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Billie Eilish "No Time To Die" James Bond theme song is out now!
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Frankly I can understand thematically wanting to do something more subdued for the final movie as a death / send-off type of thing... I just... don't like it.
I like it. I don't think it's going to be an earworm like the last two but I like the haunting quality to it.
I wish it didn't have so many goofy Bond-isms though like the trumpets and especially that fucking Bond guitar riff at the end. Kinda undercuts the emotion of the piece when it immediately makes me think of Roger Moore flipping a car over a bridge.
I wish it didn't have so many goofy Bond-isms though like the trumpets and especially that fucking Bond guitar riff at the end. Kinda undercuts the emotion of the piece when it immediately makes me think of Roger Moore flipping a car over a bridge.
I couldn't make it past a few seconds. Does it pick up? It's definitely not my thing from what little I listened to.
People mentioning "You Know My Name" <3
edit: oh wait, the whole thing is just a few seconds? Like a sample? Hmm.
People mentioning "You Know My Name" <3
edit: oh wait, the whole thing is just a few seconds? Like a sample? Hmm.
facts
this is OK. Don't love it don't hate it.
I wish she brought the energy at 3:20 to more of the song
Sounds like Bond Song and although it's not the best of this the current bunch, the bar is incredibly high. "You know my name" is unapproachably great. Skyfall is also fantastic.
Honestly I like this better. It's like Bond is really tired as he approches his 60s and imagines a kid in his head being sarcastic about his life style. "have sex and shoot a guy" Bond's aging insecurities being a plot point.
Love it. Was not expecting that high note. She's got some incredible pipes. But I knew that from listening to more than two or three of her songs before judging her singing.
From the other thread, with some changes, and after a few more listens (of it and the other songs):
It's not bad, but it just doesn't really do anything....
Reviewing the 'modern' Bond themes (from Bosnan on) I'd place it in the bottom third. Then again, that's more an indication of the general greatness of Bond themes.
A quick ordering of the themes gives me this: (though a few of the spaces could be traded around)
You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
Skyfall - Adele
The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White
Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
GoldenEye - Tina Turner
Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith
No Time to Die - Billie Eilish
Die Another Day - Madonna
It's not bad, but it just doesn't really do anything....
Reviewing the 'modern' Bond themes (from Bosnan on) I'd place it in the bottom third. Then again, that's more an indication of the general greatness of Bond themes.
A quick ordering of the themes gives me this: (though a few of the spaces could be traded around)
You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
Skyfall - Adele
The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys & Jack White
Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
GoldenEye - Tina Turner
Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith
No Time to Die - Billie Eilish
Die Another Day - Madonna
She does make me feel that age (and singers in general), I've got to admit.
Ya that's really good. I think I forgot that one because the movie was so shit.
Sounded like it was building up to something pretty cool and then it kinda didn't and kept going. Meh.
The punch should have hit 30 seconds in and continued for the rest of the song
Building up for something like 3 minutes, only to hit some high notes at the very end that don't go anywhere. Extremely disappointing and a bit boring. Going to listen to some You Know My Name and Nobody does it Better to wash that out.
Wish people would stop hiring artists to mumble through songs.
Wish people would stop hiring artists to mumble through songs.
It feels like Billie was writing another sad piano song for her record but the label decided that there were already too many so it got shelved, she got the offer for Bond, they told her she had to say "No Time to Die" and include the orchestral flourishes somewhere and she was like "sure thing, give me the 10 mil!"
In terms of the low key vibe, structure and chord progressions it sounds more like Sam Smith's Writing on the Wall than Skyfall to me:
I should have known/I'd leave alone = I've been here before/But always hit the floor
Fool me once/fool me twice = How do I live?/How do I breathe?
i.e. it's in the lower tier of Bond songs
I should have known/I'd leave alone = I've been here before/But always hit the floor
Fool me once/fool me twice = How do I live?/How do I breathe?
i.e. it's in the lower tier of Bond songs
Yeah, I'm hoping it works better when they edit it down for the opening credits. I don't dislike it, though.
They wanted a hot name and they got a garbage song for their garbage film
Fucking awful. I think I legit prefer Die Another Day to that ripoff Earth Song dirge. At least it's upbeat and is full of piss and vinegar.
It has some awesome weight and drama but it feels like Billie is just being buoyed by the production, as is the case with all her tracks. She doesn't really "go for it".