I have always enjoyed John Barry’s music and the wonderful way in which he collaborated with artists as diverse as A-Ha, Duran Duran, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Louis Armstrong and many others when providing music for various James Bond films. His wonderful music can also be heard in other films most notably ‘Out Of Africa’ where ‘You are Karen’ is one of my all time favourite pieces of cinematic music.
As with a number of songs in my collection of my favourite 500 songs this one was also in my Auntie Sheila’s record collection and she had it as a single. The single version by Nancy Sinatra was a good deal more dramatic than the actual version used in the opening of the film and it is this version that Sheila had and this version that I remember on ‘Reprise’ records with its pink label and sleeve.
‘You Only Live Twice’ is a great song with great music and great lyrics and a great vocal by the daughter of a living legend.
Now enjoy the song…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDitUVMMzE0
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