johnnywest
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 5, 2015 10:00:42 GMT -5
From the fall of 2012, this is one of my favorite James Bond themes. The one I like the most is "For Your Eyes Only."
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Ling-Ling
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jan 5, 2015 11:42:38 GMT -5
Not even close to being the best James Bond theme, but the orchestration and arrangement of it is so classic and gorgeous. I listen to it mainly for that.
Vocally, she sounds so pretty during the verses. But she completely drops the ball during the chorus, she needed to be belting her ass off, she sounds like she's sleepwalking. Same with the bridge. This is a huge sweeping James Bond theme, subtlety just robs the song of the release it needs. And some of the lyrics, ugh. I can't believe she won an Oscar for this kind of songwriting, some of the worst in her career.
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Post by surfy on Jan 5, 2015 18:06:33 GMT -5
I always thought this sounded nice, but I never could get into it
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Dreams
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Post by Dreams on Jan 5, 2015 18:17:43 GMT -5
I agree - as it is, the song is good. Had it been beltier, though, it would've been great.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 18:23:28 GMT -5
I liked it a lot, but most of her other singles are better. Her singles are just that good.
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Glove Slap
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Post by Glove Slap on Jan 5, 2015 20:42:43 GMT -5
Eh.
It's pretty much what you'd expect from Adele singing a bond theme. Traditional, pretty, and no surprises.
Not bad by any means, but easily my least favorite single from her by a good amount.
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 5, 2015 23:08:31 GMT -5
One of the very few Adele songs that I actually like.
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trustypepper
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Post by trustypepper on Jan 5, 2015 23:50:58 GMT -5
I thought it would take off at radio a bit more than it did, considering how big her momentum was at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2015 11:05:14 GMT -5
I loved this.
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brady47
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Post by brady47 on Jan 7, 2015 20:08:39 GMT -5
It was good, but definitely not on the same level as SLY, SFTTR, and Turning Tables. I was addicted for a few listens, and then I got tired of it.
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Flip
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Post by Flip on Jan 8, 2015 11:26:24 GMT -5
I remember this was top 10 on iTunes in my country, based on pre-oders only. :)
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Post by Live Your Life on Jul 27, 2015 17:13:13 GMT -5
Eh, it was alright. It certainly wasn't on the level of any of the other music she released prior to it.
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brady47
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Post by brady47 on Aug 2, 2015 1:36:32 GMT -5
It was decent - but I got kind of tired of it after a while, I definitely preferred her ballads.
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Post by Caviar on Aug 8, 2015 17:09:41 GMT -5
Awful...the media was up her ass still from 21.
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Post by maine on Aug 8, 2015 17:20:07 GMT -5
I never cared for this one. Love her though.
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kcdawg13
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 12, 2018 23:18:21 GMT -5
Incredible
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Az Paynter
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Post by Az Paynter on Dec 4, 2018 2:09:40 GMT -5
I thought that after the '21' era was so huge this would've been much bigger on radio...
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