James Bond and Rock Band Connections?

Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
edited November 2015 in James Bond Music
This might seem at first blush to be a bit of a strange thread title/subject but I've been thinking about it a lot over the last while and I can't seem to excise the thought from my mind so I've decided that it was high time that I made a thread about it.

I know there are a range of music experts/musicians etc. here that will be abler to help me but of course this subject is open to anyone who wants to throw in their suggestions. All contributions are equally welcomed, as always!

So, to get down to business what I really wanted to know is are there any interesting connections that you know of concerning James Bond and rock music. This applies to both the literary Bond and the cinematic Bond by the way.

Here are a few obvious ones to get the ball rolling as it were:

Paul McCartney and Wings were the first rock band to do a Bond theme song with LALD. This song was later covered by the hard rock band Guns 'n' Roses in 1991 on their Use Your Illusion double album.

The alternative rock band Jethro Tull were made from a band called The Blades, based on the club Blades in the Moonraker novel where the famous bridge game occurred with Sir Hugo Drax. Raymond Benson wrote a reference book on the band in 2001 and he mentioned this connection in an interview.

I'm sure there are many more. Let's compile a list of sorts. :) -{
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).

Comments

  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Alice Cooper and Blondie both did versions for theme songs that were never used.
    Pulp as well ( OP)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Alice Cooper and Blondie both did versions for theme songs that were never used.
    Pulp as well ( OP)

    Thanks, TP. I'd forgotten about those! :) -{

    Does anyone else want to add to this thread?

    If so, I'd really love to hear from you! -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I have a track by Goldie ,you know the bloke with gold teeth ,its a club type acid drum and bass type of tune ,not quit rock in the true sense ,but a good tune ,
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    always shaken wrote:
    I have a track by Goldie ,you know the bloke with gold teeth ,its a club type acid drum and bass type of tune ,not quit rock in the true sense ,but a good tune ,

    Thanks AS, have you a link to the song? :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    ive got it on a album called the best of BOND james BOND ,its aGolden eye trailer version that was never released performed and produced by Starr Parodi and Jeff Eden Fair (not goldie as I wrongly said)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Scrub that ,forget everything ive wrote ,it was by MOBY not Goldie (James Bond theme by Moby ) sorry guys
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Also didn't Eric Clapton record a version of the Bond themr for LTK, but
    it wasn't used ?
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Then there's that song that came out a while ago now, "I wish I was James Bond..."
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    James Suzuki wrote:
    Then there's that song that came out a while ago now, "I wish I was James Bond..."

    Yes, by Scouting for Girls:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObmXBy2IyaM

    Thanks! :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    The now defunct Welsh nu-metal band Lostprophets (their lead singer Ian Watkins was jailed in December 2013 for 29 years for a series of shocking and depraved sexual crimes against babies/children) covered Duran Duran's A View to A Kill in 2002. It's a rather truncated version of the song and I recall taping it off the radio at the time on some Bond programme or other around the time that DAD was released:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvcYUwJnUsU
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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