That’s him. He’s got feelings and stuff.
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This is the song he did for the second Hobbit movie. Make of it what you will.
Okay, that genuinely made me almost spit some coffee on my laptop screen!
It’ll be more likely Stormzy than Sheeran
Which is quite unlikely, so no need to collectively spontaneously combust
I’d genuinely prefer Stormzy. I think he’d be much more interesting and, well, genuine.
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That is absolutely nothing.
The lasting image I will always have of Ed Sheeran is as a sacrificial lamb Lannister soldier.
Wouldn’t be my choice either, but, I’m assuming, WB and MGM really wanted to tap into the tweenage girl market.
Can’t remember if it’s fact or fiction, but I recall this being a rejected theme for TND.
Perhaps rejected after a typo led them to change the movie title from ‘Lies’ to ‘Dies’.
I much prefer ‘Lies’ in the title - great title in the context of the story, whereas as ‘Dies’ is the usual playing to the cheap seats drivel.
However, I think I prefer Crow’s theme to Pulp’s (whom I love - Common People may be the greatest song of the 90s).
I used to wish that KD Lang’s song had opened the film, but now the subtleties of Crow’s appeals more.
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Yes indeed, I do remember Pulp’s TNL, along with St Etienne’s version which I’m quite fond of.
Yes, Crow’s is a far more interesting and original song, fun though Surrender is.
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I was about to write some clever essay why it would be no good going after the tweenage girly market with Sheeran - but then I remembered Smith and so I better keep my peace…
But…
As for feelings and stuff: I don’t actually think that would necessarily discount somebody like Sheeran. There has been a long (and largely fine, IMO) tradition of love ballads during the Moore years - but actually starting with We Have All The Time - and I would not mind seeing it come back. If, that is, it’s done with the fitting voice and sentiment. There I’d have my reservations.
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And, of course, this is the rub. Sheeran surely doesn’t approach the quality of Carly Simon, Bassey or even Easton, whose Bond ballads were monumental.
Rita Coolidge, perhaps. OP is the one Bond theme for which I always use the skip button.
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All time high is a criminally underrated Bond song.
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I quite love the Pulp version on Shaken and Stirred…
Side note: it struck me that From Russia With Love’s lyrics must seem terribly emotional and sentimental from a certain perspective.
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A far better version of the track. Pulp lend to it the illusion of mystery; the theatre that the song itself lacks. For me Bassey is the best at this trick of vocal smoke and mirrors.
And there’s certainly a sentimental melancholia lurking close to the surface in FRWL. Matt Munro nailed it - his will always be my favourite version.
My favourite Shaken and Stirred tracks are Leftfield’s Space March and The Propellorheads OHMSS.
Wish Arnold would do a follow up album. How about Bond 77 by Unkle, or The Prodigy; Goldfinger by Fever Ray and TMWTGG by Muse? FYEO… hmmm…
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Ed Sheeran is the most popular artist on the planet right now, and all ages buy his music, and so he must be under consideration.
Can’t anyone imagine him doing an up-tempo highly orchestrated version of his “Castle on the Hill” for a Bond theme?
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Only in my own personal purgatory 
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I assumed his neighbours didn’t have to imagine, leading to this… https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/31/ed-sheeran-buys-neighbors-homes-to-silence-their-complaints-over-noise-parties/
I totally agree. I don’t understand all the hate/dislike. I really like the song. It’s in my top 10 of Bond songs.