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The REAL reason they rejected Alice Cooper's song for the Bond movie...

They heard the song and it sucked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKPTSE14tY

The sound of a band dying.

Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:17 am

The Pet Shop Boys had a song that was up for Bond movie contention, but ended up on one of their own albums. It totally works either way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kkjPDryFM
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Thanks that was a cool listen for a Sunday morning!

I'm a big a-ha fan & saw an image of a cd which had their version of "The Living Daylights", along with 4 or 5 other songs of the same name from different bands/artists. One of them was by the band Farrenheit, which included Charlie Farren (semi legendary Boston rocker). I ran into Charlie a few years later, asked him about it & he claimed that, for Bond movies, they solicit songs from 5/10 bands/artists & pick the theme from there.

It's OK. Alice still got songs in Wayne's World and Friday The 13th part 6.

The man with the golden gun
He's waiting somewhere out there for you

That's all I needed to hear to understand why it wasn't used as the theme. Alice can and has done better.

I agree with EuroJR that it's a bad song

Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:17 am Was this a demo? This could actually have worked with a better arrangement --- bigger drums, horns, and maybe some background singers on those high notes.

Then again, my favorite Bond songs sound a touch "off-brand" - like "View to a Kill" and "Live & Let Die". I even like "Die Another Day" for what it is.

When you try too hard to sound like a Bond song (see: Sheryl Crow), it falls flat.

The Pet Shop Boys had a song that was up for Bond movie contention, but ended up on one of their own albums. It totally works either way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kkjPDryFM

Live & Let Die and A View to a Kill are my favorites too.
When I was a kid, I liked For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved me too.

"A View to a Kill" is the best Bond theme. Period. And I could see that Alice song fitting in with the camp that the Roger Moore-era Bond films had become, but at the same time it doesn't exactly scream Bond. Lulu did it better.

Another rejected gem - Blondie's version of "For Your Eyes Only:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Y-hCydiXA