hoek@ucbcad.UUCP (Robin Hoek) (06/22/85)
> Live and Let Die was not the only other Bond movie whose theme song > was sung by a male singer. From Russia with Love had an instrumental > beginning, but the end was sung by some guy. And I believe Tom Jones > sang the theme song to Thunderball. > > --- Steve Villee (asuvax!anasazi!steve) > International Anasazi, Inc. > 2219 East University Drive > Phoenix, Arizona 85034 > (602) 275-0302 The following is actually from HUGH MAHER, U.C. BERKELEY, and NOT from Robin Hoek, despite what the heading is going to say when I post this... Speaking of singers of James Bond themes, KATE BUSH (who else?!!) was apparently offered the part of chanteuse for the theme to "MOONRAKER" which she (fortunately?) turned down. I put "fortunately" because it was a shit song, but I put "?" because maybe if she HAD accepted it, her career in the U.S. would be somewhere by now! (Then again, it didn't do much for Shirley Bassey anyway, now, did it?) Bring on Sheena Instant!! (a.k.a. "Shitna Instant", a.k.a. Sheena "Sugar Walls" Easton.) Speaking of Sheena Easton, (I love these stream-of-consciousness ramblings, don't you?) she gets a lot of flack and resentment amongst Kate Bush fans for "Stealing Away" promotional $$$$$$ away from our heroine from EMI-AMERICA. Quote of the year from Shitna herself: "I have total control over my career, and if I'm trite, it's of my own choosing...." -ROLLING STONE, sometime this year... Wow,Wow,Wow,Wow,Wow,Wow.....UN be LEEEEEEEEEEE vable. (Ooooh, yeah, she's a-MAY-zing) In response to (shoot - I forgot his name) the person who wrote the record reviews of jazz musicians (lumping K.T. into this category with "never for ever," I must compliment you on picking up on the contrast and tension in the song EGYPT, especially without the help of the video of that song. The video comes from Kate's 1979 Christmas special on the B.B.C. which actually preceeded the release of NEVER FOR EVER by almost 9 months, but which included many rough mixes from the album. (Interesting differences in the soundtrack include a different ending to The Wedding List, and the absence of the breaking glass on the fairlight at the end of "Babooshka" (Oh, wait...that was from her appearence on the Dr.Hook Special.) ANYWAY, in the Video of Egypt, she is dressed as an Egyptian woman in a flowing red headress. For the first part of the song, she croons about the wonders and mythology surrounding Egypt, while performing in front of glorious projections of pyramids, camels, etc, straight out of a tourist magazine. (Or "two on the town"?...Any L.A. fans out there?) In the second half of the song, however, these projections slowly fade into pictures of slums, gutters, dead babies (well, not quite..), etc. My whole point is that it took the video for me to really understand the song, since before, I had always viewed it as a nice little ditty about an exotic country. On another topic: I propose that us Kate Bush fans get our own net.group!! I mean, the deadheads have one of their own, and us bushies (?) are every bit as enthusiastic (i.e. fanatical) as them. (I'm surprised that we don't hear much about Bruce Springsteen here....on the other hand, all of his fans are probably too busy working on their cars, or ramrodding down thunder road all night with their pregnant girlfriend and their unemployment slip to bother with computers...) Yet another topic: How would fellow fans feel about Kate maybe switching labels, only in the U.S.? Sort of like paul mc cartney, who gets the benefits of EMI's incredibly great international distribution, combined with the domestic promotional muscle of Columbia. Lets face it. Capitol records (and especially EMI-America) are a joke. (is a joke?) I can't remember when they last had a massive hit on the level of a Madonna or a Prince or a Bruce Springsteen. On the other hand, if Kate ever did become that popular, there would be a lot more negative comments about her in these pages. As it stands now, no one can really respond negatively because they havn't heard her music. Anyone have any news about Break-Through? I think that malaise is setting in fast up there on the plains of Manitoba... That's "it" for now.