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* Alicia Keys croons Bond theme

Graham Dawson

Bah... 

IT Angle

They aren't singing the title? Infamy!

Is the IT angle possibly the fact that there are gadgets involved?

Peter Lee

Sounds like a match made in hell 

Can't say I'm looking forward to hearing it as it sounds like a pretty poor combination. For my money Muse should have got it.

Simon B

Jack Black would have been better! 

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Alicia Keys and Jack Black would have been better! Might possilby have been the best 007 song in the world! ;)

pctechxp

should have been a trance type track with no vocals 

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Should have got John '00' Fleming to come up with something.

Steve Bennett

drums 

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At least they kept Meg off the drums..

Alexis Vallance

Could be good 

Happy

This could be good, but if there's going to a weak link, it's going to be Keys.

Hopefully Jack will be writing it alone.

G Plumb

The Keys to a good bond song?! 

Coat

OK - bad pun aside (coat man icon)...

Amy, for all her drug taking faults, is a more interesting and resolutely British icon - it is madness to have a yank on this track!

I thought the Bond producers were going for a more real and gritty image - having a soul songstress like keys doesn't measure up to the whacked-out whinehouse all of a sudden...!

Boooo!

Paul Talbot

re: The Keys to a good bond song?! 

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"it is madness to have a yank on this track!"

You mean like the last 6 films? Apart from Garbage (who are American but with a British lead singer), the last Bond movie to have a non-American lead track is The Living Daylights.

I agree in principle, but it's a bit late to be complaining about that sort of thing...

Jesse

RE: The Keys to a good bond song 

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Yes, but, then we'd have to ask ourselves: Is 007 a british superhero, or is he just a character from the British secret service who is oh so obviously British?

Limiting the franchise to nothing but fanfare for everything [insert character's nationality here] would be pretty damn stale.

It did work for Austin Powers, though...

Fraser

Hmm... 

Good luck with finding a rhyme for "Quantum of Solace". No wonder they couldn't find anyone better, I wouldn't touch this one with a barge pole...

Jon Tocker

@ Fraser 

Pretty much my thoughts when I read Graham Dawson's comment: "Because 'solace' would be a prick to find rhymes for."

Adam Williamson

Bah, it's easy 

Happy

Quantum of Solace / furniture polish

I'll have my fee in used tenners, ta very much.

Mr Larrington

@ G Plumb 

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"it is madness to have a yank on this track!"

What, like Chris "Oo-er I've got a sore throat" Cornell?

G Plumb

Back to Black?! 

Paris Hilton

OK boys and girls - granted - there have been plenty of yanks on Bond tracks over the years - I never said there wasn't!

I just noted that Amy is more resolutely British - which James (regardless of the nationality of his actor at any given time) is - at least in stereotype/demeanour!

And Paris?

Well, for one night in.....

Alan Edwards

Title in song lyrics 

Coat

> Good luck with finding a rhyme for "Quantum of Solace".

Managed it with 'The Spy Who Loved Me' :-).

The only other title that wasn't in the lyrics (apart from Dr No, that didn't have a specific song) is 'Octopussy', they could at least have a try.

Alan.

Anonymous Coward

re: The Keys to a good bond song?! 

Coat

Good riddance to "whacked-out whinehouse" that freak deserves to be marginalised. The only reason she is in business is much like doherty - makes people feel better about themselves while selling papers.

Yay!

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