"The Writing's on the Wall" and "The World is Not Enough"

Hello guys:

Am I the only one who thinks "The Writing's on the Wall" might've used "The World is Not Enough" as a template?

Both choruses seem to have 5 note structures and the intro from the more recent song seems to be a modification of the older one.

Just curious as to people's thoughts on this.
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1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
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Comments

  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    I can hear some pretty strong similarities at the beginning of the song, but I find the chorus different because of the high-notes, the song stops and starts - TWINE flows all the way through.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

    "Better make that two."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Hello guys:

    Am I the only one who thinks "The Writing's on the Wall" might've used "The World is Not Enough" as a template?

    Both choruses seem to have 5 note structures and the intro from the more recent song seems to be a modification of the older one.

    Just curious as to people's thoughts on this.
    Wow! Strange that you post this! :o I found myself thinking the same thing, but I kind of dismissed it. But after seeing SP that song has been running through my head at least once a day!
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    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    But after seeing SP that song has been running through my head at least once a day!

    The title song is incredibly catchy, I find myself humming it a lot. IMO, an excellent title song for an excellent movie -{
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

    "Better make that two."
  • jorgem1jorgem1 Posts: 136MI6 Agent
    Like ABBA's song Voulez-Vous, it was loosely inspired by the disco version of the Bond theme or Bond 77 from TSWLM where Bond skis on the alps.

    BTW, the title song Writing's on the Wall was loosely based from Pink Floyd's song "Another Brick in the Wall"
  • Vicsane007Vicsane007 Posts: 167MI6 Agent
    TWOTW is a little bit too dramatic compare to TWINE
    "Some men are coming to kill us. We're going to kill them first."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    I mentioned the similarity when I first heard it a month or two ago.
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