# Duets from Hell **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811 "2012-02-05T00:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/1 "2012-02-05T00:59:55Z")
Which two singers would make the most unlistenable duet? My vote: Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/2 "2012-02-05T01:05:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/3 "2012-02-05T01:15:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Which two singers would make the most unlistenable duet? > > My vote: Bob Dylan and Louis Armstrong. Nah. Dylan and Leonard Cohen. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/4 "2012-02-05T01:20:22Z")
David Bowie and Lewis Armstrong ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/5 "2012-02-05T01:23:24Z")
_Sous le dôme épais_ by Johnny Cash and Lene Lovich. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/6 "2012-02-05T01:31:05Z")
I think Bob Dylan & Neil Young would give me convulsions, especially if they both have to hit high notes. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/7 "2012-02-05T01:36:13Z")
Ray Manzarek and Yoko Ono. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/8 "2012-02-05T01:41:42Z")
[Kim Kardashian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjf8ww8iWng) and [Steven Seagal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SleTJAG9yQg&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/9 "2012-02-05T01:55:02Z")
I was going to say “ **Ethel Merman** and **Tiny Tim** ,” but then I realized, that, no, that would actually be _fabulous_. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/10 "2012-02-05T02:42:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/11 "2012-02-05T02:47:21Z")
[Simon LE BON & Luciano PAVAROTTI](http://youtu.be/HXj2wWkPLZA) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/12 "2012-02-05T03:08:23Z")
Maria Callas and Leadbelly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/13 "2012-02-05T03:15:13Z")
[Florence Foster Jenkins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExSlVoQ0e5c) and . . . anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/14 "2012-02-05T03:19:37Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > 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.) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/15 "2012-02-05T03:19:52Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/16 "2012-02-05T03:43:17Z")
David Hasselhoff and Ashlee Simpson ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/17 "2012-02-05T04:36:05Z")
Buffy Saint Marie and Joanna Newsom ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/18 "2012-02-05T06:30:41Z")
William Shatner and Liza Minelli ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/19 "2012-02-05T08:19:46Z")
Lou Reed and Metalica. Oh wait, already happened. OK, Lou Reed and Tom Waits. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811/20 "2012-02-05T10:21:01Z")
Kim Carnes and Rod Stewart. You couldn’t tell them apart 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-from-hell/611811.md?page=2)