As I mentioned previously I was a huge Soft Cell back in the 1980s having been introduced to them by my friend Lucy and always looked forward to hearing their new songs as and when they came out.
I loved ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ especially the instrumental version on the
B side of the single with a clarinet solo by Dave Toffani, so I was immediately hooked by the trumpet on ‘Torch’ and the wonderful sound and pure unadulterated drama of this song. As a Soft Cell devotee I immediately bought the 12’ version of the song, which had a wonderful spoken section in which Marc and Cindy do an extremely camp but quite dramatic duologue about Billie Holliday, Torch songs in general and their approach to them which will forever be a total classic.
In its day the sound of Soft Cell was very new and very modern and the use of drum machine, synthesisers and proper instruments coupled with Marc Almond’s truly amazing voice make this one of my favourite Soft Cell numbers.
Now listen to the song…
142. We Have All The Time in The World – Louis Armstrong (1968)
The thing about Louis Armstrong was that not only was he one hell of a trumpet maestro but an all round super talent as well as this song from 1968 proves.
‘We Have All The Time In The World’ is the incidental song from the 1968
James Bond film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ which starred George Lazenby and Diana Rigg and was the only film with George playing Bond.
I remember back in the early seventies when it took a significant number of years for a film to be shown on television. The first James Bond film ‘Dr. No’ got its ITV network premier in 1977 some 14 years after its cinematic release and so the only way to see the James Bond films was at the cinema. Some of the smaller cinemas in Leicester such as the Wigston Magna and Evington cinema used to do James Bond double bills and it was at one of these cinemas that I saw this film coupled up with ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ in a four hour James Bondfest!
I will always remember hearing this song, which accompanies various scenes in the film of James Bond and his future wife riding and dining etc and thinking (even as a child) what a great song it was. I was reminded of it when it was used in a Guinness advert on tv and the song was re-released as a single which I promptly bought some time in the 1990s.
The song combines the wonderful music of the late John Barry and lyrics by Hal David making it a true collaboration of two great composers.
Now listen to the song….
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