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Alicia Keys And Jack White Stand Around In The Desert And Yell A Lot


While I am sort of warming up to the James Bond-occasioned collaboration between the guitar-wielding Jack White and the so-called piano prodigy Alicia Keys, “Another Way To Die,” I have to say that I’m utterly disappointed by this video. The first duet in Bond history gives the directors lots of options–the two of them working in concert to nab a group of baddies, or even some sort of Spy Vs. Spy scenario (Jack could have worn the white tux and a beret, Alicia a red dress and robot hand). Instead we get a lot of “meaningful” looks and cheesy CGI’d lightning fields? Booo, Jack. Boooo. [Yahoo!]

 
By Maura at 10:30 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008
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  • Clevertrousers

    Apparently making a suck-ass video is now another way to die.




    @DW: I'm still all about Matt Munro:



  • DeeW

    I love White and Keys separately, but every time I hear a new James Bond song, I'm reminded how much better Tina Turner's "GoldenEye" sounds.

  • Chris Molanphy

    Oh, and agreed on the video's suckitude. What the hell--did the director of this thing see the Raconteurs' "Steady as She Goes" or the Stripes' "Doorbell"? It's not like Jack is opposed to whimsical play-acting if someone gives him a good concept. Boo, indeed.

  • Chris Molanphy

    Be interesting to see if hooking up with Keys gets Jack into the U.S. Top 10 for the first time.


    It'll also be a test of her pull with radio programmers--he does very well with rock PDs, but Top 40 radio has never touched the Stripes, not even on the crazy-catchy stuff like "Seven Nation Army" or "My Doorbell."

  • Anonymous

    their voices sound cool together, but Alicia mostly pisses me off, would've preferred Meg here...

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