It may not have been good enough for “that fucking James Bond movie,” but it was good enough to rest comfortably in a Radiohead setlist between “How To Disappear Completely” and “Myxomatosis.” That’s a victory right there. Thom Yorke liked the song so much that he added it into the live repertoire for his solo shows, and Radiohead even played it seven times on the last leg of the A Moon Shaped Pool tour in 2018. In December 2015, the band shared it for free online as a Christmas gift to fans. I haven’t seen the movie and I think they ended up with something more suitable for it, but in terms of making A Moon Shaped Pool, it caused a stop right when we were in the middle of it.” We stopped doing what we were doing and had to concentrate on that for awhile since we were told it was something that was going to come to fruition. Radiohead Spectre 2016 LLLP LLP under exclusive license to XL Recordings Ltd Released on: 2.“That fucking James Bond movie threw us a massive curveball,” producer Nigel Godrich told Rolling Stone in 2017. Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd. Radiohead hasn’t dealt with a lot of rejection in the past couple of decades, and they weren’t thrilled. This video features Radiohead's 'Spectre' set against the main title sequence from the James Bond film of the same name. He ultimately went with a Sam Smith song instead. The end result was a rather downcast orchestral ballad that director Sam Mendes couldn’t find a way to use. They were approached in 2015 about cutting the theme song to Spectre and went for it despite being midway through recording A Moon Shaped Pool. In this universe, they were beaten out by Tom Jones, Lulu, Sheena Easton, Turner, and Sheryl Crow.Īnd then there’s Radiohead. For proof, check out Johnny Cash’s “Thunderball,” Alice Cooper’s “The Man with the Golden Gun,” Blondie’s “For Your Eyes Only,” Ace of Base’s “Goldeneye,” and Pulp’s “Tomorrow Never Lies.” In an alternate universe, all of these songs were accepted and became beloved classics. Dedicated to Leandro Buschiazzo, as well as my good friend Lucas Vallim, whose previous cover of this song is also great. It’s part of a long tradition of selecting the biggest name in pop to cover the honor, a distinction that has included Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, Adele, Madonna, Sam Smith, and Alicia Keys.īut there’s also a long history of James Bond producers rejecting songs by extremely high-profile performers. The long-awaited James Bond movie No Time to Die opens this week, with Billie Eilish taking on the franchise’s famed theme song.
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