by 007hertzrumble | Nov 3, 2015 | Title Credits Remixed
Love erupts and cultures clash in this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy about two boys and two girls lost in the Orient. Sean Connery is James, a dashing mild-mannered British importer/exporter who meets cute as a button Japanese tourist Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), and embarks on a whiz bang romance. Now, on their way to meet Kissy’s large family back home in Japan, the pair is accompanied by James’ bumbling ugly ducking Oxford pal Ernst (Donald Pleasance) and Kissy’s traveling companion Aki. Can the quartet find happiness? Will James and Kissy tie the knot? And what’s the true story behind Ernst’s scar? The only certainty in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE is soy-flavored fun!
You Only Live Twice Opening Remixed w/ Pizzicato Five
You Only Live Twice Opening remixed w/ Pizzicato Five from James Patrick on Vimeo.
by Greg McCambley | Sep 25, 2015 | Licence to List, Misc.
#Bond_age_ Licence to List: Bond Theme Rankings
As an introduction to the next series of Bond posts leading up to the release of SPECTRE, the #Bond_age_ powers have come together with a cumulative rank of their favorite Bond theme songs. And yes we’re piggybacking on the release today of Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall.” This list includes vocal tracks only. So while Matt Munro’s “From Russia With Love” did not open From Russia With Love, it was still the title track. Meanwhile, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” does not count (because it is an instrumental) and likewise for Louis Armstrong’s “We Have All the Time in the World” because it is not the On Her Majesty’s Secret Service theme. That leaves 21 vocal theme tracks. We will not dare to rank the new Sam Smith track until we’ve heard it the context of the film. We don’t want to jump to any conclusions (Jay, excepted perhaps. He’s planning pickets and gathering pitchforks).
For our next list, you, the reader/Twatterer/#Bond_age_ junkie can suggest a topic and submit your own list. You will then choose your opponent (either Jay, Krissy or Greg) to a List Off, Iron Chef style (Iron #Bond_age_, eh?). Everyone else will choose a winner, mock our choices or cause general havoc down there in the comments of the page. With all that logistical nonsense out of the way (where’s Moneypenny?), here’s our ranking of the 21 Bond themes, highest ranked to lowest because we don’t believe in that delayed gratification anyway. Hand out the big awards first and then hang around for the snark about Sheryl Crow.
Ready? Let’s take a sonic journey through 50 years of Bond. (more…)
by 007hertzrumble | Aug 18, 2015 | Tournament of #Bond_age_ Tweets, Tournaments
And now, after months of voting, #Bond_age_ announces the TOURNAMENT OF #BOND_AGE_ TWEETS winner!!!
Winning by the slim margin of two votes, @TravisSMcClain has taken the top prize with his riff on the Identigraph in For Your Eyes Only.
If you see Travis around in the Twatterverse commend him for a Tweet well Twattered. Many fabulous prizes are most surely on their way to his doorstep. I can’t say what they are because that would just spoil the surprise. But they’re amazing, trust me.
Here’s the full, final Tournament bracket:
by 007hertzrumble | Jul 20, 2015 | Tournament of #Bond_age_ Tweets, Tournaments
We’ve reached the FINALS! for the Tournament of #Bond_age_ Tweets. This is the goldest twatter the twatterers done twattered. Choose… wisely. The winner wins pride, satisfaction and all sorts of bragging rights.
Also, my apologies for the delay in progressing this contest. When the website crashed some months ago, I neglected to advance the contest. I’m back on track now.
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by 007hertzrumble | Jun 2, 2015 | Title Credits Remixed
I’ve been stubbornly (shamelessly?) trying to shoehorn this Kenny Rogers jam into the Casino Royale opening sequence for EONS. it’s just never fit. Well, yesterday I gave it one more shot. I scoured YouTube for live cuts of “The Gambler” that might better fit the tempo of the opening. The original song was at once way too short and paced too slowly. Well, along comes this live cut (I believe from a Country Music Awards show in 1978). The sound quality isn’t stellar. Maybe I’ll find a better recording. Let’s just say the quality adds to overall feel. Kenny kicked the tempo of this version up a notch… and I think the studio audience clapping really makes the experience. Without further adieu, I give you the CASINO ROYALE Opening Remix with Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler.”
Casino Royale Opening Remixed with Kenny Rogers (Live!)
Casino Royale Opening Remix w/ Kenny Rogers (Live!) from James Patrick on Vimeo.
by 007hertzrumble | Jun 1, 2015 | Title Credits Remixed
@DrMattFinch came to me and he said, “#Bond_age_ Guy why haven’t you used Kate Bush’s “James and the Cold Gun” for a Remix? And I said, “How could I have overlooked this potential?” Well, I’ve overlooked it no more. I scoured the Roger Moore years (because let’s face it, Kate Bush could only soundtrack a Moore or a Dalton movie) and found a pairing that I quite like. There are some nice lyrical cues to match the action and the groovy bits definitely align with some of the disco-lite visuals in the Moonraker opening.
Moonraker Opening Remixed w/ Kate Bush
Moonraker Opening Remix w/ Kate Bush from James Patrick on Vimeo.
