Shannon Eileen - Casino Royale Inspired

I noticed a post at the MI6 (the Bond fan forum). It was suggesting as a rumor that the singer Shannon Eileen was going to be singing the new Bond song.

Now, leaving that aside, I went to Shannon's myspace presence:

http://www.myspace.com/shannoneileen

The song "Ride (The Wave)" was playing. Immediately I smiled, the lyrics involving the Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). Shannon writes on her site about being inspired by 60's Spy Films so there may be other spy film connections, certainly her album cover is also Bond and 60's spy films inspired. In so doing, she joins a LONG list of musicians that have been inspired by spy films and Bond films in particular.

View of her album cover:


I don't think the Bond producers have ever picked an artist that wasn't well known to sing the Bond Title song, but I will state that writing/performing music to (or for) the Bond films is a commonality shared by many of the artists that have sung the title. So, it's a good way to go. More about this at some point. I think I know a film scene that influenced Shannon's title track "Trigger Finger" but I'll leave that for someone else to explore.

Enjoy.