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Sam Smith - Writing On The Wall
The new Bond theme
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/25/hear-sam-smith-bond-theme-writings-on-the-wall-spectre
The intro has a nice buildup, but I can't seem to pinpoint a 'hook' really. Maybe a little less falsetto
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/25/hear-sam-smith-bond-theme-writings-on-the-wall-spectre
The intro has a nice buildup, but I can't seem to pinpoint a 'hook' really. Maybe a little less falsetto
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Lyrically it's quite good, but vocally...it's a no from me.
The lyrics are ok and instrumental is very John Barry-esque, but Sam Smith's vocals ruin the whole thing. The high-pitched wailing is a massive no for me. I wanted to switch it off about half way through and that is never a good sign for a Bond theme.
Didn't like 'Skyfall' much but it sounds like a classic in comparison to this rubbish.
If it's meant to suit the mood of the next Bond film then I don't want to watch it anymore.
No. Just no. You wouldn't be able to understand a word of it either.
This is OK. It sounds quite derivative (not as much as Skyfall). It reminds me of The World Is Not Enough mixed with Earth Song (as I read somewhere else).
As others have said, the falsetto doesn't work for a Bond film, although Sam Smith said he'd want to play a Bond girl so maybe that's what he was going for.
this offering is more like Brass Finger than Gold Finger
I bet the singers who perform Bond songs on Bond theme nights are spitting feathers
This sums it up perfectly.
If the high bits were down an octave or two it would be better.
Nice lyrics though.
There is too much falsetto, but isn't than Sam's style? After a couple of listens I like it. Obviously dirivitive, but surely it has to be?
Too similar to 'Skyfall' for me too... slow and sweeping, with an orchestral backing, giving touches of that 'Bond' tune.
Need another decent Bond Theme like 'Live & Let Die' or 'A View to a Kill'.
So I was at work, finally coming back from having gotten a drink of water, and I was standing next to the van, my mind on other things, sort of vaguely registering that a song was playing on Heart Breakfast but not really having it breach my mind beyond that point. All of a sudden, I think to myself 'Ugh, what is that bland, generic, interminably depressing pos?', and then I listen to the words and I suddenly realise I'm listening to the latest James Bond theme. Ugh. Hate Sam Smith. Hate him so much.
What is it about songwriters who think that it's something to boast about when they write a song in 20 minutes or something like that? When I first heard he'd said that, the alarm bells went ringing. Because when I hear something as complacent and boastful as that, and then I finally listen to the product, I'm just like '20 minutes? Eh, it shows'.
They needed a more upbeat theme after Skyfall but no.
John Barry must be turning in his grave!
Dont like his voice or Adeles but Adeles song was better
Come back Madonna, all is forgiven.