# Quantum of Solace Theme Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198 "2008-09-18T19:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/1 "2008-09-18T19:42:45Z")
You can hear it here. [Another Way to Die](http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080918i.php) My thoughts? Meh. I really liked Chris Cornell’s theme for Casino Royale, which made an already amazing movie even better. This song is one that will be fine during the opening credits, but totally forgettable after. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/2 "2008-09-19T01:16:43Z")
It fellates with great alacrity. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/3 "2008-09-19T01:21:44Z")
Urgh. I was hoping [Duffy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE2orthS3TQ) would’ve been chosen to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/4 "2008-09-19T02:36:53Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMoJRLStD9c&eurl=http://www.zoetrope.com/members/sub/sub\_discuss.cgi?section\_id=12&subject\_id=93966&message\_id=1132359](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMoJRLStD9c&eurl=http://www.zoetrope.com/members/sub/sub_discuss.cgi?section_id=12&subject_id=93966&message_id=1132359) (These new linkies, I do not like them. Just looks wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/5 "2008-09-19T03:05:34Z")
:eek: Wow, that’s horrible. I couldn’t make it to the one minute mark. Ugh… It’s as bad as the shitty theme Madonna did. ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/6 "2008-09-19T03:21:57Z")
It’s okay. It’s not horrible, but I could think of worse songs. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/7 "2008-09-19T10:40:27Z")
Its not great, but better than the one for _Casino Royale_ by several thousand miles. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/8 "2008-09-19T12:10:33Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > (These new linkies, I do not like them. Just looks wrong.) If you type the text you’d like to appear in the link, highlight it and then hit the link button, it’ll work and look just fine. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/9 "2008-09-19T12:17:25Z")
Gah. Someone please get Portishead on the phone. Hell, _All Mine_ is a James Bond theme looking for a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/10 "2008-09-19T12:19:59Z")
Ho-ly-Je-sus. I was all ready to say that the song sucked mountain lion cock, before I’d even heard it. Then I heard the first 20 seconds of it or so, and believe it or not I thought it was actually pretty good. Then I heard the “rap” style lyrics come in. Ack. AKKKHH!!! Yup, that’s the sound of Alicia Keys choking on 14 inches of Colorado mountain lion cock, while Jack White tickles the balls. Ugh! EECHH!! Awful! Disgusting, no-talent, ear-splitting, hacked out garbage!! That fucking song sounds like a commercial for Applebee’s or something. Not a goddamn James Bond theme song. Even “All Time High” from Octopussy is better than this one. But what do I know? I’m just a rube with no taste, who has been passed by in today’s super-awesome kewl X-TREME mega-KEWL times. I’m going to go play my old Victrola and smoke a corn-cob pipe. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/11 "2008-09-19T13:07:24Z")
I kinda like it. I’m not a huge fan of Alicia Keys, but I do like Jack White and I can hear his influence (Wikipedia says he wrote it). It’s a decent song, but it doesn’t feel really appropriate for a James Bond movie. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/12 "2008-09-19T13:16:38Z")
It’s appropriate for a Schick razor commercial, not a goddamn Bond movie. As much as I hated Casino Royale, I thought its theme song was OK. Now that I’ve seen the trailers for QOS and find myself actually looking forward to the movie, I’m disappointed that the song sucks so much mountain-goat cock. A list of bands or artists that they should have used instead: Portishead Massive Attack Zero Seven Camera Obscura Damien Rice King Crimson Fiona Apple (my #1 choice) Tortoise (accompanied by a singer) They had their head up their ass when they made this choice. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/13 "2008-09-19T13:40:56Z")
> [@Queen of Town](#): > > I kinda like it. I’m not a huge fan of Alicia Keys, but I do like Jack White and I can hear his influence (Wikipedia says he wrote it). It’s a decent song, but it doesn’t feel really appropriate for a James Bond movie. Curious. I’m not an Alicia Keys fan (or in general, a fan of neo-soul or hip-hop) and I generally classify the White Stripes as background noise and a running joke on _Studio 60_, but on the third go around I find myself liking the song and thinking it very appropriate to the new Bond. It sounds like a cross between a John Barry collaboration (with a lot of eclectic, jazz-influenced elements) and modern rock, also fusing a couple of subtle, traditional Monty Norman riffs in the background. (I like the way they start with the first few cords clearly borrowed and modified from the titles track on _Casino Royale_.) It’s not Shirley Bassey, but then again, who really is? For the record, I was not initially thrilled with “You Know My Name” (and I still think it would have been better with someone with a smoother voice than Chris Cornell’s death metal screech) but it grew on me, and the incidental music of _Casino Royale_ film was easily the best since John Barry retired from composing Bond films. (I also hope they stick with the animated title design like that used in _Casino Royale_ instead of reverting to random semi-naked women firing guns in dim lighting.) Fourth listen now: still liking it. If the story holds up and matches the action sequences in the trailers this movie promises to be another treat. Oh, and **Daddypants** , nothing–even three minutes of fingernails screeching on a blackboard–would be as bad as Madonna’s theme song to _Die Another Day_. The only thing that could have possibly made that film worse is giving Madonna a cameo role in it. 😉 If censorous time travel is ever made possible, redacting that film from the official continuity is high on the shopping list of changes. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/14 "2008-09-19T18:20:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > If you type the text you’d like to appear in the link, highlight it and then hit the link button, it’ll work and look just fine. A [different](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMoJRLStD9c&eurl=http://www.zoetrope.com/members/sub/sub_discuss.cgi?section_id=12&subject_id=93966&message_id=1132359) theme song. Hey, it seems to have worked! Thanks! (I have to say, though, that was NOT intuitive.) ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/15 "2008-09-19T19:01:05Z")
Ugh, that’s awful. What a terrible production. While we’re hunting for replacements, am I the only one who can really picture a Bond opening sequence set to [Blind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMZ4F0YirL4) by **Hercules and Love Affair**? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/16 "2008-09-19T19:10:39Z")
Eh, it’s not all that bad. I’m not downloading it onto my iPod, but coupled with some good visuals, it should make a decent intro for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/17 "2008-09-19T19:45:34Z")
Interestingly, Jack White is pissed that his song, which was commissioned by Sony, was then used in a Coke commercial tied into the movie. I don’t get how you can be pissed that a commercial product (a commission song) gets used in a commercial. This was not some abstract piece of art here. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/18 "2008-09-19T19:53:05Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Interestingly, Jack White is pissed that his song, which was commissioned by Sony, was then used in a Coke commercial tied into the movie. > > I don’t get how you can be pissed that a commercial product (a commission song) gets used in a commercial. This was not some abstract piece of art here. Given the amount of marketing hype that always surrounds the release of a Bond flick, I don’t get how you could **not** realize that Sony was going to pimp the thing for all its worth. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/19 "2008-09-19T21:32:41Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I don’t get how you can be pissed that a commercial product (a commission song) gets used in a commercial. This was not some abstract piece of art here. Actually, Bond movies elevate product placement to an art form. I always wait for the scene when they manage to cram as many product placements into a 30 second segment as possible. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/20 "2008-09-20T02:07:17Z")
Was I the only one to expect the lyrics to start with “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch”? I got about halfway through and gave up. I’m not a fan of Keys, but she has a good voice, and I do like Black, but WTF was that? Awful song. I’ll go to get a refill on popcorn when the song starts (I love popcorn). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198.md?page=2)