# Most Bizarre Musical Duet or Collaboration **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014 "2001-04-15T01:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/21 "2001-04-16T10:35:36Z")
Dwezil Zappa and Ahmet (Who??) doing a cover of “Hit Me Baby One More Time”. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/22 "2001-04-16T12:19:34Z")
No, no, no, no, no. Don’t make me relive this again. I was channel surfing and I saw/heard: John Sebastian (of Lovin’ Spoonful/Welcome Back Kotter theme song fame) singing _Nashville cats_ with (turn away now.) REally, don’t read any further… Florence Henderson (aka Brady mom, she’s got “Wessonality”) Arghhhhh My ears!! My Brain!!! ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/23 "2001-04-16T13:08:47Z")
Really Happened : **Tammy Wynette** and **The KLF**. IIRC the video had as a background a kind of miltilevel pyramid with hordes of leopardskin-clad dudes dancing and waving spears. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/24 "2001-04-16T13:16:17Z")
Real collaboration: Elton John and Axl Rose (Freddie Mercury tribute concert, they sang “Bohemian Rhapsody.”) or Luciano Pavoratti and Sheryl Crow One that I’d **like** to see? Three words: Simon and **Gwar** funkle Paul Simon, Art Garfunkle, and Gwar! I’ll let you imagine the lyrical possibilities on that… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/25 "2001-04-16T14:03:37Z")
I have a 1940s recording of Jimmy Durante and opera star Helen Traubel singing “Our Voices Were Meant for Each Other.” Helen was a grand sport! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/26 "2001-04-16T14:30:57Z")
GG Allin and Jordy team up to sing “God Bless America”. ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/27 "2001-04-16T14:58:17Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by lestrange \* \*\* > [@](#): > > No, it was Peter Gabriel’s very own ‘Don’t Give Up.’ \*\* Ah, thanks for the correction. Will go bash up my source now… ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/28 "2001-04-20T13:11:45Z")
Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle on the “One From The Heart” soundtrack. And it’s absolutely wonderful. Eq ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/29 "2001-04-20T13:39:59Z")
I personally think it would be highly amusing to see a collaberation with… **David Allen Coe and Puff Daddy.** (Disclaimer) I do not endorse either “artist”.(End Disclaimer) ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/30 "2001-04-20T15:39:45Z")
John Denver & Placido Domingo did a lovely song called “Perhaps Love.” Freddie Mercury and incredibly hefty soprano Monserrat Caballe did an entire album called “Barcelona” that was excellent. Pavarotti and Bryan Adams - I forget which song, though I believe it was the one from Robin Hood. Hmm. Why is it that everything I came up with involves an opera singer? Re: the Bowie/Crosby collaboration - I’m told that Bowie’s descant was written specifically for him, because the actual melody didn’t show off his vocal range (such as it is) enough. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/31 "2001-04-20T17:06:13Z")
I saw the Bowie/Crosby “Little Drummer Boy” duet on _Pop-Up Video_ once, and one of the bubbles said that at the time some people suspected the whole thing might have been put together by computer! They thought it was THAT bizarre! Of course, this was a more innocent time, before Eminem teamed up with Elton John. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/32 "2001-04-21T00:18:21Z")
F.Y.I. . . . The Julio Iglesias/Dianna Ross song is “All Of You” (He has an awesome voice, but his heavy accent makes him sound weird when singing in english) The Tammy Wynette/KLF pairing is titled “Justified and Ancient” . . . nice early '90’s techno/dance tune . . . but bizarre lyrics . . ("All bound for mu mu land . . ") ---
**Author:** ![lestrange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@lestrange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lestrange)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/33 "2001-04-21T01:12:49Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by dodge\_this \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lestrange \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > No, it was Peter Gabriel’s very own ‘Don’t Give Up.’ \*\* > > Ah, thanks for the correction. Will go bash up my source now… \*\* No, no, don’t do that. It’s entirely possible that your source is not a rabid Peter Gabriel fan, and therefore can’t be held responsible for errors like that. And anyone who hasn’t accepted Peter Gabriel as their personal savior is going to hell anyway, so why add insult to injury? (It’s a very tolerant, forgiving religion). ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/34 "2001-04-21T02:42:41Z")
Duran Duran singing “White Lines”, the classic Grandmaster Flash rap song. Oh, Pat Boone doing heavy metal. He came on _Politcally Incorrect_ with leather pants. Or, oh yeah, Tom Jones doing Prince’s “Kiss” in his unique style. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/35 "2001-04-21T02:58:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Gui \* > **The Julio Iglesias/Dianna Ross song is “All Of You” (He has an awesome voice, but his heavy accent makes him sound weird when singing in english)** Ack! no! I thought I had completely forgotten this one. Now I find that it’s still cluttering up my brain, along with all of the other crap from the 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014/36 "2001-04-21T03:03:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\* > > Elton John and Axl Rose (Freddie Mercury tribute concert, they sang “Bohemian Rhapsody.”) > > \*\* THAT was my choice too. Would’ve given my lovely right arm to have been there when AXL was told who his partner would be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-bizarre-musical-duet-or-collaboration/62014.md?page=1)