Another Way To Die
Jack White and Alicia Keys' theme to the forthcoming Bond movie, "Another Way to Die" is out now. As far as a Bond song goes, it definitely fits in the cannon. Recent songs have been either forgettable or downright awful (Madonna anyone), so it's good to see the franchise getting back to the overblown diva style of songwriting.
Does it stand on its own as a song? Thanks to the arrangement, it's hard to hear this without thinking James Bond, so I'm not sure. But is that a bad thing?
Anyway, for comparison purposes, I've rounded up the Bond songs so you can here them all in one place. I've tried to find the original titles where I could, but some of the videos are artist performances instead. But they are presented in chronological order. Let me know what you think in the comments.
Enjoy, after the jump.
"Kingston Calypso," Monty Norman, from "Dr. No" (1962)
"From Russia With Love," Matt Monro (1963)
"Goldfinger," Shirley Bassey (1964)
"Thunderball," Tom Jones (1965)
"You Only Live Twice," Nancy Sinatra (1967)
"We Have All The Time In The World," Louis Armstrong, from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) (The official "OHMSS" theme is actually an instrumental piece, and I couldn't find a video of it.)
"Diamonds are Forever," Shirley Bassey (1971)
"Live and Let Die," Paul McCartney and Wings (1973) (Fun fact: George Martin scored this film — maybe this is well known; I'm not a big Bond fan.)
"The Man With the Golden Gun," Lulu (1974)
"Nobody Does it Better," Carly Simon, from "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"Moonraker," Shirley Bassey (1979)
"For Your Eyes Only," Sheena Easton (1981) (Dude, this would make a killer karaoke song.)
"All Time High," Rita Coolidge, from "Octopussy" (1983)
"A View to a Kill," Duran Duran (1985)
"The Living Daylights," A-Ha (1987)
"License to Kill," Gladys Knight (1989)
"GoldenEye," Tina Turner (1995)
"Tomorrow Never Dies," Sheryl Crow (1997) (This, I think, would be a much better song performed by someone with a stronger voice. Crow just doesn't have the pipes to do it justice.)
"The World is Not Enough," Garbage (1999)
"Die Another Day," Madonna (2002) (The Worst.)
"Casino Royale," Chris Cornell (2006)
—eh
