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Of course, I just found it very amusing!
1: Diamonds Are Forever
2: Licence to Kill
3: Goldfinger
4: The World Is Not Enough
5: Thunderball
6: The Living Daylights
7: Skyfall
8: A View To A Kill
9: For Your Eyes Only
10: Nobody Does It Better
11: Goldeneye
12: You Know My Name
13: You Only Live Twice
14: We Have All the Time in the World
15: Tomorrow Never Dies
16: From Russia with Love
17: Moonraker
18: Another Way to Die
19: The Man with the Golden Gun
20: All Time High
21: Live and Let Die
22: Die Another Day
John was blue that day.
2. SF (love the integration of the Bond theme. Very haunting song)
3. CR (again love the use of the Bond theme in the opening)
4. OHMSS
5. TB
6. FRWL
....
17. TND
18. DAD
19. AWTD
20. LTK
21. YOLT
22. OP
Nobody does it better- The spy who loved me
For your eyes only
Goldeneye
Skyfall
The world is not enough
Die another day
A view to a kill- A view to kill
Tomorrow never dies
Diamonds are forever
Thunderball
John Barry's on her Majesty's secret service
1. Nobody Does It Better
2. You Only Live Twice
3. A View To A Kill
4. Live and Let Die
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. Licence to Kill
7. The World Is Not Enough
8. The Living Daylights
9. Goldfinger
10. Skyfall
The rest I lump together and avoid.
Live and Let Die (Wings) - classic
The World is not Enough (Garbage) - love the lyrics, how it's sung, guitar
GoldenEye (Tina Turner) - nostalgia hitting in
SkyFall (Adele) - best choice for recent years
Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon) - love the hook
License to Kill (Gladys Knight) - a soft spot for this one (a favorite, but not great)
Middle of the Pack (and could rearrange depending on how I feel at the moment):
A View to a Kill (Duran Duran) - I like how it doesn't try to be too bond-ish
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (John Barry Orchestra) - a little too dated sounding
Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey) - classic
Casino Royale (Chris Cornell) - minus the scream at the end, solid song
Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow) - screechy voice, but good and under-rated imo
You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra) - too bad she sang it, better as an instrumental
Thunderball (Tom Jones) - in yo face!
From Russia with Love (Matt Munro) - start of the classics
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) - nice use of alliteration
The Living Daylights (a-ha) - glad Barry saved this one
The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu) - like
Die Another Day (Madonna) - like the idea, not the execution (but strings save it for me)
Moonraker (Shirley Bassey) - sounds...tired
Cant Stand:
For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton) - blah
Another Way to Die (Jack White and Alicia Keys) - starts great but wtf happened to the chorus
All Time High (Rita Coolidge) - the definition of blah
1. You Know My Name [From Casino Royale] (Chris Cornell)
2. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
3. Nobody Does It Better [From The Spy Who Loved Me] (Carly Simon)
4. A View to a Kill (Duran Duran)
5. Skyfall (Adele)
6. Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings)
7. Thunderball (Tom Jones)
8. GoldenEye (Tina Turner)
9. O.H.M.S.S. Theme (John Barry)
10. Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight)
11. The World Is Not Enough (Garbage)
12. Diamonds Are Forever (Shirley Bassey)
13. You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra)
14. The Man with the Golden Gun (Lulu)
15. From Russia with Love (Matt Munro)
16. Tomorrow Never Dies (Sheryl Crow)
17. The Living Daylights (Ah-ha)
18. For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton)
19. Moonraker (Shirley Bassey)
20. Another Way to Die [From Quantum of Solace] (Jack White & Alicia Keys)
21. All Time High (Rita Coolidge)
22. Die Another Day (Madonna)
A few notes:
- I have a big connection with You Know My Name. I was in my coming of age phase when Casino Royale and this song was released and not only do I truly find it a great song, but it also brings me back to simpler times in my life. A truly cracking theme for me.
- I noticed Licence to Kill is fairly high, perhaps that stems from my nostalgia for that film as well. (LTK was my first film.)
- Another Way to Die's first 30 seconds or so is actually good. However, once the vocals kick in the song totally goes to hell. White and Keys's voices together sounds absolutely horrendous.
- I remember lots of people not liking Lulu's Golden Gun track, but I don't find it all too bad. Quite catchy.
- Of my list, only the bottom four are songs are ones I never listen to. I don't even have Die Another Day or All Time High on my computer.
- Speaking of All Time High, John Barry's instrumental version of the theme as heard in the Octopussy score is beautiful. Rita Coolidge's vocals are drowsy, bizarre and just plain boring. It feels so chintzy.
- Madonna's Die Another Day perfectly suits the film.
- I would be very interested to see another instrumental title sequence, but I have a feeling this is never going to happen again.
2. Skyfall
3. Thunderball
4. A View to A Kill
5. Nobody Does It Better [TSWLM]
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. You Know My Name [CR]
9. The Living Daylights
10. Moonraker
11. Live and Let Die
12. The World is Not Enough
13. We Have All the Time in the World [OHMSS]
14. All Time High [OP]
15. Goldeneye
16. Licence to Kill
17. Die Another Day
18. You Only Live Twice
19. From Russia With Love
20. The Man with the Golden Gun
21. Tomorrow Never Dies
22. Another Way to Die [QOS]
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Nobody Does It Better
4. Skyfall
5. You Know My Name
6. A View to a Kill
7. The Living Daylights
8. The World is Not Enough
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Thunderball
11. Goldfinger
12. From Russia with Love
13. Another Way to Die
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Goldeneye
16. You Only Live Twice
17. Die Another Day
18. All Time High
19. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. License to Kill
22.Moonraker
1. LALD and AVTAK
2. TLD
3. FYEO
4. NDIB
5. DAF
6. GF
7. TMWTGG
8. LTK
9. OHMSS
10. GE
11. TWINE
12. YOLT
13. ATH
14. FRWL
15. TB
16. TND
17. MR
18. SF
19. DAD
20. YKMN
21. AWTD
2. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and the Wings
3. We Have All The Time In The World - Louis Armstrong
4. You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
5. Thunderball - Tom Jones
6. Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
7. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
8. From Russia With Love - Matt Monro
9. A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - John Barry (only lower since it's not a vocal)
11. Where Has Everybody Gone - The Pretenders
12. If There Was A Man - The Pretenders
13. The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu
14. Goldeneye - Tina Turner
15. The Living Daylights - AHA
16. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
17. License To Kill - Gladys Night
18. If You Asked Me To - Patti Labelle
19. Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
20. Skyfall - Adele
21. Surrender - KD Lang
22. Moonraker - Shirley Bassey
23. For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
24. All Time High - Rita Coolidge
25. Another Way to Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys
26. Die Another Day - Madonna
27. The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
28. Never Say Never Again - Lani Hall
29. The Experience of Love - Eric Serra
Here comes the rest:
1. A VIEW TO A KILL
2. GOLDENEYE
3. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
--Where Has Everybody Gone
4. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
5. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
6. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
--If There Was A Man
7. LICENCE TO KILL
8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
--If You Asked Me To
9. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
10. THUNDERBALL
11. MOONRAKER
12. GOLDFINGER
--We Have All The Time In The World
--Surrender
13. SKYFALL
14. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
15. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
16. NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
17. ALL TIME HIGH
18. LIVE AND LET DIE
19. YOU KNOW MY NAME
20. DIE ANOTHER DAY
21. ANOTHER WAY TO DIE
--The Experience Of Love
--Never Say Never Again
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/feature/a659194/22-best-and-worst-bond-theme-songs-ranked-every-singles-here-but-which-are-classics-and-which-need-their-00-status-revoked.html#~pnsSCOd0xvUBLA
Glad to see AVTAK at the top- what a tune.
From the gut, a top "10" (12)
1. "Thunderball" - Tom Jones
2. "Goldfinger" - Shirley Bassey
3. "You Only Live Twice" - Nancy Sinatra
4. "Nobody Does It Better" - Carly Simon
5. "Skyfall" - Adele
6. "FRWL Instrumental" - John Barry
7. "OHMSS" - John Barry
8. "Diamonds Are Forever" - Shirley Bassey
9. "You Know My Name" - Chris Cornell
10. "Live and Let Die" / "Moonraker" / "GoldenEye"
Again, great top two, everything else is bemusing.
23: Another Way to Die (Quantum of Solace)
22: Die Another Day
21: Tomorrow Never Dies
20: The Man with the Golden Gun
19: Moonraker
18: For Your Eyes Only
17: All Time High (Octopussy)
16: GoldenEye
15: Goldfinger
14: Thunderball
13: Diamonds Are Forever
12: Licence to Kill
11: The World is Not Enough
10: From Russia With Love (instrumental)
9: The Living Daylights
8: Skyfall
7: You Only Live Twice
6: Live and Let Die
5: A View to a Kill
4: The James Bond Theme (Dr. No)
3: You Know My Name (Casino Royale)
2: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (instrumental)
1: Nobody Does it Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
22 – Another Way To Die
21 – All Time High
20 – Tomorrow Never Dies
19 – The Man With The Golden Gun
18 – Goldeneye
17 – For Your Eyes Only
16 – The World Is Not Enough
15 – From Russia With Love
14 – Moonraker
13 – Diamonds Are Forever
12 – Licence To Kill
11 – A View To A Kill
10 – Skyfall
09 – Nobody Does It Better
08 – Goldfinger
007 – You Only Live Twice
06 – Thunderball
05 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
04 – Live And Let Die
03 – The Living Daylights
02 – You Know My Name
01 – James Bond Theme
2. Skyfall
3. OHMSS theme
4. You Only Live Twice
5. Nobody Does It Better
6. A View to a Kill
7. From Russia with Love
8. Thunderball
9. Moonraker
10. Goldfinger
11. Live And Let Die
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. GoldenEye
14. The Living Daylights
15. Licence to Kill
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. The Man with the Golden Gun
18. All Time High
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Another Way to Die
21. Diamonds Are Forever
22. Die Another Day
This was a very hard list for me to do because I do like almost every Bond theme. But, I think I managed to get them in an order for my personal taste. I didn't include Dr. No intro because it would obviously be the defining theme.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - John Barry
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - John Barry
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - Shirley Bassey
LIVE AND LET DIE - Paul McCartney and Wings
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER (the spy who loved me) - Carly Simon
A VIEW TO A KILL - Duran Duran
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS - A-Ha
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH - Garbage
YOU KNOW MY NAME (casino royale) - Chris Cornell
SKYFALL - Adele
----Bond themes I like, but aren't my favs----
GOLDFINGER - Shirley Bassey
THUNDERBALL - Tom Jones
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - Nancy Sinatra
MOONRAKER - Shirley Bassey
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Sheena Easton
ALL TIME HIGH (octopussy) - Rita Coolidge
LICENCE TO KILL - Gladys Knight
GOLDENEYE - Tina Turner
TOMORROW NEVER DIES - Sheryl Crow
ANOTHER WAY TO DIE (quantum of solace) - Jack White and Alicia Keys
----Bond themes I can listen to, but i don't really care for that much----
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - LuLu
DIE ANOTHER DAY - Madonna
1. Skyfall
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Thunderball
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Live and Let Die
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Goldfinger
8. GoldenEye
9. Nobody Does it Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
10. You Know My Name (Casino Royale)
11. Moonraker
12. From Russia with Love
13. All Time High (Octopussy)
14. The World is Not Enough
15. For Your Eyes Only
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. A View to a Kill
18. Licence to Kill
19. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. The Living Daylights
21. Another Way to Die
22. Die Another Day (I actually thought this was literally a joke when I first heard it, grown to it, somehow it seems to work with the titles)
Diamonds are Forever - Shirley Bassey
A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
Moonraker - Shirley Bassey
You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
They are my top 5
http://collider.com/best-james-bond-theme-songs-ranked-worst-to-best/#skyfall
Awful ranking.
Just shows how subjective this can be ...but seriously talk about questionable tastes.
I guess that's why they still make Pepsi.