Hi everyone - many thanks for listening.
@shadowfax - thanks for that, especially re the vocals, which I am really working on these days (still working though).
@MichaelA - glad you found it a grower (tends to be that way with me) and glad you came back to the C-Beams - possibly needing people to google a lyric to understand isn't the best start, but it seemed just too good a contrast with one saying "time to die" and our guy refusing to let it be time to die. Thanks for appreciating!
@Grubstar - many thanks for the comments - I think the ending was always going to divide opinion. Once I had the idea of Bond being left alone with his thoughts I couldn't shake it...
@PaulyX - thanks indeed and glad you dug. Had a blast with the strings and first time with brass and strings as well. I really wanted that solo instrument to be an "English Horn" but just not right... I wasn't necessarily going for Banghra - but definitely some sort of international flavour.
@digger72 - thanks for that - I was definitely pleased with the lyrics on this one. Big, bombastic, beatles, that's what Bond is for...
@pompeyjazz - thanks a million - shout out to the free timpani - mixture of Sonatina and KettleDrum both on the same track.
@Nooms - thanks for that, you've always been very encouraging about my vocals and I'm not sure I would still be trying things so confidently without that.
@PaulAds - many thanks, could be right about the drums, I like them in the verses and in the chorus they're more vanilla. Also love that Dads Army joke. Of course, not choosing a side is also a choice with consequences (can't remember the classic book on that theme - French author I think?)
Cheers everyone, great fun challenge.