This year one of my favorite games of all time is being remade for the wii, i speak of none other then the great Goldeneye 007. So in the name of nostalgia I looked up Goldeneye by Tina Turner, the opening credits song of the film, then I listened to the licence to kill theme, and then the next one till I listened to the entire Bond movie set!
So after about an hour of bond opening songs I thought I'd put together a list of my top five. after you read this please comment and tell me what yours are!
Goldfinger
Goldfinger 1964 - Performed by Shirley Bassey: Epic trumpets, honestly it probably the best of all the early bond films, and taken out of context its rather funny.
Spy who loved me
Nobody Does It Better 1977 - Performed by Carly Simon: For its time Nobody Does it Better was one of the most popular songs of 1977 ranking 7th on the billboard top 100. This song was also used in the official tribute video for Desmond Llewelyn aka Q.
Licence to Kill
License to kill 1985 - Performed by Gladys Knight: Im in an 80's mood right now and DAMN is this very 80's, with the heavy keyboard, drums and the back up singers. Also this was a great movie, I think Timothy Dalton is one of the most under rated Bond ever.
Goldeneye
Goldeneye 1997 - Performed by Tina Turner: Goldeneye was the first bond I ever saw growing up making this was my first song. As such it holds a lot more memories then just that of the movie, like all of the memories of the game, Goldeneye 007. As good as it was it still doesn't beat out the next song.....
Casino Royal
You Know My Name 2007 - Performed by Chris Cornell: In my mind the perfect bond song, the right balance between old 60's bond guitar riffs and newer rock music. Performed and composed by Chris Cornell, formally of Soundgarden and Audioslave, this song kicked off his solo revival career, he would later go on to release a CD "Carry On" which landed 17th of billboards top 200. Say what you will about the movie, or even Daniel Craig but in my opinion.... best.. bond...song... ever.
Again tell me what you think! Comment bellow!
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