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Sam Smith Teases His James Bond Song





Sam Smith has shared a snippet of his song for the latest James Bond flick, Spectre. "Writing's on The Wall" arrives 09/25.

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Reply #1 posted 09/25/15 5:20am

Shawy89

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I feel like this guy is copying Adele even in her career-steps! What the fuck? She won like 4 Grammys, he did too, she did a song for Skyfall, you guess? Both are fat british singers who always in interviews thank their previous lovers for breaking their heart cause that got them to the big time!

One thing I like about them, though, is that they admit that without Amy Winehouse none of them would be around.

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Reply #2 posted 09/25/15 6:16am

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Shawy89 said:

I feel like this guy is copying Adele even in her career-steps! What the fuck? She won like 4 Grammys, he did too, she did a song for Skyfall, you guess? Both are fat british singers who always in interviews thank their previous lovers for breaking their heart cause that got them to the big time!

One thing I like about them, though, is that they admit that without Amy Winehouse none of them would be around.

He is obsessed with Adele.

When she won the Brits choice awards he said it was his mission to get the same - and he did.

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Reply #3 posted 09/25/15 6:29am

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Shawy89 said:

I feel like this guy is copying Adele even in her career-steps! What the fuck? She won like 4 Grammys, he did too, she did a song for Skyfall, you guess? Both are fat british singers who always in interviews thank their previous lovers for breaking their heart cause that got them to the big time!

One thing I like about them, though, is that they admit that without Amy Winehouse none of them would be around.

lol Its not really in his hands to win 4 grammys right?

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Reply #4 posted 09/25/15 6:42am

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I feel like you knew what it was going to sound like before it even came out, and now that it is out, you can hear it for yourself. It's not bad, but maybe a little predictable. I like Sam's voice, but sometimes his falsetto is a little grating to me.

"That's when stars collide. When there's space for what u want, and ur heart is open wide."
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Reply #5 posted 09/25/15 7:26am

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When ever I hear this guy........I think COOKIE CUTTER.

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #6 posted 09/25/15 8:09am

Identity

I'll take him anyday over 10 Trey Songz and 5 Ne-Yos, who are good singers contented with songs about phat booty strippers and poppin' bottles up in the club. razz

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Reply #7 posted 09/25/15 8:24am

JoeTyler

easily the most insipid and non-bond song of the franchise; it makes you even appreciate "Die Another Day" and "Another Way 2 Die"

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Reply #8 posted 09/25/15 9:09am

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Identity said:

I'll take him anyday over 10 Trey Songz and 5 Ne-Yos, who are good singers contented with songs about phat booty strippers and poppin' bottles up in the club. razz

Those cats can't sing.

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #9 posted 09/25/15 9:23am

Identity

The Atlantic magazine has described Sam Smith's Bond tune as "radically wimpy". lol

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Reply #10 posted 09/25/15 11:14am

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Thoughts on the best JB theme song?

Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever

Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever
Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever

James Bond celebrated his 50th anniversary on the silver screen October 5 with the release of Adele's theme tune for the next Bond film, "Skyfall." The Brit singer's torch song, of course, joins a pantheon of famous 007 tracks. In honor of Bond's birthday and Adele's "Skyfall," we're offering a toast -- shaken, not stirred -- in the form of a look at the top-charting James Bond film theme songs ever.

Adele To Perform 'Skyfall' at the Oscars

This top 10 ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart through the tally dated Oct. 13, 2012. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.

10. "Diamonds Are Forever"
Shirley Bassey
Hot 100 Peak: 57 Peak Year: 1972
from the Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever"

Bassey's sultry croon, complete with mid-tempo strings and horns, served as an apt title song for the 007 film in which Sean Connery's Bond grapples with a gem smuggling ring. "I don't need love," Bassey sings, "Diamonds don't lie to me." Something Bond himself might have said.

9. "You Only Live Twice"
Nancy Sinatra
Hot 100 Peak: 44 Peak Year: 1967
from the Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

Nancy Sinatra's lighter pop-orchestral stylings kicked off the title sequence of the 1967 Bond flick, just after viewers witness Bond's untimely death… or so it seems. The song lived more than twice: Coldplay and Bjork, among others, have covered it.

8. "All Time High"
Rita Coolidge
Hot 100 Peak: 36 Peak Year: 1983
from the Bond film "Octopussy"

The early '80s got sax-y with Coolidge's horn-and-piano inflected Bond tune "All Time High," which served as the theme for the film that was Roger Moore's penultimate turn as 007.

7. "Thunderball"
Tom Jones
Hot 100 Peak: 25 Peak Year: 1966
from the Bond film "Thunderball"

One of the few male artists to hit big on the charts with a Bond theme, Tom Jones and his melodramatic ballad for "Thunderball" reached the top 30 of the Hot 100, and as you can tell by the screams in the video above, found an enthusiastic reaction from female fans.

6. "Die Another Day"
Madonna
Hot 100 Peak: 8 Peak Year: 2003
from the Bond film "Die Another Day"

Pair a pop icon with a pulsing beat and a Pierce Brosnan 007 film and you get Madonna's early aughts jam, one of the few Bond themes to hit the Hot 100's top 10.

5. "Goldfinger"
Shirley Bassey
Hot 100 Peak: 8 Peak Year: 1965
from the Bond film "Goldfinger"

Bassey, who later used her melancholy contralto to great effect on "Diamonds Are Forever" (as seen above), first really showed off her prowess singing a Bond theme with this classic, complete with famously blaring horns complimenting the over-enunciated refrain of "Goooldfingah!"

4. "For Your Eyes Only"
Sheena Easton
Hot 100 Peak: 4 Peak Year: 1981
from the Bond film "For Your Eyes Only"

Sheena Easton's 1981 title song -- a tender contemporary ballad that didn't exactly scream typical Bond theme -- climbed all the way into the top five of the Hot 100.

3. "Live And Let Die"
Paul McCartney & Wings
Hot 100 Peak: 2 Peak Year: 1973
from the Bond film "Live And Let Die"

This epic 1971 blast -- which kicks off with Paul McCartney behind the keys before exploding into a pounding guitar-piano rocker -- is arguably the most famous 007 theme song. Bond sung by a Beatle: what's not to like?

2. "Nobody Does It Better"
Carly Simon
Hot 100 Peak: 2 Peak Year: 1977
from the Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"

Recipe for a No. 2 hit in 1977? Have key '70s singer/songwriter Carly Simon belt out a Marvin Hamlisch-composed power ballad for a Bond film from smack dab in the Roger Moore years.

1. "A View To A Kill"
Duran Duran
Hot 100 Peak: 1 Peak Year: 1985
from the Bond film "A View To A Kill"

"Le Bon, Simon Le Bon," the Duran Duran frontman jokes at the end of the video for group's angular '80s pop-tinged 007 title tune. Turns out he could afford to compare himself to the superspy. The suave British ladykiller of the film was served well by the suave British ladykillers of the song: "A View To A Kill" is the only Bond theme ever to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #11 posted 09/25/15 11:24am

Guitarhero

purplethunder3121 said:

Thoughts on the best JB theme song?

Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever

Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever
Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever

James Bond celebrated his 50th anniversary on the silver screen October 5 with the release of Adele's theme tune for the next Bond film, "Skyfall." The Brit singer's torch song, of course, joins a pantheon of famous 007 tracks. In honor of Bond's birthday and Adele's "Skyfall," we're offering a toast -- shaken, not stirred -- in the form of a look at the top-charting James Bond film theme songs ever.

Adele To Perform 'Skyfall' at the Oscars

This top 10 ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart through the tally dated Oct. 13, 2012. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits from each era, certain time frames were weighted to account for the difference between turnover rates from those years.

10. "Diamonds Are Forever"
Shirley Bassey
Hot 100 Peak: 57 Peak Year: 1972
from the Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever"

Bassey's sultry croon, complete with mid-tempo strings and horns, served as an apt title song for the 007 film in which Sean Connery's Bond grapples with a gem smuggling ring. "I don't need love," Bassey sings, "Diamonds don't lie to me." Something Bond himself might have said.

9. "You Only Live Twice"
Nancy Sinatra
Hot 100 Peak: 44 Peak Year: 1967
from the Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

Nancy Sinatra's lighter pop-orchestral stylings kicked off the title sequence of the 1967 Bond flick, just after viewers witness Bond's untimely death… or so it seems. The song lived more than twice: Coldplay and Bjork, among others, have covered it.

8. "All Time High"
Rita Coolidge
Hot 100 Peak: 36 Peak Year: 1983
from the Bond film "Octopussy"

The early '80s got sax-y with Coolidge's horn-and-piano inflected Bond tune "All Time High," which served as the theme for the film that was Roger Moore's penultimate turn as 007.

7. "Thunderball"
Tom Jones
Hot 100 Peak: 25 Peak Year: 1966
from the Bond film "Thunderball"

One of the few male artists to hit big on the charts with a Bond theme, Tom Jones and his melodramatic ballad for "Thunderball" reached the top 30 of the Hot 100, and as you can tell by the screams in the video above, found an enthusiastic reaction from female fans.

6. "Die Another Day"
Madonna
Hot 100 Peak: 8 Peak Year: 2003
from the Bond film "Die Another Day"

Pair a pop icon with a pulsing beat and a Pierce Brosnan 007 film and you get Madonna's early aughts jam, one of the few Bond themes to hit the Hot 100's top 10.

5. "Goldfinger"
Shirley Bassey
Hot 100 Peak: 8 Peak Year: 1965
from the Bond film "Goldfinger"

Bassey, who later used her melancholy contralto to great effect on "Diamonds Are Forever" (as seen above), first really showed off her prowess singing a Bond theme with this classic, complete with famously blaring horns complimenting the over-enunciated refrain of "Goooldfingah!"

4. "For Your Eyes Only"
Sheena Easton
Hot 100 Peak: 4 Peak Year: 1981
from the Bond film "For Your Eyes Only"

Sheena Easton's 1981 title song -- a tender contemporary ballad that didn't exactly scream typical Bond theme -- climbed all the way into the top five of the Hot 100.

3. "Live And Let Die"
Paul McCartney & Wings
Hot 100 Peak: 2 Peak Year: 1973
from the Bond film "Live And Let Die"

This epic 1971 blast -- which kicks off with Paul McCartney behind the keys before exploding into a pounding guitar-piano rocker -- is arguably the most famous 007 theme song. Bond sung by a Beatle: what's not to like?

2. "Nobody Does It Better"
Carly Simon
Hot 100 Peak: 2 Peak Year: 1977
from the Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me"

Recipe for a No. 2 hit in 1977? Have key '70s singer/songwriter Carly Simon belt out a Marvin Hamlisch-composed power ballad for a Bond film from smack dab in the Roger Moore years.

1. "A View To A Kill"
Duran Duran
Hot 100 Peak: 1 Peak Year: 1985
from the Bond film "A View To A Kill"

"Le Bon, Simon Le Bon," the Duran Duran frontman jokes at the end of the video for group's angular '80s pop-tinged 007 title tune. Turns out he could afford to compare himself to the superspy. The suave British ladykiller of the film was served well by the suave British ladykillers of the song: "A View To A Kill" is the only Bond theme ever to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Am sorry but how is that Madonna song there , it's a terrible bond song. eek

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Reply #12 posted 09/25/15 11:29am

Graycap23

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purplethunder3121 said:

Thoughts on the best JB theme song?

Top 10 James Bond Theme Songs Ever

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #13 posted 09/25/15 12:37pm

JoeTyler

my top10 is (chronological order)

1.Bond theme

2.Goldfinger

3.Thunderball

4.OHMSS theme

5.Live and Let Die

6.For Your Eyes Only

7.A View to a Kill

8.The Living Daylights

9.License to Kill

10.GoldenEye

bonus

11.Surrender (Tomorrow Never Dies)

(I think Skyfall is adequate, but overrated, it would be my nº12 though)

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Reply #14 posted 09/25/15 12:48pm

Cinny

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To me "Goldfinger" is the ultimate Bond record, and it made total sense when the cadence was lifted for "Licence To Kill" (another fave).

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Reply #15 posted 09/27/15 3:13am

Identity

U2's "GoldenEye", as performed by Tina Turner, is the right blend of deceptively sultry vocals with just a touch of lurking menace.

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Reply #16 posted 09/27/15 4:25am

EmmaMcG

For me, Goldeneye is the best Bond film, has the best Bond song, the best James Bond (Brosnan) and even a brilliant N64 game! :-)

I don't like Sam Smith at all so my hopes weren't high for this anyway. But it's definitely no Goldeneye...
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Reply #17 posted 10/05/15 2:42am

Identity

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Reply #18 posted 10/06/15 4:50am

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I wonder if Sir Elton John is pissed that he has not been asked to write a Bond jingle or perhaps he was asked and turned them down?

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Reply #19 posted 10/06/15 12:39pm

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HMV Canada has every James Bond MOVIE on DVD, 3 for $15. smile

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Reply #20 posted 10/07/15 3:06am

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Cinny said:

HMV Canada has every James Bond MOVIE on DVD, 3 for $15. smile

The Connery Years will always be the Best of 007..The Craig Years definitely come in 2nd place..Daniel Craig is my Boy..He likes to run people down on foot and Murder them Good...Intense, so intense...

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Reply #21 posted 10/07/15 8:10am

Identity

Sean Connery's interpretation of the character ranks at the top of my list. His Bond is dark, debonair, cooly detached yet prone towards carnality and, of course, is a lethal force.

[Edited 10/7/15 16:09pm]

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Reply #22 posted 10/08/15 1:02am

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Identity said:

Sean Connery's interpretation of the character ranks at the top of my list. His Bond is dark, debonair, cooly detached yet prone towards carnality and, of course, is a lethal force.

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Im not having it! Roger Moore all the way. Live & Let Die, Moonraker, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me.... What more could a kid want? I'll give Daniel Craig his dues though. Whilst Moore was my childhood Bond, Craig is the Bond for the middle aged me.

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Reply #23 posted 10/08/15 8:30am

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Sam Smith is already starting to bore me. He's super over rated and this song shows why...AWFUL

One of the very best bond songs ever IMO

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