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who doesn't like the FYEO song?!! or All Time High for that matter?
crazy talk.
where did WOTW reach 71? pretty sure it was no.1 in the UK and a lot of other places.
Agree the attack on Kamal's palace is dire. the FYEO climax is better and would have worked well for OP
FYEO song : I don't like
OP song : I do like
WOTW : did indeed reach #1 here in the UK,beating Duran Duran's AVTAK which got to #2.
AVTAK hit #1 in the US though. I think it was the only Bond song to do that.
It does seem strange that no Shirley Bassey song or AVTAK could get to #1 and that howling,wailing mess WOTW did .
Well, if you were to base it on chart position alone, then yes, you could say WOTW beat AVTAK. However, if you were to base it on the actual record sales, then Duran Duran's song would kick Sam Smith's backside from here to oblivion.
Sam Smith has a massive fan base in the UK (God knows why ?!) and with all these digital downloads and other easy ways to access the song,it was bound to get there or there abouts,as @bondsum mentions below.
With AVTAK having to literally be bought in a shop on the high street to register the 'vote' back in 1985,it would have no chance via just records or cassettes.
Sad really.
Which unfortunately doesn't change the history books.
It's very valid re: the decline in hard copy music media over the years. To some extent the same thing applies to movie tickets, but it's masked by the obsession with currency measures to measure box office rather than bums in seats.
On the title song, Cubby Broccoli wanted Laura Branigan to sing the movie's theme song, whose signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 hit single "Gloria" was riding high in the US charts the previous year. It was on the advice of his daughter, Barbara Broccoli, who was a big fan of Rita Coolidge that pushed for the Coolidge songstress to take the helm. Funnily enough, even though the song didn't do well in either the US or the UK, it did perform pretty well on the continent. They always were a funny lot over there.
Anyway, I can still recall seeing the 45 single picture-sleeve on sale in Oxford Street's HMV and not knowing anything about the song. Of course I purchased it without having heard it on the radio or even in the music store, as no one was playing it. Eager to get home and give it a spin, you can imagine my total disappointment when I heard the first few refraining bars. I couldn't believe my beloved John Barry had written such a duff title track!! Of course, I can say this as someone who helped the single reach #75 in the UK single charts. Though I'm willing to bet that had Coolidge had the same fortune as Sam Smith and been released into today's UK market, then she too would also have had a No.1 single. Maybe another way of looking at it, had Sam Smith had the misfortune to have had his single released in 1983 then he would also have only charted at #75 (if that!) We live in strange times.
The pts perhaps?
Love the idea.
All Time High is boring but as I mentioned in my earlier comments, I don't find it offensive or irritating (like I do the sickening WOTW). So I don't mind it. I agree that they could have chosen something a bit more lively.
RE: LALD and AVTAK, Rog started and ended on high paced rock style songs. Both are faves of mine. I love Carly's track too though - lyrically and in every other way. It's become quite iconic and for good reason. It sums up Roger's Bond better than anything else - a fitting tribute to his style and the film.
I agree. Both inoffensive but somewhat forgettable.
What I find offensive about WOTW was that it won the Oscar whereas many far superior title tracks in Bond history weren't even nominated.
It's a filthy business.
Well stated. OP was the last pure "strictly for the fun of it" Bond adventure providing a delightful experience for the viewer.