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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 312215" data-attributes="member: 8">I have edited the thread title because I&#039;ve proven to be the king of not using &quot;iconic&quot; and &quot;epic&quot; in Bond song re-evaluations. It doesn&#039;t feel like a challenge anymore.Is it typical that this decision should coincide with the (for better or worse) game changer in James Bond music?Bond Song #9[ATTACH=full]34388[/ATTACH]I think I appreciate the McCartneys&#039; symphonic rock contribution to the eighth Eon Bond soundtrack more than I enjoy it.But...from a different point of view, I enjoy it more than I appreciate it.It&#039;s not just the song itself, it&#039;s also the then contemporary band performing it that makes it almost impossible for me not&nbsp; to think of the Toppop/Top Of The Pops kind of shows, and yet, as a movie titles intro experience - especially with horror show visuals - it works amazingly well.I can imagine that the fans of the lush crooners weren&#039;t too enamoured by this musical deviation (although I&#039;m not sure there already was&nbsp; a Bond music fanbase) but one could point out that this new take on THE Bond song is being justified in the song itself.&quot;This ever-changing world in which we live in&quot;, as if to update not only the music but also the Bond franchise.Well, I don&#039;t think the Bond movies ever stopped being formulaic but I&#039;m sure that, like everthing else in pop culture, it tried to stay as relevant as possible.But the lyrics &quot;say live and let die&quot; comes across as a pop culture mantra rather than something the movie title&#039;s character is/will be going through.I really really love to think that the McCartneys were so cheeky that they made a song about&nbsp; the song.It&#039;s definitely my favourite Bond song oddity, but does that mean they does it better? I need to go now before the supermarket closes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 312215, member: 8"] I have edited the thread title because I've proven to be the king of not using "iconic" and "epic" in Bond song re-evaluations. It doesn't feel like a challenge anymore. Is it typical that this decision should coincide with the (for better or worse) game changer in James Bond music? Bond Song #9 [ATTACH type="full"]34388[/ATTACH] I think I appreciate the McCartneys' symphonic rock contribution to the eighth Eon Bond soundtrack more than I enjoy it. But...from a different point of view, I enjoy it more than I appreciate it. It's not just the song itself, it's also the then contemporary band performing it that makes it almost impossible for me[I] not[/I] to think of the Toppop/Top Of The Pops kind of shows, and yet, as a movie titles intro [I]experience[/I] - especially with horror show visuals - it works amazingly well. I can imagine that the fans of the lush crooners weren't too enamoured by this musical deviation (although I'm not sure there already [I]was[/I] a Bond music fanbase) but one could point out that this new take on THE Bond song is being justified in the song itself. "This ever-changing world in which we live in", as if to update not only the music but also the Bond franchise. Well, I don't think the Bond movies ever stopped being formulaic but I'm sure that, like everthing else in pop culture, it tried to stay as relevant as possible. But the lyrics "say live and let die" comes across as a pop culture mantra rather than something the movie title's character is/will be going through. I really [I]really[/I] love to think that the McCartneys were so cheeky that they made a song [I]about[/I] the song. It's definitely my favourite Bond song oddity, but does that mean they does it better? I need to go now before the supermarket closes. [/QUOTE]

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