Sunday, March 15, 2020

Totally Tunes: You Know His Name

So, you're not getting a James Bond movie soon. I never really cared for that franchise, so I cannot muster enough sadness for y'all fans. But, look on the bright side, you'll have enough time to save ticket money, because late 2020 is packed with movies now (and most likely there will be more scheduled as THE VIRUS spreads around the next months). In the interim, you can spend your free time doing other artsy stuff, like painting, trolling politicians on Twitter, or listening to music. Oh, and what better idea to fill your non-Bond time with than by listening to Bond movie songs?

*snort* via Twitter
Personally, I think the songs are the best part of a Bond movie. Especially back in the day when they were good (looking at you, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish), so every now and then I dust up some Bond Song playlist on Spotify and jam out to the crooning sounds of various artists who dared to do yet another song about how a super spy is a badass and he totes gonna kill you. The latest Bond kickstarted his era with a rockin' piece by the late Chris Cornell:




While his predecessor, Pierce Brosnan, kickstarted his era with Tina Turner, powerhousing through a tune written by Bono and The Edge (I'm very grateful Tina was chosen to perform it, because for some reason I feel U2 would have murdered it!):


A-ha got to do the first track for the Timothy Dalton Bond, something that I keep forgetting for some reason.


The one and only Paul McCartney wrote, and performed through Wings, the song for the first Roger Moore-starring Bond movie, which honestly I usually fail to remember because for me "Live and Let Die" is a totally standalone single that I in no way associate with Bond.


If I'm not mistaken, the first Lazenby (lone one) and Connery movies did instrumental songs, which is great and everything, but is it a Bond song if it doesn't have cheesy lyrics? Discuss.


And now I close with my favorite Bond song, because I'm the article writer and therefore NEENER NEENER, which is the theme to the remarkably camp and totally weird The World is not Enough as performed by Garbage:


And, also ("why, please, stop, Whistler!" - you) this Pulp track that ended up not being chosen for Tomorrow Never Dies, because fuck you MGM that's why.


Okay, so now comes the question part: What's your favorite Bond movie song? Which runner-up song for the theme (like the Pulp one above) you think deserved to be chosen and why?

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