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[Zorin Industries]

Made you look!!

A few people are mentioning Depeche Mode for the title track to BOND 23*. Their lead Dave Gahan brought this out a year or so back.

Have a listen. It's where I see BOND 23 heading tonally....



[Does anyone else remember some heavy-ish rumours that Depeche Mode were wanted / interested for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Or am I making it up...?].

[Royal Dalton]

When I’m with you Bondy
I go out of my head
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough

[Safari Suit]

A tad too angsty for my liking but very good nonetheless. I would be surprised if they got the job, but happy.

[Cue someone telling me "Bond is all about angst!!"]

When I’m with you Bondy
I go out of my head
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough

[Qwerty]

I'd be up for a Bond song from Depeche Mode.

[Bucky]

I had just mentioned it in the bond theme thread yesterday so i would definitely be up for that. i think they could deliver something that is fresh yet undeniably bond.

[Blofeld's Cat]

They're still together!?

[bond 16.05.72]

They're still together!?

Alive and kicking their new album Sounds of the Universe (released 20.04.09) is very good despite some fans reaction of it being utter rubbish. (see MI6)

Gahan recently had a tumour removed but they are touring as we speak, got tickets to see them in December at the NEC Birmingham, first time since 93 Songs of Faith a Devotion tour.

[Loomis]

When I’m with you Bondy
I go out of my head
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough

Your own personal mission
No more volcano lairs
Nobody cares

Your own personal mission
You give the girls lustful stares
M gives you glares

An angst-ridden moan
With a downbeat tone
A heart of stone
No quips to make you groan
No Q or Moneypenny
It's so audience-unfriendly

Take out all the fun
Reboot the whole run
Reset BOND 21 into number one
Get directors like Marc Forster
Make it dull as ditchwater

Reach out, touch Fleming
Reach out, touch Fleming

[Blofeld's Cat]

They're still together!?

Alive and kicking their new album Sounds of the Universe (released 20.04.09) is very good despite some fans reaction of it being utter rubbish. (see MI6)

Gahan recently had a tumour removed but they are touring as we speak, got tickets to see them in December at the NEC Birmingham, first time since 93 Songs of Faith a Devotion tour.

I only asked because I have not heard anything new from them on the radio since the 80's. Maybe they just have not been that popular here in Oz since.

[Loomis]

[Does anyone else remember some heavy-ish rumours that Depeche Mode were wanted / interested for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Or am I making it up...?].

You are. It was for TOMORROW NEVER DIES.

However, let's also consider some of the other rumours in recent years: Thandie Newton as Vesper, Pulp for the TOMORROW NEVER DIES theme, Saint Etienne for same, Martin Scorsese as the director of BOND 19 (yes, really - it was, I think, Empire that ran that one), dozens of former Bond girls cameoing in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, TWINE culminating in a race to defuse a bomb in the Millennium Dome primed to go off at midnight on 1 January 2000, Pierce Brosnan and Denis Leary in a Bond film about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Elton John for the BOND 20 theme....

And, of course, your favourite and mine: BEYOND THE ICE.

[Zorin Industries]

[Does anyone else remember some heavy-ish rumours that Depeche Mode were wanted / interested for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? Or am I making it up...?].

You are. It was for TOMORROW NEVER DIES.

However, let's also consider some of the other rumours in recent years: Thandie Newton as Vesper, Pulp for the TOMORROW NEVER DIES theme, Saint Etienne for same, Martin Scorsese as the director of BOND 19 (yes, really - it was, I think, Empire that ran that one), dozens of former Bond girls cameoing in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, TWINE culminating in a race to defuse a bomb in the Millennium Dome primed to go off at midnight on 1 January 2000, Pierce Brosnan and Denis Leary in a Bond film about the Troubles in North Ireland, Elton John for the BOND 20 theme....

And, of course, your favourite and mine: BEYOND THE ICE.

Thandie Newton was nearly cast for CHRISTMAS JONES in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, but the part substantially changed so the need for her was less.

Pulp were in a "running" for TOMORROW NEVER DIES and released their not bad song TOMORROW NEVER LIES as a B-side around the time. They could have been shafted as much as KD Lang was in favour of the cowgirl and her pick-up truck lament.

[DominicGreene]

Thandie Newton for next Bond Girl?

[Loomis]

Thandie Newton was nearly cast for CHRISTMAS JONES in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, but the part substantially changed so the need for her was less.

Really? Didn't know that.

Rather than Depeche Mode, I'd prefer The Cure to do a Bond song.

[Zorin Industries]

Thandie Newton was nearly cast for CHRISTMAS JONES in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, but the part substantially changed so the need for her was less.

Really? Didn't know that.

The part was originally a Polynesian insurance investigator that Thandie Newton had been circled for, but when the studios realised the character was too near to Rene Russo's in the then recent THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, the character became some Valley Girl no-one wanted to cast.

[Aris007]

Hell yeah! They can make a very good Bond theme! I'm sure! And the link's track is great. It could have easily been as Bond theme if the title was United Kingdom!

[Ravenstone]

Nah. Ultravox. Their music always has a very atmospheric, movie-like quality.

Plus I'd love to see Midge as Bond in the video Rather like Midge as Indy in Love's Great Adventure.

Bagsy being Midge's Bond girl

[B. Brown]

I thought their newest album was rather weak.

Though, Depeche Mode is a better alternative compared to a duo like Jack White and Alicia Keys.

[tim partridge]

Could Anton Corbijn do the title sequence?

I love 1982-Violator Depeche Mode.



As for Ultravox,

I loved Ure and Strange's score to the original Max Headroom pilot.

[Harmsway]

Depeche Mode? Bah.

Muse, all the way, with just a touch of "Supermassive Black Hole."

[Ambler]

Bring back Propaganda. The Teutonic twist on Abba.

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Dark toons for dark times.

[tim partridge]

Kajagoogoo have just reformed...

[Safari Suit]

Yeah, and I'm totally not going to see them when they pass through my town in Septemeber

I've seen and met the Uremeister BTW

[Ambler]

How about a reformation worth seeing?

The mighty Magazine.

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

[Ravenstone]

I've seen and met the Uremeister BTW

And now I'm incredibly jealous

[Qwerty]

Muse, all the way, with just a touch of "Supermassive Black Hole."

That could be fun.

[Skudor]

DM would be kinda cool I reckon. I'm all for it.

[quantumofsolace]

Depeche Mode? Bah.

Muse, all the way, with just a touch of "Supermassive Black Hole."

No thanks. Muse are just a second rate Radiohead.

[DaveBond21]

They're still together!?

Alive and kicking their new album Sounds of the Universe (released 20.04.09) is very good despite some fans reaction of it being utter rubbish. (see MI6)

Gahan recently had a tumour removed but they are touring as we speak, got tickets to see them in December at the NEC Birmingham, first time since 93 Songs of Faith a Devotion tour.

I only asked because I have not heard anything new from them on the radio since the 80's. Maybe they just have not been that popular here in Oz since.

They have been less popular here in Australia, than the rest of the world, that is true, but 1997's Ultra reached No. 7 down under, their best ever album chart position in Oz.

[bond 16.05.72]

Depeche Mode? Bah.

Muse, all the way, with just a touch of "Supermassive Black Hole."

No thanks. Muse are just a second rate Radiohead.

I used to think that but I think they've got their own sound now but the first 2 albums are definitley R/H rip offs. Personally they don't do much for me although some of their singles have been good.

Radiohead are in a completely different class, muse are still playing catch up.