Now, you're right about those ones, allthough you mix chart positions of albums AND songs at will. All Bond songs from the Connery-era never entered the top 15:
--> Goldfinger: peaked at no# 21
--> Thunderball: peaked at no# 35
--> You Only Live Twice: peaked at no# 44
--> Diamonds Are Forever: peaked at no# 38
--> The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again and All Time High did even worse (Hence the fact that 'Moonraker' financially, and with inflation correction, is one of the most succesful Bond films in history, but the song 'Moonraker' didn't even enetered the charts!)
I call those...moderate successes. And you tend to forget it's only the peak position of one week. Before and after peak positions, Bond songs do rarely that good for several weeks or months. And it's a fact that 'TWINE', 'TND' and 'AWTD' barely got in the top 10 for a nice period of time.
So don't overestimate Bond songs as sole chart successes. The Beatles, Elvis Presley, ABBA and nowadays Britney, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga do/did so much better without Bond...
But hey, we're overdiscussing some minor aspects that you actually brought up. In essence I just want the best for Bond. And as I have already stated before, I think it's time both producers and composers stick together and will put their stamps on Bond 23. David Arnold should have full creative control over it. And I think most, NOT ALL, but most Bond fans don't mind to see Dame Shirley Bassey back for one more time.
Or....you want to see a song like 'Another Way To Die' again?
And I thinkkk.....Moses had never anything to do with Bond films. He didn't even write an entire song, only carved two stone tablets .
Actually it was three.
Really? Well, the Flinstones-era is gone now
Edited by Gustav Graves, 12 November 2009 - 12:41 PM.