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non-Bond songs that could have been Bond songs

Started by bryonalston , Jul 11 2004 12:36 AM

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#1 bryonalston

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 12:36 AM

There's countless songs that I've heard that could have easily been a song in a Bond film. For example:

Sweetest Taboo by Sade could have been the Bond song for a third Dalton film, or slightly altered to fit TLD or LTK.

What songs can you think of?

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 01:09 AM

Sting - russians

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 12:38 PM

Most of these would need a bit of tweaking lyrics-wise, but I hear Bond themes in:

JOHN BARRY - opening credits music for GAME OF DEATH (no ifs, no buts, this is Bond music, even though it turns up in a Bruce Lee film)

IAN BROWN - "F.E.A.R"

THE CURE - "Fascination Street" and "End"

ELECTRONIC - "Getting Away With It"

GOLDFRAPP - "Lovely Head"

MORRISSEY - "America Is Not the World" and "I Have Forgiven Jesus"

PET SHOP BOYS - "Dreaming of the Queen"

UNKLE - "Reign"

#4 Brian Flagg

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 01:11 PM

Paul McCartney-- "Big Boys Bickering"

#5 Joyce Carrington

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 02:36 PM

Natalie Imbruglia - Leave me alone

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 02:46 PM

Storm by Grace Jones

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 03:51 PM

Sade - smooth operator

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:06 PM

Queen - Play The Game

str8 up ya'll

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#9 PaulZ108

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:11 PM

Storm by Grace Jones

Exactly what I was going to say. I remember finally getting to the end credits of The Avengers (which is damn near impossible) and thinking "hmm, that could actually work as a Bond theme."

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 06:26 PM

"Kiss by a Rose" by Seal

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 07:59 PM

Toxic by Brittany Spears (love the strings in this) - for The World Is Not Enough.
All Mine by Portishead - for Tomorrow Never Dies.

#12 License To Kill

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 08:08 PM

Storm  by Grace Jones

Exactly what I was going to say. I remember finally getting to the end credits of The Avengers (which is damn near impossible) and thinking "hmm, that could actually work as a Bond theme."

That movie could have been so much better. :)

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 08:10 PM

w00t 800 posts w00t :)

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Posted 11 July 2004 - 08:21 PM

No Doubt - Don't Speak

I've always heard that ND was on the short list of bands considered for TWINE. I actually saw them with Garbage on tour here in LA and it was stellar.

Oh and LTK, congrats on 800 posts. Go for 800 more!

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 12:30 AM

Surrender by Elvis Presley-the beginning of the song kinda sounds like the Bond theme.

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 03:40 AM

Toxic by Brittany Spears (love the strings in this) - for The World Is Not Enough.

I just heard that, I can see where you're coming from with that idea. It's actually somewhat fine compared to some of her stuff.

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 04:43 AM

"Here Comes the Rain Again" By Annie Lennox.

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 06:23 AM

"Chocolate" by Kylie Minogue.

#19 Joyce Carrington

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Posted 12 July 2004 - 08:01 AM

All Mine by Portishead - for Tomorrow Never Dies.

What about Portishead's 'Sour times' then?

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Posted 14 July 2004 - 09:43 PM

Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers

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Posted 15 July 2004 - 06:23 PM

What's with "I Saved the World Today" from Annie Lennox. When i heard the song the first time, it was like a alternative Song for "The World is not Enough".

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Posted 15 July 2004 - 07:18 PM

Scandalous by Mis-Teeq
Kiss By A Rose by Seal

#23 Qwerty

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Posted 15 July 2004 - 07:22 PM

What's with "I Saved the World Today" from Annie Lennox. When i heard the song the first time, it was like a alternative Song for "The World is not Enough".

It wasn't until recently with some of her songs that I realized she has a very suitable Bond title song voice. She could really make something if she ever got to it. Might be a good mix of modern and original style vocals, if that makes any sense.

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Posted 15 July 2004 - 11:19 PM

Robbie Williams - Millenium (Yolt or Twine)
Elton John - Nikita (AVTAK or TLDL)

and Nina Person (& David Arnold) with

#25 Dunph

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 12:05 AM

Hmm.

Most of Portishead's library would make superb Bond songs, All Mine, Sour Times, Glory Box being the outstanding (and most widely known efforts), Sour Times does sample Lalo Schifrin and they've descrived their style as 'Bondesque' in the past so their influences aren't exactly cryptic

I always thought that the Siouxsie and The Banshees/Danny Elfman collaboration for Batman Returns: Face To Face would have made a good Bond song

Mono's Life In Mono samples the Ipcress File (John Barry) and ends up sounding very moodily Bond:

[quote]
The stranger sang a theme,
From someone else

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 07:31 AM

Garbage - Nobody Loves You

Especially because of the twangy Bond-esque guitars at the start and throughout the song, and also the amazing ending to the song.

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 04:24 PM

Scandalous by Mis-Teeq

Oh thankyou for that.

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 04:40 PM

Scandalous by Mis-Teeq

this is reportadly going to be used in the catwoman film

#29 Joyce Carrington

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Posted 16 July 2004 - 05:02 PM

Moloko's 'The time is now' is also nice.

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Posted 17 July 2004 - 07:44 PM

Sting - A Thousand Years
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