# Karaoke Fans: Need Male Duets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282 "2005-08-23T16:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/1 "2005-08-23T16:44:54Z")
My friend and his brother are entering in a karaoke competition. They both have excellent voices and want to do something out of the ordinary for this Duets competition. Can you think of any songs that would have good harmonys or that could use two male voices? Bluesy, rock, anything that will get the crowd on their feet. Something DIFFERENT!!! Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/2 "2005-08-23T16:49:10Z")
“Wonderboy” by Tencious D ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/3 "2005-08-23T16:54:08Z")
Something nice and rockin’ by the Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys, like “Sloop John B”? A more obscure Simon and Garfunkel selection like “The Only Living Boy In New York”? How about a duet traditionally sung by a man and a woman, like Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley’s “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” or even two women? ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/4 "2005-08-23T17:13:09Z")
“If I had a Million Dollars” by Bare Naked Ladies. This song is a blast to do, I’ve sung with a friend of mine a lot on this one. It’s usually pretty popular with the crowd, and while the verses are set up as a call-and-answer, you can get some good harmonies going in the chorus. “To all the girls I’ve loved before” by Willie Nelson & Julio Inglesias? Male/male duets are pretty slim in most karaoke books I’ve browsed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/5 "2005-08-23T17:27:24Z")
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Proclaimers ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/6 "2005-08-23T18:16:45Z")
Anything by the Righteous Brothers. “The Girl is Mine” by McCartney and Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/7 "2005-08-23T18:36:22Z")
If they’d really like to make it a memorable night make a duet out of Digital Underground’s “Kiss You Back”. 😛 But for a serious suggestion Soul Decison’s “Faded” is a good popish blue-eyed soul number with earworm potential. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/8 "2005-08-23T18:44:46Z")
Easy Lover, Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/9 "2005-08-23T18:47:43Z")
“Common People,” by William Shatner and Joe Jackson. They ROCK on it. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/10 "2005-08-23T20:08:36Z")
“Hatred” by the Kinks ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/11 "2005-08-23T20:16:44Z")
_Katie Wants A Fast One_ by Steve Wariner and Garth Brooks is a rip-roaring crowd pleasing duet that if pulled off right, can earn a standing ovation from your crowd. Same artists, _Burning The Roadhouse Down_ is another, though not nearly as kick ass as _Katie_. I know you didn’t ask for country, but you did ask for something _different_. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/12 "2005-08-23T20:34:18Z")
I have a friend who is _still_ a karaoke host. Our big number was Toto’s “Rosanna.” For this song, one of you absolutely _has_ to be a tenor. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/13 "2005-08-24T01:52:39Z")
The first band that popped to mind was _Linkin Park_, but they’re hardly out of the ordinary. Give a listen to _Iron and Wine_. It’s just one guy, but he harmonizes with himself. Might be doable by two people. And while it’s pretty out of the ordinary, it is pretty mellow also. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/14 "2005-08-24T02:11:30Z")
He asks for male duets, and no one offers anything from Hall and Oates, the top duet of the rock & roll era? Out of Touch, Man Eater, Private Eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/15 "2005-08-24T02:22:36Z")
Air Supply is just two grown men singing love songs to each other. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/16 "2005-08-24T02:39:54Z")
When two guys are doing duets, it is required that they do “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/17 "2005-08-24T08:34:16Z")
“Father and Son” by Cat Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-fans-need-male-duets/318282/18 "2005-08-24T08:52:55Z")
‘Dancing in the Street’ - the Jagger/Bowie version. I’ve done this before with a mate, and it is both ‘fun’, plus you can compete in hamming up the Jagger/Bowie affectations if you so desire. It’s the only male-male duet I’ve noticed in karaoke books. Actually, I just noticed you wanted something ‘different’ - maybe use this as a back-up if the others aren’t available…