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  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,691
    Live and Let Die.
    It replaces the Bond theme for most of the film, and you barely notice. It's that damn good.
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffsBeatlesSansEarmuffs
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    GeneralGogol wrote: »
    No You Only Live Twice? Live and Let Die then!

    Da, Comrade General! YOLT should have been nominated... Goldfinger is truly iconic ... but I must admit to a bit of a prejudice here: Paul McCartrney's "Live And Let Die" for the win!
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    • Paul McCartney and Wings for Live and Let Die from Live and Let Die
    • Carly Simon for Nobody Does it Better from The Spy Who Loved Me.
    • Shirley Bassey for Goldfinger from Goldfinger
    • Adele for Skyfall from Skyfall
    • Chris Cornell for You Know My Name from Casino Royale

    These choices are insane. A major “BOO” to @dove for forcing us choose just one 😊.

    My admiration for Macca (and Linda) is well documented on these boards, but my vote – given these choices – is “GOLDFINGER.” My late mother was a major Bassey fan and I saw Dame Shirley perform this live at New York’s Carnegie Hall on several occasions. So in keeping with Mom’s wishes…..

    Interestingly, the winner of the recently completed Song Elimination thread – Nancy Sinatra’s YOLT – isn’t among the choices listed. That only goes to show just how many great theme songs there have been.

    BTW: Off the Wall Dream – have all of the living Bond theme song performers play their respective tunes live in concert - together. EON, the balls in your court!
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    GeneralGogol wrote: »
    No You Only Live Twice? Live and Let Die then!

    You Only Live Twice would have gotten my vote as well. Classic Academy snub! ;)
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Of those songs I'd say Carly Simon's is the best. The rest is fine though slightly overrated in my book.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    edited May 2020 Posts: 8,697
    I agee with the critics. Of those you included, I'd consider GF, NDIB, and LALD acceptable choices. But omitting YOLT is a major blunder. It's a definite candidate to be the best Bond theme EVER. But SF is mediocre at best, and YKMN work in context, but is really nothing special.
  • 2Wint2Kidd2Wint2Kidd
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    Nobody Does it Better by Carly Simon because Nobody Did it Better.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It's funny, I wonder why I feel that YOLT does feel 'Bondy' while I feel that Nobody Does It Better doesn't?
    I don't think it's just having Barry involved as I don't think All Time High really feels too Bondish either.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I love the lyrics of you only love twice, I think they’re the best in the franchise personally.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Shirley Bassey for Goldfinger from Goldfinger
    The gold standard in 007 title songs
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
    edited May 2020 Posts: 2,020
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I love the lyrics of you only love twice, I think they’re the best in the franchise personally.
    Agree 100%
    LALD May be the most musically groundbreaking but its lyrics are nothing to write home about.
    YOLT’s lyrics have an ominous and mysterious quality about them that complement perfectly the exquisite music. The lyrics are vague enough without being silly.
    I may add that DAF would have also been a prime candidate for best song as its lyrics are also among the best in the Bond canon and it features Bassey’s most accomplished vocal performance out of her 3 Bond themes.
    But I guess only one Bassey song was allowed and obviously it had to be the most iconic of all.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Time for me to defend my honour here. Yes it was difficult to come up with the 5 best. I tried to select different eras and different types of themes. I was really close to putting YOLT on the list, but then thought YKMN is so well loved that if I didn't have it people would revolt.

    As always I enjoy some controversy with this thread! Thanks for the thoughts and ideas! If you have a Bondie or Klebbie idea please PM me. Keep it to 5 candidates in order to have a challenge for the academy!
  • Agent_OneAgent_One Ireland
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    I love all of these, but I guess I'll go with You Know My Name.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    I’d say @thedove you should never feel you have to defend your nominations. They’re always great and sometimes the controversy is a nice discussion point. ;)
  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I’d say @thedove you should never feel you have to defend your nominations. They’re always great and sometimes the controversy is a nice discussion point. ;)
    I agree with that. And there's nothing outrageous about these nominations, anyway, in that none of them are among what most people consider to be the worst Bond songs.

    My choice is Goldfinger. There is nothing like Shirley Bassey singing "ONLY GOLD!", with the Bond theme going completely nuts in the background. Truly exhilarating.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    R1s1ngs0n wrote: »
    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    I love the lyrics of you only love twice, I think they’re the best in the franchise personally.
    Agree 100%
    LALD May be the most musically groundbreaking but its lyrics are nothing to write home about.
    YOLT’s lyrics have an ominous and mysterious quality about them that complement perfectly the exquisite music. The lyrics are vague enough without being silly.
    I may add that DAF would have also been a prime candidate for best song as its lyrics are also among the best in the Bond canon and it features Bassey’s most accomplished vocal performance out of her 3 Bond themes.
    But I guess only one Bassey song was allowed and obviously it had to be the most iconic of all.

    YOLT’s lyrics are lovely, but DAF’s are a bit silly I think.
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
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    Nobody Does It Better is the popular choice at the DRP karaoke night, although we find nothing gets the party started like A View To A Kill
  • vzokvzok
    edited May 2020 Posts: 4,025
    I’d be choosing between A View To A Kill and Diamonds Are Forever. So Live And Let Die it is.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    GF, YOLT, DAF, LALD, NDIB, AVTAK are probably the top six. I'd throw SF in there but I find it derivative. These six stand on their own.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Nobody Does It Better for the Bondie!!
  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
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    echo wrote: »
    GF, YOLT, DAF, LALD, NDIB, AVTAK are probably the top six. I'd throw SF in there but I find it derivative. These six stand on their own.

    Good observation... all other songs owe a lot to some combination of these six. The other ones that truly stand out are We Have All the Time in the World (although not a main theme), GoldenEye (a huge update in sound production), and Die Another Day (everything about it).


  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Among these, I would give it to Goldfinger.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    thedove wrote: »
    Time for me to defend my honour here. Yes it was difficult to come up with the 5 best. I tried to select different eras and different types of themes. I was really close to putting YOLT on the list, but then thought YKMN is so well loved that if I didn't have it people would revolt.

    As always I enjoy some controversy with this thread! Thanks for the thoughts and ideas! If you have a Bondie or Klebbie idea please PM me. Keep it to 5 candidates in order to have a challenge for the academy!

    @thedove. Don't worry. We're in your debt for putting these things together and allowing us to spout off :-).
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Ladies, gentlemen and parrots we have a close fight on our hands here! Basically a three song race. So lets see if we can't get a definitive winner.

    Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and the Wings with 7 votes
    Nobody Does it Better by Carly Simon with 7 votes
    Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey with 6 votes (I will admit to a bias dear academy members so I am including it in our tie breaker vote. Since I can't vote as the nominating committee I am allowed this small advantage!)

    So who will take the Best Song! You are all allowed to re-vote again. But we know can only chose from the top three songs!
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    edited May 2020 Posts: 3,262
    thedove wrote: »
    So who will take the Best Song! You are all allowed to re-vote again. But we know can only chose from the top three songs!

    The one from the Bond theme song superdiva:

    Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey



  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Still LIVE AND LET DIE for me!
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
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    carly_simon-nobody_does_it_better_s.jpg
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    LIVE AND LET DIE
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
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    LALD
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    LALD
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