Sunday, November 08, 2015
Broken Bond Themes
As a collegiately educated musician and composer I have yet to open my sensibilities to the "Broken Bond Theme" diaries. Fully I understand a book has been published on this subject, and one of the author's possessed a degree in music history. I have to admit I have not seen a modern Bond film in over a decade. They are not the same. Why would I want to watch a substandard film which like the entire genre of television fails to recognize and/or acknowledge their historical lineage? I am not interested. You can discard your cultural heritage, reinvent your medium, and pray no one notices. It is not the wise way to go, because the substance, content, and artistry of your medium all ready has been invented, preened, and perfected. Why would anyone want to discard their history? The simple answer is it is difficult with which to compete. Further lazy, selfish, and childish millionaires need immediate gratification. It far is easier simply to discard the competition, and when you own the industry that has become easy. Corporate monopolies have made that possible. Competition while rife in amateur and professional sports no longer seems to exist in television especially. It is all run by Big Brother. It's funny to me that their was a show not that long ago called Big Brother. No one understands what Big Brother is. As for Big Brother and "Broken Bond Themes," I can remember a handful of Bond themes. "Nobody Does It Better" comes to mind penned by Carley Simon. Then there is the McCartney anthem "Live and Let Die." It would be more prudent to define a Bond theme first. Describe the genre of film. Describe the purpose of the theme. I think most of us have an idea of what a Bond theme does. There is a lot of discrepancy in film music today. Also there is a lot of excellence. Also there is a lot of trash. Most of it has become trash, because the same lazy, selfish, childish millionaires produce it. There is one "Jungle Drums" musical cue I have been making fun of for twenty years. It does not surprise me that the Bond themes have succumbed to the same ills as most pop music. Simply the people producing them do not know what they are doing. They have not been to film school. The have not been to music school. Thirdly and probably most notably is America and the world is not the same. In a nutshell the feelings available to us today as consumers are far more limited than in our history. We have watched many genres of music disappear including the crooning of Bing Crosby, the moodiness of mainstream jazz, and the melancholy of country. It no longer seems appropriate to cry in your beer with a sense of helplessness. Instead millennials fancy electronic dance music laced with overt sexuality. They want to get their freak on. America in certain ways has regressed to a modern Sodom and Gomorrah. Surf the web and you will find rampant pornography. This pornography includes underaged women, misogynistic producers, and compounds built to exploit them. With that available to any American online [sic] try to imagine how any traditional roles in America have remained the same. Broken Bond Themes? The entire entertainment system is broken and has been for a long time. It defies explanation, because it is not logical. It is the new method for accumulating wealth in America, and that is exploitatively. Bond and his franchise are whores. The savviness, intelligence, and sex appeal of Bond long have evaporated in favor of the lazy, selfish, childish millionaires. Stop asking questions.