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Will never understand how anyone can even dislike YOLT.
Ha, I've got new respect for MR after listening to it at the dentist while having my teeth drilled last year. Suprisingly relaxing.
TND isn't all that bad but its a crime Surrender wasn't used in the final cut instead.
1. DAD- NO Madonna, James Bond does NOT NEED TECHNO! The most gutless and soulless music (if you can call techno music) ever created. It's scary to think that she wrote a better song for Austin Powers.
2. AWTD- I can still take this a lot better in comparison because it's based on rock rather than garbage. It's only when Keys starts wailing the "whoah's" like a wounded animal during the bridge that it gets the total DAD mute treatment the rest of the way.
3. TND- Shameless Beatles ripoff, and not well done either.
4. TMWTGG- I can listen to it, but Lulu herself said it best- she sounds like Ethel Merman here.
5. FRWL/OP- Both have dated terribly, can't decide which one more than the other.
Well said. There's little about AWTD that reminds one of music. YOLT, OTOH, is gorgeous, even if Nancy only just pulls it off.
I don't mind FRWL. It's got a certain nostalgic charm, and Munro sings it well. OP, OTOH, bores me stiff. It's not obnoxious, merely anodyne.
I like FRWL but its certainly very "60s". The sort of song thats on a "Best of the soothing 60s" album that your dad owns.
Well said about Nancy; I think that describes her singing well. Just makes it. Like she had to strain past her natural limited vocal range, or practice a zillion times. I'd really love to hear another singer sing this song - the song itself is so lovely, beautiful arrangement, haunting and fit the film so well. Does anyone know if there is another cover version of YOLT by a good singer ? I'd sincerely like to hear it. Thanks!
If you watch the 'Bonds Greatest Hits' doc on YouTube John Barry describes how she never managed to nail every aspect of it in one take so they had to stitch the final version together from various different takes. To be fair to Nancy in the same clip she says she did the best she could and you can see she's sincere.
Apparently John Barry wanted Aretha Franklin to perform the song, but the producers insisted that he used Nancy, who was enjoying great popularity around this time with her huge hit 'These Boots Are Made for Walking'. 'You Only Live Twice' was recorded with a 60 piece orchestra, and i remember seeing an interview with Nancy Sinatra where she said that she was so nervous at the time, that it took around 30 takes to acquire enough material for the complete song, where Barry edited the song together out of around 25 takes.
A singer named Julie Rogers recorded the title song for the film originally, but it doesnt sound anything like the eventual Bond song. Julie does have a very powerful Bassey type voice, but i much prefer Nancy's version with Barry's beautiful haunting strings..Personally, 'You Only Live Twice' is my most played Bond song, i love it..always have, always will.
Julie Rogers version of 'You Only Live Twice' is available on Youtube..
There's probably not much change from before, but I feel the absolute horror of QOS may stay undisturbed at the top of the 'worst Bond theme' category, for some time to come. Seriously, during a watch (which isn't often), I just fast forward through the opening credits or simply turn off audio. Too much to tolerate in all honesty
It's the very worst, by a long long way!
So there is hope for you after all Shoreline!
Good grief, I can't imagine Franklin singing YOLT. That would have been dreadful. As bad as Knight singing LTK, a far inferior song to YOLT, I hasten to add.
One of my cardinal rules of Bond viewing is to never FF or mute anything. But during QOS' PTS I am SORELY tempted to violate that rule by stabbing the mute button. To listen to that "song" is to suffer grievously indeed.
I think AWTD and TMWTGG are very similar, but I like them both, even if they are composed wholly of doggerel.
It is like Serra is vomiting in my ears.
Another good choice for worst Bond song of all time. I concur.
Yes, that's the one, though I never knew that interesting factoid.
Heh. Oddly enough, I kind of like this one. I've never heard another soul say a good word about it, though. 'Tis a lonely lot.
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