When John Jervis from WIAIWYA asked me if I wanted to cover ‘Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ for his new James Bond project I mentioned it to Jon. Of his contribution, David Gedge says, “Last year The Wedding Present had a line-up change and our guitarist is now Jon Stewart, who is also in the band Sleeper, of whom I’m a big fan. Last but not least, DJ Downfall and Theoretical Girl's icy cool synth-pop ‘Moonraker' will please fans of Ladytron, Black Box Recorder and the Flying Lizards. Darren Hayman re-imagines ‘Goldfinger’ with his own chorus of Bond girls. The Left Outsides provide an atmospheric, pastoral, psychedelic take on ‘Diamonds Are Forever’. On this double ‘0’ 7” single four artists interpret the four themes that Bassey recorded between 19.ĭavid Gedge teams up with Sleeper on the unused Thunderball theme, ‘Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’. The first single, ‘xx!!’ was released by Where It’s At Is Where You Are Records on 29 August 2020. Two singles - both released on Record Store Days 2020! Instead, the song appeared on the 1973 Alice Cooper album Muscle of Love.The Wedding Present : ‘Shaun Keaveny Session’
"Even Christopher Lee, who played Scaramanga in the movie, said, 'Oh, man, why did we take the Lulu song? This song is the one!'" recalled Cooper in a 2011 interview with The AV Club. But producers initially targeted a far less conventional singer for the title theme: metal icon Alice Cooper, best known for the 1972 hit "School's Out." Cooper claims that his "The Man with the Golden Gun" was actually the frontrunner for the opening credits - but when he delivered it a day too late, the producers had already signed with Lulu. "To Sir With Love" singer Lulu's "The Man with the Golden Gun" is - like the film that inspired it - one of the blander and more forgettable songs in the Bond canon. "The Man with the Golden Gun," Alice Cooper
Wilson eventually retitled the song "Pet Sounds," slotting it in as the title track of what turned out to be the Beach Boys' most acclaimed album. "Run James Run" isn't technically a rejected 007 theme, because Beach Boy Brian Wilson never submitted it for consideration - but once you know what inspired Wilson to write the instrumental track, it's easy to recognize its Bond-ian roots.
Rogers' take on "You Only Live Twice" is closer in style to Sinatra's version, though its lyrical interpretation of the "You Only Live Twice" theme is, like the film itself, a bit more literal. This version even incorporates a riff from the traditional "James Bond Theme." Chandler's crack at a 007 theme eschews the delicacy of Nancy Sinatra's "You Only Live Twice" in favor of Bassey-esque bombast.
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