# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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 20, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/21 "2008-09-20T02:59:00Z")
Perhaps I’m just in a contrarian mood today but I’ve been listening to the song here and there during the day and I really like it. The lyrics are great, the mix of music is energetic…I’m not really sure why people are hating this so much. True, it’s not the smooth, unchallenging, easy listening music that serves as title music for many films, but I think it fits the new Bond perfectly; some rough edges, a discordant note, a youthful, aggressive, untempered approach to his work. I’m just glad that Amy Winehouse had to back out; I was expecting something totally mediocre from her. Stranger ---
**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 20, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/22 "2008-09-20T04:06:48Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > .I’m not really sure why people are hating this so much. Perhaps if there were a melody. ---
**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 20, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/23 "2008-09-20T04:15:19Z")
It’s half-assed wannabe rap. Totally kewl, X-Treme, and the hook sounds like it should be the background music for a trailer for some generic, shitty action movie. They should have gone with Fiona Apple. ---
**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 20, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/24 "2008-09-20T04:23:36Z")
The bass guitar from OHMSS should be enough. Hell, I want to see Bond kill the bad guys, not listen to some rap stuff. ---
**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 20, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/25 "2008-09-20T04:44:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Perhaps if there were a melody. You know, perhaps that’s what I like about it. A friend mentioned to me that the thing about my music tastes is that I don’t really care for much that is “easy” to listen to; I’ll listen to Neko Case but not popular “country” music; I prefer bebop to “cool” jazz (though I think Dave Brubeck is a wizard and Miles Davis is awesome in any format); I’d rather listen to trashy punk than refined Eurotrash New Wave, The Police rather than Sting, et cetera. The strident, discordant, almost atonal rhythm of the piece is appealing and curiously appropriate to a Bond characterization who is less the slickster lounge lizard than a aggressive, vengeful, nearly ruthless blunt instrument of Her Majesty’s Secret Service. But I seem to be in the minority. That’s okay; I’m also one of the minority (of heterosexual men) who thought that Daniel Craig was an inspired choice for Bond, which seems to have turned out reasonably well. > [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > They should have gone with Fiona Apple. Because what would really complement a Bond film is a song in which Apple whines out her neuroses? (Don’t get me wrong, I like Fiona Apple, but she’s almost the last singer I’d select to do a Bond theme.) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/26 "2008-09-20T05:19:08Z")
> [@drewbert](#): > > gah. > > Someone please get portishead on the phone. Hell, _all mine_ is a james bond theme looking for a movie. [+1](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=vozNQX6Ye1A) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/27 "2008-09-20T10:14:47Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > [+1](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=vozNQX6Ye1A) [I think this one’s a better choice for a Bond theme.](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdtuQ0ccbw) ---
**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 20, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/28 "2008-09-20T11:08:41Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Because what would really complement a Bond film is a song in which Apple whines out her neuroses? (Don’t get me wrong, I like Fiona Apple, but she’s almost the last singer I’d select to do a Bond theme.) > > Stranger I wouldn’t characterize much of her work as whiny, especially not Extraordinary Machine or When The Pawn… - she really belts it out on those albums, (favorite song - A Better Version Of Me) with a lot of crashing piano chords and dramatic orchestral dissonance. Intense, I think, but not really neurotic or whiny music. And she can sound extremely seductive or extremely intimidating. ---
**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 20, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/29 "2008-09-20T11:10:39Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [I think this one’s a better choice for a Bond theme.](http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdtuQ0ccbw) I’ve always loved that song and I ALWAYS thought it sounded like a Bond theme! Definitely seconded, a million times over. What a badass song. The band Tortoise would also be a good choice to back up any solo singer, had they gone with that route. This new song sucks thylacine cock. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/30 "2008-09-20T12:22:48Z")
At the risk of being too trendy, they could always have tried [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfXJbRoV2H4) The lyrics even fit, a bit. (Hey, Shirley _Bassey_ sang multiple Bond themes…) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/31 "2008-10-22T18:32:26Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Its not great, but better than the one for _Casino Royale_ by several thousand miles. Really? Even [The Beatles version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXX-qrvZs8&feature=related)? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198/32 "2008-11-17T16:43:45Z")
It sucks. Just saw it in the movie, and it sucks even more. “You Know My Name” was a far, far better song, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-of-solace-theme-song/464198.md?page=1)