In 2012, Daniel Craig is back for his 3rd performance as James Bond in the spy thriller, Skyfall. The theme for big screen production carries the same name sung by Adele. When this single came out, I instantly liked it. In my opinion, it was the best James Bond theme song to come out in a long while. Within 10 hours of its release, it topped the iTunes chart. Oddly, it fell slightly short on the UK Singles chart peaking #2. In the US, Adele’s song ranked #8 on Billboard Hot 100. The song did reach the music pinnacle in eleven other countries, not to mention Adele took home an Oscar for best original song that year and the first in almost five decades for the James Bond film series.
I was happy to find plenty of material to work with this time, unlike the past few battles. When choosing my contenders I frequently prefer going with the opposite sex and different style of the original artist. I kept this mindset going into picking my two favorite bands.
Turn your attention now to the contenders
First up is Norman Nathan featuring Martin Gerloff. Norman is the vocalist and Martin is on guitar. The guys did individual responsibilities to bring together their music video that was shot in two locations Preikestolen, Langfoss Falls in Norway and Felsenmeer Odenwald in Germany.
The next band started in 2006 in Tele Aviv by vocalist, Ran Yerushalmi and guitarist, Bar Caspi. Soon after, Yoni Menner on guitar joined the new group shaping the sound of the band. The last two members came on in 2010, Priel Horesh on drums and Avihai Levy on bass. The Israeli alternative metal band is Walkways!
Two metal bands with different styles. Which band is your favorite?
I invite you to visit BoTBers with showdowns going on today.
- CAAC (me) 1st
- The Doglady’s Den (Debbie) retired member, active voter
- Jingle Jangle Jungle (Mary) 1st
- Mike’s Ramblings
- STMcC Presents BoTB (Stephen, BoTB Manager)
- StreamPebbles Diedre – WELCOME to the fun! 😉
- The Sound of One Hand Typing (John)
- Tossing It Out (Lee)
*Unless noted, all other participants will present two battles per month on the 1st & 15th
Polls close noon (EST) on Nov 6th!
Tomorrow, I share another installment of my photo memories from our September Maine vacation. Thanks for being apart of this Battle of the Bands. Next week, same time I’ll announce the winner and I hope you return to see if your favorite artist wins in this showdown. X💋X💋, Cathy