A band known for its hooks and looks, "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran was just another grand video to add to its growing repertoire
Recorded as the theme for the James Bond film of the same name, the clip is stylish and slick, featuring the boys playing roles as spies and assassins while lurking around the Eiffel Tour.
I love the low budget 80's cheese of the clip, especially the "flying camera getting shot out of the sky" effect.
And at the end of the video, Le Bon does a parody of James Bond, smarmily introducing himself as "Bon. Simon Le Bon."
According to Wikipedia, Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor a lifelong Bond fan, approached producer Albert Broccoli at a party, and somewhat drunkenly asked "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?
"A View to a Kill" was the last song recorded by the original five-member lineup until the band reunited in 2001.
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