Welcome to BOTB 2021 round 11! Until Labor Day, I’m operating on summer mode in Blogosphere and will do only one battle per month on the first. I’m continuing my James Bond theme song battles. Today, I’m featuring the 8th movie in the series, Live and Let Die (1973). Roger Moore starred for the first time as 007 in this production. The beautiful Jane Seymour earned international fame playing a Bond girl as the tarrot reader, “Solitaire”.
Live and Let Die was a collaboration between Paul, his wife – Linda, and George Martin. Paul McCartney & The Wings opened the Bond flick with the first true rock and roll theme song. It was a success in the UK charting #9 and peaked at #2 on US charts for three weeks.
I wasn’t very happy with most of the vocal covers I listened to but narrowed it down to two semi-acceptable versions. I can’t even imagine either being used for Bond movie so try to not think about that, base your decision on the artist’s version along.
No introduction is needed for either of my contenders but I purposely want to you to listen to Guns N’ Roses first. Go ahead hit play.
GNR did a good job. Their hard rock flavor is present which isn’t a bad thing, making GNR rendition a bit edgier. Will this be a turn off or turn on?
I spotted Billy Joel on the list of possibilities. It made sense that he might cover a McCartney song. Let me know what you think of Joel’s version.
Billy did a good job, too. I picked up on his signature vibes in his cover. Is this enough to carry him to victory? I don’t know but I’m asking you to cast your vote for your favorite artist. Just drop a line in comments telling me who you prefer, Guns N’ Roses or Billy Joe and if you want you go into as much detail as you want for the reason you voted for your pick. There’s absolutely no wrong way to do this, folks, except to NOT participate. You don’t have to know beans about James Bond, the theme songs, nothin’! Base your vote on what you hear now. 😉
Who gets your vote? Will it be Guns N’ Roses or Billy Joe?
I invite you to visit other BoTBers with showdowns.
- ailovemusic (Amy) — 1st
- The Doglady’s Den (Debbie) — retired member, active voter
- Jingle Jangle Jungle (Mary) — Â 1st
- Mike’s Ramblings — 1st & 15th
- STMcC Presents BoTB (Stephen, BoTB Manager)Â —Â retired member, active voter
- The Sound of One Hand Typing (John)Â — Â 1st & 15th
- Tossing It Out (Lee)Â — Â 1st & 15th
Polls close July 7th at noon (EST)
Next week, same time slot I’ll be back to announce the winner in this round, so be sure to mark your calendar to see if your favorite artist wins in this showdown. Have a summertastic day! X💋X💋, Cathy