Remember when Amy Winehouse was completely facehoused like every single day almost from like late 2006 or something up until about four minutes ago except for about a half hour at the Grammys this past February? Well one of the consequences of all that crack is that she got dropped from voicing the theme song to the next Bond flick, a gig that instead went to the White Stripes’ Jack White, who composed the song, kicked Meg out from behind the drum kit, pulled in Alicia Keys and called it a duet.
The result: “Another Way to Die,” the sexy-plucky Quantum of Solace theme song (check out the trailer below — the movie’s in theaters November 14th) about killing people, because someone always dies in Bond movies, and by the 22nd Bond movie, you sorta need to come up with a more creative way to do it.
Watch for a metric ton of CGI and a quickie cameo by Daniel Craig at the very end. More obvious: Jack White’s insane-looking hair and the amount of Coke Zero marketing you’re about to have shoved down your throat pretty soon. (Except I honestly do LOVE Coke Zero like Amy Winehouse probably loves… “classic” coke.)
I personally think “Another Way to Die” is compelling, but it’s no “Die Another Day,” and it sure as hell ain’t no Dame Shirley Bassey purring out “Diamonds Are Forever,” and it’s no “Goldfinger.” But really, what is? Anyway, does it live up to your Bond song standards?
