# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/41 "2011-12-13T11:47:45Z")
How about Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, only half serious.šŸ˜› [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ri-NEhcplbI/hqdefault.jpg "JEFF BRIDGES/KAREN ALLEN - ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-NEhcplbI) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/42 "2011-12-13T11:57:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Iā€™ve got it! [Mick Jagger and David Bowie!](http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bowie.asp) For the sake of equal opportunities - and ā€˜heroin chicā€™ - we could also have Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/43 "2011-12-13T12:44:01Z")
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart ---
**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, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/44 "2011-12-13T13:59:45Z")
In the spirit of "not necessarily rock ā€˜nā€™ roll: Pavarotti and Norman. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/45 "2011-12-13T14:34:54Z")
Dick & Mimi Farina. She was Joan Baezā€™s younger sister. He was one of the coolest people that ever lived, and tragically died young. Dickā€™s best friend was Thomas Pynchon. How does anything get cooler than that??? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/46 "2011-12-13T16:22:10Z")
Chrissie Hynde & Ray Davies Patti & Fred ā€œSonicā€ Smith Geoff & Maria Muldaur ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/47 "2011-12-13T16:50:25Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Most of these people Iā€™ve never heard of, arenā€™t even remotely cool, or arenā€™t good at rock and roll. > > Give me Paul Simon and Edie Brickell any day. Strange that you mention ā€œarenā€™t good at rock and rollā€ as criteria and then mention Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, neither of which Iā€™d consider remotely rock and roll. ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/48 "2011-12-13T19:31:00Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > How about Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, only half serious.šŸ˜› Finally! Some one else who appreciates this video. All serious. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/49 "2011-12-13T20:03:25Z")
Since still being together doesnā€™t seem to be a requirement, Iā€™ll add: Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard. Also: Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/50 "2011-12-13T20:09:56Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > Didnā€™t they just get divorced? What?!?!? Say this isnā€™t so! Edit: Augh, no way. [This is exactly how I feel](http://www.salon.com/2011/10/18/how_could_kim_gordon_and_thurston_moore_divorce/). ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/51 "2011-12-13T20:16:50Z")
> [@BeaMyra](#): > > 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 This! Most the names on this list are separated or divorced, and not liking each other that much. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/52 "2011-12-13T20:42:57Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Johnny Cash and June Carter (seconded) Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell Carlene Carter and Nick Lowe ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/53 "2011-12-13T20:51:11Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Louis Prima and Keely Smith Great duo. Also, Les Paul and Mary Ford: some of the sweetest music ever made. ---
**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 14, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/54 "2011-12-14T00:04:18Z")
Robert and Clara Schumann. Cool in their day, perhaps? . ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965/55 "2011-12-14T00:50:16Z")
Not mentioned yet: T-Bone Burnett and Sam Phillips (now divorced) Fleming & John [del][Marty Culp and Bobbi Mohan-Culp](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01aculps.phtml)[/del] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-coolest-couples-in-music/605965.md?page=2)