The scrotum of malice
My title is better. First off, Bond might be trying to revenge the death of Vesper, but in truth the most aggrieved party to the incident at Casino Royale are the Bond family jewels, which would, indeed, hold much malice.
Secondly, how in fuck does one rhyme a song using “solace”? There is no legitimate word that rhymes with solace, while “malice” offers several possibilities.
callous, challis, palace, phallus
My favorite Bond songs are from the earlier films - you only live twice, we have all the time in the world (from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Thunderball (Tom Jones!), From Russia with Love, but the more recent ones have gone from good (A View to a Kill by Duran Duran) to awful (”I’ve got a license to kill and you know I’m going straight for your heart”).
I’m thinking the new bond song will have a fast pace and short staccato scansion.
She died, as she lived, forever callous
Ignoring the love of Bond’s substantial phallus
His heart, evermore, was a cold marble palace
dum! dum! dum! dum! dum!
The Scrotum of Malice
Tell me I’m wrong.
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11. November 2008 at :
Have you heard the monstrosity which is the title song?
They solved the puzzle of how to rhyme, by having the world’s dumbest lyrics which are set to what has to be one of the most awful (if not THE most awful) melody for a Bond theme song ever.
Too bad. I think Alicia Keyes is extremely gifted. Whatever happened to the days of “Goldfinger” and ” From Russia With Love”.
A drop in the water
A look in the eye
A phone on the table
A man on your side
Someone that you think that you can trust is just
Another way to die
It died allright.
11. November 2008 at :
How could you leave out “Goldfinger,” dum dum dum, da da da da da, he’s the man, the man with the golden touch, etc. etc.” Anyway, I think that your idea is great because if they performed it on the academy awards show it would bring the thing to life.
11. November 2008 at :
Josh - you will not be familiar with Adam & Joe - two British celebs who each fortnight do Song Wars on their BBC radio show where they each have to make up an amusing song on a theme - a while back they did alternatives for Quantum…very funny indeed…
listeners voted the second as the winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOH8_Vf_xIE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMoJRLStD9c
11. November 2008 at :
Hysterical!
The Something of Boris!
11. November 2008 at :
The problem isn’t the song, its the dumb title. The original title for “Casablanca,” was “Everyone goes to Ricks.” Now do you really think that anyone would have gone to that movie? Remember the old adage, “Revenge is a dish that’s best served cold.” They should have made this the third movie, not the second in the series. But, having made this mistake they should have given the song to John Williams; it is after all a movie about a guy getting even with those who killed his lover. Make it romantic instead or rock like or rhythm and bluesy. Something that is a cross between Wagner and Prokofiev; like I said, John Williams.
12. November 2008 at :
Sorry. The problem is BOTH the song and the title. This is a horrid,little song with nothing to redeem it- not even the excellent vocals of Alicia Keys.
If Shirley Bassey sang it, it would still be a bad song…and that say’s it all.
They just need someone who can write a melody.
14. November 2008 at :
I agree the title is terrible, but it’s a reused title. It comes from an actual Fleming short story title - for which I doubt he was worrying about theme music and the ability to rhyme.
14. November 2008 at :
So, a quantum of anything is the smallest possible unit you can have. “An indivisible entity.” So a quantum of solace would be an iota of consolation for some wrong. It’s a fantastic title for a short story and a good title for anything if you are dealing with an educated population, which we are not in this instance.
Brief explanation of the story here.
14. November 2008 at :
Since when does music need to rhyme?
18. November 2008 at :
While the title and theme song may be kind of blah, has anyone seen the movie? I saw it over the weekend, and, contrary to most of the reviews that I read, I rather enjoyed it. It was not at all short on action, with chases, explosions and fights galore. The story was a bit lackluster, but all you really need to know is that revenge is involved, and there is James Bond. Daniel Craig is intense, and kicks some major ass, most of the time in expensive suits and tuxes. What more could you really want?
18. November 2008 at :
The world is not enough, Scott.