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[Ozzman313]

1960's - Frank Sinatra (maybe From Russia With Love)
1970's - Alice Cooper (original version of Man With The Golden Gun)
1980's - Billy Idol (License To Kill)
2000's - U2 (instead that awful Another Way To Die)

in my opinion OHMSS had the worst singer and music, the only exception being the main titles

[BlackFire]

There're no good artists anymore, bring back ABBA or the Beatles... or even the Backstreet Boys.

No seriously, this times lack talent IMO.

Sometimes I think Rihanna or Beyoncé and then I say no please. Fergie is on my mind sometimes but don't know.. they should give her some good lyrics.

No Robbie Williams please, I like him but not for Bond.. but then I don't know much about British music/artists.

Edited by BlackFire, 09 December 2008 - 02:56 AM.

[Harmsway]

No seriously, this times lack talent IMO.

Only if you're looking in the wrong places. We still have bands like Muse and Radiohead at the top of their game.

[darthbond]

Massive Attack

darthbond

[DamnCoffee]

I would have really loved an Elvis Bond song. He would have probably done a brilliant version of You Only Live Twice or The Spy Who Loved Me. If he hadn't of died, I think he would've done a fantastic rendition of Moonraker aswell.

[Bradley De La Cloche]

QUEEN.
'Nuff said.

[Ozzman313]

who the hell listens to ABBA? John McCain?


IDK if Elvis would've been a good choice...a bit to cheesy later in his career

[SolidWaffle]

McCain doesn't listen to ABBA, he thinks Bach is modern music.

Sorry for the politics.

Anyway, yeah, no backstreet boys. I think that if you are a male group and you do a Bond song you should at least sing like you have a pair.

[Vanish]

Depeche Mode

Massive Attack

Garbage (because they made an average-to-forgettable song, not a great one.)

[Matt_13]

WHAM!

[Syndicate]

Celine Dion

Harry Connick Jr

The Cranberries

Sting

The Who

Vanessa Williams

Mariah Carey

Phil Collins

Hopfully in the future they will get the chance do one.

[Bondian]

That chick from 'M People'. Can never remember her name.

[SpyGal006]

I think Duran Duran should do another title song (last album Red Carpet Massacre has some great songs). They rightly ripped Madonna for doing Die Another Day (embarrassing) and said that they should give it back to the English. (Can't argue with that.) Hated Chris Cornell's song...but Jack White/Ms. Keys...nice!!!

I agree that Frank Sinatra could have done a great one.

[Ozzman313]

How the hell was Another Way To Die good??? The song sucked, the instrumental is far better in my opinion.

and by the way "Syndicate" I laugh at your choices!!!

Edited by Ozzman313, 10 December 2008 - 10:57 PM.

[Number Six]

Last Shadow Puppets?

Edited by Number Six, 11 December 2008 - 02:31 AM.

[Vauxhall]

That chick from 'M People'. Can never remember her name.

Heather Small. She's fantastic.

and by the way "Syndicate" I laugh at your choices!!!

That's nice. Then again, I believe several of us are in hysterics that you suggested Louis Armstrong was the worst singer ever to perform a Bond theme. Opinions, you see...

[Bondian]

That chick from 'M People'. Can never remember her name.

Heather Small. She's fantastic.

Thank you, Vaux.

[Ozzman313]

I question the movie producers decision on some of the artist they've hire to do Bond themes such as....

-"The Man With The Golden" by Lulu (who the hell was Lulu??? I know she did "To Sir With Love", but this song is god awful and cheesey. They rejected Alice Cooper's much better version just because they assumed it was about private parts...even though its pretty damn obvious in the opening titles and in the movie that its kind of a phallic symbol)


- "We Have All The Time In The World" by Louis Armstrong (he sounds sound like hes was vomiting his lung up and had a sore throat...bad singer, great lyrics)

- "Never Say Never Again" by Lani Hall (I gotta admit I love both the original and offical version, but its a shame they couldn't use both)

- "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Sheryl Crow (ehhh its ok, but to me its not very memorable..."Surrender" should've been the main theme)

- "Another Way To Die" by Jack White/Alica Keys (no comment, just downright terrible)

[Bradley De La Cloche]

- "We Have All The Time In The World" by Louis Armstrong (he sounds sound like hes was vomiting his lung up and had a sore throat...bad singer, great lyrics)

I'm not sure if he could help that, SINCE HE WAS DYING AT THAT POINT.

[Ozzman313]

damn, never knew that...

[Number Six]

"Never Say Never Again" by Lani Hall (I gotta admit I love both the original and offical version, but its a shame they couldn't use both)

Lani Hall would've done a great job about 14 years before NSNA. Unfortunately, she was brought down by an awful song and being sort of out of her element, I think.

I just realized that Lani sang on both the theme to the second unofficial Bond, and a top-selling cover of a song from the first unofficial Bond (I prefer this one to the Dusty version):

[Ozzman313]

You mean this version of NSNA???

http://jp.youtube.co...h?v=Bbd717WKYwE

[Fro]

The one thing that ties all the great Bond themes together besides the obvious jazz influences is the Broadway influence.

Lionel Bart, Barry, Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, Don Black, Marvin Hamlisch, and Hal David all wrote musicals. Paul McCartney definitely could have quite easily. That group has had a hand in every great Bond theme.

I'd commission Adam Guettel, Jason Robert Brown, Duncan Sheik, Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken, Henry Krieger and anyone else I could get (even some of the older folks like Sondheim, Hamlisch, and Lloyd-Weber) to write a bond theme and then pick the best one.

Just a matter of getting the ducks in a row on that front and then you can pick the best voice to go along with the song (whether a music star, the latest X-Factor/American Idol winner, or a broadway star) and a producer to make a hipper version if you want.

Also would be fantastic Oscar bait, like this Sondheim song from "Dick Tracy".

Edited by Fro, 13 December 2008 - 05:18 PM.

[Ozzman313]

[quote name='Fro' date='13 December 2008 - 11:50' post='972339']
The one thing that ties all the great Bond themes together besides the obvious jazz influences is the Broadway influence.

Hmmm I just realized that most of Roger Moore's Bond film have alot of Jazz in the title songs
If you ever heard one of the Demos for AVTAK you can hear a Saxophone

[Number Six]

You mean this version of NSNA???

http://jp.youtube.co...h?v=Bbd717WKYwE

Nope. I meant NSNA as an unofficial, non-Eon Bond movie in general. Hall also sang on a version of Look of Love from the other non-Eon Bond movie, Casino Royale, when she was with Sergio Mendes and the Brasil '66.

[Ozzman313]

Ah, I see what you mean....does that mean you don't count NSNA?

[Santa]

A recent conversation has reminded me of a great band who could have done a fantastic Bond song: Suede. An unusual choice, I know, but it could have been soooooooo good. I expect to get flamed for this.

[Jose]

Kasabian
Brazilian Girls
Maybe Led Zeppelin at one point? Remember how epic "Kashmir" is.
Or just Jimmy Page, or JPJ solo. Paul McCartney did.
Muse

Hmmm.

I don't mean to be a dick or anything but now that I think about Paul McCartney doing "Live and Let Die" and given the obviously blaxploitation influenced plot, Curtis Mayfield could've done a Bond song (or scored that particulat movie himself). After all, he did Super Fly and that movie's got some badass music. We'll never know.

[DarthLarry]

My top pick would be U2. Goldeneye doesn't count, since they only wrote it (nothing against Tina Turner). I've always thought that their song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a perfect Bond song. Too bad it was wasted on a Batman movie (pre-Chris Nolan)

Others who I think would do a great job: Radiohead, Keane, Snow Patrol, Portishead, even Coldplay. I would actually be curious to hear what Sigor Ros would do. It might not fit, but at least it would be interesting.

[bond 16.05.72]

I question the movie producers decision on some of the artist they've hire to do Bond themes such as....

-"The Man With The Golden" by Lulu (who the hell was Lulu??? I know she did "To Sir With Love", but this song is god awful and cheesey. They rejected Alice Cooper's much better version just because they assumed it was about private parts...even though its pretty damn obvious in the opening titles and in the movie that its kind of a phallic symbol)


- "We Have All The Time In The World" by Louis Armstrong (he sounds sound like hes was vomiting his lung up and had a sore throat...bad singer, great lyrics)

- "Never Say Never Again" by Lani Hall (I gotta admit I love both the original and offical version, but its a shame they couldn't use both)

- "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Sheryl Crow (ehhh its ok, but to me its not very memorable..."Surrender" should've been the main theme)

- "Another Way To Die" by Jack White/Alica Keys (no comment, just downright terrible)

Just goes to show, I think this is one of the best songs of the series, Armstrong's voice just gives the song more weight. The music is divine as well, some of Barry's best.

Heather Small, don't make me laugh, that voice would shatter glass.

Some of you slag off White's effort then suggest MOR tosh like Small and beggars belief! Celine Dion

I'd be scared to see you music collections if this is a sign of it, yes I am a music snob.

U2, Depeche Mode but Massive Attack & Portishead would be my ideal choice, certainly not the bloody Killers!