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  • SF has a lot of potential, largely due to its cast & crew--arguably the strongest ever assembled for a Bond film (first-ever Oscar-winning director, two Oscar-winning actors *plus* two multiple nominees, etc.) That said, until folks actually se…
  • zebrafish wrote: A Fleming title? Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang! Do we really have to start a thread again on what the next one should be called (the last one was already pointless)? SF has not even started yet and in the end EON will invent a new ti…
  • Sandy wrote: Very good, considering it was released not even 3 days ago! Probably less than 48 hours of download-only sales reported, mostly from iTunes UK. Still a good shot at a UK No. 1 this coming week, or perhaps as late as Nov. 4 (afte…
  • =bg= wrote: Mine doesn't show any info for preorder anymore. It -was- there, tho. In iTunes, click your user ID at upper right and enter your password. From your account screen you should see "Manage My Preorders" at bottom right; click t…
  • TrueMiracle85 wrote: SJK91 wrote: I'm going to do do both of these things ;) already got it pre-ordered on iTunes and will happily support this song through the charts! Please don't "do do" anything. ;)) Reminds me of the Andrew R…
  • Like others here, iTunes U.S. didn't release my preorder, but instead just put it out for sale. To avoid being charged twice, go into your iTunes account and look for the "Manage My Preorders" link (near bottom right); click it, then click "Cancel"…
  • =bg= wrote: N/A on Amazon, either. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=digital-music&field-keywords=adele+skyfall I posted the link myself earlier. It'll probably go on sale there at midnight PDT.
  • Commander_Skyfall wrote: =bg= wrote: Well, thanks iTunes, that pre-order was well worth it. Still nothing. This wouldn't have happened if Jobs was alive. And he died a year ago today. Karma. Bizarrely, I've preordered it and ITunes is…
  • doubleoego wrote: Why are you people waiting for itunes and paying? Just download it for free and convert as mp3. Some of us still believe in supporting the artists--and yes, even the record labels--who spend the time and money to actually ma…
  • GMSkarka wrote: Slightly disgruntled, as I pre-ordered from US iTunes, and despite the official release, it appears they're holding on to it until it's actually October 5th here. (I'm guessing, since the supposed auto-download hasn't occurred.) …
  • karatemanchan37 wrote: This just SCREAMS classic Bond to me. +1. I knew the full song would sound MUCH better than the snippet. :D Gustav_Graves wrote: Can someone turn the downloaded iTunes .m4a file into an .mp3 file for me?? Onc…
  • It's after midnight BST. I wonder if iTunes UK preorders will jump the gun by a few minutes? =bg= wrote: I mean, I had the Arista rep fedex me the new Whitney to my house, and I'd drive down and put it on. But the new Whitney didn't hav…
  • =bg= wrote: ah I miss the days in radio when a label rep would personally take a CD single right to your station. Back then the label reps here in the States would have waited weeks after its UK premiere before they even had the CD singles …
  • And just in case you don't trust iTunes, it's listed at Amazon MP3 (U.S.) as well. They don't take preorders, but it does list October 5 as the release date; I assume it'll be available there by morning.
  • I think I was the first to notice days ago that the countdown clock on Adele's website was going to 0:07 Friday local time (I'm in U.S. CDT) instead of 0:07 Friday BST, but it's working correctly now; under 27 minutes to go. :)>- The iTunes d…
  • actonsteve wrote: This may be a longer version on Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a409504/adeles-james-bond-theme-skyfall-preview-emerges-online-listen.html Sounds like the same 1:30 sample we've been hearing, though be…
  • There's one small problem with the countdown clock on Adele's website: It counts down to 0:07 (7 minutes after midnight) Friday in your time zone. Thus, at present it's only accurate in the UK and other places where local time is UTC+1 (BST, WEST,…
  • For those who think it's not powerful enough, I suspect this 1:30 snippet is from early in the song; it'll be much stronger at the end, as in classic Bond themes. (That's where Tom Jones passed out, and Shirley Bassey before him almost did.) Not t…
  • bondsum wrote: DAF only made it to #57 in the US and #38 UK, @thelivingroyale. Last ballad-like hits were Carly Simon and Sheena Easton who both reached Top 5 in the US. Duran Duran are the only act to ever have a No 1 in the US with a Bond song a…
  • Gareth00789 wrote: I knew it wasnt the real song. Just thought i would add it for something to talk about. We will hopefuly be talking about the official comfirmation tomorrow. Do you guys think they will announce the date , 5th when they will …
  • From reading the article, he's not suggesting people will go see the movie just to hear Adele sing the theme; he's saying "Skyfall" the single could be bigger than Skyfall the movie because it's the first new Adele material since 21. If it's even a…
  • Shardlake wrote: I think Skyfall needs a big Bassey type ballad, I also think it needs to be the biggest hit that the series has seen in decades and with Adele we will get that. I'm certainly not one who hates the rock tracks I liked both YKMN …
  • Quote: "New singles are usually released on Tuesdays." (Quote tags messed up) That's here in the U.S.; it's Mondays in the UK. (Not to mention digital outlets can release ANY day if the label says so.) They could drop it on Bond Day; or they c…
  • ggl007 wrote: I´m a bit late, perhaps, but this is from 17th sept: Another in the hundreds of copies of The Star's story (including the original Showbiz411 story) over the last 1-1/2 to 2 weeks. I do think it'll be Adele--it's not Muse unles…
  • I could buy the explanations given if the song had been heard in HMV's Oxford Street flagship store; but Guildford is outside Greater London (though in a bordering county), so IMO it's a smokescreen. Could HMV release the single in its UK stores on…
  • Creasy47 wrote: I don't care what anyone says: EON, MGM, and the like have not released a confirmation, so as 99.9% sure as it seems that Adele is doing the song, I'll hold out for said official confirmation. Ryan Seacrest =/= MGM/EON. Ryan T…
  • I usually sit thru the end credits, but EON's not gonna announce the next title. It's been just "James Bond Will Return" since AVTAK, whose title was given as "From a View to a Kill" (same as the Ian Fleming short story) at the end of Octopussy--th…
  • obin_gam wrote: my money is on muse. i think adele is just a red herring constructed by the production team to keep the song a secret. If it was Arnold (or Craig) making the decision it might be Muse, but it's Mendes & Newman's call inste…
  • dchantry wrote: I'm not for one minute saying its not Adele as I think everything is hush hush waiting for something (probably the 5th as said), just be aware that in the UK, the sun does have a reputation on a par with the national enquirer and d…