> One must never regret a rant; certainly not if one still believe in what
> one said! I should think Christian always appreciates engagements with his
> reviews, especially when it's less expected.
Thank you, although I think I did do something wrong, because I'm not getting those red New things beside the new posts since I did it.
> I'm not a huge fan of Conti (aside from the nostalgic favourite of
> Napoleon which we discussed before!) so I've not scoured through the
> reviews of his work, but I will say I recall Clemmensen noting that 'For
> Your Eyes Only' was one of the best Bond songs - which is not such a
> common view, and it doesn't seem consistent with an anti-Conti
> predisposition. Then again, I think he said what stopped it being
> series-topping was Conti's trademark arrangement, so maybe you're on to
> something...
> Not sure why I'm not just checking the review, but there we are - never
> let fact-checking get in the way of a rambly musing, eh?
I don't think he has a review for For Your Eyes Only, but that is my favourite Bond song along with "We Have All the Time in the World" and Conti's score is pretty good, although I will admit its not everyone's cup of tea.
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