Comments on: Types of Bond Songs http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/ No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to blog! Wed, 20 May 2009 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Deborah Lipp http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5695 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:00:53 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5695 “How can you hate anything Bond?” is true for me as well.

]]> By: Zippertuck http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5674 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:38:58 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5674 Just went back and seriously listened to Die Another Day and You Know My Name. I have to admit I don’t hate them as much as I thought I did. How can you hate anything Bond huh? Anyway, I must admit that You Know My Name is a pretty good song, but as a Bond title song it is a little flat. I want more orchestration and classic Bond sounds. It’s so close, but as though someone got lazy when arraigning it. On the other hand Die Another Day is just not my cup of tea, but it’s better then I thought.

]]> By: Deborah Lipp http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5586 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:14:44 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5586 Joe, both of those songs are so different from each other; TWINE is a “classic” sort of Bond song, almost a John Barry song. DAD is utterly different from anything that came before.

]]> By: Joe Bond http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5567 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:49:28 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5567 I find Die Another Day and The World is Not Enough to be two worthy additions to the 007 Title song collection. YKMN is very drab indeed — however, the incidental orchestral versions work tremendously.

]]> By: Zippertuck http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5552 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:22:32 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5552 Please excuse the typo. I meant to type virile. When those fingers get to going lookout!

Persephone, no matter what anyone says I will always find Cornell’s song ball-less, impotent and limp. If you compare the song to our new Bond, well there is no comparison. I am glad you like it and love you have another opinion, but you will never change this mind on that one song. I would love to know what songs they decided not to use just see if they are any better.

Deborah I agree about KD Lang, but since her song is not used in the title sequence I tend to overlook it. I tend to do that with most songs not used in the title sequences. Maybe one of these days I will download all of the non-title sequence songs into my iPod. Needs to be done.

]]> By: Deborah Lipp http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5551 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:20:03 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5551 Oh, I didn’t say anything about Madonna’s voice, which I’ve never liked. But Die Another Day isn’t trying to do anything interesting vocally; all the interest is in the composition and rhythms. Whereas Cornell does try to sing a straight-ahead, this-is-my-voice song, and I don’t think he has the chops. His voice is thready to my ears (and I got Raymond Benson’s agreement on that, teehe).

I liked the Garbage song a lot, and Cheryl Crow, also a less-than-ideal vocalist, did a good job with Tomorrow Never Dies, although k.d. lang buries her.

]]> By: Persephone http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5550 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:05:03 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5550 Personally I think Chris Cornell’s song for the reboot “Casino Royale” was the first song in years (since the days of John Barry, really…) to be genuinely strong and vital (um, not “viral”, Zippertuck, that would necessitate a trip to the doctors). In short, it had balls – and musically it was bold enough to blend beautifully into David Arnold’s full score without its themes being lost. The lyrics were intelligent, too, with deft wordplay and evocative and relevant imagery.

As for below standard vocals – Jesus, Deborah, are you really saying Madonna’s Minnie Mouse squeal is preferable to a flavoursome rock baritone like Cornell’s? I don’t think even Maddy herself would claim to be a better singer, for all her flagrant egotism.

]]> By: Zippertuck http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5548 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:32:20 +0000 http://ultimatejamesbond.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/types-of-bond-songs/#comment-5548 Very interesting post. I like to think of these songs as simply Bond songs. For most of them there is something intrinsically Bond, starting of course with the seminal James Bond Theme. Few of the songs used in the title sequences I would not consider Bond songs. Two of those would be Madonna’s and Chris Cornell’s. You may have grown to love Madonna’s Die Another Day, but I still cannot stand it and is a slap in the face to what I always considered a highlight of the Bond films. Chris Cornell’s song is simply drab and boring and not worthy of being the title song to a James Bond film, especially one so strong and viral. I so wish Eon would go back more to the Bond roots when it comes to title songs. To wonderful songs while being very contemporary while also being very Bond are Garbage’s The World is Not Enough and Sheryl Crow’s Tomorrow Never Dies. They succeeded in keeping younger audiences intrigue while keeping true to the Bond formula.

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