It's just a blessing that the mediocrity of the titular film doesn't tarnish the song. Christopher Walken playing Christopher Walken mitigates somewhat but for every CW you've got a Grace Jones and a Tanya Roberts. Gratuitous miscasting abounds. Even Roger Moore was miscast at this point unfortunately.
This mix is a masterpiece as the beginning and the very end gives you a traditional '60s bond while simultaneously providing you with the '80s Duran Duran vibes we all know and love when it gets going 🎅🏾
This the music from John Barry (not sure who came first with the theme, the band or Barry), it was on the B side of Duran Duran's single. ruclips.net/video/ndjckQHx0h4/видео.html
this extended version captures all the excitement of all Bond Movies put together. For true Bond fans, we can actually see film footage clips in our minds while listening to this masterpiece.
Hey Michelle . I grew up with Duran Duran @ the High School Disco . They were such an innovative band in the early 80`s and still going strong now in the 21st Century .
One of the members of Duran Duran was a huge Bond fan and while drunk went up to Cubby Broccoli and said "When the f&^k are you gonna get a real band to do a Bond song for you?" Hence came this amazing classic. Amazing what happens when you put talent and respect for the source material together.
That was John Taylor, He was also the one who did not want the song remixed or extended to keep it pure, he stated he regreted not having it remixed. But the group had secretly gone behind his back in 1985 and made a remix/extended mix. But it was never officially released. until few years ago it was put out on a bootleg album as 12". It has a few differences to the single/movie version. Different chords in one place & and the Drum beat is slightly different. Probably remixed from original demos or first cuts of the song (when John wasn't around) so that remix sounds like a rough cut but Still sounds good.
I've got to be honest - I'm not a huge Duran Duran fan. But i have always loved this song. It is the best song of their career in my view, and one of the very best Bond themes. 10/10
planet earth girls on film save a prayer rio etc, Duran Duran along with Human League, Gary Newman and Depeche Mode/Yazoo created the platform for 80's pop
I never understood what a bad ass bassist John Taylor was until I started playing bass myself. The whole pretty boy thing overshadowed the fact that these guys were amazing musicians.
I absolutly agree with you , nothing can push "DuranDuran " from the Nr.1...👍😎👍...and "A View to a Kill " has the best "BondPowerwomen" we ever seen Grace Jones!!
Duran Duran was cutting edge and way ahead of their time. Couple that with one of the best James Bond Intro songs, and mix it like this, in a word, perfection! A+
Roger Taylor on the Drums...Seriously underrated musicians because they were all good looking too...girls used to go crazy for them...they still rock, Many great songs
I always loved the drums in this song, and the beginning of this version is fantastic. John and Roger Taylor are the most underappreciated rythym section in music.
This is the 12" version which means it plays more 8 minutes and no wonder radio stations across America at the time (1985) couldn't play this cause it was too long to play and went on to play the other version less than 4 mins. Just loved the last part with the flute. Awesome.
We have a lot of respect for the 60s but all us kids that were born in the 60s made it better in the 80s take a look at Michael isn't he the best of all for eternity.All of them after him are just a joke .
Stefanos. That's an excellent idea, Duran doing TWO songs, a ballad AND an up-tempo number. A View to a Kill is perhaps Duran's best recording imho, especially this particular version. To me, this version rivals or even surpasses the aural aesthetic of what was achieved with the Arcadia album, the So Red the Rose.
Jesus that was fucking amazing. The eighties truly was the best of times. I wish someone would invent a time machine already so that I could move back there permanently. This modern world you can keep. My soul is in the eighties. That flute section at the end. Just heaven.
Can we appreciate Roger's majestic, yet underrated drumming?? I love how this song just lets it shine! I love how it slows down at the end just before the beautiful flute comes in :D
@@stevenjohnson7442 ... indeed. Just because you CAN extend certain parts doesn't mean you SHOULD! This song is bombastic as it is, and you have to be careful because of that, if you're going to extend it.
@@donniehagy970 Agreed. Especially after hearing the remix that was made by Steve Thompson but never released. The percussion on the Thompson mix (apparently approved by both the band and EMI but soon after rejected) is WAY too busy and incredibly distracting and it brings nothing to the table. This fan made version is simply extended, it includes parts of the instrumental B-Side, and that what makes it good. That famous Barry melody is all over this mix. I love it.
Absolutely. The Music Out Now In 2021 I Refuse To Hear Today. The 80s Are So Much Better In Music Vs Now In 2021. I Prefer The 80s For Music Anyday. The 80s Were Great And Timeless For Music, Television, And Movies. 2021 Not So Much.
Who will LOVE 2 GO " BACK 2 THE FUTURE" and Re- LIVE da 80's ?. Especially 1984 . I LOVE THE 80'S and DURAN DURAN . I MISS MY DEAR BEST FRIEND MICHAEL ROSER ! 🤝
I literally listen to this every day. Sir Roger (R.I.P), James Bond and Duran Duran. Makes you proud to be British. Plus the film was amazing - don't believe the shite they say. Amazing Mix.
You can''t go wrong with Christopher Walken as a vilian or s good guy. I was 12 when this song came out. I love all eras of music(except this one) but the eighties rock!
Wow, can't believe its the first time I've heard that version, and love DD and Love VTAK. Actual tear rolling down my cheek as I type - the flute part, superb!
i love the way the beginning starts on the song.
Me too😉
Even Sean Connery would have to approve. That was pretty badass!
We all secretly know this is the best version of the best James Bond song, in the best era for music. I mean, that’s why we came here.
Also live and let die
Yeeeaaassssss!!!
A criminally underrated bond film, with arguably the best ending to a bond film, and undeniably the best soundtrack to a bond film...
Hi I recommend a song Called 'The Bond villain' By Robert Nix
A View to a Kill? A View to a Thrill!
"A View to a Kill, Missus". Frankie Howerd. Best Bond that never was.
Best Bond tune ever made!! ❤
It has always been my favourite!
That moment when you listen to this song with a great pair of headphones and get blown away by the bass track!!!!!!
Most definitely listening in November of 2024
STILL A BANGER (2024)
Duran Duran, the band all boys in the eighties pretended to hate but secretly loved.
This still sounds hot in 2024 ❤
It only rocks...
Great Music
DAMN RIGHT! Every other year I come back and say this is a classic.......
Love the extended version here. DD is one of the most awesome bands of the 80's or any other decade.
God don’t you miss the 80s ?
Always
Only the music.
EXCELLENT Commentary,Go, go go go go British GO, greetings from PERU!!!!!!
The music and no social media
I've almost finished my TIME MACHINE- wanna go?!!🤠🖖
Still ❤❤ this song!!!!! 80s music still lives on.. Duran Duran a great band during that time, an their music will always live on through the years..
Duran Duran produced the best bond theme of all time
I know right.
I Agree. This Song Is Awesome. Duran Duran Is One Of Those Best 80s Bands Of All Time In The 80s Decade.
@@michaelguernsey9685 Nah.. Duran Duran is thee best band of the 80s and thee best band of all time
It was the only Bond song to hit number one on Billboard. 😊
When it comes to music, I'm glad that I'm a child of the 80's 😊
Hi I recommend a Bond song called 'The Bond Villain By Robert Nix
We are getting old! 😂😂😂
@@alexwolff8508 43 lol
52🤣
@@alexwolff8508 you survived that long, my hero!
How many times have you been through the fire? Really, countless times and you are still here! Then HOPE became a confirmation!🙏👍❤️🎈😀😎😊
That voice is one of the best in the business
Once you lived the 80s you stay there forever.
So true!!!
A lot of truth to that statement.
Ain't that the truth??!!!❤😂😂😂
👍🏽👍🏽
I'll never leave there....no other time is worth it's weight in gold....
No song ever captured the excitement, the stylishness and exoticism of James Bond better than A View To A Kill by Duran Duran.
bertitolino
My words exactly !!!
Bingo!
@@Sean-zu1cj Paul McCartney's Live and Let die was a number 1
It's just a blessing that the mediocrity of the titular film doesn't tarnish the song. Christopher Walken playing Christopher Walken mitigates somewhat but for every CW you've got a Grace Jones and a Tanya Roberts. Gratuitous miscasting abounds. Even Roger Moore was miscast at this point unfortunately.
totally agree m8
1985 was, by far, the most epic year in a decade already filled with amazing times...
Agreed so true!!!
Was the year I joined the military and went of to Angola and other parts fighting communism.
Everton where champions
This mix is a masterpiece as the beginning and the very end gives you a traditional '60s bond while simultaneously providing you with the '80s Duran Duran vibes we all know and love when it gets going 🎅🏾
Hi I Recommend checking out a new Bond song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
This the music from John Barry (not sure who came first with the theme, the band or Barry), it was on the B side of Duran Duran's single.
ruclips.net/video/ndjckQHx0h4/видео.html
So good 😊😊😊😊
See... ⁉That's a masterpiece comment‼
素晴らしい！
ってか、
凄まじささえ感じる！
映画本編（サントラ）迄巻き込んだ、ちょっとしたプログレ楽曲ニュアンスまで感じる、（行っちゃってる、）力作、と、まぁ言ってよいだろう。
ところ思わず吹出しちゃうところ、
ところウン、カッコいい！！！
という所、
ファン（ならずしても）ハラハラドキドキ、映画本編内容通りである。
当に、気球に乗って、どこまで行こう！（笑）であり、
破裂して全て爆発しジ•エンド（笑）でない、
何度でも聞きたくなる、中々面白いリミックスだと思う。
this extended version captures all the excitement of all Bond Movies put together. For true Bond fans, we can actually see film footage clips in our minds while listening to this masterpiece.
A Masterpiece!
I strongly agree with that
Hey Michelle . I grew up with Duran Duran @ the High School Disco . They were such an innovative band in the early 80`s and still going strong now in the 21st Century .
This theme popped in my head the other day,now it in my playlist randomly.
@@gordoncampbell100 hey! this is amazing! (very nice) 🍷🍹
One of the members of Duran Duran was a huge Bond fan and while drunk went up to Cubby Broccoli and said "When the f&^k are you gonna get a real band to do a Bond song for you?" Hence came this amazing classic. Amazing what happens when you put talent and respect for the source material together.
That was John Taylor, He was also the one who did not want the song remixed or extended to keep it pure, he stated he regreted not having it remixed. But the group had secretly gone behind his back in 1985 and made a remix/extended mix. But it was never officially released. until few years ago it was put out on a bootleg album as 12". It has a few differences to the single/movie version. Different chords in one place & and the Drum beat is slightly different. Probably remixed from original demos or first cuts of the song (when John wasn't around) so that remix sounds like a rough cut but Still sounds good.
@@abingleyboy Is this song the remix of the original?
@@Duke_Fleed5 i don't understand your Question sorry?
Here's a link to the extended remixm.ruclips.net/video/wrIrAAXs65A/видео.html if it works.
@@abingleyboy Never heard that version before...it's OK, but I actually prefer this one!
thank God for giving us duran duran
They are one of the best bands of all time!
Better than the Beatles?
*facepalm*
Hell yeah- The Greatest Band on Earth ❤️❤️❤️
No need to compare..they're both britain a nd great bands of all time..in different times.
I've got to be honest - I'm not a huge Duran Duran fan. But i have always loved this song. It is the best song of their career in my view, and one of the very best Bond themes. 10/10
Better than Come Undone and Ordinary World?
planet earth
girls on film
save a prayer
rio
etc,
Duran Duran along with Human League, Gary Newman and Depeche Mode/Yazoo created the platform for 80's pop
Hungry Like the Wolf too.
robicenco1 I have to agree with your statement - but after this I started listening to their other recordings and discovered they're good
It's certainly up there as one of their best.
Wacked out! Fucked up 2020! Who's still listening! The Bond hit to hit #1! All that needs to be said!
I never understood what a bad ass bassist John Taylor was until I started playing bass myself. The whole pretty boy thing overshadowed the fact that these guys were amazing musicians.
Hey honey I'm 71 years old and you're not kidding
This band always gets taken for granted Through The Years from their first album
Who released this version as the band never issued a 12 inch record for this song in 1985
This channel made it, THE OWF 👏 glad I found them, amazing work 👌💖🙂
Especially when you recognize the video game the flute section was sampled from.
This whole song is on fire. I love Duran Duran!
This is the best BOND song ever to me.
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Absolutely 🆒👍.
I absolutly agree with you , nothing can push "DuranDuran " from the Nr.1...👍😎👍...and "A View to a Kill " has the best "BondPowerwomen" we ever seen Grace Jones!!
@@christianbaler1166 Better than License to Kill?
@@adamg5780 only my opinion Adam👍😎🌈
Brilliant version 👍🏻💯
Duran Duran was cutting edge and way ahead of their time. Couple that with one of the best James Bond Intro songs, and mix it like this, in a word, perfection! A+
Another great band from the 80s.
Hi I Recommend a new Bond Theme song called 'The Bond Villain' by Robert Nix
John is killin that BASS🎸🎶
The flute is so soothing and peaceful
amids the heavy drumming, pure genius!
Sorrowful IMHO...
It was Ron Burgundy in studio...jk 😊😅
Sir Roger,what a typical English gentleman he was and the Duran boys were just awesome rip sir Roger Moore
Best bond in my opinion !
That flute at the end is a cherry on the top, icing on the already great cake. It would be amazing to hear it in the movie
That last minute is simply divine, that flute!!!!!
+Mike Neirinck I always loved that part of the song in the movie, where he's carrying her down the ladder. Gives me goosebumps hearing the flute!
The flute is so sick!
YEAH
The Flute is from the John Barry original soundtrack. It's called "wine with stacey" or "that fatal kiss"
@@abingleyboy 👍
That flute would bring tears to a glass eye 😢 and those drums omg 🔥
Duran Duran could still be a hit today
But could anyone of today in the eighties? 😂
They still are!!! DDF4L!!!
This version is insane..should have @least 1 billion vieuws..
A View to A Kill and The Living Daylights are great movies with great theme songs. Two of my favorites.
my god, this unbelievably good.
Best Bond song.
Agreed.
ahahah so true
PAUL FT damn that ending was heart touching
Got to agree
I' am REMEMBER this is THE BEST DURAN - DURAN.. BAND FAVORITE .. R.I.P...PRINCESS LADY🌹 DIANA 🙏🙏
That flute part at the end always gets me...it is brilliant
Though I was the only one that got that.
Atlien Rider not only you!!!
Flutetastic !
Roger Taylor on the Drums...Seriously underrated musicians because they were all good looking too...girls used to go crazy for them...they still rock,
Many great songs
Unreal song. Loved it as a child, but truly appreciate it as an adult. Just stunning. And this mix up is very, very good too. Hats off.
WATCH THE EXTENDED VIDEO OF 12..INCH ..AWESOME.
Yes yes yes !!!!!
Uu
Hammer Song
Absolutely correct
I always loved the drums in this song, and the beginning of this version is fantastic. John and Roger Taylor are the most underappreciated rythym section in music.
and Andy Taylor!!
Sean & Dawn: Listen to some "Power Station."
Cheers!
Dawn Clark, plus Andy sings a lot better than John, lol.
Yeah-uh buddy!!!
After all these years this is still the best #1 bond song ever made 🏆
100 %
pleazzz let me go back to the 80' where I belong !!
observer 33 hold on!!! I wanna come with!
Take me with you
me too!
My bags are packed!
observer 33 yes yes. Back to the 80's!!!! Man it was way better than now
You just cannot compare today's crapp with the eighties. Full marks to this one. What a gem what better times ❤❤👍👍Nov 2019
I always thought 'Macs' live and let die was a good bond theme, but this is up there too?
@@Toby_the_Glenor maybe save a prayer, there are so many to choose from 👍❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧👍 Jul twenty three
By far the greatest James Bond theme song.
The Powerful sound of the 1980s
The best bond theme in the whole franchise; Long live sir Roger Moore, the most charismatic and likeable Bond; R.I.P.
They need to add this to their singles collections.
Love duran duran,God I miss the hot summers of the 80s and the music.such good times.😊
True, true and double true! 👊🏻😎
The flute is so cool, wow.
Duran Duran should perform extended versions when performing in life concerts .
..great song.. 80's hits rule..and 80's movies.. 007
Roger Moore is my favorite bond. Also he is a saint. 😎
This is absolutely the best bond song. #longlive80s
This is the 12" version which means it plays more 8 minutes and no wonder radio stations across America at the time (1985) couldn't play this cause it was too long to play and went on to play the other version less than 4 mins. Just loved the last part with the flute. Awesome.
The best version
Thank you for that hauntingly beautiful ending. Take me back home to the 80’s where I belong.
MAY I HITCH HIKE BACK TO THE 80S WITH YA!?
What a kick-ass remix! Thank you! The 80s rule!
brilliant!
John Spiller agreed chreers 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
John Spiller if you think the eighties rule you obviously didn't live the 60s Where it All Began
We have a lot of respect for the 60s but all us kids that were born in the 60s made it better in the 80s take a look at Michael isn't he the best of all for eternity.All of them after him are just a joke .
80s greatest decade ever
Duran Duran deserves another Bond song .
música by john barry and duran duran
Stefanos. That's an excellent idea, Duran doing TWO songs, a ballad AND an up-tempo number. A View to a
Kill is perhaps Duran's best recording imho, especially this particular version. To me, this version rivals or even surpasses the aural aesthetic of what was achieved with the Arcadia album, the So Red the Rose.
Bring them back for Shatterhand
....And for the Next Bond.... Taylor Swift
Agreed
Jesus that was fucking amazing. The eighties truly was the best of times. I wish someone would invent a time machine already so that I could move back there permanently. This modern world you can keep. My soul is in the eighties. That flute section at the end. Just heaven.
Fellow 80s kid me and my wife to be will have our Delorean riding 88 with you and all others of the times
Yes!!!!!
i will come with you i totally agree with you 100%
Me too 😎
The first Bond theme to go to #1 on Billboards HOT 💯
Can we appreciate Roger's majestic, yet underrated drumming?? I love how this song just lets it shine!
I love how it slows down at the end just before the beautiful flute comes in :D
We can.
the flute at the end, its awesome isnt it ! Takes you away, does it ?
Roger Moore played drums? 😮😅
Duran Duran and Sir Roger Moore = Best of British.
Absolutely!!!
Don't forget John Barry
I am watching this video and it takes me back to my youth l love Duran Duran a real classic and Sir Roger Moore what a gentleman xx
His Bond was so much fun! Daniel Craig could use a touch of Roger Moore's panache!
@@silentdreamlands8553
He couldn't lick his boots!
A 12 inch like they used to arrange back in the 80's! Excellent!
I use my 13 inch.
@@varanid9
I just had to...wait, I didn't ask!
That outro is heavenly and perfect.
Still listening to this in June 2021 and will be listening to it in 2041 too, if Im still alive😆. A classic!
The A side mixed with the B side!!! Excellent my friends!!!!!!!!!!!!
This remix version should have been in the movie. It's that good.
I know it's late for a reply, but I TOTALLY agree. This was awesome!!
It's just repetitive rubbish!
@@stevenjohnson7442 ... indeed. Just because you CAN extend certain parts doesn't mean you SHOULD! This song is bombastic as it is, and you have to be careful because of that, if you're going to extend it.
@@Tre404 It's just "bag,bag,bag"
My goodness!
It's way too much.
@@donniehagy970 Agreed. Especially after hearing the remix that was made by Steve Thompson but never released. The percussion on the Thompson mix (apparently approved by both the band and EMI but soon after rejected) is WAY too busy and incredibly distracting and it brings nothing to the table. This fan made version is simply extended, it includes parts of the instrumental B-Side, and that what makes it good. That famous Barry melody is all over this mix. I love it.
The song is amazing, and then that ending. I cant breathe its so good.
love that ending......
Same
❤
Putting Duran Duran and John Barry together was a genius decision. How this only reached #2 on the charts I will never know!
Just so many great songs at that time that so many #1's never made it, but looking it up VTK was number 1 for two weeks.
the best version ever!!!! should be released official!!!!
+MRW2276 Number two here in the UK. Think Madonna's Into The Groove was responsible. Lol...
thank you UK for these fellas!!!!
#1 in the US maybe because Groove wasn't a single? LoooL.
Dance into the Fire 🔥 the fatal Kiss💋 is all we need! When all we see is the VIEW TO A KILL 😲
Don't know why they always play Wild Boys on radio stations. A View to a kill is the best track of Duran Duran. And this mix really kicks ass!!!
the 80's were too good...
Absolutely. The Music Out Now In 2021 I Refuse To Hear Today. The 80s Are So Much Better In Music Vs Now In 2021. I Prefer The 80s For Music Anyday. The 80s Were Great And Timeless For Music, Television, And Movies. 2021 Not So Much.
AMEN 👍
Excellent. One of the best bond themes ever!!
The best Bond Theme!!!!!
The one by a-ha with Timothy Dalton was great too.
@@MrVexedviper Yes it is, what the fuck you talking about? no doubt u would pick the more recent awful entries.
Perfection!!!
IT DONT GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀
That Ending always gives me goosebumps
Best remix of a song I've ever heard. The ending is perfect. This should have been the version for the movie!
Just KILLER!!! Very Power Station!
Right on Mike and since you brought up PS do you like Arcadia?
FANTASTIC, PERIOD!
Who will LOVE 2 GO " BACK 2 THE FUTURE" and Re- LIVE da 80's ?. Especially 1984 . I LOVE THE 80'S and DURAN DURAN . I MISS MY DEAR BEST FRIEND MICHAEL ROSER ! 🤝
The best opening the ever!
The combination of John Barry and Duran Duran created one of the most delicious tunes of the eighties. But I'm biased..........
Awesome how the old jazzy sample was enginered into this fantastic droning piece of music.
But that must have been a battle: Nick and Mr. Barry had a good fight..it was worth it!!
It is one of the great Bond songs.
name them in order of greatness - dare you
I love this remix version beautiful. Thanks Duran Duran beautiful voice. R.I.P Roger Moore 😢 😢 💚 💛
❤
A View to a Kill and Duran Duran's theme song. This was a very good Bond flick!
I liked this song when it came out in 85 and this version is AMAZING!!
much better sound than the one of now! no comparison allowed!
Great movie, great song.
I literally listen to this every day. Sir Roger (R.I.P), James Bond and Duran Duran. Makes you proud to be British. Plus the film was amazing - don't believe the shite they say. Amazing Mix.
Duran have always put a lot of effort into their 12' maxi's. this is no exception.
Yes this 007 theme is the greatest of all the Bond films!
Awesome mix of easily the best Bond theme.
Wildzippy this version is awesome!❤😊
this band can make music. Its new classic.
Awesome remix. A great Roger Moore James Bond film with a great Christopher Walken as the bad guy Max Zorin.
Zorin is my favorite villian
You can''t go wrong with Christopher Walken as a vilian or s good guy. I was 12 when this song came out. I love all eras of music(except this one) but the eighties rock!
and Grace Jones! unforgettable :D
@@mgparis Grace is my foster mum's sister. I heard a lot about Grace which surprised even me!!!
@@evonneokafor Wow, that's amazing! thanks for sharing :)
Wow, can't believe its the first time I've heard that version, and love DD and Love VTAK. Actual tear rolling down my cheek as I type - the flute part, superb!
That bass guitar man ❤