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It certainly plays a role. In the end, it's as much, if not more, a Paul McCartney song than a Bond song.
There's also that. I know of a few people who didn't even know Guns N' Roses' cover was actually a cover. Let alone that LALD was a Bond song.
Well that's the point, isn't it? It's hardly fair comparing a 1969 film to Top Gun which not only had a part 2 come out just recently, but an ongoing discussion about part 3 as well. I bet half the movie goers of Top Gun Maverick hadn't even heard about the first film until this one came out. And the first part was already 15 years after TBOB.
So yes, for now Top Gun and the Top Gun anthem which is, by the way, blistering good and recognisable, will easily outgun TBOB. But that doesn't take away any of it's recognisability and fame. TBOB is the film that started the preservation of WW2 aircraft. Which resulted in more of them flying now than ever since the end of the war.
And yes, play it at any aviation event, and at least 80% of people will recognise it, young and old.
(funny how the statistics you refer to show that TBOB is searched for most in China. Talking about worldwide recognition ;-) )
EDIT/PS: I just noticed belatedly that this is the "Controversial Opinions About Bond Films" thread. How did we get to Top Gun vs. TBOB?
Even most of the film's defenders would find its climax a lesser aspect, but I very much enjoy it. I think it's a nice set, and I really enjoy Felix joining in too.
Is this the only time, bar the LTK opening, in which we see Felix taking part in the action?
Even the final fight with Largo is quite well done.
In other movies they would spend half an hour in that setting but perhaps here they rushed the matter a bit.
I guess you could say he's more of a desk job intelligence officer rather than a special forces type agent as Bond is, but the films never really make that very clear. Arguably that is until Wright's Felix turns up, and somehow you can feel the difference between them a bit more, especially in QoS.
Tbf my favourite film set of all time is probably the Moonraker launch control room, and that’s on screen for maybe 60 seconds!
Same here. I know several people who had never heard the original before the GNR cover. Let's also not forget the album which the cover features on either. Use Your Illusion I was a very highly anticipated album at the time of release, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and have since been certified 7× Platinum.
Fun fact: the only reason it debuted at Number 2 was because its counterpart, Use Your Illusion 2, was released the very same day and debuted in the top slot. Iconic, if not bloated, albums. If Appetite For Destruction was Goldfinger, then the Illusions are Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
Glad to read that. Casey is my very favourite Felix.
I think I'd put him above Lord to be honest. Lord is more memorable than most but feels like you can tell he thinks he's cool, and him and Bond don't really work that well together for me. Casey is barely in NSNA as you say, but there's a more genial relationship and they do try to make it seem like they're friends.
Very much agree. I don't think there are enough good songs to justify there being two albums, and they're far from the same level as Appetite for Destruction, which to me is GNR's only truly great album. Live and Let Die is obviously among the 'good' songs from the Use Your Illusion albums, of course – and I also prefer it to their cover of Dylan's Knockin' on Heaven's Door, as well.
I don't think it is fair to put DAF and Thunderball on par. I think Thunderball is far superior (and I think both 'illusions' are equally good. I understand it when people say Appetite was their best album, but I can't help but think that's because it was their breakthrough album and it was a bit more rough. But songs lime 'November Rain', 'Coma', 'Breakdown' '14 years' are either musically intricate masterpieces or just really good rock songs.
'Illusions 2' is less consistent, I agree, but far from DAF territory.