"Die Another Day" opening w/ music by Scott Walker

[paldengyatso]

Again, and again.  And again.

[sydarrtha]

@chickenttt Then go watch something more to your taste. Like the clip I made of your mother blowing shit chunks...MY shit chunks.

[stwads]

Ahhh... the golden baritone. Great to hear Scott sing this way but i doubt if we'll hear him indulge us again!

[tomrichugpeltho]

Good song, but just not very Bond-esque. Plus it coupled with a montage of Brosnan being tortured just doesn't fit.

[Efrasnel]

To think that washed up Madonna slut was chosen instead of Scott...

[Trevoirio]

Thank you very much. Now I'll have to buy this.

VERY classy. Probably the last time he'll use his voice in this croon style.

Ooooh it's good.

[wendystarita]

While seeing the Scott Walker 30 Century Man Movie, I thought he sounded Like a James Bond Movie Title singer and this only Proves my ear was correct, Thank You!

[randykawasaki]

@kirbzz204

arguably the greatest white male singer of the last 30 years. According to Bowie (and just about anyone else who can actually hear.) But hey, you obviously know better.

[zurapDOR]

The best of singers, the last of the Bond-movies..

[IndependenceHD]

Madonna can go die in a hole.

This was amazing.

[Timlondonparis]

First time I'd heard of this. Funny how people so often want someone to do what they did in the past but, when they hear it, don't notice it's happened. So, when people ask Walker why he doesn't sing like he used to he can always say 'I did, in 1999, it wasn't used and no one wanted it.' And he can get back to doing what he wants. Good luck to him.

[dedeurs]

I'm stunned.

Look, with all respect to his daring contemporary creations, I miss the 'mainstream' Scott so much. I still hope he will return to it, even for one album. Just one album, please, in the mode that poster LuiEcuomo describes so well.

[miko1975guitar]

i suppose it depends on what you call mainstream. He has been doing what you call contemporary creations now since the late seventies, 30 years now, whereas the period I asume you mean was for less than 10 years, and consisted of really only 4 albums of cult status, one of which (his best one after 3) was deleted cause no one bought it. This song just shows that he can do anything he wants. An enviable position in the modern music world.

[emilylopez100]

What were these 4 albums? Which one was deleted? Amazon does not carry them?

[miko1975guitar]

the albums were scott 1, scott 2, scott 3 and scott 4. scott 4 was deleted not long after original release, but has since been reissued on cd. When I say deleted, I mean that it is not produced for sale. i have an original vinyl copy which I inherited but havent listened to as i have it on cd

[miko1975guitar]

and you can get them all on amazon

[emilylopez100]

Thanks so much. I just found him and I've been glued to YT listening to his music; I just can't get enough. Again, thanks.

[miko1975guitar]

no probs. enjoy!

[jumpbox3]

huanting...

[RomanSedlak]

pretty good

[AlienSmile0724]

Interesting.

Swedish artist Robyn could sing this song, if you think about it...

[mikealx68]

Great song, great performance, and far too good for that film anyway, which was frankly a load of pants.

[walkabou5]

'Only Myself to Blame' was composed by David Arnold and Don Black for 'The World is Not Enough' , probably for the end credits, but sadly was not used. I think it works really well as a replacement for Madonna's appalling song but unfortunately it is probably a little too subtle and sophisticated for todays Bond audience.

[berettadreams]

much like "Surrender" "Only Myself To Blame" was written as the main theme for the film (even the musical cues follow THIS song and not the Garbage song) but then for some reason (probably commercial success probabilities) Scott was Scrapped from Manson and Co. And Lang For Crow

[DJX187]

@walkabou5

the melody of the song was used during the casino scene in the movie as well - as background music..... and i would've prefered this over the ending credits as well... but oh well.... i don't think this was ever intended to be the main theme, but like you said, as a credit track - much like how they did the previous 2 films with "Experience Of Love" by Eric Serra and "Surrender" by KD Lang - although Surrender was in the running to be the theme to Tomorrow Never Dies.

[RodneyShaneRuss]

It doesn't exactly fit, but it does add a sense of irony to the videoimages. Sort of like the use of "I'm singing in the rain" to complement the ultra violent scenes in Clockwork Orange.The compositions style fits more in the connery era, but a vast improvement over that horrible Madonna song.

[iddiols1]

absolutely superb. much more memorable than madge's shit contribution.

[drtopcat1]

Agree... does not fit, but nice try!

[Sukkasanteri]

what the fuck in orginal movie opening tittle music is madonna-die another day so wtf are all these shit ass videos

[RH98]

@Sukkasanteri Not an overly difficult concept to grasp, but if you still don't then reading the description will certainly help...

[Sukkasanteri]

@RH98 thx answering after 2 fucking years .. do u know how its be to just sit still and wait u answer ... niqqa

[nobhillrox]

This is great - his voice is so beautiful.

[beowgrendel]

doesn't really fit, but still better than madonna

[etcapela]

Scotts voice has gone all trembly in this...I am/was a life long fan of Scott but I don't recognise this wobbly voice as his and the key doesnt suit him...he never used to sing with a wobbly voice....this is like Mancini song gone wrong...not surprised they didnt use it.

[sully88]

haha...you should hear the drift then...truly amazing

[etcapela]

yeah I tried to listen to it....very sad. He used to be so "musical"...its all gone terribly wrong. I love modern art, I love abstract in plastic but I don't find myself able to listen to Scott straining and whining. I am going back to good ole lady jazz singers, they don't want to rip my heart out and eat it...

[lunafesto]

I totaly agree!

Scott should have sung this in another key!

It was obviously too low for him!

Why his producer didn't suggest he raise it half an octave or so is beyond me!

Still it has atmosphere in a rather odd sort of way and is quite seedy!

I imagine a smoke filled jazz house, with the tinkling of wine glasses and more than a few people wearing berets!

[howtofaint]

That atmosphere and the mental images it gives you is EXACTLY why Walker sung it this way.

Well, maybe not the berets, but the images of a seedy smoke-filled club, clinking glasses, a tired old singer with a tired old voice performing for an indifferent audience... it's more pathos than any Bond theme deserves.

[NiceNsmoothATYuToob]

i love this song!..it is soo classy!

[000266617]

After this, I belive a Bond opening sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks is possible.

[NiceNsmoothATYuToob]

roflmao!

[boychildnew1]

what song did they use in the real film then? and did this song appear in the released film at all?

[pnelad123]

The song didn't appear in the film. It is on the soundtrack to the film though and is also on Scott Walker in (Five easy pieces) collection.

[keefyboy67]

die another day - madonna!.This is a great song but perhaps too subtle and sophisticated

for a Bond theme song?

[lunafesto]

Scott should have sung this in another key,because a few times he is actualy singing it flat!

Great song though.Lots of atmosphere.

Reminds me of a dingy, smoke filled, claustrophobic jazz house somewhere.

I can see him sitting on a stool, in the middle of a tiny stage, with everybody hanging on his every word!

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

makes bond sound like a dead man walking

[tattypatty]

I'm not a part of the whole "Church of Scott Walker" (some of the adulation is creepy/embarrassing) but this is real great.

[misterbelver]

That works brilliantly. It's so good it would have been totally out of place in such a hopeless film.

[Bachini]

Thanksgod they chose Madonna!!!

[raven41179]

Not a Brosnan-era type Bond song. More of a Connery/Lazenby or Craig-era type song. This would have been great in OHMSS or FRWL.

[sheavsey]

How can you decide whether it was a Lazenby or Craig era song? Each of them have only had one song so far, and neither John Barry's blaring orchestral piece nor Chris Cornell's gambling-themed homage sound anything like this! I do think it would have been a fantastic choice had it been written for the film, but I also think it would have been met with universal outrage, myself included. It's just too radical a change for Bond.

[bigbass3]

The quintisential gentleman loser.

Great song. No greater fool in the fool's hall of fame.

[pollyt]

Thank you for posting this, I've been wanting to hear this song for a long time!

I'm not too keen on the song after listening but Scott's voice still sends chills down my spine...that will never change :)

[thedoctor1812]

It is eerie, yes... I just don't feel the piano fits with Brosnan like it would do with Connery.

[ErsatzWino]

Agreed on unsettling...it's very interesting. I'm not a fan of the weak lyrics or Walker's odd, stylized vocal, though...but I do think it's a great melody. Its use in the "Casino" track from that score is just DYNAMITE.

[blofeld39]

Fantastic job with this! :)