Lulu Vs. Alice Cooper (Page 2 of 2)

Lulu's is very much better! Cooper's does not sound bondian (or for that matter, LISTENABLE!)

This song is way better than Lulu's piece of tripe (though the orchestral version of it is very pretty to listen to). This admittedly would be hard to score though, only a few bits would work.

I've heard an orchestral version of Lulu's TMTWGG and I must say it's beautiful and fun. The actual song I don't like.

Hey there, very new on here as of tonite, just reading, checking out the site, and your post hit something that, as a FREAK (oops!) I've been hunting for, and so thought I'd throw it out there to see if others besides us (that would be me & you)do this! LOL!
With the 30th Anniversary CD We got Shirley Bassey's unreleased Thunderball theme recording, and an alternate take by Dionne Warick, as well as the Anthony Newley demo of Goldfinger, and simply "demo" of You Only Live Twice, which (and here's where the FREAK comes in), I found out after reseaching the net til blue in the face) was originally titled Volt, and sung by Julie Rodgers, but was rejected. And this got me thinking....are there other demos & rejected versions out there?
Now, you mentioned Alice Cooper's Man With The Golden Gun. (another I had found) I've also come across For Your Eyes Only - Blondie, a Take 2 of Live & Let Die by Paul, an early very rough View To A Kill - Duran Duran, and Tomorrow Never Dies versions by Swan Lee, St. Etienne, and a confirmed Bond reject, Tomorrow Never Lies, by Pulp.
The most recent find was a song entitled Octopussy that sounds like the gal singing has a definite accent, but French, German....or maybe Russian, I can't decipher, as I found that on a Russian website w/no name given. Then, there's still the mystery as to Bond related or simply coincidence?!
So, in answer to your question, I like Lulu's version better than Alice's, but Like Blondie's & Swan Lee's better than Sheena's & Sheryl's (am I the only one who does this to myself, or has anyone else gone though this phase of looking for the unobtainable?)
Cheers,
Len
P.S. Now, if they would just tell us who did the vocals on Dr. No!!!!!

The list is endless, but people like all the TND rejections or Cooper were done without anybody asking. So technically if you recorded a song with your rubber ducky under the shower and send it to Sony, you have exactly the same right to claim you did a rejected song as Pulp or other nobodies who wanter to spin their careers with a publicity stunt.
Far from unobtainable - now the things that were never released. THAT's unobtainable.

Chas, didn't you have a "rejected" song for Licence to Kill?

Last edited by The Cat (29th May 2007 10:19)

I prefer the Lulu song any day to Alice Cooper's take.

Underpinned by John Barry's music and Don Black on-point lyrics, even bad John Barry (is there such a thing?) is better than Alice, IMHO.

Duran Duran were apparently inspired by Lulu's song when it came to writing AVTAK.

JD_West said  "And also, there's nothing disco about that tune by any stretch of the imagination". LOL, yeah right. You don't know what you're talking about and can't understand the difference! This is 100% euro disco horrific. It's like KC and the sunshine band, but even camper. And yes it's better than Alice Coopers song, lol. 

I have always been an Alice Cooper fan, and I really think the Bond producers missed the boat with this one.  I don't completely hate the Lulu song, but Alice is an icon, and this song would have really added a cool, 70's rock vibe that would have stood the test of time (in my opinion.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU4jrHbgBHA