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Dr. No - Kingston Calypso

Opening Titles: James Bond Is Back/From Russia with Love/James Bond Theme
- 7 (17.1%)
Goldfinger
- 8 (19.5%)
Thunderball
- 0 (0%)
You only live twice
- 1 (2.4%)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- 1 (2.4%)
Diamonds are forever
- 2 (4.9%)
Live and let die
- 8 (19.5%)
The man with the golden gun
- 1 (2.4%)
Nobody does it better
- 1 (2.4%)
Moonraker
- 0 (0%)
For your eyes only
- 0 (0%)
All time high
- 0 (0%)
A view to a kill
- 0 (0%)
The living daylights
- 0 (0%)
Licence to kill
- 0 (0%)
Goldeneye
- 3 (7.3%)
Tomorrow never dies
- 0 (0%)
The world is not enough
- 2 (4.9%)
Die another day
- 2 (4.9%)
You know my name
- 5 (12.2%)
Another way to die
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 41


Author Topic: Which Bond song to learn?  (Read 1663 times)

vagel7

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Which Bond song to learn?
« on: August 03, 2012, 02:51:42 pm »
I am thinking of learning a Bond song on the piano, just for fun. For this I would like to know which Bond song the community likes best.

Each movie has it's own song and you can choose from all of the movies.

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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2012, 03:00:37 pm »
While the main theme is cooler than all the movie songs put together, it wouldn't be that impressive on piano. I'd have to go with "Live and Let Die".
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2012, 03:08:47 pm »
Goldfinger, of course!
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2012, 03:10:49 pm »
Live and Let Die, or the Casino Royale one.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2012, 04:44:28 pm »
I thought you were talking about this Bond.  :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiaOFOMPOBc

Edit: Goldfinger.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2012, 04:50:15 pm »
You Know My Name, definitely.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2012, 04:51:52 pm »
Quote from: vagel7 on August 03, 2012, 02:51:42 pm
I am thinking of learning a Bond song on the piano, just for fun. For this I would like to know which Bond song the community likes best.

For Your Eyes Only is probably my favorite, but Bond songs in general are heavy on vocals with very simple harmonies. I'm not sure how well some of them will transcribe to piano-only.

Suggestion: If you're going to learn a bond song it makes sense to learn the theme, since that's the one people will most easily recognize.Personally I can go through your vote list and give you lyrics from memory for all but a couple on the list. But there are a lot of people who've probably never even seen half the movies, let alone would recognize their individual theme songs.

Are you going to learn just the piano version with lyrics transcribed to notes, or are you going to sing lyrics? If you're going to sing, are you male or female? If you're not going to sing, I suggest listening to the piano versions before you decide. Some of them sound awful on piano.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2012, 05:11:17 pm »
Quote from: RedKing on August 03, 2012, 03:00:37 pm
I'd have to go with "Live and Let Die".

Live and Let Die has a lot of power chords and some glissando that might not work well on piano.

Quote from: ChairmanPoo on August 03, 2012, 03:08:47 pm
Goldfinger

Personally, Goldfinger is definitely not one of my favorites.


Quote from: MetalSlimeHunt on August 03, 2012, 04:50:15 pm
You Know My Name, definitely.

You Know My Name is a very nice song...but it's totally made by the vocals. vagel7, if you can sing...this is a great choice. If not...between the vocals and the guitar...again, might not work well on piano.

Here it is on piano. Misses a lot without the vocals, but this is actually much better than I expected. Listened to a couple piano-only themes...and so far this one sounds the best. But it does have a huge pile of simple block chords because it's written for guitar.
« Last Edit: August 03, 2012, 07:22:20 pm by LordBucket »
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2012, 06:27:15 pm »
I went with Nobody Does It Better mostly because it really is a piano piece. It also works as a great tongue-in-cheek lounge song if you can make any vaguely singing-like noises along to it.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2012, 06:29:56 pm »
While Live and Let Die is certainly great, I put my vote for The World is Not Enough, because Garbage doesn't get enough love.
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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2012, 03:39:20 am »
The thing with pianos is that you can transcribe any kind of music to it. You can take the notes from a piece and then add these kind of "background" notes to it. They are a filler and bring the primary notes to the foreground.

This is the kind of thing that Chopin did, he didn't transcribe, but his piano music is heavily based on bel canto.

I can sing, but only if I or somebody else accompanies my with an instrument. I'm a male.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2012, 03:44:55 am by vagel7 »
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Quote from: Boatmurderer on July 28, 2008, 05:35:33 pm
That last gobbo would stand there, missing an arm, punctured in a kidney, liver, and spleen, fading in and out of consciousness at the far end of where the drawbridge would go, and his last sight would be the drawbridge dropping down and smashing him like a bug.

God DAMN I love this game!

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Re: Which Bond song to learn?
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2012, 08:17:37 pm »
It's been a month. I assume you have it learned by now. Which did you decide on, and can we get a youtube link of you playing?
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