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Ranking the Bond songs (main theme & end title)


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Poll: Favorite Main Title Song

Favorite Main Title Song

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#1 Qwerty

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 04:03 AM

Mine is Moonraker. Shirley Bassey makes that song literally out of this world. Always liked it.

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 04:14 AM

I have to go with Carly Simon and Nobody does it better. What more can I say, the title says enough!

Live and Let Die is a close second.

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 04:31 AM

Diamonds ARE Forever for me. My theory is Goldfinger is too brassy and Moonraker is too slow.DAF is a perfect blend, not alot of brass but enough to keep them satified.

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 04:36 AM

Mine is Moonraker. Shirley Bassey makes that song literally out of this world. Always liked it.

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I agree, but I've got to share it with "From Russia With Love"!.

Carol ( when we're playing the themes in the car" sings along with Shirley, and the whole number seems to make more sense. Carol can sing these themes so well, and adds an uncanny harmony to this song. :)

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 08:26 PM

I've got to hand it to the song From Russia With Love, I used to find it quite boring.

Of course it's not a huge Bond song, as it was before Goldfinger and all, but it's a good song.

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 10:04 PM

I've lately found myself listening to From Russia with Love entirely too much. I think right now it's my favorite. My close seconds are TLD, DAF, Nobody Does it Better and TND.

Of ocurse, the main theme is usually on whenever I am driving, either the original or one of the techno versions if I'm feeling frisky.

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Posted 10 November 2004 - 10:49 PM

My favorite is A View To A Kill, it gets me every time. Although worth mentioning are On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, and Nobody Does it Better.

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 03:48 PM

Nobody Does It Better is my favourite - it's virtually the perfect Bond song. Having said that, I've found myself humming From Russia With Love all weekend!

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 04:07 PM

My favorite is Live And Let Die.

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 04:08 PM

The only thing I do like about Licence To Kill is the song, which sums up the entire Bond universe, unlike most of the others. It has ALL the characteristics that Bond himself has.

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 04:09 PM

Nobody Does It Better is my favourite - it's virtually the perfect Bond song. Having said that, I've found myself humming From Russia With Love all weekend!

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Both good choices. Welcome to CBn Nelson David George!

#12 Neil S. Bulk

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 05:20 PM

Goldfinger.

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Posted 14 November 2004 - 10:12 PM

License to Kill is a great song and a great movie, and there are a lot of other memorable songs that are great like FRWL, LALD, AVTAK, and GE, but Nobody Does it Better gets my vote because it's just so beautiful.

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Posted 30 November 2004 - 03:59 PM

i don't think anything beats the bond theme song. it's a classic that would beat all the rest

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Posted 02 December 2004 - 02:35 AM

Honestly, "On Her Majesty's Secretice" is my favorite theme song, but I gotta give a shout out to "The Man with the Golden Gun" because it was the FIRST Bond movie and theme song that I ever heard...

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#16 Twine29

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Posted 02 December 2004 - 02:37 AM

Sorry fot the typo, I meant, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

#17 Qwerty

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Posted 02 December 2004 - 02:50 AM

Just so you know Twine29, at the bottom of any post you make is an "edit" button which you can click to make changes to the post and then re-post it. :)

#18 Twine29

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Posted 02 December 2004 - 05:19 AM

Thanks Qwerty,

I really appreciate that!!!

Thanks for the help, It's nice to feel apart of such a COOL forum!!!

peace-out, and thanks again...

#19 Qwerty

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Posted 02 December 2004 - 12:03 PM

Not a problem.

#20 Brian Flagg

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Posted 11 December 2004 - 02:35 AM

I went with "For Your Eyes Only." Thereby betraying me as a child of the 1980s, even if it's only the first half of that decade I really like, but I digress...

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Posted 11 December 2004 - 05:58 PM

I voted for "A View to a Kill", with "Live and Let Die" with a close second.

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Posted 25 December 2004 - 11:06 PM

OHMSS is a real fav. (voted for it), then we have 'A view to a kill' (But I like the soundtrack more than the title)

'For your eyes only' and 'Goldfinger' is really good too!

#23 Qwerty

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Posted 26 December 2004 - 03:54 AM

While this is a newer poll, we have Nobody Does It Better in the lead at the moment. Keep the votes coming everyone!

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Posted 18 January 2005 - 01:08 AM

my fav would be between OHMSS and AVTAK

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Posted 18 January 2005 - 01:32 AM

Diamonds ARE Forever for me. My theory is Goldfinger is too brassy and Moonraker is too slow.DAF is a perfect blend, not alot of brass but enough to keep them satified.

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Hear, hear! The atmospheric quality of the song is mesmerizing. And the lyric is so pointed and emotional. It sounds like a woman who has been betrayed by Bond. I mean, to hear Bassey sing, with balls out, "I don't need love!" That's powerful as hell.

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Posted 18 January 2005 - 05:54 PM

The Living Daylights is mine favourite with Nobody Does it Better as the 2

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Posted 18 January 2005 - 11:25 PM

I voted for Garbage. Hahaha :)
The song that should've been the title song to one was
"If There Was A Man" by Chrissie Hynde from the Living Daylights soundtrack.
That's my true favorite. :)

I'm a little wary of what the next theme song will be for Bond 21. They sometimes seem to pick whoever is hot at the moment. If they ever pick JLo to sing a Bond song, I'll leave this country to go be a hermit. Hahaha. :)

Edited by Xenia_Onatopp, 21 January 2005 - 11:32 PM.


#28 Qwerty

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Posted 19 January 2005 - 12:04 AM

I voted for Garbage.  Hahaha :) 
The song that should've been the title song to one was
"If There Was A Man" by Chrissie Hynde from the Living Daylights soundtrack.
That's my true favorite.  :)

I'm a little wary of what the next theme song will be for Bond 21.  They sometimes seem to pick whoever is hot at the moment.  If they ever pick JLo to sing a Bond song, I'll leave this county to go be a hermit. Hahaha.  :) 

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I really hope we don't see her chosen.

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Posted 22 January 2005 - 02:40 PM

I am kinda surprised that no one voted for the James Bond Theme, which for me continue to purchase the all the albums. I voted for TND, really liked to use of the instruments and brought back the guitar which some strings. Sheryl Crow was reasonable, I liked the jazzy voice, Bond finally has some good jazz.

#30 Qwerty

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Posted 22 January 2005 - 06:43 PM

I am kinda surprised that no one voted for the James Bond Theme, which for me continue to purchase the all the albums. I voted for TND, really liked to use of the instruments and brought back the guitar which some strings. Sheryl Crow was reasonable, I liked the jazzy voice, Bond finally has some good jazz.

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As per the James Bond Theme, I have to agree with you, but perhaps some fans see it in a different light than all of the other main title songs, as it's the iconic Bond song.