Favourite Bond Song

For me it will have to be:

For me it's a close tie between Live and Let Die and Goldeneye, but if it comes down to it then Live and Let Die wins by a little.

I love all the themes from the Roger Moore era of Bond, such as All Time High, Nobody Does It Better, and A View To A Kill.

I have appreciation for each and every of the Bond themes and I love that when I hear any of the themes at any moment my mind fills with all the scenes from the film it pertains to.

Tough one. Goldfinger for the sound, You Only Live Twice, We Have all the Time in the World, Nobody Does it Better, All Time High, VTAK...Skyfall's shot up in my estimation.

I'll go for View to a Kill.

Tough one. I love the riff on Live and Let Die. I love You Know My Name, All Time High, View To A Kill..... but I think I have to go with Nobody Does It Better, because it seems to sum up exactly what Bond is. Well, for me anyway.

I think I'll have to go with the wonderful THE LOOK OF LOVE.
(BTW it says "The Love of Love" in the poll on top.)

I also really like Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, Nobody Does It Better, A View To A Kill.
Also really good are You Only Live Twice, We Have All The Time In The World, For Your Eyes Only, Licence To Kill, and Skyfall. And The Living Daylights.
Quite a number of fine songs (and there are a couple of others I really like too).

Barry did 'em best.

I'm surprised so many people like ATH.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

I'm surprised so many people like ATH.

they have lots of guts

Perilagu Khan wrote:

I'm surprised so many people like ATH.

It's a bloody fine love song at its core, and Barry's instrumentals are a testament to that. It's only Time Rice's AC production and Rita Coolidge that let it down.

Meh. (I believe that's the term.) It's decent enough as far as it goes, but doesn't knock my socks off or tug at my heartstrings. Much like the OP score, the song smacks of fatigue and a lack of inspiration. As far as Bond title tracks go, I'd rate ATH lower-middle or upper-low.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

I'm surprised so many people like ATH.

Yeah.... :|

Though it's probably for the reasons Sharky said... And every time I hear Rita's voice, I think of Playschool..

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Meh. (I believe that's the term.) It's decent enough as far as it goes, but doesn't knock my socks off or tug at my heartstrings. Much like the OP score, the song smacks of fatigue and a lack of inspiration. As far as Bond title tracks go, I'd rate ATH lower-middle or upper-low.

You call it fatigue and lack of inspiration, I see it as a love song of old age and the twilight of one's years. It could've been written about Judi Dench and Bond in SKYFALL By God it's a better song than Adele and Epworth's maudlin tripe.

FWIW, my favourite version of ATH is Jarvis Cocker/Arnold's.

Aside from the vocals, the song is great! Never heard that version, Sharky :)

My pick was Surrender, by the by... I'm sure you all knew I voted for that song, though.

Largo's Shark wrote:

By God it's a better song than Adele and Epworth's maudlin tripe.

Amen to that

The Pulp cover of ATH is great.

Got to admire how not one song seems to be leading.

Though if it was worst song I'm sure All Time High would be up there.

It might be all time highest. Although to be fair, there are worse. AWTD, for instance, is tops in lows.

There is that.

Die Another Day has to be the top contender for Worst Song Ever

Ravenstone wrote:

Die Another Day has to be the top contender for Worst Song Ever

Tis be a close call between that and Another Way to Die. Well, not for self, AWTD kills every time even in ten maybe 1 second bursts

There's much worse. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN for instance.

Largo's Shark wrote:

There's much worse. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN for instance.

can't have been dear Barry's finest hour.

Largo's Shark wrote:

There's much worse. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN for instance.

That is, indeed, fecking awful. But I think Die Another Day edges it.

Ravenstone wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

There's much worse. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN for instance.

That is, indeed, fecking awful. But I think Die Another Day edges it.

I actually kinda like DIE ANOTHER DAY, especially Michel Colombier's string arrangement. The only thing that doesn't work for me is the Sigmund Freud line.

I like how Slate Magazine described it.

"A great slice-and-dice hit of fucked-up electroclash""

AWTD, DAD and Gun are all mighty foul. TND might belong in that mephitic group as well, if for no other reason than Crowe's abominable vocals. Sounds like she's singing through a used sheet of toilet paper.