![]() So there’s a lot of love in there for my band mates. “I was happy to write it when the feeling in the band is a really positive one. “It’s not a ‘poor me’ memoir,” Taylor tells ABC News Radio. Unlike some rock memoirs, John says he didn’t use the book to air any dirty laundry between himself and the other Duran Duran members, because they all actually get along just fine. Maybe it’ll influence more contemporary music.”Īs for John’s book, In the Pleasure Groove hit the top ten on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction best seller list. I thought, ‘Ooh, I’d like to hear more songs like this on the radio,’ actually. “I think the sound - she sounds like Shirley Bassey…she’s got that drama, that old-school drama, and I think they got the sound of the track just right. I think it ticks all the boxes,” John says approvingly. So, what does John think of Adele’s new theme for Skyfall? Is it one of the better Bond themes? But is there anybody who doesn’t love James Bond? So to be a part of it was very significant.” “Even though it’s not my favorite of the Bond films. “That was a very satisfying experience, seeing the titles roll in that film,” remembers John. ” But all the work paid off when the song topped the charts. So every time you came or left the studio you were going through a mob scene. ![]() And all the time we were doing it, we were under siege at the studio because it was really at the peak of Duran mania. “I mean, designing a song for a Bond theme is a very, very particular. “It was a difficult song,” John tells ABC News Radio. That led to Broccoli asking Duran Duran to do the honors and hooking the band up with legendary Bond composer John Barry, who wasn’t thrilled with the idea of working with the pop superstars. As the new James Bond film Skyfall rolls into theaters on Friday, it’s a good time to recall the story behind the making of the only James Bond theme ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Duran Duran’s “A View to a Kill” in 1985, from the movie of the same name.Īs Duran Duran’s John Taylor recounts in his new memoir, In the Pleasure Groove, he ran into James Bond producer Cubby Broccoli at a party and asked him when he was going to get someone “decent” to record a Bond theme. ![]()
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