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I found these two cards on the sidewalk during my walk this morning:
11 Artists that have not been tapped to record/perform a James Bond Theme that I think should have been:
Artists were chosen based on consistency, quality, suitability to the James Bond sound and ethos, and by virtue of not being a citizen of the United States.
After all, why shouldn't they use a British Secret Service agent to show off music that doesn't originate from the USA?
1) Annie Lennox
2) Depeche Mode
3) The Cure
4) Sting
5) Peter Gabriel
6) Bjork
7) The Who
8) David Bowie
9) George Michael
10) Elton John
11) Gary Numan
By Opening Theme Song:
1) The John Barry Orchestra - "The James Bond Theme" (Dr. No)
2) Shirley Bassey - "Goldfinger" (Goldfinger)
3) Paul McCartney and the Wings - "Live and Let Die" (Live and Let Die)
4) Carly Simon - "Nobody Does It Better" (The Spy Who Loved Me)
5) Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill" (A View to a Kill)
6) Tom Jones -"Thunderball" (Thunderball)
7) Nancy Sinatra - "You Only Live Twice" (You Only Live Twice)
8) Shirley Bassey - "Diamonds Are Forever" (Diamonds Are Forever)
9) aha - "The Living Daylights" (The Living Daylights)
10) The Man With The Golden Gun (The Man With The Golden Gun)
11) Rita Coolidge - "All Time High" (Octopussy)
12) Matt Monro - "From Russia With Love" (From Russia With Love)
13) Sheena Easton - "For Your Eyes Only" (For Your Eyes Only)
14) Tina Turner - "Goldeneye" (Goldeneye)
15) John Barry Orchestra - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
16) Shirley Bassey - "Moonraker" (Moonraker)
17) Gladys Knight - "Licence to Kill" (Licence to Kill)
18) Garbage - "The World is Not Enough" (The World is Not Enough)
19) Sheryl Crow - "Tomorrow Never Dies" (Tomorrow Never Dies)
20) Madonna- "Die Another Day" (Die Another Day)
21) Chris Cornell - "You Know My Name" (Casino Royale)
My rankings of the James Bond films.
By Film:
1) Goldfinger (1964)
2) Octopussy (1983)
3) You Only Live Twice (1967)
4) Live and Let Die (1973)
5) From Russia With Love (1963)
6) Dr. No (1962)
7) Thunderball (1965) / Never Say Never Again (1983)*
8) Casino Royale (2006)
9) Goldeneye (1995)
10) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
11) For Your Eyes Only (1981)
12) Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
13) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
14) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
15) Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
16) A View to a Kill (1985)
17) The World is Not Enough (1999)
18) The Living Daylights (1987)
19) Licence to Kill (1989)
20) Moonraker (1979)
21) Die Another Day (2002)
*Never Say Never Again was not an "official Bond picture". Starring Sean Connery, it was also a remake of the fourth official film "Thunderball" that he starred in 1965.
As I mentioned in my post yesterday I have been listening to the This Week in Geek (TWiG) podcast. Episode #009 focused on everything James Bond.
Here is my list of the best actors in order to have portrayed James Bond in the official Bond films.
By Actor:
1) Sir Sean Connery
2) Sir Roger Moore
3) Daniel Craig
4) Pierce Brosnan
5) George Lazenby
6) Timothy Dalton
When thinking of gifts we search our soul.
Pondering such times as this and whether or not to go.
Sometimes in the search we miss those things smaller,
while examining the bigger picture, including things taller.
I, myself experienced this process.
It was finally clear and concise.
To have found that which to give would be best,
might be to speak of a special couple's wedding night.
The Wedding.
"Go to the outer forest quickly,
I, the wise owl say.
"For today the gods celebrate
a mortal's wedding day."
"Head true and swiftly,
but be sure you go silently.
For the gods may not appreciate,
your attendance so lightly."
The Brownies and Pixies heeded,
the wise old owl's foresight.
They accelerated through the forest,
far faster than they had thought.
Under the ocean above the trees,
A meadow soon came into the light.
They took quite care of bristling leaves,
as they approached very cautiously to achieve better sight.
Ahead appeared a seemingly joyous and loud celebration.
The mighty Thor laughed with thunderous occasion.
The mortals tried, oh yes they truly did, to be happier,
but Thor only succeeded them wielding his Golden hammer.
Zeus threw his bolts of lighting,
into the clear skies above.
But the Brownies rapt attention went out,
to Aphrodite, goddess of love.
She meddled,
perhaps a bit too much,
For in each of her hands,
she held each of the beating mortal's hearts.
She hugged them a little,
and gave them a bloody kiss.
But what happened next,
the brownies and pixies adored most.
The two hearts melded together,
and above everyone they took flight,
traveling further and further,
until both were far from sight.
At this the gods began to softly weep,
But Aphrodite, she did shout,
"Do not grieve those two hearts,
for under my power they shall never part."
The Brownies and Pixies abandoned by fear,
shared among themselves many a grin.
For as they witnessed the wedding,
they found much of its grace in everyone of them.
Traveling home, oh so slowly they did,
As they listened to the forest's howls,
until one day they arrived back at their cozy home,
where they rested among fellows and the wise old owl.
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