As I was sitting in a chinese restaurant the other day, a 'mu-zak' version of 'For Your Eyes Only' came slinking out of the music system. Surely, Mr. Rhodes realizes that 'A View To A Kill' will never achieve such timeless stature as that! I think he overestimates the caliber of his piece of 80's pop debris...this is 2006. It is time to make way for all-new bad music!
Odd that Barry would have come back for TND if he could have been allowed to do the theme song. But no, they want a modern pop act.
Actually, that was a debate around GoldenEye. Barry was given everything for TND including the right to write the song... There was just tiny financial shananigan that made it impossible.
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
I'm not particularly crazy about 'All Time High,' but I confess to loving Rita Coolidge's voice, in one particular song: "We're All Alone," which I think came out in '78, and is the soundtrack to a special moment in The German's past... ;%
Every time I hear it, I am transported through time...and space...
And that's the magical quality of music- it causes direct effects on the emotions without passing through the filters. Very Proustian, Loeffelholz 8-)(btw, that song came out in '77).
[Looks up from his volume of Proust]
'77...of course you're correct; I was a sophomore in high school. Roll your eyes all you want; the song means something to me.
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superadoRegent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
I really love AVTAK, but the mention of Nick Rhodes makes me think of shrilly teeny boppers.
"...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
You know, I don't think I've ever heard Boz Scaggs' original, though I was aware that he had written it. It's on 'Silk Degrees,' I believe...
Coolidge's voice is part of it for me...but then I also see the face of my date (her name was Karen), and can hear her singing along to it...
That's probably why I have an element of enjoyment for ATH---it did make my mix-disc of Bond themes---her voice recalls 'We're All Alone,' and I'm off to a very good place in my memory.
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"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
All Time High is right up there with For Your Eyes Only on the bleh scale. The song starts, continues, then finishes, and frankly, I can barely remember what happened in between. It's like someone vocalised "insipid".
You just insulted my two favourite songs of the 80's. Personally, I don't think the 80's were a great decade either for Bond films or Bond music, but those two theme songs remain my two favourites of the decade.
Put it this way: recording a Bond theme gets you a place in cinematic music history. Do you think Rita Coolidge deserves to be there?
Well considering that Madonna joined the club with DAD, my answer would be a resounding yes!
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Roll your eyes all you want; the song means something to me.
I was rolling my eyes at myself for using such a word as "Proustian", which I felt could be a tad pretentious (pretentious? moi? )). I fully support your view that a song can take one back to a certain time and place- eg, I've only to hear the opening of Alison Moyet's "All Cried Out" to be back in the 80s at a particular emotional place now bittersweet to me- and wasn't knocking you.
Put it this way: recording a Bond theme gets you a place in cinematic music history. Do you think Rita Coolidge deserves to be there?
Well considering that Madonna joined the club with DAD, my answer would be a resounding yes!
Whatever you think of Madonna's music and her Bond theme, you can't deny that she is an incredibly significant and important figure and artist. With the exceptions of Paul McCartney and Louis Armstrong, no other Bond singer has had so much influence on popular music in the twentieth century. Just look at how much fuss there is right now because she has adopted an African child; can you imagine journalists camping out on the runway to try and catch a glimpse of Morten Haarket's new baby? In fact, Eon getting Madonna to sing the theme was the coup, rather than the other way round.
Rita Coolidge was an MOR artist who is remembered for singing All Time High and being married to Kris Kristofferson - if she's remembered at all. Only Chris Cornell is more obscure (depressingly).
Whatever you think of Madonna's music and her Bond theme, you can't deny that she is an incredibly significant and important figure and artist. With the exceptions of Paul McCartney and Louis Armstrong, no other Bond singer has had so much influence on popular music in the twentieth century. Just look at how much fuss there is right now because she has adopted an African child; can you imagine journalists camping out on the runway to try and catch a glimpse of Morten Haarket's new baby? In fact, Eon getting Madonna to sing the theme was the coup, rather than the other way round.
Rita Coolidge was an MOR artist who is remembered for singing All Time High and being married to Kris Kristofferson - if she's remembered at all. Only Chris Cornell is more obscure (depressingly).
Actually, although I hated DAD, and while I think that Madonna is overrated as a singer, I don't mind some of her music. I also have respect for her individuality although some of the things that she does in her private life incredibly annoys me. My point was, that regardless of fame, I don't really mind that Rita Coolidge has joined the Bond club, considering that I much prefer All Time High to many of the other Bond songs including DAD and Nick Rhodes's beloved AVTAK. Basically, I would rather a good song by a less famous artist (All Time High IMO) than a bad song by a more famous artist (DAD IMO).
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
The worm in my ear loves ATH and FYEO. Poor little nipper.
I guess worms have their own taste as well.
MBE
Had that worm remark in my head after reading your post. All I could think of was The Wrath Of Khan.
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KHAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bond movies missed the boat. They should have had William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy do a theme song. Then we wouldn't have to argue about which one was worst of all.
The Bond movies missed the boat. They should have had William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy do a theme song. Then we wouldn't have to argue about which one was worst of all.
MBE
) I can definitely agree with you on that.
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
What an EGO!
They are so desperate to recapture former glories, its pathetic. And I think all the Bond songs after AVTAK were great. TLD is the best IMO and and the rest are also very good, even DAD I have to admit.
What an EGO!
They are so desperate to recapture former glories, its pathetic. And I think all the Bond songs after AVTAK were great. TLD is the best IMO and and the rest are also very good, even DAD I have to admit.
Still, I would prefer the Casino Royale-AVTAK remix as the title song as the tripe Chris Cornell put out there. In my own opinion of course.
And was Shirley Bassey riding that high when she got the gig? I'm not sure. Maybe she was. I don't think Matt Munro was doing amazing business at the time- they just voices which suited the songs.
As for FYEO and All Time High- yeah, they're always the tracks I skip through if I have my Bond cd on. Where Nobody Does it Better sounds Bondy somehow these just dont.
I like Nobody Does it Better, but for some reason, I always find MYSELF skipping that song on my Bond CD. I have to really be in the mood to hear it.
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Actually, that was a debate around GoldenEye. Barry was given everything for TND including the right to write the song... There was just tiny financial shananigan that made it impossible.
[Looks up from his volume of Proust]
'77...of course you're correct; I was a sophomore in high school. Roll your eyes all you want; the song means something to me.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Coolidge's voice is part of it for me...but then I also see the face of my date (her name was Karen), and can hear her singing along to it...
That's probably why I have an element of enjoyment for ATH---it did make my mix-disc of Bond themes---her voice recalls 'We're All Alone,' and I'm off to a very good place in my memory.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Well considering that Madonna joined the club with DAD, my answer would be a resounding yes!
I was rolling my eyes at myself for using such a word as "Proustian", which I felt could be a tad pretentious (pretentious? moi?
Whatever you think of Madonna's music and her Bond theme, you can't deny that she is an incredibly significant and important figure and artist. With the exceptions of Paul McCartney and Louis Armstrong, no other Bond singer has had so much influence on popular music in the twentieth century. Just look at how much fuss there is right now because she has adopted an African child; can you imagine journalists camping out on the runway to try and catch a glimpse of Morten Haarket's new baby? In fact, Eon getting Madonna to sing the theme was the coup, rather than the other way round.
Rita Coolidge was an MOR artist who is remembered for singing All Time High and being married to Kris Kristofferson - if she's remembered at all. Only Chris Cornell is more obscure (depressingly).
@merseytart
And a resounding "blech" to such egotistical comment as the ones laid out here by Nick Rhodes.
I guess worms have their own taste as well.
MBE
Cheers
KHAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Bond movies missed the boat. They should have had William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy do a theme song. Then we wouldn't have to argue about which one was worst of all.
MBE
@merseytart
They are so desperate to recapture former glories, its pathetic. And I think all the Bond songs after AVTAK were great. TLD is the best IMO and and the rest are also very good, even DAD I have to admit.
Still, I would prefer the Casino Royale-AVTAK remix as the title song as the tripe Chris Cornell put out there. In my own opinion of course.
I like Nobody Does it Better, but for some reason, I always find MYSELF skipping that song on my Bond CD. I have to really be in the mood to hear it.