David Bowie Title Song

ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
in General James Bond Chat
Has anyone thought of David Bowie doing a theme in the past? I've always felt he has the Bond voice.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Bowie has many fans here and he has been suggested before as a possible Title
    artist.
    I wouldn't be his biggest fan But feel they could do far worse. And infact have done
    many times. :))
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  • WordsAndDreamsWordsAndDreams Posts: 93MI6 Agent
    A Bowie Bond theme would be a dream come true.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    WordsAndDreams wrote:
    A Bowie Bond theme would be a dream come true.

    Highly unlikely now that he has retired. Which is a great shame.
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Long time Bowie fan here. Would love for him to have written and performed a title song. I've long thought that The Man Who Sold The World would have been a very good Bond theme.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Well, his Hearts Filthy Lesson was used for Seven, and very good too. Bowie could do a one-off track for Bond, rather than doing a big, heavy comeback album.

    Of course, Absolute Beginners could be a Bond track and a good title for CR too.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    That said, current word on gossip website popbitch is that Bowie back in London recording a new album. Opportunity knocks!
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    That said, current word on gossip website popbitch is that Bowie back in London recording a new album. Opportunity knocks!

    Really ? I do hope that that is true...the last news on him was that he had definitely retired and was happy to be around whilst his daughter grows up....
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Oh hang on, not album, rehearsing for world tour. Even less likely frankly, if his health isn't great, but financial worries it says.

    Why not? It worked for Michael Jackson.
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    I've probably been Bowie's biggest proponent here. It would be fantastic to hear him do a Bond theme. Glad to hear he's recording again, if true. He's my favourite solo artist.
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Love Bowie and have saw him live a couple of times and yes he would have done a great Bond theme,but the one artist I would have loved to do one was Nat King Cole.
  • LukeLuke USAPosts: 99MI6 Agent
    I fantasize an alternate 70s in which Moonraker was made in an off-kilter, Ziggy Stardust-meets-Labyrinth style in which Tim Curry plays Drax, while Bowie plays his insane musical henchman from outer space.
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  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    With Bowie making a comeback, anything is possible...
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Like pretty much everyone else, I think David Bowie would be a great choice.

    As an aside, my favorite Bowie albums are Lodger and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).

    Also, it's worth mentioning that David Bowie was the first choice to play Max Zorin.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Seems many AJBers love Bowie, But he leaves me cold. A couple of good songs
    over the years but too experemental at times for me. Although he couldn't be
    any worse than "Another way to die " :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Seems many AJBers love Bowie, But he leaves me cold. A couple of good songs
    over the years but too experemental at times for me. Although he couldn't be
    any worse than "Another way to die " :))

    Hahaha oh boy.... I do admit I enjoyed the song more than the movie.

    But I agree on Bowie being too experimental. Not sure if you've heard his new single, "Where Are We Now?" It sure seems experimental to me. Good point!
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Well, he was ciondsidered for thev role of Max orin in the film version of AVTAK, and I think he's suitably bizarre and in vogue to do the next James Bond themne song - they'll probably not go with him, though. Check out his early Deram albums from 1967 - chock full of plenty of weird stuff and bizarro.
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