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Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on August 05, 2006, 15:49:01

Submit your nominations and I'll set up a poll with the shortlist.

I'm going to start the ball rolling with:

You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) - the one Robbie Williams nicked the riff for "Millennium" off
View to a Kill (Duran Duran)
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) - from Octopussy[/list]
And I'd like to nominate the Madonna rubbish as the worst yet.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 05, 2006, 15:59:13

I suppose for 'old times' sake, it's got to be one of the Shirley Bassey tracks

I remember (& liked) the one by Shirley Manson (the Garbage singer), but what film was it??


Absolute James Bond (http://www.ajb007.co.uk/index.php?topic=25022) has had the poll as welll

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: thermidorthelobster on August 05, 2006, 16:01:04

Shirley Manson did The World Is Not Enough, I think.  I'm not going to look at your link in case it biases me :)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: dew1911 on August 05, 2006, 16:07:30

I'm going to go slightly off track here. The best has to be Live and Let die, but not the McCartney version, but the cover of it done by Guns N Roses.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 05, 2006, 16:12:24

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

Shirley Manson did The World Is Not Enough, I think.  I'm not going to look at your link in case it biases me :)

That's the one



I like Shirley, but digressing, the sexiest voice in music is Cerys Matthews (ex- Catatonia)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: UDTrev on August 05, 2006, 16:50:20

I'm waiting to get slapped - Duran Duran, A view to a kill :)

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Trev

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 05, 2006, 17:03:25

I'm listening to Stuart Maconie on Radio 2, & co-incidentally, at this very moment he's playing 'The Living Daylights' (by A-ha)

He's also called it a good song( :shock: ), but a terrible film, saying he prefered 'View To A Kill'

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Jake on August 05, 2006, 17:09:52

I liked View To A Kill but my favorite has to be Live And Let Die
Rocking!
 8)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Baby_Rhino on August 05, 2006, 17:33:31

i did like the song "diamonds are forever"  :D

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: C C on August 05, 2006, 20:01:25

Quite like Goldfinger myself.

Looking forward to Goldfrapp performing the Casino Royale theme-tune.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: suzota on August 05, 2006, 20:37:04

live and let die.

but i love the guitar theme used in all the films.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: TDi90 on August 05, 2006, 20:43:14

hi suzo, its me ;)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: strapping young lad on August 05, 2006, 21:00:00

tom jones thunderball isnt one that springs to mind but is quite loud on the film

have you heard moby's version of the james bond theme?

bloomin class

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: TDi90 on August 05, 2006, 21:16:41

no?

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: bullfrog on August 05, 2006, 21:45:52

Someone did a james bond upbeat album a while back ?
Cant remeber who it was.
They did the anthems etc and jazzed them up with modern beats etc.
I always liked never say never (remake I know)
live and let die was a good theme too.
The are showing bonds best baddies at mo on tuesday nights

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: suzota on August 05, 2006, 21:54:07

best baddie.




blofelt from you only live twice.


best bond shaun connery

best bond girl ursela andress

best gadget aston martin db5 from goldfinger

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 05, 2006, 22:29:54

Quote from: "suzota"

best baddie.
blofelt from you only live twice.

Elliot Carver (Johnathon Pryce) from 'Tomorrow Never Dies', Rupert Murdoch gone bad :lol:
Alex Trevelyn (Sean Bean) in GoldenEye as a traitor

Quote from: "suzota"

best bond shaun connery

Probably, as he was the first to be associated
I think Dalton was better than the reviews he got
Number one (for SWMBO) was Pierce Brosnan, as he was suave enough, handsome, active & a good actor

I'd liked to have seen Colin Salmon(?) as Bond, or Hugh Jackman (but is he too closely linked to 'Wolverine' now??)
Vigor Mortensson (Aragorn in 'Lord Of The Rings') would work well as he's got the intensity

Quote from: "suzota"

best bond girl ursela andress

Yes, but most of them were memorable
Honor Blackman as P u ssy Galore
Diana Rigg in 'On Her Majestys Service' (more memorable as Emma Peel In 'The Avengers')
Samantha Bond as Moneypenny
Halle Berry as Jinx in 'Die Another Day' :(biglove):

Quote from: "suzota"

best gadget aston martin db5 from goldfinger

Got to agree, I think (& resurrected for GoldenEye), but how about the 'Q-Boat' (The World Is Not Enough)







Film Listing (http://www.ajb007.co.uk/films/)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on August 06, 2006, 05:36:10

"We have all the time in the world", Louis Armstrong. Think it was used in On Her Majestys Secret Service.

I still like the original Casino Royale which spoofed Bond in the 60's, long before Mike Myers with the Austin Powers series.
 David Niven, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen as various James Bonds.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: strapping young lad on August 06, 2006, 07:27:13

gadget?

hows about little nellie?

or the aston in die another day.. or the jag in that for that matter with the wing mounted guns

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Jake on August 06, 2006, 09:26:36

Quote from: "strapping young lad"

gadget?

hows about little nellie?

Little Nellie was brilliant!!
So small and cute with fire power!!
 8)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: bezzabsa on August 06, 2006, 10:51:02

Quote from: "C C"

Quite like Goldfinger myself.

Looking forward to Goldfrapp performing the Casino Royale theme-tune.

erm .. they arent doing the theme song -its the lead singer from Audio slave..

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: C C on August 06, 2006, 12:18:58

Quote from: "bezzabsa (landieless )"

Quote from: "C C"

Quite like Goldfinger myself.

Looking forward to Goldfrapp performing the Casino Royale theme-tune.

erm .. they arent doing the theme song -its the lead singer from Audio slave..

You could be right. I see the report I read of Goldfrapp doing it has now been denied.


Shame. :(

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Legionnaire on August 08, 2006, 13:17:54

Question - Who played the first James Bond?

Andrew

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: abinitio on August 08, 2006, 13:23:29

David Niven

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Legionnaire on August 08, 2006, 15:11:27

Nope

Andrew

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 08, 2006, 22:39:40

Quote from: "Legionnaire"

Question - Who played the first James Bond?

Andrew

Barry Nelson, according to this list (http://www.ajb007.co.uk/films/)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Legionnaire on August 09, 2006, 06:43:53

Nope, not according to my info (answer coming up later this morning)

Andrew

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: tim_aka_tim on August 09, 2006, 07:28:55

Quote from: "bullfrog"

Someone did a james bond upbeat album a while back ?
Cant remeber who it was.
They did the anthems etc and jazzed them up with modern beats etc.

Propellerheads album Decksandrumsandrockandroll was very Bond-esque, with On her Majesty's Secret Service being superb. Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project is an album full of bond remixes too.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Legionnaire on August 09, 2006, 08:22:24

Bob Holness of Blockbuster fame was the first person to play James Bond!

He played James Bond in the serialisation on Australian Radio and it was pulled after a couple of episodes because the people who made the films bought the rights to it and then went on to make the James Bond films.


Andrew

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 09, 2006, 14:40:42

Quote from: "Legionnaire"

Bob Holness of Blockbuster fame was the first person to play James Bond!
Andrew

I take it that was before he played the Saxaphone on Gerry Raffertys 'Baker Street'? :lol:  :wink:

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Legionnaire on August 09, 2006, 16:17:43

I wodered who played that, now I know.

He was interviewed a few months ago by I cant remember who and was asked about the James Bond thing and told the story about it, one of these things that sticks when you think that mightr come up in a quiz sometime.

Andrew

Best song? Nobody does it better!

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Flowerman on August 09, 2006, 17:21:59

"We have all the time in the World"

closely followed by

"You only live twice".

But, have got to say that anything written by John Barry is good for me. He's written 12 of the Bond themes as well as the music for Zulu, Ipcress File, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves and Born Free.
Man's a genius.

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 09, 2006, 19:06:48

Quote from: "Legionnaire"

I wodered who played that, now I know.

It's only an 'urban legend' apparantly that he played it

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: bezzabsa on August 09, 2006, 19:16:20

MOONRAKER on ITV 4 NOW (7pm)

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: the loon on August 09, 2006, 20:04:19

live and let die
goldfinger
thunderball

The son of a woman I used to work with was a big guns n' roses fan and got very anoyed when he claimed Macca stole there song.
We proved it was gnr who had covered the McCartney original but he still didnt beleve us for about a week

 :roll:

Title: Best James Bond theme?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 09, 2006, 21:00:37

Quote from: "landyloony"

live and let die
goldfinger
thunderball

The son of a woman I used to work with was a big guns n' roses fan and got very anoyed when he claimed Macca stole there song.
We proved it was gnr who had covered the McCartney original but he still didnt beleve us for about a week

 :roll:

My sister in law still swears blind that Whitney Houston wrote the song she destroyed in 'The BodyGuard', but Dolly Parton gets the songwriters cheques