Das Video zum Bond-Song/Keys-Duett "Another Way To Die"...
"Part of the genius of the James Bond franchise is that it almost never takes itself too seriously. Like the films, Jack White and Alicia Keys' theme song for the latest Bond pic winks at its own conventions even as it celebrates them. Although groups like A-Ha, Duran Duran, and Garbage have performed Bond themes, the most famous have tended to be by individual artists, either a woman (Nancy Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Carly Simon, Madonna, Tina Turner) or a man (Paul McCartney, Louis Armstrong, Tom Jones, Chris Cornell) [...] The video doesn't have much memorable to add, however, interspersing some vintage Bond silhouette motifs as an elegantly dressed Keys and White (what, his tie's untied? Those wacky indie kids!) perform in a barren desert and a bare studio. The two eventually trade solos, Keys via scat and White on his guitar, as something like electricity swirls and other expensive-looking computer effects encircle them. The sun rises, and another guy who isn't Sean Connery appears. I'm not particularly shaken or stirred by the clip, but the music works for me." [pitchforkmedia.com]
[UPDATE: WHITE STRIPES (17)]
[UPDATE: WHITE STRIPES (16)]
[whitestripes.com] [myspace.com/thewhitestripes]
"Part of the genius of the James Bond franchise is that it almost never takes itself too seriously. Like the films, Jack White and Alicia Keys' theme song for the latest Bond pic winks at its own conventions even as it celebrates them. Although groups like A-Ha, Duran Duran, and Garbage have performed Bond themes, the most famous have tended to be by individual artists, either a woman (Nancy Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Carly Simon, Madonna, Tina Turner) or a man (Paul McCartney, Louis Armstrong, Tom Jones, Chris Cornell) [...] The video doesn't have much memorable to add, however, interspersing some vintage Bond silhouette motifs as an elegantly dressed Keys and White (what, his tie's untied? Those wacky indie kids!) perform in a barren desert and a bare studio. The two eventually trade solos, Keys via scat and White on his guitar, as something like electricity swirls and other expensive-looking computer effects encircle them. The sun rises, and another guy who isn't Sean Connery appears. I'm not particularly shaken or stirred by the clip, but the music works for me." [pitchforkmedia.com]
[UPDATE: WHITE STRIPES (17)]
[UPDATE: WHITE STRIPES (16)]
[whitestripes.com] [myspace.com/thewhitestripes]
wasix - 5. Okt, 19:18 - [2008 Xtras]