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The Man With The Golden Gun
5th January 2013
Lulu's theme for the 1974 James Bond film has ranked last in the MI6 survey of 007 title songs...
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Lulu - The Man With
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The theme song to "The
Man With The Golden Gun" was performed by Scottish singer Lulu, composed by
John Barry,
and the
lyrics
were
written by Don Black.
Barry considered the theme tune - the
only Bond film title track not to chart as a single in
either the UK or
US - and score to be among the weakest of his contributions
to the series. He had just three weeks to compose all
the music.
"It's the least
interesting Bond song. It's the one I hate the most. It's
the one thing
I think was really... bad. It was bad." - John Barry |
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Certainly the title song is notable for having especially suggestive
lyrics, and during a TV celebration for the 40th anniversary
of the series, Lulu's performance was introduced with reference
to it being the raunchiest of all Bond songs.
"I thought - try and write provocative,
sensual lyrics. They were a bit on the nose. It's a piece of
delicious nonsense - cartoon hokum!" - Don Black
Lyrics
He has a powerful weapon
charges a million a shot,
An assassin's second to none,
The man with the golden gun.
Lurking in some darkened doorway,
Or crouched on a roof top somewhere,
In the next room, or this very one
The man with the golden gun.
Love is required whenever he's hired,
It comes just before the kill.
No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him
With his million dollar skill.
A golden shot means another poor victim,
Has come to a glittering end,
For a price, he'll erase anyone
The man with the golden gun.
His eye may be on you or me.
Who will he bang?
We shall see.
Love is required whenever he's hired,
It comes just before the kill.
No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him
With his million dollar skill.
A golden shot means another poor victim,
Has come to a glittering end,
If you want to get rid of someone,
The man with the golden gun
Will get it done
He'll shoot anyone
With his golden gun.
