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Post by hulmeman on Apr 19, 2017 13:35:16 GMT
The catalogue of songs that are a big part of 007's cinematic adventures range from Lulu's "he has a powerful weapon" through Rita Coolidge's "sweet distraction" and of course DSB warbling her way through three tunes. From Nancy Sinatra to Sam Smith via Madonna and Adele not forgetting Gladys Knight who seemed to have a "Licence to Kilt"! Let's not forget that Sheena Easton did her turn with "For your eyes only" before going down 42nd Street.
Which is your favourite James Bond theme tune and why?
My nomination is DSB and "Goldfinger" - the sweeping orchestrations, the big punchy finish, tells you what to expect.
Over to you..........
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Post by d'James on Apr 19, 2017 13:52:41 GMT
Goldeneye's my favourite to sing. Nobody Does It Better is just a great song. Goldfinger definitely deserves a mention.
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 19, 2017 13:58:14 GMT
Live And Let Die for the sheer drama of it
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Post by Marwood on Apr 19, 2017 14:07:45 GMT
You Only Live Twice, Live And Let Die, Nobody Does It Better, A View To A Kill, GoldenEye. Not too keen on any of the theme tunes after GoldenEye to be honest.
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Post by Michael on Apr 19, 2017 14:16:40 GMT
Nobody Does It Better for me - in the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 14:35:31 GMT
Live And Let Die for the sheer drama of it It's a terrible karaoke song, but it's BRILLIANT for a bit of shower belting.  |
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 19, 2017 14:40:00 GMT
Live And Let Die for the sheer drama of it It's a terrible karaoke song, but it's BRILLIANT for a bit of shower belting. Absolutely. You're not doing it right if you don't scream out the instrumental parts too 😝 |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 19, 2017 14:40:45 GMT
Didn't Gladys Knight refuse to sing it as "Kill" for religious reasons?
(she wasn't religious enough to turn down the paycheck apparently!)
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 19, 2017 14:56:53 GMT
Four Your Eyes only, one of my fav songs of all time.
Followed by Live and Let Die, Guns n Roses version.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 19, 2017 15:23:47 GMT
It's not a theme song but I like Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown which can be heard in On Her Majesty's Secret Service during the alpine village scene. Written by Hal David and John Barry and sung by "Nina". It's very 70's Eurovision.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 15:28:41 GMT
The Man With The Golden Gun naturally.
Any song that begins with "He has a powerful weapon, he charges a million a shot" is fine and dandy with me and Lulu gives it some wellie too.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 19, 2017 15:37:58 GMT
That Duran Duran one with Grace Jones got a lot of wear on my cassette player back in the day.
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Post by maggiem on Apr 19, 2017 15:48:28 GMT
Live And Let Die for the sheer drama of it If you don't count the repeat lines, it has the shortest lyric of all the Bond themes. |
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 19, 2017 16:13:24 GMT
Probably a controversial choice, and I wouldn't say it was my favourite, but I do really love the song You Know My Name by Chris Cornell which accompanied Casino Royale (2006 version). Other than that, I do LOVE me a bit of Thunderball (and the story that goes with it - that Tom Jones fainted after holding the big note at the end when he was recording the song) and Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever (maybe I just love Welsh belters/beltresses), Nobody Does It Better and Skyfall. Hard to chose a favourite. But what I do know is that I hated Writing's On The Wall - Sam Smith's version, anyway.
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Post by Sue on Apr 19, 2017 16:16:50 GMT
1. Live and Let Die
2. Licence to Kill
3. Goldeneye
4. Goldfinger
5. We Have All the Time in the World (On Her Magesty's Secret Service)
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Post by lynette on Apr 19, 2017 16:34:07 GMT
What a delightfully random thread. Goldfinger with Shirley Bassey's amazing voice gotta be number 1 and sums up whole Bond thing for me, nostalgia, o it was so glamorous times.
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Post by d'James on Apr 19, 2017 16:59:47 GMT
I nearly said Chris Cornell too, so you're not alone theatremadness!! :-) |
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 19, 2017 17:23:36 GMT
I nearly said Chris Cornell too, so you're not alone theatremadness !! :-) Ah hooray!! Suited the new Daniel Craig era quite well, I thought. But I also just like the song as a song. |
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Post by hulmeman on Apr 19, 2017 17:36:56 GMT
It's not a theme song but I like Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown which can be heard in On Her Majesty's Secret Service during the alpine village scene. Written by Hal David and John Barry and sung by "Nina". It's very 70's Eurovision. I so agree. That song made me want to be romanced in a Swiss alpine chalet in the snow with a roaring log fire! Nearest I got was a day out in Geneva last year!! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 18:21:33 GMT
For Your Eyes Only (for the sentiment) and Skyfall (partly for the sentiment, but also because I think it fits Craig's Bond very well).
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 19, 2017 20:12:17 GMT
I would love them to make a Bond film with Phoenix in the title - then Conchita can re-release Rise Like a Phoenix - which has to be the best non-Bond Bond song ever!
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Post by stefy69 on Apr 20, 2017 6:20:26 GMT
for those you haven't heard it ( and sadly it's not that well known ) here is the excellent original version of Goldfinger by one of it's composers the great Anthony Newley :
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Post by hulmeman on Apr 20, 2017 10:44:39 GMT
for those you haven't heard it ( and sadly it's not that well known ) here is the excellent original version of Goldfinger by one of it's composers the great Anthony Newley : Wow! Never heard that before. Thank you for sharing. |
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Post by stefy69 on Apr 20, 2017 10:47:16 GMT
for those you haven't heard it ( and sadly it's not that well known ) here is the excellent original version of Goldfinger by one of it's composers the great Anthony Newley : Wow! Never heard that before. Thank you for sharing. My pleasure 
It really should be more widely known...
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Apr 20, 2017 20:39:19 GMT
The catalogue of songs that are a big part of 007's cinematic adventures range from Lulu's "he has a powerful weapon" through Rita Coolidge's "sweet distraction" and of course DSB warbling her way through three tunes. From Nancy Sinatra to Sam Smith via Madonna and Adele not forgetting Gladys Knight who seemed to have a "Licence to Kilt"! Let's not forget that Sheena Easton did her turn with "For your eyes only" before going down 42nd Street. Which is your favourite James Bond theme tune and why? My nomination is DSB and "Goldfinger" - the sweeping orchestrations, the big punchy finish, tells you what to expect. Over to you.......... Stop getting Bond wrong. It's The Spy Who Loved me.
Glang, glang a lang a lang a lang a lang a lang a lang
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Post by crowblack on Apr 20, 2017 22:05:49 GMT
The 1967 Casino Royale theme that Mark and Lard used to use on their radio show. I'm half joking, but it does make us smile so worth a mention.
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Post by mrtumnus on Apr 25, 2017 21:11:49 GMT
Live And Let Die
Nobody Does It Better
We Have All The Time In The World (not a theme song, I know)
Can't stand
Goldfinger
Living Daylights
A View To A Kill
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