme for once? The last two opening credit Bond theme songs were just not good fits.

My top artist suggestions to do the next theme song in no particular order....

1. Portishead
2. Muse
3. Micahel Buble
4. Massive Attack
5. Radiohead

Any one of these great artistic talents have what it takes to deliver a great and epic Bond theme that would be far more fitting and appropriate for a Bond film, then the last two ill advised choices IMO.

To bad Amy Winehouse is too cracked out to deliver....at one point she would have been a good choice, but she needs to sober up first.

What are your top choices guys and gals?

Who the hell ARE these people???

Bond will coinside w/ the 50th anniversary of the 007 franchise. Who better to sing the title song than Shirley Bassey, if they can still get her?

[Captain Tightpants]

Remember the last time the Bond franchise made a big deal out of celebrating an anniversay? It was called DIE ANOTHER DAY.

Forget the callbacks. Forget the gimmicks, and the in-jokes. Bond should celebrate fifty years by making the best film that can be made. If that involves Shirley Bassey, so be it. If not, then it's not going to hurt the quality of the final film. But sentimentality for sentimentality's sake will only do more harm than good.

[Pussfeller]

Shirley Bassey could perhaps do an alternative version of the theme, for instance an end-credits mix, but I agree with Tighty that sentimental throwbackery is best avoided. The title singer should be someone current and legitimately popular in their own right.

[Jeff007]

Shirley Bassey.