# Top 10 coolest couples in music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965 "2011-12-12T23:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/21 "2011-12-13T02:15:13Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Ritchie Blackmore and Candace Night](http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.358665!/img/httpImage/image.jpg) (I can hardly believe there is actually a pic of him smiling!šŸ˜› ) It must be photoshopped. (I do enjoy Blackmoreā€™s Night) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/22 "2011-12-13T02:39:23Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Most of these people Iā€™ve never heard of . . . or arenā€™t good at rock and roll. Are we limited to R ā€˜nā€™ R youā€™ve heard of? Simon & Garfunkel The Righteous Brothers The Everly Brothers Nat ā€œKingā€ Cole and Natalie Cole (dubbed) ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/23 "2011-12-13T02:39:24Z")
[Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9IvYeFusVg&feature=related) Sid and Nancy ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/24 "2011-12-13T02:46:51Z")
[Shane Macgowan and Kirsty Maccoll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY) Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/25 "2011-12-13T03:02:20Z")
Aimee Mann and Michael Penn. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/26 "2011-12-13T03:05:44Z")
Vince Gill and Amy Grant ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/27 "2011-12-13T03:08:57Z")
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldoā€¦ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NEHJqxJX0bc/hqdefault.jpg "Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo "Love is a Battlefield"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEHJqxJX0bc) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/28 "2011-12-13T03:16:01Z")
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham Christine and John McVie ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/29 "2011-12-13T03:30:08Z")
George Jones and Tammy Wynette Johnny Cash and June Carter (seconded) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/30 "2011-12-13T04:24:16Z")
Jhon Balance and Peter Christopherson ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/31 "2011-12-13T04:28:22Z")
Iā€™m a little confused. Do you mean romantically linked couples? Some of these are duos, but I didnā€™t hear about Paul and Simon getting their groove or, nor Shane and Kirsty (who was married to 80s super producer Steve Lillywhite, which is potentially the coolest romantic couple in this thread). ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/32 "2011-12-13T04:33:25Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > 1. Grant Hart and Bob Mould (Husker Du) Do you have a link to confirmation of this? All Iā€™ve seen were unspecified rumors, and word of denials from both of them. (Mouldā€™s recent biography is probably a good place to start.) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/33 "2011-12-13T04:40:12Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > Just my opinion, but anyone who assaults his wife does not belong a ā€œcoolestā€ list. (At least nobody has suggested Ike and Tina Turner.) I hear ya, but who really knows how many wife-beaters there are on this list? We really canā€™t consider anything that happens offstage for whatā€™s ā€œcool.ā€ To wit: Ike and Tina Turner. Nobody was cooler onstage. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/34 "2011-12-13T06:40:01Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > Just my opinion, but anyone who assaults his wife does not belong a ā€œcoolestā€ list. (At least nobody has suggested Ike and Tina Turner.) or Delaney and Bonnie. . ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/35 "2011-12-13T06:56:14Z")
Itā€™s okay to have John and Yoko, but no mention of Paul and Linda? What criteria are we using? Ringo and Barbara Bach? Iā€™ve got it! [Mick Jagger and David Bowie!](http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bowie.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/36 "2011-12-13T07:23:48Z")
Ashford and Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/37 "2011-12-13T08:26:16Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > arenā€™t good at rock and roll. Does the OP say anything about rock? Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/38 "2011-12-13T10:22:49Z")
Louis Prima and Keely Smith ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/39 "2011-12-13T10:44:11Z")
I always thought Paul and Linda McCartney were so cool. They seemed like they not only loved each other but they actually liked each other ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/40 "2011-12-13T11:42:35Z")
[Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.](http://www.morethings.com/music/springsteen/bruce_springsteen_photos/patti-scialfa-120.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965.md?page=3)