Do people really care who the next Bond Girl is? Or better yet, who’ll be warbling the next Bond song?
It’s a media-driven part of the whole Bond franchise, and I think it’s better left in the past. I thought the franchise belonged there, too, until I saw the near-brilliant “Casino Royale.”
For those who still care, the Bond folks just announced the theme song for “Quantum of Solace,” the upcoming Bond feature, will be a duet between Jack White and Alicia Keys.
Frankly, the only song I care about during a Bond film is the “dum-da-da-dum-dum …” theme that kicks in when the action hits a fever pitch. Every other ditty is secondary.
For me, the great Bond songs hail from another era, a time when I actually listened to terrestrial radio to hear the latest hit songs - and would buy ‘em in bunches on 45.
Best Bond song? It’s a tie - “Live and Let Die” and “Nobody Does it Better.”
Match that, Jack and Alicia.
(Photo: David Craig resurrected the James Bond franchise with 2006’s “Casino Royale.”)
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