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[Captain Tightpants]

While The Switch and The Spur is the best example of White's voice that I've heard - stuff like Seven Nation Army sounds a little nasal - I hope the music doesn't sound much like that. But thank you, rosaklebhead, that song has me sold on White as a vocalist for the theme. Hopefully he'll be able to compliment Keys (and vice versa); I truly think this has the potential to evolve into a great theme, unlike some songs that were doomed from the very beginning (*coughMadonna!cough*).

[Gobi-1]

Another way to die? A broken heart? Makes sense to me.

[Jim]

Oh, another act of shabby and misguided betrayal of webforum usernames by those hopelessly unsuccessful billionaires.

Anonymous typing on some bit of the internet will always be right. That's the law, that is.

Grr! Why won't they listen? I can understand why they won't read - if I were them, I wouldn't read this place either - but they owe me they owe me they owe me and I HAVE MADE THEM THEY CANNOT BETRAY ME THEY WILL FEEL MY WRATH.

They're power crazed! (NB obviously this post is a joke, otherwise I would have written in the house style of "Their power crazed")

The song is about them! A man and a woman! What next - Mickey sings the male bit and Babs sings the feamle bit (or the other way arounD????!!!???!! ROTFLMAOAOAOAOAOAO)

[Captain Tightpants]

I'm sorry, Jim ... what?

Another way to die? A broken heart? Makes sense to me.

What do you mean by "a broken heart"? I can't find any refernce to that anywhere.

[Gobi-1]

I'm sorry, Jim ... what?

Another way to die? A broken heart? Makes sense to me.

What do you mean by "a broken heart"? I can't find any refernce to that anywhere.

Bond got his heart broken in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace will deal with the repercussions. I see the title "Another Way To Die" as very appropriate to Bond's feelings and emotional state of being. Simply put, losing one's humanity = another way to die.

[Jet Set Willy]

Another Way to Die, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day....(yawwwn)

EON, you really have run out of ideas, haven't you!! I'm so glad they at least had the balls to pick Quantum of Solace as a title, something which doesn't have `Die' in the title. But as some have already said on here, I wouldn't be suprised if Another Way to Die was originally the title for Bond 22.

YKMN was one of the best tracks in decades, and this is in no small part to Arnold writing it. He is a much better songwriter than people give him credit for. But now EON are reverting back to the bad old days of Brozza. Shove `Die' in the title, and get someone else to write the song. Nice one, EON!!!

At least Faulks novel had come up with an original Fleming-sounding title. Devil May care is much more subtle, and much more Fleming. Fleming only ever slipped in the word `Die' in one title for Christ sake, yet EON think this word has to now be used in every new bleeding title. Get a grip, EON. I thought they had learned their mistakes from the bad old Brozza days....

[Blonde Bond]

I'm sorry, Jim ... what?

Another way to die? A broken heart? Makes sense to me.

What do you mean by "a broken heart"? I can't find any refernce to that anywhere.

Bond got his heart broken in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace will deal with the repercussions. I see the the title "Another Way To Die" as very appropriate to Bond's feelings and emotional state of being.

My thoughts exact! That's why it sounds like fitting title for the song.

[Gobi-1]

Has anyone considered that Jack White himself may have came up with the title and not EON?

[Bondian]

At least Faulks novel had come up with an original Fleming-sounding title. Devil May care is much more subtle, and much more Fleming.

Yeah. But in order for the Devil to care you must be dead or as good as. lol

[Blonde Bond]

Has anyone considered that Jack White himself may have came up with the title and not EON?

Well, it was written by Jack White. So take a wild guess.

Though I think he knew the synopsis of the story.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Sounds obvious, but I need to actually hear the song to know if I'll like it or not. No point me really loving the idea or hating it until then.

Sense!

How dare you bring logic and sound reasoning into a Bond discussion! Now, who's starting www.whiteandkeysnotbondthemesong.com ?

LOL!

Sometimes one has to think outside the Bond...I mean, box.

[Blonde Bond]

At least Faulks novel had come up with an original Fleming-sounding title. Devil May care is much more subtle, and much more Fleming.

Yeah. But in order for the Devil to care you must be dead or as good as. lol

So you're saying that one must 'die' to know whether the devil cares... or not?

[Righty007]

Another way to die would be by dying another day tomorrow, right?

[SecretAgentFan]

Oh, another act of shabby and misguided betrayal of webforum usernames by those hopelessly unsuccessful billionaires.

Anonymous typing on some bit of the internet will always be right. That's the law, that is.

Grr! Why won't they listen? I can understand why they won't read - if I were them, I wouldn't read this place either - but they owe me they owe me they owe me and I HAVE MADE THEM THEY CANNOT BETRAY ME THEY WILL FEEL MY WRATH.

They're power crazed! (NB obviously this post is a joke, otherwise I would have written in the house style of "Their power crazed")

The song is about them! A man and a woman! What next - Mickey sings the male bit and Babs sings the feamle bit (or the other way arounD????!!!???!! ROTFLMAOAOAOAOAOAO)

Thank you, Jim. Exactly my thoughts.

By the way, "Another way to die", being sung by a man and woman, is the perfect equivalent of Bond´s and Vesper´s relationship and its repercussions. Way to go, EON. You really know what you´re doing. Kudos to that. Maybe the whining fanboys one day will use their heads and interpret things instead of acting on their short attention span-impulses.

[Trident]

Now, is there any idea or indication as to when we'll actually get to hear it? End of September, beginning of October?

[Captain Tightpants]

Now, is there any idea or indication as to when we'll actually get to hear it? End of September, beginning of October?

Well, given that Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace have had similar production time periods - but not identical; Cornell was announced on the 26th of July, while White and Keys were today, the 29th (or 30th, depending on where you live) - so I'd imagine it would become available to hear around the same time as You Know My Name was. However, as Another Way to Die is apparently a part of the film's soundtrack and not attached to the artist's album the way You Know My Name was, that could very easily be wrong.

[coco1997]

Man, of all the things to get upset about, people decide to choose this?!

Jeez, this is phenomenal news. A duet with two great artists, plain and simple; one of which is a great songwriter with a UNIQUE voice (much like how Cornell's voice was very unique for Bond) and another who happens to be a great musician with a powerful voice of her own. Title be damned; "All Time High" wasn't that great, now was it?

I have full faith in Mr. White (no, not the character) and Ms. Keyes.

[Trident]

Now, is there any idea or indication as to when we'll actually get to hear it? End of September, beginning of October?

Well, given that Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace have had similar production time periods - but not identical; Cornell was announced on the 26th of July, while White and Keys were today, the 29th (or 30th, depending on where you live) - so I'd imagine it would become available to hear around the same time as You Know My Name was. However, as Another Way to Die is apparently a part of the film's soundtrack and not attached to the artist's album the way You Know My Name was, that could very easily be wrong.

Thanks a lot. Of course I hope 'Another Way To Die' is going to leak somewhere in advance. Actually, I'm quite open-minded about this duet thing. Could well turn out a classic. Not sure about the title, but that doesn't really matter too much on a grander scale. And White and Keys are undoubtedly both great artists.

[honeyjes]

I think I know now why MGW wants a break from the franchise, can't say I blame him when every decision from Lead Actor, Bond Girls, Locations, Product Placement, Clothing, Gunbarrel, Sets, M, Q, Monepenny, Felix, Villian, Posters, Teasers, Composer, using the word Action, Storyline (we haven't read the script but the B Roll and Updates shows its crap), film title and now song writer/performer is met with derision. I may have missed a few but you get the gist.

[Captain Tightpants]

honeyjes, that would have carried so much more weight if you hadn't passed judgement on the storyline in the post.

Now, is there any idea or indication as to when we'll actually get to hear it? End of September, beginning of October?

Well, given that Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace have had similar production time periods - but not identical; Cornell was announced on the 26th of July, while White and Keys were today, the 29th (or 30th, depending on where you live) - so I'd imagine it would become available to hear around the same time as You Know My Name was. However, as Another Way to Die is apparently a part of the film's soundtrack and not attached to the artist's album the way You Know My Name was, that could very easily be wrong.

Thanks a lot. Of course I hope 'Another Way To Die' is going to leak somewhere in advance. Actually, I'm quite open-minded about this duet thing. Could well turn out a classic. Not sure about the title, but that doesn't really matter too much on a grander scale. And White and Keys are undoubtedly both great artists.

I certainly hope so too; I'm possibly more interested with this effort than I was for You Know My Name, and I'm a huge Cornell fan. Probably because it's a duet between two artists I never would have picked as doing a theme song individually, much less as a duet.

[Santa]

Meh. Could be very boring but I have faith that Jack White will do something good rather than a lump of 90s cheddar like YKMN. While Alicia Keys could be considered to be chosen as a corporate sop, I don't think that applies to Jack White. I think he changes the prospect of the whole thing. In a good way.

[BJAgent700]

Let me go ahead and say my piece on this:

I am EXTREMELY disappointed in EON Productions. I am NO fan of Alicia Keys OR of Jack White, and this song had better the hell be good.

Now let's speculate on the end theme! The end theme is ALWAYS different from the title theme, has been since the 80s. They better the hell redeem themselves on the end theme.

BJ

[Trident]

I'm possibly more interested with this effort than I was for You Know My Name, and I'm a huge Cornell fan. Probably because it's a duet between two artists I never would have picked as doing a theme song individually, much less as a duet.

Much what I thought when hearing White and Keys mentioned. I thought 'tabloid bull[censored]' like most of the other prefab-headlines from the last few months. And now those two together, that's really something to get excited about. Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this team can live up to expectations and win over the sceptics.

[coco1997]

Let me go ahead and say my piece on this:

I am EXTREMELY disappointed in EON Productions. I am NO fan of Alicia Keys OR of Jack White, and this song had better the hell be good.

Now let's speculate on the end theme! The end theme is ALWAYS different from the title theme, has been since the 80s. They better the hell redeem themselves on the end theme.

BJ

So they have to redeem themselves, do they? I wasn't aware you'd heard the title song.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Let me go ahead and say my piece on this:

I am EXTREMELY disappointed in EON Productions. I am NO fan of Alicia Keys OR of Jack White, and this song had better the hell be good.

Now let's speculate on the end theme! The end theme is ALWAYS different from the title theme, has been since the 80s. They better the hell redeem themselves on the end theme.

BJ

So they have to redeem themselves, do they? I wasn't aware you'd heard the title song.

But at least Eon may be aware of BJAgent700's displeasure now. Can't see them doing anything or even worrying about it though.

[Double-Oh Agent]

This news doesn't excite me, but I also don't have any negative feelings about it either. Before this, I've never heard of Jack White, although I believe I've heard of The White Stripes but couldn't name anything they've done. I have heard of Alicia Keys, however. A duet is interesting and has the potential to be good, so I am optimistic.

As for the title, I'm okay with it, although I immediately thought it sounded similar to the recent Bond titles of the last 11 years.

I am disappointed in that it appears that David Arnold didn't have anything to do wih the song because I greatly enjoyed the two theme songs he has done in the series--The World Is Not Enough and You Know My Name as well as Surrender. Hopefully, he does mix in the theme throughout the score.

With all that in mind, I can't wait to hear it when it's finally released.

[Joey Bond]

Alicia Keys does not excite me. The only good song she's done was "Falling" and that was ages ago. Everything since was very generic pop (ie. "No one")

But Jack White brings hope. After all this guy did "Seven Nation Army".

My guess is it's gonna be a YKMN type song with a woman's touch.

Does anybody know whether they words "Quantum of Solace" will be in the song? It's hard to put in I know but it'll be strange to have 2 songs in a row without the title name in the song.

[HellIsHere]

I'm pretty much excited! JACK WHITE (wow!!!!) and ALICIA KEYS (wow!!!!!). In my working place (investment bank) all the guys and girls went WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[Zorin Industries]

Terrible stodgy, bloated Brosnan TV movie of a title....

[marktmurphy]

Oh dear. What a disappointment. A duet forged for corporate expediency. How dull. And I truly hope this isn't indicative of the quality of the film itself.

Quite.

I can't help thinking they've dropped the ball with this one.

Why? What is wrong with jack White? He's probably the most credible act they've had doing the song for, well, as long as I can think. And a Bond movie trying to be populist- my, my; whatever next!

At any rate, I'm not willing to judge this collaboration just yet. Sure, it's uninspiring, but maybe the White/Keys pair will come up with a song that's surprising. It's not unimaginable.

Why is it uninspiring? I don't get it. Keys is unexciting, yeah, but White more than balances that out, surely?

Don't tell me you're complaining that Arnold doesn't have enough involvement!?

Yes. And the reaction would be the same whoever the composer was.

Thing is, Jack White is better and more successful at writing songs than David Arnold.