The Other Side of 007
Yes, we all know James Bond, Agent 007, is a suave, debonair killer who is a one-man petri dish, but did you know he is also a crooner?? Here are some clips of our beloved assassin warbling away.
I shall begin with Sean Connery, who could screech like a dying vulture for all I care. The man was voted Sexiest Man Alive at the age of 59, setting a record for the oldest man to win that title, and if that wasn’t enough, he won Sexiest Man of the Century at the age of 69. Behold the sweet sound of Connery, in the film, Darby O’Gill and the Little People:
And now, for the better clotheshorse, Roger Moore. Sexy as hell, but not quite pedestal-worthy, mostly due to not being Sean Connery. Still, it takes a man with true class to sing with The Muppets:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aGoFqU5fQ
And now, prepare for tinnitus…. Timothy Dalton is hawt, very much so. I didn’t care for him as 007, because it seemed to me he wasn’t happy being 007. He is a very talented actor, in my opinion. I have enjoyed pretty much everything he has done from The Lion in Winter to Flash Gordon to The King’s Whore to Hot Fuzz. But this….this defies description:
And finally, Pierce Brosnan, who did a fair job of being 007. He wore the tux well, but his sarcasm fell a bit short. And his smirk was too forced. Still, great eye candy, right? Too bad the guy can’t carry a tune even if “Q” provided the Lotus Elise for it:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HHCuO0R3Qg
Of course, too early for Daniel Craig as yet. Eventually something will crop up, though….more than likely a sad ballad, since Craig always looks like he is about to cry for some reason.
Hope you enjoyed this small soujourn into the soul of 007. If you can’t get the sound of Dalton or Brosnan out of your ears, try scratching a chalkboard.
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Thanks for wussifying 007…..
As if Roger “eye makeup” Moore didn’t do enough of that on his own….
So, you noticed the eyeliner too?? And it’s not “wussifying” so much as it is providing basic need-to-know information….
Roger Moore is actually older than Sean Connery, who turns 80 this year.
And you forgot George Lazenby–and for that matter David Niven, Peter Sellars and Woody Allen.
Yes, I know Moore is older, but he never won the Sexiest Man Alive award. Not that I go by such shallow things…
And I didn’t forget them, cbullitt…..saving them up for Part 2
Some of them had it all, some did not. Cute sojourn into the dark side.
Singing Secret Agents??!!
Oh dear God…..
Sheesh what’s next Patrick McGoohan doing the Macarena? Patrick Macnee singing selections from Gilbert & Sullivan? Diana Rigg doing a striptease??? …err perhaps the last one is not altogether a bad thing at that!
You completely bamfoozled me with this one. Roger Moore didn’t sing a note. Brosnan at least got close to actually singing something (about 80% of his notes were on pitch, for example), and given the material he had to work with…
Sad that apparently no one thought to get Dalton a voice coach.
Of the examples given, Connery gave the most credible vocal performance, but even that was almost akin to the entertainment factor of watching a singing dog (a very handsome Golden Retreiver–a Scottish breed–but still akin to a dog singing, as far as entertainment value goes).
I really, really, really need to go listen to some Jussi Bjorling or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to wash my ears out, now… Thanks.
True, Moore walked through it, but it was THE MUPPETS
, and the link to his rendition of “Singing in the Rain” did not work, alas.
Maybe my ears are tweaked, but Brosnan hurt to hear, almost as if his voice was going to crack at any moment, IMO. But as you said, the material he had was…*ahem*
For Guy – Patrick Macnee & Honor Blackman with Kinky Boots:
Awww, html fail. Try again: Kinky Boots
Well I suck. Comment #2 = Spam filter fail too. I’m gonna stop trying now.
Patience. I try to look through the spam comments for false positives.
Oh, well the link is in comment #1 afterall. That was weird – it wasn’t right after it posted.
Enas, I don’t see the link in the first comment. But I do have a question:
Did you get as creeped out as I did when Patrick McNee sang “sexy little schoolgirls”???
Yah, it’s not really there after all. I just need to go home. Actually the whole song has a very “Whaaa???” vibe. I swear it seems like back in the 60′s & 70′s everyone on TV and in the movies got dragged into a recording studio at some point and forced to put something on a record. Some of it was obviously done at gunpoint.
Sean Connery also sang in Dr. No – specifically a few lines of “Mango Tree” to Ursula Andress.
http://www.fertilehealthy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ursula-andress-dr-no-1b.jpg
Are you telling me you noticed Connery singing even after seeing Andress in a bikini???