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Carte Blanche
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Max Bombast

Entry from Carte Blanche in Nur Ein XV.

Bond Theme

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Carte Blanche
by Max Bombast

The sun never sets on the empire that I defend
And your rules have no affect
The law's for everybody else
Because I'm above the rest
You know I dress to impress
If you take aim at my white suit there'll be red
I've got gadgets galore
A billion dollars and more
And the power to walk if you wind up dead

I have carte blanche to do whatever I want
I've got a license to kill
My badge and gun mean that you cannot stop me
And we both know that nobody will

I took an oath to serve, uphold and to protect
The world from those who oppose the authority I represent
I deserve your respect
You know I dress to distress
If you take aim at my blue suit
There'll be red
Call it willful neglect
But if you try to protest
Move when I say or you will wind up dead

I have carte blanche to do whatever I want
I've got a license to kill
My badge and gun mean that you cannot stop me
And we both know that nobody will

And everyone knows
That when the gun goes off
You tried to call my bluff
And everyone knows we've got it all
Though we still want more because
The world is not enough
The world is not enough

Reviews

2 posted notes

GlennCase

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It sounds good, but this doesn't feel like a Bond theme to me at all. There is a drama and tension in the average Bond theme that is missing here. The references to "License to Kill" and "The World is Not Enough" in the lyrics had me cringing a bit. Vocal rhythm of "Rules have no effect" at :28 sound awkward to me. I hear what you're doing with the reference to the main James Bond theme with the build at 1:15, but it isn't particularly effective in comparison to other entries from this round.

LYRICS: [OKAY] 1 point
STRUCTURE: [OKAY] 1 point
PERFORMANCE: [GOOD] 2 points
CONCEPT/CHALLENGE: [OKAY] 1 point
DYNAMICS/MIX: [GOOD] 2 points
SCORE: 7 out of 10

vowlvom

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I was really disappointed with this one, it feels like there's enough Bond in it to water down the Max Bombast sound but not enough to actually make this sound like a Bond Theme, so it ends up being right in the middle and not really having the impact of the songs that went full Bond or your own best stuff. I also found it really distracting that on every chorus there are harmonies with final syllables that don't match up (usually on "want") - you're enough of a recording pro to fix that! The lyrics are mostly fine although like Glenn I cringed at the inclusion of previous Bond titles - the red / white / blue suit lines are really clever, though.

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