What type of music does Bond listen to?
Blood_Serpent
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In the movies, I have never seen Bond listen to a partictular genre of music, so the question is: What type of music does James Bond enjoy listing to?
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In the books he listens to "Echos of Paris" a rather nice album of piano music by George Feyer. Of course "La Vie en Rose" is Bond and Vesper's song.
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
There's a brief wink to that in the Living Daylights film when we hear him listening to a slice of jazz in his car.
I totally forgot about that scene in GF! I'm gussing that he really doesn't like anything "modern."
Still, I wonder what his comments are on this generations genre of music (i.e. Rap, Rock, Metal, Pop etc)?
To make is post more humorous, what would be in Bond's ipod? (If he ever owned one?
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
I'm sure that in the books he also listens to The Inkspots at some time.
This is a hard one. If he is with the ladies I think it would be jazz or something soft. If it's a long drive in the country something more like the Eagles or Sir Paul.
Fiona: But of course, I forgot your ego, Mr. Bond. James Bond, who only has to make love to a woman and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing.
It would be my guess that Bond appreciates the music of the thirties and forties. He probably has some early Sinatra in his collection, Ella Fitgerald(How High the Moon comes to mind.) He wouldn't be adverse to jazz but he probably likes music that makes him smile. Bond isn't the weepy sort.
Fun to speculate though...Bond should be modern but not fadish. The Beatles comment in GF always jarred a bit, and it's good fourtune that the Beatles have lasted as a cultural phenomena (which couldn't have been a known certainty at the time of GF) or that kind of thing can really date a film by making it too specific in time and can render them 'period pieces'
Anyhoo...to quote Iggy Pop (who should be a cert for Daniel/Bonds iPod) Daniel's Bond is 'just a modern guy' so I would expect a broad range of stuff that reflects the current position of 40 yr olds buying/downloading the largest proportion of music sold. I think that Daniel's Bond would like the Kaiser Chiefs, but would also listen to some Jazz (possibly of the funky modern Scandinavian persuassion) He is unlikely to go much for Hip-Hop, but he would listen to Anastacia and moody Jazz when entertaining a lady. He remains even in Dan's portrayal a well educated fellow albeit by the the grace of' someone elses' money' so he would at least be aqainted with the classical canon (Bach, Beethoven, Scarlatti etc) I wouldn't see him as having a very left-field or esoteric sensibility in his tastes,but he wouldn't like junk or ephemera. I suspect him of having a liking for mid period Pink Floyd, more Dark side than Piper at the gates of Dawn.
And yes I think he would most certainly like the Beatles unless he's more of a Rolling Stones man of course...
Connery during downtime = Jazz
Moore = Definetely Classical some Classic Disco
Lazenby = 60s Rock like The Turtles, Beatles, etc.
Dalton = New Age, Classical
Brosnan = Americana, Electronica
Craig = Soundscapes...maybe a little Country
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