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[glidrose]

Doesn't "okay to fairly good" and "agreeable but nothing great" mean exactly the same thing as "not too bad?"

No. The first two are more positive than "not too bad".

[seawolfnyy]

After many days of listening to it, I can safely say it's a good song but really nothing to write home about. It's not as enjoyable to me as Licence to Kill, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only, Nobody Does it Better, Live and Let Die or even The World is not Enough, which are all so unique. This one is sort of... good.. but not OMG best song eva! or anything. The aforementioned songs I could not stop listening to when I first discovered them.

Exactly right. There is nothing memorable about this song unlike those ones, except maybe how bad the chorus is.

[The Dove]

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I'm with Daniel Craig on this one... I was moved to tears as well at how beautiful the song is..

[Redneck007]

Muse would be my top pick.

[Henry-Jones-Sr]

I made a point of not listening to the Adele song before seeing the film, so I finally heard it while watching the title sequence at the cinema this evening.

I can't remember a single note of it!

I think the problem with Bond songs these days is that they're only good if you aren't actually writing a Bond song. Hence, 'Set Fire To The Rain'.

If you sit down to write a real Bond song, the self-awareness is too great and nothing happens. Hence, 'Skyfall'.

[DanMan]

We should have a poll for poll options.

[JimmyBond]

The way I see it, everyone who would have voted in the poll, already has. So anymore options at this late in the game would be useless.

Besides, I'm not in the business of editing other people's polls. However if you'd like to PM DamnCoffee with a request for more options, be my guest.

[Guy Haines]

I think when the film is released and the song is released on cd, Skyfall should jump right back up the charts.

Should get back up the charts when released on CD - if you can find a record store that still sells CD singles. I had a little wander around my local branch of a certain major music retailer recently, and if CD singles are still on sale there, they are kept well hidden.

[JimmyBond]

I was able to get the Madonna Die Another Day single at Best Buy. But that was ten years ago, so I suppose it could be different now.

[SecretAgentFan]

It's the weakest song in the three-film Craig era by a long way. A dire, tuneless, insipid and uninspired torrent of drivel. The last few notes are how the song should really have started and went on from there - then it would have been a Bondian classic. Sadly, it didn't work out that way and many Bond fans are left wondereing what might have been, instead.

Again, see the film, find out how it works within that sequence. You will appreciate it more.

[AgentBentley]

Didn't like the song when I first heard it because not enough grand sweep, but today I saw the movie, and I must say, it worked a lot better when you hear it while you see the titles.

[thecasinoroyale]

The song has climbed back up the UK Top 40 Chart to settle back at Number 5 , even amid new releases. Good stuff.

[thecasinoroyale]

On second viewing, this song gets better and better complimenting the title sequence.

Also, managed to pick up Newman sampling the chorus as Bond appraoches the Macau floating casino on the strings - very nice, much like the 'You Know My Name' arrangement in 'Casino Royale' on the 'I'm The Money' track.

[Syndicate]

This might have been answered already, but I'm not going look around on this post try and find it.

So anyway why didn't put Adele's Skyfall the title song on the soundtrack cd? Was there any reason for that or it was just not done in time to add it in the soundtrack? Did they want it to be like the Casino Royale soundtrack, where the the tile song You Know My Name was in the soundtrack cd.

Edited by Syndicate, 08 November 2012 - 04:56 PM.

[SecretAgentFan]

Different labels.

[TheHouseholdCat]

I was very surprised to hear a song as good as this one. One of the best Bond songs, in my opinion. From what I have read, I expected it to be terribly average or overproduced, but it felt nothing like that. Adele fits in nicely up there with "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball".

[Double-0-Seven]

Let me go on record and say I can't stand Adele's music. However, there's no denying that she has an amazing voice. The song is brilliant. The perfect modern Bond song and complimented the wonderful titles sequence very well. Needless to say I voted that I love it.

[The Shark]

For those with a piano or keyboard.

[mrevans]

Loved the song. I thought it worked well with the movie and really matched the title sequence. One of my favorite Bond songs.

[The Gunner]

Now that I've seen the film the song works well.

A girl at work pointed out the fact that two didfferent names can be heard in the song - Wee Will Stanton and Lenny Crumbo.

Bet you'll notice that now every time, just as I have!

[AgentBentley]

The first time I heard the song - before I saw the movie - I didn't like it, found it too tame.
The second time was when I saw it in the movie, and I already liked it better.
This morning, I saw Skyfall for the 2nd time, and I must say, I liked the song a lot now, while also noticing the rest of the soundtrack and liking it more. The fact that the volume seemed to be turned up higher in today's showing might have had something to do with it.

[DaveBond21]

I really love the full version of the song when listening to it on my iPod.

 

The edited version of the song for the movie is not as good. It's the same with LTK and TND - these songs are a lot better when at their full length, rather than the chopped version for the PTS.

 

 

 

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[201050]

I've mentioned in some other threads that 007 soundtracks are some of my most listened to albums. With Live And Let Die being my very first album ever purchased (in 1973), it's possible I've listened to it more than any other album I've ever owned.  There has been a copy of it in every car I've ever owned, every MP3 player, my iPhones and my iPad.  Same for The Man With The Golden Gun.  Along with those, there has usually been compilations of several of the other films, including a few of the title songs. 

 

Most of the title songs have not moved me enough to bother making copies of them and most have been left off the soundtracks entirely.  For the most part, my title song playlists and CD compilations have been Live And Let Die, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, Nobody Does It Better, Moonraker, Surrender, and Goldeneye.  Of the rest, a few see very little play and most have seen none at all.

 

With all that in mind; I was floored with Skyfall.  It almost immediately moved to the top of my list when I first heard it.  At this point - after several viewings in the theater and the daily rotation of the soundtrack - it is the top of the list.  It is the first title song since Live And Let Die that I actually look forward to hearing. As soon as our profiles allow Skyfall entries for the Favorites drop-downs, a few of my favorites will be updated.  Adele's Skyfall will be the first entry I correct.  After 40 years, I assumed nothing would ever overtake Live And Let Die as my favorite title song.  I was wrong.

[Harry Fawkes]

Best Bond song....EVER!

[lechero]

Paul Epworth on Adele's work on Skyfall:

 

http://www.hollywood...erview/46108272

[thecasinoroyale]

10 minutes? That's good work for such a powerful and well recieved song. Got a lot more respect for Adele after her work on 'Skyfall', still love it. Hope it does pick up the award, for her sake and the Bond films.

[byline]

10 minutes? That's good work for such a powerful and well recieved song.

This reminds me of Karen Carpenter's rendition of "Superstar" ... done on the first take, with her reading the lyrics that Richard had scribbled on a paper napkin. Pretty amazing.

[Sean Moore]

I voted "not bad" but I would have liked a "good" option. The song is good, not great, not classic, just good. The lyrics are weak but Adele's voice is wonderful and the music is just fine. So I would vote "good" if I could.

 

My observations on the film, written for those who have already seen it, is posted right here

 

http://debrief.comma...s/#entry1242932

 

 

 

OOPS. I'VE BEEN MOVED TO POST #350 HERE:

 

http://debrief.comma...-thread/page-12

Edited by Sean Moore, 17 December 2012 - 02:59 PM.

[saint mark]

This is the 1st cd-single I bought of a 007 theme since Goldeneye, and well worth the money.

[Iceskater101]

I love this bong song, it's very modern and classy.