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!]
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.
Apparently making a suck-ass video is now another way to die.
@DW: I’m still all about Matt Munro:
their voices sound cool together, but Alicia mostly pisses me off, would’ve preferred Meg here…
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.”
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.