Duets from Hell

[panache45]

Which two singers would make the most unlistenable duet?

My vote: Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong.

[Taomist]

Me and my cat.

Tom Waits and Kim Carnes.

Sober, of course. Drunk, they'd be great!

I mean them, not the audience.

Ok, what the hell, everyone can drink and it'd be an awesome show.
Everyone could sing along, all sounding like a crowd of people gargling flaming charcoal.

Except my cat. He's not allowed to drink.



psst...I love Tom Waits, and have nothing against Kim Carnes, but you have to admit they both sound like 'Before' commercials for some Cold and Flu remedy.

[Kamino Neko]

Which two singers would make the most unlistenable duet?

My vote: Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong.

Nah. Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

[florez]

David Bowie and Lewis Armstrong

[jjimm]

Sous le dôme épais by Johnny Cash and Lene Lovich.

[wedgehed]

I think Bob Dylan & Neil Young would give me convulsions, especially if they both have to hit high notes.

[TreacherousCretin]

Ray Manzarek and Yoko Ono.

[A Monkey With a Gun]

Kim Kardashian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjf8ww8iWng) and Steven Seagal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SleTJAG9yQg&feature=related)

[Eve]

I was going to say "Ethel Merman and Tiny Tim," but then I realized, that, no, that would actually be fabulous.

[Chefguy]

Which two singers would make the most unlistenable duet?

My vote: Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong.

It was bad enough when Dylan and Johnny Cash sang together on Nashville Skyline.

How about Ethel Merman and almost anybody? Carol Channing and Cher.

[Bearflag70]

Simon LE BON & Luciano PAVAROTTI (http://youtu.be/HXj2wWkPLZA)

[panache45]

Maria Callas and Leadbelly.

[panache45]

Florence Foster Jenkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSlVoQ0e5c) and . . . anybody.

[Peanuthead]

I think Bob Dylan & Neil Young would give me convulsions, especially if they both have to hit high notes.

How about Neil Young and Sid Vicious?

(Actually, Neil alone is enough to send me into convulsions.)

[TreacherousCretin]

I was going to say "Ethel Merman and Tiny Tim," but then I realized, that, no, that would actually be fabulous.

Actually, you're right.

[blondebear]

David Hasselhoff and Ashlee Simpson

[koeeoaddi]

Buffy Saint Marie and Joanna Newsom

[madsircool]

William Shatner and Liza Minelli

[Nobody]

Lou Reed and Metalica. Oh wait, already happened.

OK, Lou Reed and Tom Waits.

[BeaMyra]

Kim Carnes and Rod Stewart. You couldn't tell them apart :)

[blondebear]

William Shatner and Liza MinelliOTOH, Shatner's duet with Henry Rollins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-eJQ1mTVzA) is pretty awesome.

[handsomeharry]

Clint Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone.

[BrotherCadfael]

Kim Carnes and Rod Stewart. You couldn't tell them apart :)"...without you have a look at them. And then you'd have a job!"

[DMark]

Roseanne Barr and Steven Tyler singing the National Anthem together.

[fachverwirrt]

Florence Foster Jenkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSlVoQ0e5c) and . . . anybody.

Florence Foster Jenkins and Mrs. Miller. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Elva_Miller)

[Vinyl Turnip]

Björk and Yoko Ono.

[Rhythmdvl]

Me and Taomist's cat.

or

Rebecca Black and Billie Holiday.

[Push You Down]

Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple was mess. I'm shocked they actually used that track on the album.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Shirley Temple (as a tot) and Lou Rawls.

[11811]

Julie Andrews and Bobcat Goldthwaite.

[Askance]

Nat King Cole and his daughter Natalie Cole, but it has to be recorded after his death. And it must be a creepily inappropriate track like, oh, Unforgivable Unforgettable.

Come to think of it, this may the only nomination so far that might literally come from hell.

[Fiddle Peghead]

Florence Foster Jenkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSlVoQ0e5c) and . . . anybody.

I was going to say a yodeler and anybody, but then again, I actually like yodelers.

[Rachellelogram]

Kelly Osbourne and Ozzy Osbourne
Paris Hilton and Rebecca Black
Alanis Morissette and Trent Reznor
Sarah Brightman and Gerard Butler (oh yeah, I went there). Gerard could never sing at all. And although Sarah was great in her heyday, listening to her live now... it's like she's just lagging behind on every. single. note. It's particularly noticeable in this duet she did with Jackie Evancho (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkxA1y6Qqw).

[xizor]

Me and my cat.

Tom Waits and Kim Carnes.

Sober, of course. Drunk, they'd be great!

I mean them, not the audience.

Ok, what the hell, everyone can drink and it'd be an awesome show.
Everyone could sing along, all sounding like a crowd of people gargling flaming charcoal.

Except my cat. He's not allowed to drink.



psst...I love Tom Waits, and have nothing against Kim Carnes, but you have to admit they both sound like 'Before' commercials for some Cold and Flu remedy.

Nothing to add other than I now love you and am crushing on you hard because of this magnificent post!

[Tibby or Not Tibby]

Dame Joan Sutherland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRq62oYZOyE&feature=related) & Boxcar Willie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaGlOJYC5o&feature=related)

Enrico Caruso (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozan4D5FyEU&feature=related) & Sheb Wooley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4ycvr9Txc&feature=related)

[Tibby or Not Tibby]

...of course, if we can include a trio:
Chubby Checker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaxcvHSyZY&feature=related) & The Twinnies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmDAu_47OE&feature=fvwrel)

[Alka Seltzer]

Barry White and Joe Pasquale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_efEsSPNs). (Pasquale actually sounds less squeaky than normal in that clip).

[FairyChatMom]

Celene Dion and Slim Whitman.

[astorian]

Tiny Tim & Janis Joplin


Joe Cocker and Carol Channing

[astorian]

Oh, how about Clay Aiken and kd lang doing a love ballad together... just picture those two trying to sound as if they're crazy about each other.

[Annie-Xmas]

Please. Let's keep homophobic statements out of this thread. Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell played the leads in Fiddler on the Roof.

[astorian]

Please. Let's keep homophobic statements out of this thread. Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell played the leads in Fiddler on the Roof.

And you thought Rosie was REALLLY convincing when she said how much she loved Tom Cruise, right?

[cjepson]

It was bad enough when Dylan and Johnny Cash sang together on Nashville Skyline.

That was actually the first thing that came to my mind. Ouch.

[Lsura]

Michael Bolton and Celene Dion.


Of course, I think listening to either of these is torture, so ymmv.

[Leaffan]

Peewee Herman and Emo Philips .

[ministryman]

Björk and Yoko Ono.

Good, but how about:

Bjork and Lana Del Rey

[GargoyleWB]

David Lee Roth and Miley Cyrus

[Valgard]

Frank Sinatra and Biz Markie

[smithsb]

Captain Beefheart and Ringo Starr singing McArthur Park

[The Second Stone]

Yoko and anyone else. She might not have broken up the Beatles, but boy could that woman not sing.

[SciFiSam]

Kylie and Nick Cave. Oh, wait...

[straight man]

Nah. Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
Not strictly a duet —Dylan's on backing vocals — but close enough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqth25d_r7s&feature=player_embedded).