Never want to hear that SONG again

First, let me say I am a huge Bond fan. While I love Sean Connery, I can find things to enjoy about all the other Bonds, unlike most people.

Second, LIVE & LET DIE is one of my favorite theme songs from a series that has produced a lot of great tunes.

Having said that, I see where you're coming from. While it doesn't bother me as much as it did you, the song is over used in the film. Other films in the series make more of an effort to mix the James Bond Theme & other pieces into the soundtrack.

Part of the reason, I suspect, is, if you get Paul McCartney (or any BEATLE) to compose a song for your film, you're going to make damn sure you get your moneys worth out of that particular melody. Remember, this was only three years after the BEATLES break up. Even Ringo would have been a get.

As far as product placement goes... well, yeah. The Bond films virtually invented product placement. From Aston Martin cars to Walther handguns, from Rolex & Omega watches to Smirnoff & Finlandia vodkas, Heineken beer & Brioni suits, Dom Perignon & Bollinger champagne, Colibri lighters (THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN's gun is made up, largely, of a Colibri lighter & cigarette case) & Lamborghini cars (to finish where we started).

And those are just what I could think of off the top of my head.

Bond's lifestyle requires branding. If Bond pulls a bottle of crappy sparkling wine out of his fridge, it doesn't make the impact that a fine Bollinger does.

I suspect that attitude extends to the production. Paul McCartney makes a much bigger impact than THE MONKEES.

But you're right. It does get tiresome after a while.

"This has ruined Live and Let Die, the song, for me. I've always liked that song, but never knew it was a Bond theme song! So here I am watching all the Bond movies in succession and I come across LALD. "

LOL, you got to be *beep* kidding me! You've always liked the song yet you didn't even realize it was explicitly written for this movie? How about "Goldfinger"? Do you know there is a Bond movie by the same name? Did you know Paul McCartney was with a band before he was with "Wings"?

Sig, you want a sig, here's a SIG-sauer!

Couldn't disagree more. Best Bond theme song of all time I think and a great song in it's own right. Even GnR's version is good. I haven't seen the movie in a long time, so I can't say anything about being overused, but it's not a song I ever get sick of, so I'd probably disagree.

I guess you're young, but I have to laugh these days when I hear a new song, it's usually on a TV commercial and anywhere from Irritating to mildly ok. Then months later I hear it on the radio and I can only associate it as some sell out TV jingle and not take it seriously. The music industry is totally backwards nowadays.

"Were there any other songs in the movie?"

Did you think it was going to be a musical?

The score was composed by George Martin, The Beatles producer and a "fifth member" of The Beatles. So I think it was just natural, that he made the song part of the score. I didn't feel it was overused at all. LALD is one my favourite scores from the Bond movies (out of many). This was the first time, after Dr No, that somebody else than John Barry composed the score and I think Martin succeeded extremely well.

One of my favorite McCartney songs and the best Bond theme song.

Seriously? The song *only* makes any sense in the context of this movie!

Great song. Paul McCartney is a musical genius.
He was in some British band once that did pretty well.