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    Default Song Battle - Bond Theme Songs (Final Round Open)

    From one of the biggest movie franchises - let battle commence.

    1a Dr. No: " " by John Barry & Orchestra
    1b From Russia with Love: " " by Matt Munro
    1c Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey

    2a Thunderball: " " by Tom Jones
    2b ThunderBall: " " by Dionne Warwick
    2c You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    3a On Her Majesty's Secret Service: " " by Louis Armstrong
    3b Diamonds Are Forever: " " by Shirley Bassey
    3c Live and Let Die: " " Paul McCartney & Wings

    4a The Man with the Golden Gun: " " by Lulu
    4b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon
    4c Moonraker: " " by Shirley Bassey

    5a For Your Eyes Only: " " by Sheena Easton
    5b Octopussy: " " by Rita Coolidge
    5c A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    6a The Living Daylights: " " by a-ha
    6b Licence to Kill: " " by Gladys Knight
    6c GoldenEye: " " by Tina Turner

    7a Tomorrow Never Dies: " " by Sheryl Crow
    7b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage
    7c Die Another Day: " " by Madonna

    8a Casino Royale: " " by Chris Cornell
    8b Quantum of Solace: " " by Jack White
    8c Never Say Never Again: " " by Lani Hall

    Round 1 will end next thursday
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    Oooh, cool idea CIAS.


    1a Dr. No: "James Bond Theme" by John Barry & Orchestra

    2a Thunderball: "Thunderball" by Tom Jones

    3c Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings

    4a The Man with the Golden Gun: "The Man with the Golden Gun" by Lulu

    5c A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    6c GoldenEye: "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

    7b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    8a Casino Royale: "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell

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    1c Goldfinger

    2c You Only Live Twice

    3c Live and Let Die

    4b The Spy Who Loved Me

    5c A View to a Kill

    6c GoldenEye

    7b The World Is Not Enough

    8c Never Say Never Again
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    1c Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2c You Only Live Twice: "You Only Live Twice" by Nancy Sinatra

    3c Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings

    4b The Spy Who Loved Me: "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

    5c A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    6c GoldenEye: "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

    7b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    8b Quantum of Solace: "Another Way to Die" by Jack White
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    1c Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2c You Only Live Twice: "You Only Live Twice" by Nancy Sinatra

    3c Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings

    4b The Spy Who Loved Me: "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

    5c A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    6c GoldenEye: "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

    7b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    8a Casino Royale: "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell

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    1c Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey

    2c You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    3c Live and Let Die: " " Paul McCartney & Wings

    4c Moonraker: " " by Shirley Bassey

    5c A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    6a The Living Daylights: " " by a-ha

    7a Tomorrow Never Dies: " " by Sheryl Crow

    To me "Live and Let Die" is the best song by far. Also the first Bond I saw in the movies.

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    1a Dr. No: " " by John Barry & Orchestra


    2c You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    3a On Her Majesty's Secret Service: " " by Louis Armstrong

    This was the hardest one for me, all three songs are classics!

    4b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon


    5c A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran


    6b Licence to Kill: " " by Gladys Knight



    7b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

    8c Never Say Never Again: " " by Lani Hall



    As an aside Coldplay's Viva La Vida sounds like a bond theme that never was and Pulp had a song called Tomorrow Never Lies that was meant to be used but never was.

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    1b From Russia with Love: " " by Matt Munro

    2c You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    3b Diamonds Are Forever: " " by Shirley Bassey

    4b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    5c A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    6a The Living Daylights: " " by a-ha

    7b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

    8b Quantum of Solace: " " by Jack White

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    I left 8 off as I don't like any of the songs but as I dislike 8b Quantum of Solace: "Another Way to Die" by Jack White the least, I will vote for it.

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    Some excellent songs and some really mediocre ones have gone, time for round two.

    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey
    1b You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    2a Live and Let Die: " " Paul McCartney & Wings
    2b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    3a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran
    3b GoldenEye: " " by Tina Turner

    4a The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage
    4b Quantum of Solace: " " by Jack White

    Round 2 will end next thursday
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    1a Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2a Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings

    3b GoldenEye: "GoldenEye" by Tina Turner

    4a The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

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    1b You Only Live Twice: " " by Nancy Sinatra

    2b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    3a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    4b Quantum of Solace: " " by Jack White

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    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey

    2a Live and Let Die: " " Paul McCartney & Wings

    3a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    Last is a toss, I don't like either.
    4b Quantum of Solace: " " by Jack White
    Last edited by What Exit?; 31 Jul 2011 at 08:16 AM. Reason: merged duplicates

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    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey

    2b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    3a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    4a The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

    No.2 was really tough choice, both excellent songs.
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    1a Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2b The Spy Who Loved Me: "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

    3a A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    4a The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    ETA: Yeah, it's a bummer that Nobody Does it Better and Live & Let Die were up against each other.
    Last edited by Sarahfeena; 04 Aug 2011 at 08:47 AM.

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    1a Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2a Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings

    3a A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    4a The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage
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    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey


    2b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    3b GoldenEye: " " by Tina Turner

    4a The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

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    So, which are the top four James Bond soundtracks?

    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey
    1b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    2a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran
    2b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

    Four classic songs, only two can survive.

    Round 3 will end next thursday.
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    1a Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

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    1b The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    2b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage

    I hate to vote against the Durannies, cause I like that song and I dig them, but I the Garbage song is more classic old-school James-Bondy to me.
    Last edited by Sarahfeena; 05 Aug 2011 at 10:42 AM.

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    1a Goldfinger: "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey

    2a A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran

    Duran Duran's theme song was the only good thing about that utter stinker of a movie. Roger Moore needed to retire about three films earlier, but he was so geriatric looking in this one that it was just icky watching him put the moves on all the women in the show. Shudder.

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    1a Goldfinger: " " by Shirley Bassey

    2a A View to a Kill: " " by Duran Duran

    Very sad to see Live and Let Die fall.

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    1b The Spy Who Loved Me: "Nobody Does It Better" by Carly Simon

    2b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    Although Goldfinger is possibly the most iconic bond theme, I just prefer Nobody does it better
    As for the second one, The World is Not Enough still sounds more like a classic than View to a Kill, much as I enjoy D2.
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    2b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    My 2 favorites when up against each other in the first round.

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    Umm, no those are my choices, not the final round. Round 3 ends tomorrow-ish
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    That'll teach me to post before coffee.

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    1 - "Nobody Does it Better"
    2 - "The World is Not Enough"


    Kind of a tough choice for #1, but I think it's a better song in addition to being a good Bond theme. As for #2, I watched A View to a Kill recently and the song isn't as good as I remember it in my head.

    As for worst on this list - "Never Say Never Again" must win it. Someone to remove it and it's immeasurably better. (They also made use of a very good song that didn't make it far in this contest).

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    and we have a tie between "Goldfinger" and "Nobody Does it Better".

    Quick someone else vote.
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    1 - "Nobody Does it Better"
    2 - "The World is Not Enough"

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    This is it, the final two! One will stand, one will fall.

    1a The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon



    1b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage



    Final Round will end next thursday.
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    My vote:

    1a The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    Last edited by Sarahfeena; 23 Aug 2011 at 09:57 PM.

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    Consider the score evened.

    1b The World Is Not Enough: " " by Garbage
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    Quote Originally posted by Sarahfeena View post
    My vote:

    1a The Spy Who Loved Me: " " by Carly Simon

    Consider this one my vote too. Although I love The World Is Not Enough, it hasn't yet proved its durability like NDIB.

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    1b The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough" by Garbage

    I have a strong aversion to Carly Simon that no one on this board seems to share.

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    I guess I am going to have to declare this a draw and I our two winning songs will be floating off into the sunset together.
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