CAIRO - “John Deacon, now I'm in your room and I'm in your bed and I'm in your life and I'm in your head, like the CIA or the FBI, you'll never get close, never take me alive”. That was a part of a good song by the great band Queen, in which John Deacon played bass guitar and that's why his name was mentioned. Don't worry, the names of the other three members were also included in the lyrics. Never mind all that. I'm not going to talk about Queen ��" this article is related to the Israeli spy who was recently arrested here, which reminded me so much of the CIA and FBI part of the song I mentioned above. They say he was caught because he was stupid enough to post on his Facebook profile photographs of himself with many others in numerous locations here in Egypt. Doesn't this make you wonder? What is the IQ of a person who would do such a thing? Do countries employ such naïve spies? Could one FOREIGN man start or even escalate a revolution alone? I'm not saying he's not in the espionage business, but if this is the standard we are dealing with… then we are very safe. If we are to talk about agents and so on, then we can't ignore Paul McCartney's song “Spies Like Us”, which was taken from a movie of the same name. Paul sang, “We get there by hook or by crook, we don't do a thing by the book. “These bars sound funny but they would have been better if he had said “We post everything on Facebook.” I can mention a long list of tracks written for movies that told us stories of the most famous spy of all ��" Bond, James Bond. Some of the world's most popular artists had the prestigious honour of making a song for a Bond movie. Well, at least they were hugely popular at the time they were chosen to record the title track. For instance, in 1987 when Norwegian band A-Ha performed “The Living Daylight” it was the most successful band ever to come from Norway… By the way, it still is! British new wave rock band Duran Duran was huge in the 1980s and “A View to a Kill” was a chart topper in 1985. Wasn't that the last Bond movie for Roger Moore? No one except Welsh singer Shirley Bassey had the pleasure of performing three Bond songs ��" “Goldfinger”, “Diamonds Are Forever” and “Moonraker”. I have to say that she is one of the artists I never liked and never will, but I do enjoy listening to the first two numbers. Shirley's singing style reminds me a lot of that of Tom Jones, who is also Welsh. He recorded the title track of the Bond movie “Thunderball”. I have nothing against Wales and its artists, but I hate the singing of these two particular vocalists. English singer Matt Monro performed “From Russia with Love” and that was in 1963 when the world still had something called “Iron curtain”. This refers to the former USSR and its allies. It's a very interesting concept of the need to have an enemy ��" Hitler and his Nazism, then the Communist bloc and when nothing else remained it was time to blame it all on Islam! American singer Nancy Sinatra, daughter of someone called Frank, performed the number “You Only Live Twice”. Of course no-one lives twice, but some live for very long and they reach the age of 120 or something… maybe this is what Nancy meant. However, at the age of 120 people don't enjoy good health. Their organs will not be working properly and that includes their eyes. In addition to being a Scottish songstress, the gorgeous Sheena Easton must have also been an ophthalmologist… She recommended something ��" whatever that was ��" and said “For Your Eyes Only”. Maybe she gave Mr. Bond a photo of herself. As they say, she is a sight for sore eyes. Now it's time for me to sigh because I'm thinking of the stunning Sheena. I know I mentioned Paul McCartney earlier in this article, so I will not mention him again and I will not say that he recorded the song “Live and Let Die”. However, that wasn't a solo project ��" he did it with Wings, which was the band he formed after leaving the Beatles and was quite a popular act at the time. That was in 1973 and 18 years later the same song was covered by American hard rockers Guns N' Roses. So a Bond song was written by Beatle Paul and his wife Linda, produced by the Beatles' legendary producer Sir George Martin, nominated for an Academy Award and covered by a brilliant group! What else does the world need? I think most of the Bond songs were sung by women. Does this have anything to do with his reputation as an international playboy? The ladies included Gladys Knight who had a “Licence to Kill” in 1989. As much as I would love to have such a licence, I should be more realistic and focus on renewing my driving licence first. Two queens sang Bond songs ��" the Queen of Rock Tina Turner used her golden voice to give us “Goldeneye” in 1995. Seven years later, Madonna, who is regarded as the Queen of Pop, sang “Die Another Day”. She should have been courteous enough to ask Bond which day does he want to die on, but she couldn't care less. We are grateful Madonna didn't go for a remake of her old song “Like A Virgin”… Can you imagine that? I can hear in my head the trailer's voiceover saying “James Bond is “Like A Virgin”, at cinemas near you”. Now some people will say that I'm hearing things and I should get therapy! By the way, Madonna also appeared in the movie “Die Another Day”. The film “On Her Majesty's Secret Service” featured a track sung by jazz icon Louis Armstrong. It is the mellow “We Have All the Time in the World”. So, many women and a few men recorded a song each for a Bond movie, but there was also a duet ��" Yes, Alicia Keys and Jack White recorded “Another Way to Die”for Bond's 2008 release “Quantum of Solace”.I have no clue what that last title means, so I will go now.
