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

[EuroJR]

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

[Mister Freeze]

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

[Bono Nettencourt]

The sound of a band dying.

[Z28]

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!

[tooth]

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.

[Rocker4Real]

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

[MotleyKaos]

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.

[skinni]

I agree with EuroJR that it's a bad song

[Metal Sludge]

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.

[dmbrocker]

"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.

[aerozeppelin]

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