Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Presidential Campaign Songs


  • 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Happy Days Are Here Again"

  • 1960: John F. Kennedy: "High Hopes"

  • 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson: "Hello Lyndon" (Jerry Herman), Barry Goldwater: "Go with Goldwater" (Tom McDonnell and Otis Clements)

  • 1968: Richard Nixon: "Nixon's the One" (Moose Charlap and Alvin Cooperman)

  • 1972: George McGovern: "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon)

  • 1976: Jimmy Carter: "Ode to The Georgia Farmer" (K.E. and Julia Marsh), Gerald Ford: "I'm Feeling Good about America" (Robert K. Gardner)

  • 1980: Ronald Reagan "California Here We Come"

  • 1984: Ronald Reagan "Born in the U.S.A." (Bruce Springsteen, who later asked Reagan to stop using the song) [1]

  • 1988: George H. W. Bush: "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie), Michael Dukakis: "Coming to America" ({Neil Diamond)

  • 1992: Bill Clinton: Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac), Ross Perot: Crazy (Patsy Cline)

  • 1996: Bob Dole: "Dole Man" (Sam and Dave)

  • 2000: George W. Bush: "I Won't Back Down" (Tom Petty), "We the People" (Billy Ray Cyrus), "Right Now" (Van Halen); Al Gore: "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" (Bachman-Turner Overdrive),"Let the Day Begin" (The Call)

  • 2004: George W. Bush: "Only in America" (Brooks & Dunn) [2], John Kerry: "No Surrender" (Bruce Springsteen) [3]

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

James Bond Themes

Some interesting notes about James Bond themes Full table and much info stolen
from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_music

Apart from the first film, Dr. No, which introduced the James Bond Theme (and
was also the only film to use two songs during the opening sequence), only 3
films have had theme songs with titles differing from the title of the film:


"Nobody Does It Better" - Carly Simon - The Spy Who Loved Me "All Time High"
- Rita Coolidge - Octopussy "You Know My Name" - Chris Cornell - Casino Royale


Duran Duran and John Barry's "A View To A Kill" topped the singles charts in
America and was the only Bond theme to hit #1.


"Live and Let Die" reached #2 on the US Singles Chart


Sheena Easton's performance of Bill Conti's "For Your Eyes Only" received an
Academy Award nomination for Best Song Madonna's theme for "Die Another Day"
was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (2002) in
addition to a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Only three films had instrumental
themes: Dr. No (excluding the second song used in the opening sequence), From
Russia with Love (a vocal version of the song was used in the closing credits),
and On Her Majesty's Secret Service


Shirley Bassey, who is Welsh, has performed the most Bond themes – Goldfinger,
Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. Bassey also recorded her own version of
"Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball, but her version was replaced by Dionne
Warwick's rendition.









































































































































































FilmYearScore composerTitle songComposed byPerformed by
Dr.
No
1962Monty
Norman
"The
James Bond Theme
" "Kingston Calypso"
Monty NormanJohn
Barry
orchestra Monty Norman orchestra
From
Russia with Love
1963John
Barry
"From
Russia with Love
" (instrumental) in the opening credits, a vocal rendition
of "From Russia with Love" in the end credits by British singer Matt Monro
Lionel
Bart
John Barry orchestra
Goldfinger1964"Goldfinger"Leslie
Bricusse
Anthony
Newley
John Barry
Shirley
Bassey
Thunderball1965"Thunderball"John Barry Don
Black
Tom
Jones
1
You
Only Live Twice
1967"You
Only Live Twice
"
Leslie Bricusse John BarryNancy
Sinatra
2
On
Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"John BarryJohn Barry orchestra
Diamonds
Are Forever
1971"Diamonds Are Forever"John Barry Don BlackShirley Bassey
Live
and Let Die
1973George
Martin
"Live
and Let Die
"
Paul
McCartney
Linda
McCartney
Paul
McCartney & Wings
The
Man with the Golden Gun
1974John Barry"The Man with the Golden Gun"John Barry Don BlackLulu
The
Spy Who Loved Me
1977Marvin
Hamlisch
"Nobody
Does It Better
"
Marvin Hamlisch Carole
Bayer Sager
Carly
Simon
Moonraker1979John Barry"Moonraker"John Barry Hal
David
Shirley Bassey
For
Your Eyes Only
1981Bill
Conti
"For
Your Eyes Only
"
Bill
Conti
Michael
Leeson
Sheena
Easton
Octopussy1983John Barry"All
Time High
"3
John Barry Tim
Rice
Rita
Coolidge
A
View to a Kill
1985"A
View to a Kill
"
Duran
Duran
John Barry
Duran
Duran
The
Living Daylights
1987""The
Living Daylights
"
John Barry Pål
Waaktaar
a-ha
Licence
to Kill
1989Michael
Kamen
"Licence to Kill"N.
Michael Walden
Jeffrey
Cohen
Walter
Afanasieff
Gladys
Knight
GoldenEye1995Éric
Serra
"GoldenEye"Bono The
Edge
Tina
Turner
Tomorrow
Never Dies
1997David
Arnold
"Tomorrow
Never Dies
"
Sheryl
Crow
Mitchell
Froom
Sheryl
Crow
The
World Is Not Enough
1999"The
World Is Not Enough
"
David Arnold Don BlackGarbage
Die
Another Day
2002"Die
Another Day
"
Madonna
Mirwais
Ahmadzaï
Madonna
Casino
Royale
2006"You
Know My Name
"3
4

The unofficial main themes:
























FilmYearScore composerTitle songPerformed by
Casino
Royale
(unofficial film)
1967Burt
Bacharach
"Casino Royale"Herb
Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
5
Never
Say Never Again
(unofficial film)
1983Michel
Legrand
"Never Say Never Again"Lani
Hall