Artist: Alicia Keys and Jack WhiteSong: 'Another Way to Die'
Why You Should Listen: Keys goes the rock route and teams with White Stripes' Jack White for the theme song for the upcoming James Bond flick 'Quantum of Solace,' which hits theaters on October 29.
Listen to 'Another Way to Die'
Reader Comments(1 of 3)
kevblue777at 9-18-2008
this is a dream team up. i hope it won't be their last.
workshytoadat 9-19-2008
OMG that's really horrid, sounds like it should be the theme to some dodgy zero budget 70's blaxploitation movie, I should have known the vastly over-rated White would mess this up badly, he should stick to pimping cola!
Jarrod Adamsat 9-19-2008
Son of a bitch!! What workshytoad said!! This is crap!
I really wish Amy Winehouse would have held her shit together to make just one God damn good song. This thing sucks ass!
I hope the movie is much better than it's theme song. I'd rather listen to "Die Another Day". (sigh!)
jeffxandraat 9-19-2008
Well doesn't that suck! I mean the actual instrumental is good, but the vocals are a disaster
Danat 9-19-2008
Eh, I knda like it. I don't like the irritating woman's voice. It's too hip-hop, but the horns and the strings are cool, and part of the beat reminds me of Marilyn Manson's "Beautiful People." Heck, anything is better than the one Madonna did.
I miss Shirley Bassey! She was always the best!
Eli B.at 9-19-2008
Cool song but just doesn't sound like a Bond Song.
DByrdat 9-20-2008
I actually think the song is pretty funky (in the good way). No, it doesn't sound like a Bond song, but that's okay. I don't think Alicia Keyes' voice is "too hip hop" in this song (whatever that means *rolls eyes* but I like the blending of their talents. :)
chrisat 9-20-2008
Well being a avid bond fan looks like they have lost the plot, sounds like it was made in a garage and not a pro studio, this sucks they should have got somebody like celine dione to sing the new theme tune this is not a bond song and what a disaster this song is gonna be when it`s realeased i certainly wont be buying this crap.
Teaflaxat 9-20-2008
Pathetic. Awful singing from White, no vocal melody to speak of and terrible-sounding production (especially towards the end as it's all hi-hat upfront burying the rest. I suspect the only redeeming aspect, the horn stab theme, is written by David Arnold, which would make Jack White as pointless as usual.
FelixLeiter1at 9-20-2008
A few cool arrangement touches, but somebody forgot to bring the melody! So tired of that one note hip-hop rat-a-tat thing. Irritating as all get out. And it doesn't belong in the province of Bond, where John Barry set the bar very high. Is it too late to get a replacement theme?
b5erik2at 9-21-2008
It's not bad at all. It's very much like a blending of "Live and Let Die," and BOTH versions of "The Man With the Golden Gun," (the Lulu version and the unofficial, rejected Alice Cooper version).
It's pretty cool, and works really well - with the exception of the, "Whoooa-oh-oh-oh-oh," part. That part is bad, really bad (and slightly off key). Other than that the song really captures the early 70's Bond vibe.
SithScorpat 9-22-2008
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!
This whole song is a MESS of sound. This comment comes from someone with 2 degrees (BM and MM), and almost 30 years in music...
God, I hope they give the next song on the list a shot. I expected so much better from Alicia...
This thing makes my ears and head hurt. AWFUL!!! Even worse than the Madonna one.
ashleyevogueat 4-01-2009
I'm glad you spent 30 years with music but the Madonna theme was not horrible. THIS ONE was.
SithScorpat 9-22-2008
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!
This whole song is a MESS of sound. This comment comes from someone with 2 degrees (BM and MM), and almost 30 years in music...
God, I hope they give the next song on the list a shot. I expected so much better from Alicia...
This thing makes my ears and head hurt. AWFUL!!!
skiguy1023at 11-16-2008
Hey sithscorp,
those that can, do, those that can't complain behind an annoynmous blog posting from their mommiwes basement with made up claims of their qualifications