Ray of Blight #4 A Discussion of James Bond Theme Songs, Now Available For Your Listening Pleasure

This episode: songs commissioned for James Bond movies, and what makes them awesome and what does not. Plus, Google Voice Mail Transcription Karaoke, another installment of *NSYNC Fan Fiction and you joining us in laughing ourselves silly. A small sampling of relevant subtopics in Ray of Blight #4 James Bond Themes: the extravagantly fabulous Dame Shirley Bassey, Gladys Knight in a tux, Tina Turner having a stroke, the likening of Sheryl Crow's thin voice to that of a dying cat, Goldfinger, Mr. Bond being expected to die instead of being expected to talk, live and let pie, Eartha Kitt, Madonna's request that Dr. Freud analyze her defiance of ego, Diamonds Are Forever, Nick Rhodes looking like Bonnie Tyler, the Alicia Keys & Jack White screech fest, Bon Simon LeBon mugging, speculation of potentially mandatory a-ha font, Whedonistas, The Pretenders, The Living Daylights, pauvre Scott Walker, whispering during R. Kelly's Whitney Houston tribute, Jewel Staite, throat singing and cattle calling, Alanis Morissette cramming as many words as possible into a sentence, Lace And Leather vs When Doves Cry, Nancy Sinatra's recording tribulations, correlation vs causation, the mandatory art of "selling it," John Barry, Cher Lloyd grunting, Tom Jones passing out, Adele's Skyfall, Moonraker, Dusty Springfield, Casino Royale, Last FM scrobbling with Wings, Lulu vs Alice Cooper: The Man With The Golden Gun, and much, much more! During this episode we talk about a few things that we said we would post pictures of. Here they are!

Shirley Bassey, the Queen of James Bond Themes, Performing Goldfinger

A sampling of stills Discussed From the View to a Kill Video

a-ha's opening credit font

Tom Brokaw vs DAMEJUDIDENCH

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