Daub, Adrian - The James Bond Songs

You know the name. You know the number. And, strangely enough, you recognize the songs. The James Bond-songs have been a fixture of our musical landscape for over fifty years, a distinct genre we've sometimes admired, sometimes smirked at. This book delves into these songs, tracing a secret history of pop and of ourselves as listeners.

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CONTENTS

James Bond and the End(s) of the Pop Song
Chapter 1: At Skyfall: The Bond-Song, Repression, and Repetition
Chapter 2: A Golden Girl Knows: The Ballads of James Bond
Chapter 3: You Only Live Twice: James Bond and (his) Age
Chapter 4: When You've Got a Job to Do: The 70s
Chapter 5: We're an All Time High: James Bond, Pop, and the Endless 1970s
Chapter 6: Looking the Part: James Bond's New Wave Years
Chapter 7: Your Life is a Story I Have Already Written: The Gay Panic Years
Chapter 8: Close My Body Now: Bond's Traumas and the Compulsion to Repeat
James Bond Will Return In....
Index