Willie Nelson and Sinead O’Connor
When the Monkees first went on tour back in the late 60’s, Micky Dolenz had seen a live performance of an absolutely fantastic guitarist.
The band made the appropriate arrangements and serving as the opening act for the Monkee’s was…
…Jimi Hendrix.
The screaming teeny boppers that comprised the Monkees’ core audience weren’t particularly receptive to Hendrix’s machine gun riffs and the gig which by all accounts was a complete train wreck, lasted but a couple of shows.
Note to Dolenz: What the HELL were you thinking?
I always thought Luciano Pavarotti and U2 were a very odd pairing. As a matter of fact, U2 and B.B. King also, but less so.
The Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar collaboration, while now famous, is still surprising.
While we’re doing Elton John, there was also his appearances with Guns 'n Roses.
Ah, yes…from what I like to call “The Incestuous Necrophilia Album”.
How about, Scottish rock group Texas doing a new version of their song “Say What You Want” with … Method Man?
Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield on “What Have I Done to Deserve This”.
I think **Slithy Tove ** wins the thread, though. Conway Fricking Twitty and The Residents??
Man, that Texas and Method Man video is a real WTF. Not just for the concept but even moreso for the execution-- like, what show is this? What’s with the bizarre out-of-key orchestral bit? Who on earth decided to put this together? Don’t get me wrong; even though it’s horrible I’d love to see this kind of trainwreck more often. At least it’s interesting.
edit: By the way, is Texas intentionally referencing Sexual Healing on that chorus? I never noticed the resemblance until now.
It never had a chance to be released and I’m not sure if anything was ever actually recorded, but right before his death Frank Zappa had had several musical meetings with Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains.
It was at the Brit Awards in 1998 I think.
The out-of-key orchestra? I think I can explain that. The track was produced by The Rza (Wu-tang Clan producer) and out of key pianos, orchestras etc. were kind of his thing at the time. See, well, just about any track on Wu-Tang Forever for proof.
Apparently it was originally supposed to be Ol’ Dirty Bastard to appear on the track instead of Method Man (the collaboration was the ODB’s idea). Sigh That would’ve been so much better.