RIP John Barry
John Barry has died. He was famous for writing a lot of James Bond film title tracks but you probably have no idea how many of his songs and tunes you know without realizing he was the composer; stuff which has been the background to our lives for many years. I’ve known his work since the 1960s because he wrote the arrangements for Adam Faith’s hits. Yes, I do still have the record in the picture.
John Barry gave us some fabulous stuff and more or less set the tone for all the international jet-set spy caper soundtracks of the sixties and seventies; he wrote music to drink long martinis by, preferably enjoyed in the back seat of a Jensen Interceptor while cruising down the Croisette at Cannes. I doubt very much, though, if he'd ever have been able to work that glamour onto Budgie and Charlie Endell.
Strange thing; I never watched Budgie.
Bound to feature on SOTS soon. Are you as irritated as I am but the new 'what was happening in the big wide world' feature? Wastes music time, IMO.