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Post by jno on Oct 2, 2015 6:20:40 GMT
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The Worst 20th Century Bond Theme
With NINE to pick from, this week's vote will allow you to pick TWO choices to help determine which one is least favourite overall. There is no fence sitting this week.
and the contenders are...
1974: Lulu - The Man With The Golden Gun
1979: Shirley Bassey - Moonraker
1983: Rita Coolidge - All Time High (Octopussy)
1983: Lani Hall - Never Say Never Again
1987: Aha - The Living Daylights
1989: Gladys Knight - Licence to Kill
1995: Tina Turner - Goldeneye
1997: Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
1999: Garbage - The World Is Not Enough
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Post by ace5150 on Oct 2, 2015 13:31:10 GMT
Not much of a Bond fan so cant vote, but OCTOPUSSY opening scene features the delightful Page 3 model, Corrine Russell.
Don't ask me how I know.......I just do.
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Post by jno on Oct 3, 2015 3:56:37 GMT
Personal least favourite is 'Goldeneye' - the first time I heard that I couldn't believe how high the Bond theme had jumped the shark. I thought Licence To Kill was the first really weak tune but nowhere near as bad as Goldeneye - Tina Turner struts about singing it like it is some classic which makes it doubly worse. I don't think there is a single Brosnan tune I actually like tbh and his films weren't up to much either.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Oct 3, 2015 6:57:30 GMT
Lani Hall and Sheryl Crowe for me - pretty dire stuff. Anyone voting for Moonraker will be getting a visit from Freddie Baker.
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Post by Terry on Oct 3, 2015 7:09:54 GMT
Difficult to decide as I find them all cr*p. They all sound alike , not my taste. Best and nearly only Bond movie I really watched was Casino Royal, but also only after I learned that my current Ford Mondeo had its world premiere in that 2007 movie. Not my cup of tea  |
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Post by plasticpenguin on Oct 4, 2015 1:28:09 GMT
They're all pretty dreadful. Add to the list Duran Duran.
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Post by jno on Oct 4, 2015 5:13:32 GMT
Disagree with that pp - as the 80s kid I liked 'A View To A Kill' and 'The Living Daylights'.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Oct 4, 2015 20:14:12 GMT
I heard that newest Bond theme today.. I thought there was a bird singing with a bloke at first!! Till the person in the car said it was one person..
Totally forgettable with a few Bondian noise swoops chucked in.
It might grow on me but on first listen I don't think anything of it, good or bad, just totally throwaway and unmemorable.
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Post by jno on Oct 5, 2015 6:43:44 GMT
I heard that newest Bond theme today.. I thought there was a bird singing with a bloke at first!! Till the person in the car said it was one person.. Totally forgettable with a few Bondian noise swoops chucked in. It might grow on me but on first listen I don't think anything of it, good or bad, just totally throwaway and unmemorable. I am 100% behind the sentiments expressed in the previous post. Here be it: tinyurl.com/pmx2hng
Even Daniel Craig puts his shades on to disguise himself from it. 
Meanwhile back on topic Lani Hall-née-Alpert is running away with this vote ...
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Post by mybodyguard on Oct 7, 2015 22:25:12 GMT
Disagree with that pp - as the 80s kid I liked 'A View To A Kill' and 'The Living Daylights'. Yes, agreed. The Living Daylights is the best tune on this list, and good call to not have Duran Duran listed here, as it's one of the best Bond themes. |
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Post by jno on Nov 1, 2015 6:45:54 GMT
I was watching the '...sings Bond' BBC documentary yesterday and I never realised that John Barry and A-ha had a minor falling out over 'The Living Daylights' theme, leading to a slightly different album version of the track:
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Post by daz on Nov 1, 2015 9:40:23 GMT
Tina Turner for me. Cannot stand her singing. A few on the list I would chose, but TT tops it for me. The new one by Sam Smith should be a contender also, terrible song.
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Post by Portland Road on Nov 1, 2015 10:03:45 GMT
daz - I agree that the current Bond song by Sam Smith is only typical of the present time, and nothing to get excited about.  |
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Post by maxm on Nov 10, 2015 3:56:19 GMT
Garbage - the appropriately named eponymous option in the list.  |
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Dec 18, 2015 13:23:58 GMT
Lani Hall and Sheryl Crowe for me - pretty dire stuff. Anyone voting for Moonraker will be getting a visit from Freddie Baker. Moonraker is one of my favourites - especially disco Moonraker, I think I will have to go into hiding.  I like them all - but the Garbage one is a bit dull so that is the worst. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on Feb 6, 2016 14:34:43 GMT
The new one by Sam Smith should be a contender also, terrible song. Absolutely awful that song.. I watched Spectre not too long back and had to skip the credits it was that bad! I would definitely have voted for it on here had I not already voted. |
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 26, 2016 15:19:30 GMT
Personal least favourite is 'Goldeneye' - the first time I heard that I couldn't believe how high the Bond theme had jumped the shark. I thought Licence To Kill was the first really weak tune but nowhere near as bad as Goldeneye - Tina Turner struts about singing it like it is some classic which makes it doubly worse. I don't think there is a single Brosnan tune I actually like tbh and his films weren't up to much either. Not a Brosnan fan either. I've seen GoldenEye, which was ok, but Brosnan was totally outshine by Sean Bean. Die Another Day is terrible. Awful Madonna theme and cameo. Cleese also awful and the least said about the invisible car the better. I do like All Time High by Rita Coolidge |
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Post by SunRayD on Jun 26, 2016 20:48:26 GMT
Missed this one completely. Thanks, Zimbo, for bringing it to my attention. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard Writing on the Wall. After the incredible and so very bondish Skyfall it left me... let's say... puzzled. So my winners are Others (Writing on the Wall) Never Say Never Again followed by The Man With The Golden Gun Licence to Kill They being boring, but not as hurting as the other two, missed the final. Living Daylights: How many clichés of Austria can be packed in a couple of minutes of film? A lot! When I first heard the Madonna song I didn't like it a bit. Now I do. I like the film, the opening animation, Brosnan as Bond, Cleese and the Van(qu)ish. But I like GoldenEye, too. So maybe there's something wrong with me in general. Edit: Oops - "must be 20th Century". So the winners are Never Say Never Again The Man With The Golden Gun |
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