Sunday, December 24, 2006

Top 5 James Bond Theme songs

Usually I don't like to post things that you could easily find on any of seventeen to one hundred and sixty thousand other web pages ("Here's some restaurants in Portland, Oregon! Just in case you never heard of Google!"). But I was driving home from Boston today and two of these songs came on the radio. That put the topic in my head, and I've got nothing better to post, and I'm tired.

Plus I'm hoping something Bond related will put Cousin Steve in a better mood. (Turn that frown upside down!)

So here are pretty much the only 5 Bond themes I can remember enought to hum at least the chorus ("He's the man, the man, with the zinky touch!" ...from the theme to "Zincfinger," a lost Bond film that George Lazenby tried to produce on his own to put on YouTube. Joke actually ripped off from Flaming Carrot Comics.):

5. For Your Eyes Only -- Sheena Easton
4. Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me) -- Carly Simon
3. Casino Royale (1967) -- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
2. Goldfinger -- Shirley Bassey
1. Live and Let Die -- Paul McCartney & Wings (apologies to Penn Jillette)

*The James Bond Theme -- John Barry/Monty Norman is also excellent, but does not meet the requirements for this list.

The Worst:
The Living Daylights -- a-ha
(Presumably; it doesn't exactly remain in your head; I don't remember it at all...)

Honorable Mention:
Thunderball -- Tom Jones
Just because Tom Jones is so damn cool.

I also kind of liked "View to a Kill" by Duran Duran, but am too ashamed to admit it. (Duran Duran?)

And here's this:



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2 comments:

I Ain't No Oprah said...

You Only Live Twice and From Russia With Love both have GREAT title songs.

And Diamonds Are Forever.

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