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Edoardo Bennato & Gianna Nannini - Un' Estata Italiana 04. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 05. Jason Donovan - Rythm Of The Rain 06. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind 07. George Michael - Freedom 08. Roxette - How Do You Do 09. Lili & Susie - What's The Colour Of Love 10.
Skid Row - I Remember You 11. Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know 12. The Rembrants - Just The Way It Is, Baby 13. Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You 14. Crowded House - Weather With You 15. Black Box - Strike It Up 16.
Rick Astley - Cry For Help 17. Bonnie Tyler - Bitterblue 18. Del Shannon - Walk Away. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.15 01. Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid 02.
Belinda Carlisle - Live Your Life Be Free 03. Kim Appleby - Don't Worry 04. James - Sit Down 05. Susanna Hoffs - My Side Of The Bed 06. Ringo Starr - Weight Of The World 07. Bonnie Tyler - Fools Lullaby 08.
Rod Steward - Lost In You 09. The Korgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime 10. The Romantics - What I Like About You 11. Chilly- We Are The Popkings 12. Toto Cutugno - L'italiano 13.
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy 14. Lobo - The Carribean Disco Show 15. Al Bano & Romina Power - Felicita 16. Huey Lewis And The News - Heart And Soul 17. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie 18. Saragossa Band - Buona Sera 19.
Black Lace - Agadee. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.16 01. Joy - Touch By Touch 02.
Kylie Minogue - Locomotion (The Kohaku Mix) 03. Bananarama - Love In The First Degree 04. Tele Ceelo - Dracula's Tango 05. A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love 06. Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart 07. Bad Boy Blue - You're A Woman I'm A Man 08. Camouflage - The Great Commandment 09.
Thempson Twins - Doctor Doctor 10. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix) 11.
Al Corley - Square Rooms 12. Cilent Circle - Touch In The Night 13.
Alphaville - Sounds like A Melody 14. Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven 15.
Mirage - No more No War 16. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) 17. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (Long). Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.17 01. Maria Vidal - Body rock 02.
Luisa Fernandez & Peter Kent - Corazon 03. The Cars - You Might Think 04.
Kate Bush - Babooshka 05. Kim Wilde - Cambodia 06. Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who 07. Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On 08.
Starlight - Numero Uno 09. Bill Withers - Lovely Day 10. Real Life - Catch Me I'm Falling 11. Peter Griffin - Step By Step 12. Berlin - Take My Breath Away 13. Orlando Riva Sound - Indian Reservation 14. Chris Rea - The Road To Hell 15.
Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid 16. Francesco Napoli - Balla Balla 17. Eurythmics - Sexcrime 18. Talk Talk - It's My Life 19. Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.18 01. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 02.
Bros - When Will I Be Famous 03. Culture Club - Do You Realy Want To Hurt Me 04. Duran Duran - Wild Boys 05.
Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited 06. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love 07. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 08. Proclaimers - Letter From America 09. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 10. Roxy Music - Jealous Gay 11.
Bananarama - Venus 12. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 13. Human League - Don't You Want Me 14. Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight 15. The Cars - Drive 16.
Meatloaf - Dead Ringer For Love 17. Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 18.
Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.19 01. Kenny Loggins - Footloose 02. Reo Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You 03. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok 04. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket 05. Nena - 99 Luftballons 06.
Roxette - The Look 07. Marrs - Pump Up The Volume 08. Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears 09. Georgio Moroder & Phil Oakly - Together In Electric Dreams 10. Erasure - A Little Respect 11. Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 12. Gazebo - I Like Chopin 13.
Club Nouveau - Lean on Me 14. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams 15. Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery 16. Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie 17.
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up 18. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors 19. - Enola Gay 20. Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.
Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.20 01. Queen - Radio Ga Ga 02.
Sheena Easton - Morning Train 03. Steve Hurley - Jack Your Body 04. Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals 05. Wax - Bridge To Your Heart 06. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On 07. Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You 08. Toni Basil - Mickey 09.
Bucks Fizz - Land Of Make Believe 10. John Waite - Missing You 11.
Altered Images - Happy Birthday 12. Trans X - Living On Video 13. Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 14. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compare 2 U 15.
Laura Branigan - Self Control 16. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know 17. Adam And The Ants - Goody Two Shoes 18. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.21 01. Black - Wonderful Life 02. Cliff Richard - Livin Doll 03.
Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side 04. Martika - I Feel The Earth Move 05. Ray Parker Jr.
- Ghostbusters 06. Rod Stewart - Baby Jane 07. John Farnham - Youre the Voice 08. Ofra Haza - Im Nin Alu 09. Aneka - Japanese Boy 10. Black Box - Ride On Time 11.
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 12. Dead Or Alive - You Spind Me Round 13. Limahl - Neverending Story 14. Matt Bianco - Get Out Your Lazy Bed 15.
Sinitta - Toy Boy 16. John Lennon - Starting Over 17. Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 18.
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 19. Stranglers - Golden Brown. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.22 01. Roachford - Cuddly Toy 02.
- Maid of Orleans 03. Real Life - Send Me An Angel 04. Starship - We Built this City 05. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - The Time Of My Life 06. Herbie Hancock - Rock It 07.
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Mel & Kim - Respectable 15. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin 16. Rockwell - Someones Watching Me 17.
Michael Sembello - Maniac 18. Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way 19.
Donna Summer - I Don't Want To Get Hurt. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.23 01. Michael Cretu - Samurai 02. New Music - Living By Numbers 03. Pete Wylie - Sinful 04. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 05.
Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen 06. Mister - Kyrie 07. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy 08. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 09.
Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love 10. - Funky Town 11. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance 12. New Order - Blue Monday 13. Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You 14. Samantha Fox - Touch Me 15. Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 16.
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Andy 17. Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything 18. Dire Straits - Walk Of Life 19. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies 20. F.R.David - Words. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.24 01.
Mental As Anything - Live It Up 02. New Order - True Faith 03. Sandra - Maria Magdalena 04. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' 05. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere 06. The Police - Every Breath You Take 07. Hubert Kah - Sternenhimmel 08.
Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared 09. Vangelis - Chariots of Fire 10. Visage - Fade To Grey 11.
Freddy Mercury - The Great Pretender 12. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child 13.
Olivia Newton John - Physical 14. The Look - I Am The Beat 15. Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up 16.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 17. Paul Young - Love Of The Common People 18. Rick Astley - Together Forever 19. S Express - Theme From S Express.
Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.25 01. Irene Cara - What a feeling 02.
Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart 03. George Michael - Faith 04. Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts 05. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam 06. Elton John - Nikita 07. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 08. Bangles - Eternal Flame 09.
INXS - Need You Tonight 10. George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You 11.
Terence Trent ~Censored~ - Wishing Well 12. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me 13.
Patrick Swayze - Shes Like The Wind 14. Beach Boys - Kokomo 15. Roxette - Neverending Love 16.
Eddie Rabbitt - Step By Step 17. Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak 18. Cheap Trick - Dont Be Cruel 19. Foreigner - Say You Will. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.26 01.
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Trance Dance - You're Gonna Get It 08. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 09. Sandra - In The Heat Of The Night 10.
Communards - Dont Leave Me This Way 11. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 12. Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson - When The Rain Begin To Fall 13. INXS - Devil Inside 14. Maxi Priest - Close To You 15.
Styx - Don't Let It End 16. Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could 17. Ice House - Hey Little Girl 18.
Philippe Cataldo - Les Diva Du Dancing. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.27 01. Paula Abdul - Straight Up 02. Elton John - I Dont Wanna Go On With You Like That 03. Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground 04.
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Kiss - Heaven´s On Fire 16. Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart 17. Luisa Fernandez & Peter Kent - Illusion 18. Sandra - We'll be together 19.
Troll - Jimmy Dean. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.28 01. Laid Back - High Society Girl 02.
The Pretenders - Don´t Get Me Wrong 03. A-Ha - Take On Me 04. Kim Wilde - You Came 05. Duran Duran - Girls On Film 05. Masterboy - Keep on Dancing 06. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 07.
Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety 08. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days 09. Nightshift - Commodores 10. Prince - Purple Rain 12.
Kim Wilde - Kids In America 13. Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City 14. G'race - Manhattan 15. Robin Gibb - Juliet 16. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 17. Luisa Fernandez & Peter Kent - La Luna Lila.
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Rick Astley - My Arms Keep Missing You 08. Boy George - Everything I Own 09. Modern Talking - Brother Louie 10.
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Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion 16. Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See 17. Billy Idol - To Be A Lover 18. Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You 19. - Forever Live And Die 20. Tina Turner - Typical Male.
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Jive Bunny - Swing The Mood 14. Laura Branigan - Solitaire 15. Inner City - Good Life 16. Little River Band - The Other Guy 17. Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All 18.
Bryan Adams - Straight From The Heart. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.31 01. Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue 02. Terence Trent D'~Censored~ - Sign Your Name 03.
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INXS - Never Tear Us Apart 09. Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time 10. Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love 11.
Gunn'n'Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 12. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth 13.
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel 14. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This 15. Elton John - I'm Still Standing 16. Sammy Hagar - Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy 17. Loverboy - Hot Girls 18.
Rod Stewart - Passion 19. Stray Cats - She's Sexy. Code: password: rapidserbia.com ###################################################################### Vol.32 01.
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Billy Joel - You May Be Right 10. Cliff Richard - Dreaming 11. Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts 12. Eddie Rabbit - I love a rainy night 13. Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand 14. Air Supply - Every Woman in the World 15.
Reo Speedwagon - Take It On The Run 16. Rod Stewart - Young Turks 17. Abba - The Winner Takes It All 18.
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 19. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning.
Listeners familiar with Gino Vannelli's music will likely have heard of 'Nightwalker,' the title track and opening track to the artist's 1981 album, Nightwalker. Those who haven't heard it will soon be able to hear it below.
Those who know the song, though, might note that the track has a very 007 quality to it. In fact, they might recognize that the song possesses a sound fitting for a Bond movie.
'Nightwalker' was originally submitted as a theme, titled 'Without You By My Side,' for the 007 film, The Spy Who Loved Me. That song, modified later to be released as the title track for the eponymous album, Nightwalker, lost to the acclaimed and widely-recognized 'Nobody Does It Better' by Carly Simon. While 'Nobody Does It Better' is consistently named one of the best Bond themes of all time, this unfortunately robbed 'Without You By My Side' of a chance to be featured as a Bond theme. The track ended up being a single for Vannelli four years later. One might wonder how effective the song would have been as an opening theme for a Bond film.
We might be able to answer that here -- using the opening from the widely-panned Quantum of Solace. Viewers had many issues to complain about with that movie. In addition to the problems with the film itself, many audience members were not satisfied with the film's main titles, citing the opening song, 'Another Way to Die,' as not thematic enough and a complete departure from what fans might have expected for the follow-up to Casino Royale. As we've seen with Casino Royale and Skyfall, Eon has aimed with its reboot of the series to give Bond a throwback feel. This seems like the perfect instance to substitute 'Nightwalker' into QoS' opening sequence. The context of 'Nightwalker' corresponds with the complex themes of Quantum of Solace as Bond struggles with the loss of his love interest from the previous film. Even more amazingly, all of the visual cues synchronize very well with the song from the quiet opening to the car sounds at the beginning to the title sequence itself to even the lyrics.
It fit like a glove. This is 'Nightwalker' by Gino Vannelli envisioned as Quantum of Solace's opening theme. I'd love to hear thoughts on the song and comments on the opening sequences below. There are two versions of this opening sequence. Version A features the song's third verse rather than an instrumental section. Version B contains an instrumental bit rather than the extra verse. Thanks for the response, nbakid!
Glad you enjoyed it. Gino Vannelli is a well-known artist in Canada and to some degree in the U.S. He has a few very popular songs, including 'Living Inside Myself,' 'I Just Wanna Stop,' 'Wheels of Life,' 'People Gotta Move,' and 'Black Cars.'
In Version B, the second verse transitions into the refrain of the chorus, which then moves into a brief guitar instrumental and then a build-up to the finale. It's different from Version A and definitely more upbeat since the verses slow the tempo of the song. I can't decide which I prefer though; I think the third verse (in version A) complements the imagery in that section.
It'd be great to know which people prefer. Click to expand.Thanks for the comment! One has to consider the theme for the Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, was released the same year as Gino's single version of 'Nightwalker.' Side-by-side with this, I think this song fits in as the same type of song as other Bond songs around that time, contrary to what jl151080 has unfortunately expressed.
Also, keep in mind 'Without You By My Side' might have been a fairly different song -- this one was released four years later, and we don't know what changes were made to it. It works as an accompaniment to other openings as well; to fit into the Quantum of Solace opening, it had to be trimmed down. Skyfall's opening is lengthy enough that nearly all of the song can fit -- and it syncs well with those visuals as well. I just watched version A, but I don't think that works at all. It does sound like something that could have been submitted as a Bond movie theme in the 80's, though I don't think it would be very fondly remembered if it had been used.
Gino Vannelli is one of those names I've heard of but never actually heard until now. I checked out few of the hits mentioned elsewhere in this thread (I Just Wanna Stop, People Gotta Move) but didn't know them. I didn't think the Jack White/Alicia Keys song song was great or awful, but I definitely prefer it to this.
Big fan of Gino Vannelli here. He made an incredible run of albums during the 70s.
The Nightwalker album isn't one of his better albums IMO, though his backing band is still cooking on that one. I never kew about the Bond connection though. Interesting, and yes, I think it would have worked as a Bond song back in the early 80s, since it's in the same vein as tunes like For your eyes only and All time high.
Not in the 200s though, but I have to admit that the song goes together well with the visuals. I think the first clip works best. BTW I agree with the comments about drummer Graham Lear being the 'secret weapon' of Gino's backing band during the 70s and early 80s. And I rank his come-back-of sorts 1995 album Yonder tree as one of his best.
It has a more jazzy feel, with Gino's voice in great shape. If I've learned anything from being a member at this forum since 2002, is that 99.4% (Yes, I can prove it by numbers, well not really, but.) of the members here HATE Gino Vannelli and as one of his biggest fans, I don't even care why anymore! The fact that Gino has always provided me with endless hours of listening pleasure is really all that matters to me and I've got in my collection, nearly every note that the man has ever released, including a bunch of guest appearances on other CD's, plus Platinum and Gold record awards that hang on my office walls.
I've met the man four times and he made my wife cry when she first met him, as she was so overwhelmed by his mere presence. I also get a Christmas card each year, from his uncle in Canada, who still runs the barbershop that he and Gino's dad started years ago, so yeah, I'm a FAN! Until today, no other fan or anyone associated with Gino has ever told me that story about any song ever being submitted for consideration as a Bond theme. I have no problem with him doing a theme, but, as you can already tell, by some of the brilliant minds here, that if Gino is involved, it must be crap.
I'm not even sure if these people have ever heard anything past his radio hits and it's too bad, as they might actually enjoy the deep cuts of an album like, 'Storm At Sunup' or 'The Gist Of The Gemini'.