Actually, Edsel’s were unjustly saddled with a rep of being a lemon (sort of like Tuckers). Heck, the president of Edsel was a former Packard president (Tucker used to work for Packard as well).
Lazenby got to marry Mrs. Peel. What other way to measure British Spy Greatness?
I’ll go with the only theme song done by a Beatle and the first James Bond Movie I saw in the Theater. “Live and Let Die”.
I like many of the others, but I love this one.
Jim
My favorite three:
Live & Let Die
Goldfinger (even though it’s the ultimate drag queen song)
License to Kill- Gladys Knight
Au contrair. The music for “Dr. No” had no vocals.
I was only designating the performers, not the authors.
These two, but reverse the order. Shirley had some pipes, man.
Well, considering he promptly sank into oobscurity after the film, while Connory performed with such likes as Uma Thurman (who did girl-on-girl scenes in Henry & June), Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Ormond, Tia Carrere, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Audrey Hepburn, to name but a few. While singly, many of them can’t compete with Ms. Peel (though I’d argue Audrey in her prime beats Emma hands down), collectively, they win, and I dunno about Lazenby, but at age 70+ Connory still looks like he could kick everyone’s ass.
Connery said he did Name of the Rose because the character was an old fat guy, which he was by then. 
I just like the way Lazenby played Bond.
Goldfinger rocks. Followed by Nobody does it better, and You only live twice.
But my favorite James Bond song is the only one to be used in five Bond movies* is 007
Sometimes called the 007 theme according to the Wiki link.
*Yeah I know the JB theme has been used in all of them, other than that I mean.
I think that the theme to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service suits the film the best. It actually sounds like they are skiing during the music.
However, I’m a big Duran Duran fan, and I particularly like View to a Kill.
I think that Shirley Bassey’s best is Goldfinger. Diamonds Are Forever is a close second. Moonraker is just awful.
I think that the theme to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service suits the film the best. It actually sounds like they are skiing during the music.
However, I’m a big Duran Duran fan, and I particularly like View to a Kill.
I htink that Shirley Bassey’s best is Goldfinger. Diamonds Are Forever is a close second. Moonraker is just awful.
I also like Matt Monroe’s “From Russia With Love” and Gladys Knight’s “Licence to Kill”
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“Operation Thunderball” was the name of the MI6/CIA mission to recover the nuclear bombs.
The Tybee, GA incident involved a single H-bomb carried by a B47 bomber, which collided with an F-86 fighter but managed to land safely after jettisoning the bomb in Wassaw Sound near Savannah.
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So, I’m the only A-Ha fan?* No surprise.
Just something about the way Morten sings “Comes the morning…”
*That’s “The Living Daylights” for those who are wondering.
My favorites are
- Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
- Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
I give Carly Simon the win because her performance sells that song. I love the way she ends that with “Baby … you’re the best”, etc.
To be fair, there is no question in my mind that Shirley Bassey’s singing “Goldfinger” is a bravura accomplishment.
And Paul McCartney’s “Live And Let Die” deserves a mention. That song goes through incredibile changes and captures the spirit of a James Bond movie.
No, I came in here specifically to mention that song too. As Weebl says, “That Morten Harket, he make me moist in my special places…”
Wolf_meister speaks for me, too. Right on the money.
Nobody Does it Better… than Carly Simon.
Sheena Easton singing “FOr Your Eyes Only” in the opening credits.
Instant lust.
My favorite also. It also earns points being the song everyone always forgets during cocktail party discussions, and will earn you major Bond-geek cred for mentioning.