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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 312242" data-attributes="member: 8">Bond Song #10[ATTACH=full]34412[/ATTACH]The second (or third?) villain song, but oddly enough the title makes me think of a TV series action hero who gets his wholesome super-power from a golden device.I think it would have been too jarring - and perhaps even thinly veiled dismissive of McCartney&#039;s rock music contribution - to return to the big band ballad in the very next James Bond release.This song is a nice compromise and Lulu makes it sound a lot more exciting than it really is.Considering everything that&#039;s happened before, an assassination by gunshot, golden or not, doesn&#039;t seem to up the ante for the popular secret service agent.If anything, the most significant assassination had already happened in the finale scene of On Her Majesty&#039;s Secret Service, at the hands of the villainous Irma Bunt.However, made-up names like Goldfinger and Thunderball adds to the distinction of the title, &quot;Golden Something&quot; can be used in any title.[ATTACH=full]34413[/ATTACH]But the thing that strikes me the most about The Man With The Golden Gun&nbsp; is that it sounds like James Bond: The Musical.I can totally envisage Britt Ekland and Hervé Villechaize dancing on top of one of those sea rocks while Lulu, lifted by Christopher Lee and Roger Moore, belts out the tenth Bond anthem.I particularly like the cover version by Kelly Wilde, and the emphasis on &quot;a&quot; in &quot;charges a million-ah&nbsp; shot&quot;. If this was&nbsp; a blaxploitation movie then it even could have been &quot;a million-ah shot-ah&quot;. Mocca chocolata ya ya.[MEDIA=youtube]SqeoSlD9KVw[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 312242, member: 8"] Bond Song #10 [ATTACH type="full"]34412[/ATTACH] The second (or third?) villain song, but oddly enough the title makes me think of a TV series action hero who gets his wholesome super-power from a golden device. I think it would have been too jarring - and perhaps even thinly veiled dismissive of McCartney's rock music contribution - to return to the big band ballad in the very next James Bond release. This song is a nice compromise and Lulu makes it sound a lot more exciting than it really is. Considering everything that's happened before, an assassination by gunshot, golden or not, doesn't seem to up the ante for the popular secret service agent. If anything, the most significant assassination had already happened in the finale scene of [I]On Her Majesty's Secret Service[/I], at the hands of the villainous Irma Bunt. However, made-up names like Goldfinger and Thunderball adds to the distinction of the title, "Golden Something" can be used in any title. [ATTACH type="full"]34413[/ATTACH] But the thing that strikes me the most about [I]The Man With The Golden Gun[/I] is that it sounds like [I]James Bond: The Musical[/I]. I can totally envisage Britt Ekland and Hervé Villechaize dancing on top of one of those sea rocks while Lulu, lifted by Christopher Lee and Roger Moore, belts out the tenth Bond anthem. I particularly like the cover version by Kelly Wilde, and the emphasis on "a" in "charges a million-[I]ah[/I] shot". If this [I]was[/I] a blaxploitation movie then it even could have been "a million-[I]ah[/I] shot-[I]ah[/I]". Mocca chocolata ya ya. [MEDIA=youtube]SqeoSlD9KVw[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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