As production begins on the next James Bond film, we cast our minds to the task of fantasizing about the next Bond theme being a classic of the Barry-Bassey variety. I’ve written before about who I’d like to see take on a Bond theme, and Jason @ Spy Vibe recently wrote about eventually-proven-untrue rumors that Noel Gallagher of Oasis would be tapped to do the song.
Tonight, I was shopping and on one of the in-store monitors, there was a video from a performance at Albert Hall by a singer who my wife first encountered a number of years ago via MySpace of all places, and who has since taken the world by apparent storm. Her name is Adele, and like a number of chanteuses of the past few years, she sings soulfully, recalling the rich heritage of British voices like Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Cillia Black and others. The video I saw tonight looked and sounded like the closest thing to a Bond theme try-out that one can have without being in the same room as someone named Broccoli:
At this point in her career, they’d have to beg her, as opposed to the other way ’round. And all of this because she posted music on MySpace!
In the meantime, amateur productions have already started to pop up on YouTube. Here are some of the better attempts:
This one by the band The Amateurs actually features a Bondesque video. I think it was recorded previously, and it’s title/description has been renamed to cash in on Skyfall. In any case, it’s pretty good:
I leave it to you, Mister 8 readers, who would you like to hear sing the awkwardly forced line containing the film title, ala, “My nose was runny / You thought it funny / I worried you would leave me all alone / I drank some Nytol / We watched the sky fall / When I woke up in the morning, you were gone / SKY….FALLLLLLL!”?
