What do you think of Adele's "Skyfall" theme?

For those with 12 fingers.

Good/average though rising to next option above at some point. Hadn't heard it until the first viewing and didn't mind it, starting to grow on me but as the saying goes...anything is better than what preceded it.

I play the song at least 20x times per day, more so now that I captured a certain HD title...

I need professional help. :drunken:

It's better when he doesn't sing.

I'd like to hear Bassey take a hack at this ditty.

I like the movie version more than the released version, which at 4:59 or so is a bit too long...

Song's actually not half bad.

I like the guitar and the touches of the Bond theme.

I was listening to all the Bond themes recently and noticed that at least a good half of the songs contain some trade of the Bond theme, some themes even more than Skyfall. I hadn't listened to the theme compilation album for a while. Listening to the lyrics, I tried to figure out from who's perspective each theme was sung. Some more obvious ones that came to mind:

GoldenEye - Trevelyan's perspective
Tomorrow Never Dies - Paris Carver
Casino Royale - M
Skyfall - M

GeneralGogol wrote:

Casino Royale - M

Always assumed it was from Bond's perspective, but when I actully think about the lyrics, that makes sense.

"The odds wil betray you, and I will replace you."

M sure knows how to belt out some rock.

I think SKYFALL may work for Bond, M, or Silva.

TWINE is from the perspective of Renard and King.

Always thought GE was from the perspective of some anonymous babe Bond had been involved with for a long time.

Seem to remember Bono saying in an interview once that he remembered Bond as a male pop-culture 'figurehead' from his youth, so I always took GE's 'You'll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child' as a semi-autobiographical line.

I voted Very Good.

Better than Alicia's theme from QoS and Chris' theme from CR and Madonna's theme (and mind you, I am a big Madonna fan - I've been to every one of her North American Concert Tours and a couple of European) from DAD and Garbage's theme from TWINE which was exactly that: garbage!

I voted "Excellent". It's pure perfection.

GreatKenji wrote:

I voted "Excellent". It's pure perfection.

You can expect a visit from the diabolical duo of Ravenstone and Largo's Shark. I hope you have your pith helmet and a flammenwerfer.

I'm still enjoying the song on my WINAMP...there are also a couple of fun techno remixes.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

You can expect a visit from the diabolical duo of Ravenstone and Largo's Shark. I hope you have your pith helmet and a flammenwerfer.

Just remember crosses and silver bullets don't work. It's a myth. They just sting and piss us off even more :D