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If not I could never imagine him to be a mere possibility. There was never anyone chosen for the theme that would fit into a special interests genre. They always chose artists that have established themselves to the general public. Buble is only popular with elderly people who long for the good ol' times. He's more or less a revival show. Nothing more. He hasn't even a distinctive style on his own - only the one borrowed from the stars of the fifties. Which was Monro. But to argue with him is not very helpful. He had a style that was widely popular in 1963. But not today!
Back on topic:
Adele's attempt: a big brassy Bond ballad cheerfully celebrated by cineasts. And stress that capital B!
And to qualify her, a lil' CV:
Big: Set Fire to the Rain - from the intro on I always thought "B-O-N-D!"
Brassy: Many Shades of Black (with the Raconteurs) - Her only collaboration to date. With AWTD mastermind Jack White!
Ballad: Hometown Glory (Live from the Royal Albert) - Just listen to that intro and then tell me again she wouldn't be capable of a ballad that's Bond-worthy.
You think people could wait a little over two weeks don't you? Good God.
But there's no point waiting over two weeks since everybody already knows. They're just waiting two weeks so Bond day is less of a failure. Wizard put it best.
If that's the case why wasn't Adele announced last September?
The answer is EON announce things as they want to. It's still just a well worked and backed up rumour at the moment - officially, of course.
Bond Day was likely always planned as the day to announce the news. Nothing to do with making it "less of a failure".
Like it or not, you've got to wait two weeks. Big deal, I'm sure there are plenty of other things, Bond and non-Bond, to do in that time.
While we're almost 100% certain that it's Adele, it hasn't been officially confirmed yet. So no, it isn't "definitely" anything as of yet.
I know it's not a definate yet, bit thats the best bit of proof we have had yet.
And before anyone says Duran Duran they were at the end of the first phase of their career at this point and well past their peak. Having an artist like Adele singing the theme they lucked out and despite some fans boys wanting poor man's crooner for the pensioners Buble, she is by far the smart bet and she is without doubt got the job sign sealed and delivered.
A Bond theme tune is not had this level of expectation or obvious success in ages, if she pulls it out the bag and Newman backs it up with Bond with a capital B we will have the first theme that will attract the largest demographic than any title theme has done in decades and yes I believe this will considerably contribute to being Craig's biggest box office smash to date.
And when will we get the Thomas Newman videoblog?? :)
Random Man: "Man, I can't wait for Skyfall!"
Random Woman: "I know, and Adele was perfect for the theme! She was a great pick, and I can't wait to hear it."
Random Man: "Wait, I check every day for announcements made by EON, and they haven't said anything about Adele singing the theme."
Random Woman: "Yeah, but The Sun said so, and there are all these tweets that say she is doing it, so I am positive it is her."
Random Man: "All you did was read speculation on the internet though...That isn't reputable..."
Random Woman: "Oh, don't be foolish. EVERYTHING on the internet is true!"
I remember the time well, it may well have been a massive hit for them but it was all downhill after this, whereas Adele is far from going downhill, she is arguably one of the biggest artists on the planet and her next material will be waited for with baited breath.
That being said I'm not even a fan I'm just glad that EON have taken the sense to use an artist well and truly at the peak of their powers, I am a Soundgarden fan and thought Cornell's song was great for CR and while I think AWTD was probably the worst thing that Jack White has released I still like it but neither Cornell or JW will reach the demographic that Adele will and you can't say that about a title tune for ages, I'll give you DD but my point was they didn't go onto anything that significant after that, many of their fans might have loved their output and side projects but after VTAK they never scaled those heights again.
Well stated, and incredibly true. People keep speaking about not arguing the topic, yet they believe in The Sun and tweets. Wait...whaaaa?
Obviously they're not going to announce it before SF had been announced. And they normally wait until nearer the film, but not this late.
I really hope it's not Adele now, so they suprise me and it'll mean I haven't waited two weeks for them to announce something I already knew there was an 80% chance of happening. If they announce it as Adele on Bond day, it'll just be meh. I just don't see the point in dragging it out until then.
PS. Is there an idiot below me that's written double post? Very informative.
Thank Christ finally for some sanity over Buble. Seems like its just me, Shardlake and you Eiragorn wandering alone in this desert of musical imbicility.
The guy is the sort of tribute act you'd get in some working mans club in Bolton.
'Tonight Matthew I'm going to be - Matt Munro'. Simply awful.
Even Tiny Tempah wouldnt be that much worse.
Not only was this posted numerous times a few days ago, but it's yet again another rumor resorting back to The Sun. They are not EON.
There's more chance of Sean Connery putting in an appearance at a Bond function this year than it not being Adele!
No, its not been confirmed. But with that tweet about hearing the theme song, that must be true. He wouldnt lie, would he?
I really doubt that. EON don't comment on rumours. They just let the press get on with it.
If I remember correctly, they denied the rumors about the film being based on Carte Blanche and some casting info. Plus now with the tweet by Ryan Tedder and its swift deleting, it's pretty much certain. Although EON hasn't confirmed it, at this point they don't really need to for us to know it is the case.