Well not exactly a song this week...
Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley, who knows about these things, says it all much better than I can. He's right for example that Barry was the epitome of sixties London: "He shared a flat with Michael Caine, married Jane Birkin, and owned a pad in super-hip Cadogan Square."
And then there were the tunes of course: the unexpected chord changes and the distinctive arranging style, both of which have been massively influential on musicians of the last fifty years.
Spoilt for choice as I am, I'm going to plump for his score for this classic film starring his erstwhile flatmate...
More Guardian stuff here and here.
RIP JB.
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Another great choice - I've been whipping around the blogs today and it's amazing how few doubles have come up...
Thanks for stopping by folks. Glad you approve...
Just listening to more John Barry this evening I'm reminded that he also wrote this beautiful song.
...Which in turn reminds me of a version of this by My Bloody Valentine, actually pretty faithful to the original, which appeared on an excellent album of Bond covers which David Arnold produced in 1997 before himself taking over as 007 music supremo in latter years...
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