![]() ![]() ![]() You can find Cash’s “Thunderball” on the 2011 compilation Bootleg, Vol. I’m prepared based on very little actual knowledge to assert that it’s better than any existing James Bond theme, and that includes the one from you-know-who and “ this ever-changing world in which we’re living.” Sure, Cash’s version is a teensy bit stupid, but when you kick into that sweeping Morricone vibe, you can lead me just about anywhere.Ī month later, according to Robert Hilburn’s Johnny Cash: The Life, Cash wrote a pretty similar song for the John Wayne movie The Sons of Katie Elder, and in all honesty it’s a little better. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” Albert Broccoli didn’t like that the song didn’t mention the name of the movie, so he shitcanned it.īut at some point Johnny Cash submitted a version, which would have been much more suitable for a spaghetti western and is, frankly, awesome. That song had replaced a different song, sung by Shirley Bassey and, much later, by Dionne Warwick, which had the pretty unbeatable title of “Mr. And when were at home together she talks about. With you she doesnt act like she does with all the others. ![]() ![]() She doesnt grab you by the neck and nibble on your earlobe. When the amusing podcast James Bonding, hosted by Matt Gourley and Matt Mira, got around to dealing with the ultra-boring, ultra-rapey (this is according to them, mind you) fourth installment of the James Bond franchise, Thunderball, things livened up considerably when they discussed the story behind the theme song.īriefly, the theme song in the movie is sung by Tom Jones, who, legend has it, fainted upon completing the titanic final note of the song. The girl puts her glasses back on and wipes off the dust that her fall has left on the sleeveless green shirt of her uniform. ![]()
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