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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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#121 DamnCoffee

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 08:12 AM

I've already voted :) so 'You know my Name' Cannot get my vote :P

#122 Qwerty

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 10:55 AM

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#123 SecretAgentFan

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 10:57 AM

I've already voted :) so 'You know my Name' Cannot get my vote :P


Same here! :P

#124 Qwerty

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 10:58 AM

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UPDATE: You Know My Name - Chris Cornell added to the poll choices.



Might need to fix it or something. When I vote for it and hit the vote button. I get an error message saying I didnt click on a button.


Is anyone else who hasn't voted yet getting this problem?

#125 Johnboy007

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 07:27 PM

Cornell is not showing up for me.

#126 Double-O Eleven

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 07:45 PM

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

Here, here. Never understand why it hasn't become a standard. Beautiful and exotic.

#127 JimmyBond

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 10:46 PM

Cornell is not showing up for me.



Me niether, and I really want to vote for that song.

#128 Qwerty

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 10:49 PM

PLEASE READ

OK, so here is the deal: the way this forum is set up is that we can have up to three different questions within a poll, and only 20 options per question.

It therefore creates a problem when I want to have 21 options for this question.

What I think I'll do later tonight is change the poll into two questions: pick your favourite song from Dr. No through The Spy Who Loved Me

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your favourite from Moonraker through Casino Royale

What does everyone think?

#129 JimmyBond

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Posted 25 September 2006 - 05:45 PM

I have a similar problem with burning CD's. When we get to Bond 23, I wont have enough space on one Cd to put all the songs, so I'll have to cut one out. The song I'd cut out would be Dr. No, as it's just the Bond theme I wouldnt need it on a compilation disc, and I don't think it needs to be on here either.

Just my opinion though.

#130 Double-Oh Agent

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Posted 28 September 2006 - 06:58 AM

I'd suggest doing it by eras such as Sean Connery through Roger Moore (Dr. No through A View To A Kill) and Timothy Dalton through the present (The Living Daylights through the present).

The polls may not be perfectly halved as DN-TSWLM, and MR-CR would be, but the various eras would be kept in tact, which might make the polls an interesting case study in comparing them.

#131 RazorBlade

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Posted 29 September 2006 - 05:51 AM

I love the theme from THUNDERBALL. It sets the standard for all Bond themes. I like Chris Cornell's song more than most though.

#132 Qwerty

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Posted 03 October 2006 - 06:16 AM

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I've made an update to the poll so that the Casino Royale title song is now included. Members who have not previously voted in this poll may now vote twice: once to choose their favourite song from Dr. No-Moonraker and their favourite from For Your Eyes Only-Casino Royale.



#133 thecasinoroyale

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Posted 31 October 2006 - 09:22 PM

'A View To A Kill' for me, sounds great and has that...oomph...that many Bond tracks lack. Most of the 80s ones were the best IMO, but now I'm liking the male vocal with 'You Know My Name', making a change for the female vocalists of the last decade!

It has to have that Bond sound...and they have it!!

:)

#134 Qwerty

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Posted 01 November 2006 - 01:29 AM

Welcome to the CBn Forums. :)

#135 the circus

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 01:42 AM

chris cornell gets more votes than lulu, oh my gawd...

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 02:49 AM

chris cornell gets more votes than lulu, oh my gawd...


It is all opinion.

#137 MR. BOND 93

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 02:57 AM

Carly Simon- Nobody Does it Better

Chris Cornell- You Know My Name

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 01:48 AM

OK, my choices were

AVTAK-Honestly, I was never the biggest fan of all the choices in Cat. 2. This is the best of the cake so far, as it's got a nice energy to it. Cornell's is rapidly rising in my opinion though.

Nobody Does it Better-Right from the opening piano melody, the song's just pure class. Definitely the best of the slow Bond songs, although You Only Live Twice is also quite good.

If only "We Have all the Time in the World" was eligable for this. Too bad it isn't technicaly a title song.

Edited by capungo, 10 December 2006 - 01:48 AM.


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Posted 10 December 2006 - 01:49 AM

Live and Let Die and Nobody Does It Better are the best Bond themes to be recorded. You Know My Name is a fantastic follower in their footsteps.

#140 Agent 0015

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Posted 25 December 2006 - 04:02 AM

My favorites have always been Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, and The Living Daylights.

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 01:25 AM

I voted for Tom Jones'Thunderball. The lyrics are incredible. It's a great anthem to the man known as Bond, James Bond. Please, I like how the Bond theme is weaved into the song.

Since I could vote in the era from 1980s onwards as well, I picked John Barry's last one, a-ha's The Living Daylights. It was a close battle with A View to a Kill but ultimately TLD wins by giving me fonder memories of a vastly superior Bond film.

#142 moorebond82

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Posted 26 December 2006 - 02:35 AM

I voted for LALD and TLD

#143 Safari Suit

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Posted 03 January 2007 - 12:16 PM

I voted for A View To A Kill. Why? Because Nobody does it better.

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Posted 08 January 2007 - 10:25 PM

My top songs are...

The World Is Not Enough -- Garbage
The Living Daylights -- A-Ha (VOTED)
A View To A Kill -- Duran Duran
For Your Eyes Only -- Sheena Easton
Nobody Does It Better -- Carly Simon (VOTED)
From Russia With Love -- Matt Munroe

#145 Odd Job

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Posted 19 January 2007 - 01:37 AM

I'd have to go with Live and Let Die with Goldfinger a close second. Great songs from great films.

Until next time

I take my hat off to you

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#146 Geof

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Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:02 AM

CARLY SIMON?!?!? Oh good lord, you silly, silly people.

I chose Live And Let Die & A View To A Kill. Out of the remaining modern pop themes I'd pick The World Is Not Enough, The Living Daylights, and You Know My Name. From the classic/traditional ones I'd choose On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Thunderball, and From Russia With Love (the opening titles theme, not the end credits song.) Carly Simon, geez.

Edited by Geof, 21 January 2007 - 02:03 AM.


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Posted 23 January 2007 - 03:30 AM

I LOVE Nobody Does It Better. The song gives the movie class and also the franchise.

#148 Qwerty

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Posted 23 January 2007 - 03:40 AM

Carly Simon, geez.


What don't you like about her Bond song?

#149 Qwerty

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 02:11 AM

[Moderator's Note: Poll options amended.

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 02:15 AM

You Know My Name

Such a great chorus, upbeat nature. The song also has a meaning behind it also, for once.