# Musical collaborations that never were, but you'd like to hear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 20, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242 "2022-07-20T04:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/1 "2022-07-20T04:39:10Z")
I did a search on music collaboration and didn’t see anything that quite fit this idea, so I thought I would start this thread. Basic idea is to create a collection of artists, of any era or genre, living or not, that you think would create an interesting result had they gotten together to cut a few tracks. I’ll start with this: Johnny Winter, James Brown, and Prince. You can guess what Johnny and James bring to the game, but adding Prince as a catalyst would likely result in something I like to hear. What are your fantasy collaborations? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/2 "2022-07-20T04:49:35Z")
Half fantasy: Jimmy Buffett actally wrote a song, _I Love the Now_, released on the _Floridays_ album, with Carrie Fisher. Yes, that Carrie Fisher. Even among Buffett fans that fact isn’t well known because neither one ever really promoted or even explained the collaboration. However I would’ve loved to hear them sing it together as a duet, something that of course never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/3 "2022-07-20T05:01:37Z")
I have that album, like that song, and did not know that. I often wonder how musicians get together in the first place to work together. I suppose much of it might be by chance. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/4 "2022-07-20T05:49:40Z")
Mozart + Beethoven, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/5 "2022-07-20T08:09:51Z")
Hmmm… How about we make Elvis and former son-in-law Michael Jackson do _Pancho and Lefty_? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/6 "2022-07-20T08:19:54Z")
Meat Loaf and Celine Dion should have recorded “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” as a duet. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/7 "2022-07-20T10:42:11Z")
A supergroup with George Hurley, drums Les Claypool, bass Wayne Horvitz, keys Thurston Moore, guitar Peter Brotzmann, saxophone Mark E. Smith, vocals ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/8 "2022-07-20T12:59:51Z")
Paul McCartney and John Fogerty. Both are phenomenal songwriters. John wrote nearly all CCR’s hits. Put those two together for a couple weeks and record an album. They are older now and probably wouldn’t want to work 12 hour days. I’d settle for ond great ballad from them. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/9 "2022-07-20T13:05:14Z")
Styx fronted by Freddy Mercury. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/10 "2022-07-20T13:05:36Z")
How about George Gershwin performing on the piano with a modern orchestra? [That actually happened](https://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Rhapsody-American-Broadway-Overtures/dp/B00138J98C), thanks to the magic of a 1925 Gershwin piano roll and an imaginative conductor. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/11 "2022-07-20T14:07:03Z")
Toni Tennille and Tom Waits doing 5 songs Tom’s choice and 5 songs Toni’s choice. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/12 "2022-07-20T14:36:55Z")
Tennille taking on ‘Jockey Full of Bourbon’? Yeah, I would like to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/13 "2022-07-20T15:33:15Z")
There was a rumor about Jimi Hendrix moving to London and joining ELP. > **[Did Jimi Hendrix Really Plan to Join Emerson, Lake and Palmer?](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-emerson-lake-palmer/)** Unfortunately, Hendrix died before that could have happened. I would have liked to have seen that collaboration! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/14 "2022-07-20T15:50:19Z")
I’ve said it for a long time: Rick Rubin should produce a Dylan album. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/15 "2022-07-20T15:54:27Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > A supergroup with > > George Hurley, drums > Les Claypool, bass > Wayne Horvitz, keys > Thurston Moore, guitar > Peter Brotzmann, saxophone > Mark E. Smith, vocals Yeah, this for sure. I’d pay real money to see this. Or should say, I _would_ have. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/16 "2022-07-20T16:05:21Z")
Mozart and Prince. Mozart was limited by his era; he’d’ve done much better being born in the 1950s. And while he could collaborate with any good musician to great effect, I think Prince is the perfect match. Assuming their personalities didn’t clash too much, but I like to think that genius recognizes genius. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/17 "2022-07-20T16:12:06Z")
Not a specific artist, but I’ve always wanted to see a good Japanese Taiko drum group cover the drum solo from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/18 "2022-07-20T16:19:29Z")
I would love to hear the instrumental might of The Who behind the vocal harmonics of The Beach Boys. Alas, this is as close as it gets… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gtv21VgUNy8/hqdefault.jpg "The Who - Barbara Ann") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtv21VgUNy8) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/19 "2022-07-20T16:26:47Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Alas, this is as close as it gets… Another recommendation for a thundering Who performance with Beach Boys like vocals and harmonies: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RJv2-_--EY4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Who - A Quick One (While He's Away)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJv2-_--EY4) ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242/20 "2022-07-20T17:25:42Z")
What if Cream had included Steve Winwood on keys & vocals? Now THAT would have been a REAL supergroup! Of course they would still have imploded since Bruce and Baker would have come to blows sooner or later… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-that-never-were-but-youd-like-to-hear/968242.md?page=2)