Bond-a-palooza

[thebitterguy]

Pistolwimp has a compilation of the bond openings, including one that I think some of you will like.

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[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

One of the things that I find fascinating about the Bond themes is the way they can be divided into three broad genres: insturmental (the original theme; On Her Majesty's Secret Service); a kind of existential meditation on the emotional dangers of his profession (Live and Let Die; Living Daylights; You Know My Name); and ironic-love-songs-which-might-be-sung-to-the-villian-or-to-Bond-but-most-likely-both (the other 75% of them ranging from Nobody Does it Better [ok, so probably about Bond] to Goldfinger [ok, so probably about Goldfinger]). Even Die Another Day has a kind of sexual-psycho-drama overtone to it ('I'm gonna close my body'). Leave it to Duran Duran to require their own special sub-genre: the 'who's-kissing-what-in-the-where-now-Good-God-LeBon-what-the-hell-are-you-babbling-about?' subgenre of Bond themes.

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

Playlist didn't include my favourites.

Firewall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6DRg_5tHXE)
Spy Hard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dadNJNN05GM)