NationStates Jolt Archive

OK, a poll only allows 10 options, so here's a list


A-Ha : The Living Daylights
Carly Simon : Nobody Does It Better
Duran Duran : A View To A Kill
Garbage : The World Is Not Enough
Gladys Knight : Licence To Kill
Goldfinger : Shirley Bassey
Lani Hall : Never Say Never Again
Louis Armstrong : We Have All The Time In The World
Lulu : The Man With The Golden Gun
Matt Munro : From Russia With Love
Monty Norman Orchestra : James Bond Theme
Nancy Sinatra : You Only Live Twice
Patti Labelle : If You Asked Me To
Paul McCartney & Wings : Live And Let Die
Rita Coolidge : All Time High
Sheena Easton : For Your Eyes Only
Sheryl Crow : Tomorrow Never Dies
Shirley Bassey : Diamonds Are Forever
Shirley Bassey : Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey : Moonraker
The John Barry Orchestra : On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Tina Turner : Goldeneye
Tom Jones : Thunderball

Could you explain the difference between no 6 and no 19?

I'll go with the Bond theme itself.

the best one is the one that goes:

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to be pedantic, you've got goldfinger twice,


14, 18, or 19. All good.

I like the hook on You Only Live Twice (plus, as sad as it is to admit, Tarantino and a co-worker have managed to turn me on to Nancy Sinatra). There's a quality to Nobody Does it Better and when Sex Mob and Medeski, Martin and Wood play it it kicks ass.

Live and Let Die is rockin' (also good when played by Sex Mob) and is used in one of the greatest music moments in filmdom. In Gross Point Blank it starts to play as the hit man drives up to where his childhood home has been replaced with a convinience store, amping up until he opens the door and walks in, where a musak version of the song continues to play. Fantastic.

Tom Jones makes for a fun song pretty much no matter what.

Same goes for Louis Armstrong...totally forgot he even did one.

23, all the way. ;)

Numero tres for me. What can I say, I still like Duran Duran.

Nancy Sinatra : You Only Live Twice. I always liked this one.

Forgot about Louis Armstrong, too. That film is always overlooked.

I gotta go with Live and Let Die as my favorite, although the actual James Bond theme is a close second.

I like "The living daylights"... After the classic Bond-theme and "Goldfinger". :)

I like "The living daylights"... After the classic Bond-theme and "Goldfinger". :)
Also good when played by Sex Mob...

The James Bond Theme is definitely the best of the bunch. Besides that, it's a toss-up for me between Live and Let Die and A View to a Kill.

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No 1

Goldfinger. Also the best sound track of any of the Bond movies IMO.

Goldfinger. Also the best sound track of any of the Bond movies IMO.
And maybe the coolest villian line.

"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."

1. Goldfinger

2. the actual Bond theme song

3. Diamonds are forever.

I have to say that when I think James Bond the song that starts playing in my head is Goldfinger. Besides the theme song that's what I most associate with the movie series. Although the words are slightly different when it plays in my head:

Oldfingerrrrrr,
He's just getting old,
He drives a red carrrrrr,
He's a real wankerrrrrr,

Not that I don't enjoy the old James Bond movies. It's just that I'm cogenitally disrespectful.

the best one is the one that goes:

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The James Bone Theme by the John Barry orchestra wins.

I can listen to anything Shirley Bassey sings--she could sing the alphabet song and I'd stop what I was doing to listen, I love her voice so much.

OK, a poll only allows 10 options, so here's a list


A-Ha : The Living Daylights
Carly Simon : Nobody Does It Better
Duran Duran : A View To A Kill
Garbage : The World Is Not Enough
Gladys Knight : Licence To Kill
Goldfinger : Shirley Bassey
Lani Hall : Never Say Never Again
Louis Armstrong : We Have All The Time In The World
Lulu : The Man With The Golden Gun
Matt Munro : From Russia With Love
Monty Norman Orchestra : James Bond Theme
Nancy Sinatra : You Only Live Twice
Patti Labelle : If You Asked Me To
Paul McCartney & Wings : Live And Let Die
Rita Coolidge : All Time High
Sheena Easton : For Your Eyes Only
Sheryl Crow : Tomorrow Never Dies
Shirley Bassey : Diamonds Are Forever
Shirley Bassey : Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey : Moonraker
The John Barry Orchestra : On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Tina Turner : Goldeneye
Tom Jones : Thunderball
I Like em all.. but you are missing Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. which was done by Shirly Bassey and included in the 30th anniversary soundtrack.

Clearly the best is the actual bond theme, ie, the one from Dr No. Second and third are Goldeneye and Goldfinger.

OK, a poll only allows 10 options, so here's a list


Goldfinger : Shirley Bassey
Lulu : The Man With The Golden Gun
Monty Norman Orchestra : James Bond Theme
Paul McCartney & Wings : Live And Let Die


1: Good.

2: Better then okay.

3: Excellent

4: Nothing better has come after, the others are better though.

OK, a poll only allows 10 options, so here's a list


A-Ha : The Living Daylights
Carly Simon : Nobody Does It Better
Duran Duran : A View To A Kill
Garbage : The World Is Not Enough
Gladys Knight : Licence To Kill
Goldfinger : Shirley Bassey
Lani Hall : Never Say Never Again
Louis Armstrong : We Have All The Time In The World
Lulu : The Man With The Golden Gun
Matt Munro : From Russia With Love
Monty Norman Orchestra : James Bond Theme
Nancy Sinatra : You Only Live Twice
Patti Labelle : If You Asked Me To
Paul McCartney & Wings : Live And Let Die
Rita Coolidge : All Time High
Sheena Easton : For Your Eyes Only
Sheryl Crow : Tomorrow Never Dies
Shirley Bassey : Diamonds Are Forever
Shirley Bassey : Goldfinger
Shirley Bassey : Moonraker
The John Barry Orchestra : On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Tina Turner : Goldeneye
Tom Jones : Thunderball


The James Bond Theme by the Monty Norman Orchestra.

Diamonds are Forever by Shirley Bassey, Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and Wings, We Have all the Time in the World by Louis Armstrong, and my guilty pleasure The World is not Enough by Garbage.

But the music has rarely been terrible in the franchise's history. Unlike recent scripts.

Tossup between Goldfinger and the Theme.

I'm listening to them all right now. Just cos.

"The Living Daylights" is one of my favourites (one of my favourite movies, too), possible tied with "Goldeneye" or "Tomorrow Never Dies" for my absolute favourite - though "License to Kill" and "Thunderball" are also amazing. And the actual James Bond Theme, of course; nothing quite beats that. "Goldfinger" is good, too... actually, I like them all, what can I say?