‘I’ve worked with people like Shirley Bassey and Roger Moore, and this is my gig, young man.’” ‘You can say all you want, but I know what I am talking about and at this time, you don’t,’ said Barry in his posh voice. Going one better, during the same telly spot, JT called himself a “total maniac, bit of a trivia freak” where Bond was concerned, and recalled seeing a formative double bill of From Russia With Love and Goldfinger on his fifth birthday. And coming after the tepid MOR schmaltz of Shirley Bassey, Sheena Easton and Rita Coolidge, you can sympathise with Taylor’s fanboy frustrations, can’t you? I mean, they were following this…Īndy Taylor elaborated on the friction in Wild Boy, revealing that Rhodes especially bristled when Barry confronted him about musical matters: “‘I’m fucking not doing that,’ Nick would say flatly. In a 1985 Good Morning America appearance to promote the tune (above), Le Bon noted he saw Thunderball on his sixth birthday with a group of friends. For the band, doing the song was a dream come true. “John didn’t sound particularly overjoyed,” Taylor wrote, “but Cubby was firm about it. The bassist met up with the producer the next day and spoke with the notoriously prickly veteran Bond composer John Barry via telephone, who agreed to the pairing, albeit perhaps reluctantly. I think Broccoli got the point, because he enquired of Taylor, “Well, do you want to write the next one?” The answer was, unsurprisingly, a resounding yes. Vocalist Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, and drummer Roger Taylor teamed up in the arty synthpop group Arcadia, while bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor paired off in the funk-inspired The Power Station with Robert Palmer and Chic’s Tony Thompson, the idea for the latter band essentially forming when the Duranies attended a David Bowie after-show party in Sydney, from where I write this. In fact, the Duran members had decided to explore divergent musical interests, in two separate groups. Internally, however, the band was fracturing: Inflated egos and chemically enhanced debauchery were causing issues, and fatigue had set in from their whirlwind rise to fame. The band hit No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic with 1984’s Nile Rodgers-rejigged The Reflex, while their most recent single, the pounding histrionic Wild Boys, had peaked at No. On the charts, things were also doing just fine and dandy. But the Birmingham five piece weren’t exactly first choice…īy 1985, Duran Duran were jetsetting global superstars, MTV darlings, and popular enough to have sold out two nights at Madison Square Garden the previous year. The only James Bond song to top the American Hot 100, you could say A View To A Kill is a memorable song from one of the series’ least memorable movies. To order by phone - Call (+44) 0147485010 quoting RareVinyl.In 1973, Paul McCartney & Wings’ Live And Let Die became the first 007 song to be performed by the very people who wrote it, though, somewhat inexplicably, it took another dozen years before another band was invited to join the elite Bond theme club.ģ5 years ago today, none-more-‘80s pop tarts Duran Duran released the theme tune to the film that proved to be Roger Moore ’s last gasp with the franchise… and the last hurrah of the group’s original Fab Five lineup for over 15 years. Postage/Shipping Cost - Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote. Related Artists - Andy Taylor, Arcadia, Freebass, John Taylor, Lamya, Neurotic Outsiders, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor/Funk Face, Simon Le Bon, Terroristen, The Crying Shames, The Devils, The Power Station, The Triplets, TV Mania, Warren Cuccurullo.Īvailability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.Īdditional info - Deleted, Picture SleeveĬondition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Title - A View To A Kill (click link for more of the same title)Ĭatalogue No - TOCP-6768 (click link for more) Japanese/English lyric booklet picture sleeve plus 'Supermasters'Īrtist - Duran Duran (click link for complete listing) Soundtrack 'James Bond 007 - A View To A Kill', Japanese 15-track CD album for the original motion picture DURAN DURAN & JOHN BARRY A View To A Kill (Scarce 1991
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