# Strangest Duets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 24, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876 "2004-10-24T09:13:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/41 "2004-10-28T14:58:17Z")

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I think the track “Que Pasa Contigo” featuring Ibrahim Ferrer of the Buena Vista Social Club on the Gorillaz album is kind of bizarre. Not really a duet though.

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue on “Where the Wild Roses Go” is an interesting choice. But since it acheives the exact effect that Nick Cave was looking for (innocent beautiful girl murdered by dark brooding man), it probably works pretty well.

There is also the bizarre spectacle of Serge Gainsbourg performing a reggae version of “La Marseilles” (“Aux Armes Et Cetera”) with Bob Marley’s backup singers.

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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/42 "2004-10-28T15:43:36Z")

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> [@Dogzilla](#):
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> And my point about the imdb2 has been made. With one quick search, the name of that movie was [\*\*Duets](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134630/)\*\*. See what I mean? We need an internet music database.

Or you need to visit [The All Music Guide](http://www.allmusic.com)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/43 "2004-10-28T19:15:39Z")

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Pinky and the Brain, natch.

One’s a genius, the other’s insane.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/44 "2004-10-28T19:20:59Z")

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Then there’s the [Kurt Cobain/William S. Burroughs](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000IZ4/102-5663957-0850525?v=glance) collaboration.

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**Author:** ![dubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubs)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/45 "2004-10-29T01:26:28Z")

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Hakim (Egyptian singer hugely popular in the Arab world) and James Brown. I think he’s also recorded with Stevie Wonder.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-duets/270876/46 "2004-10-29T09:15:26Z")

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> [@scotandrsn](#):
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> [Peter and the Wolf](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000026O3/qid=1098625216/sr=1-24/ref=sr_1_24/102-1559368-4511316?v=glance&s=classical), orchestrated by Wendy Carlos, narrated by Weird Al Yankovic

This has also been narrated by David Bowie, to very good effect.

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