Disjunction on the railroad of life

[robinbloke]

I'm just listening to Dancing in the street and memories of live aid and the video are flooding back... but the question for today is...

What song has the greatest duet of two seemingly unrelated artists ever?

Comments

[zotz]

Sam Moore & Lou Reed - Soul Man

[jonnyargles.livejournal.com]

Mel Smith and Kim Wilde; Rocking around the Xmas Tree.

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

KLF & Tammy Wynette

I claim my prize....

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

It has to be Bing Crosby and David Bowie and Little Drummer Boy

Absolute class!

[missfairchild.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[zotz]

Or, of course, Frontline Assembly and Tiffany - New Years Day.

[emperor]

Barcelona - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe

[scy11a.livejournal.com]

Damn - I was going to say that. And truly terrible it is too.

There's always Fairytale of New York and that actually works.

[zotz]

Motorhead and Samantha Fox, anyone?

[scy11a.livejournal.com]

You're a sick man.

[zotz]

I didn't make the record. I've only heard about it.

Altered Images and John Peel? Bill Clinton and Vaclav Havel?

Actually, I don't know if the latter was released, but a recording certainly existed. Mind you, apparently Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sand Elvis songs with Tom Cruise when they met.

[whiskeylover.livejournal.com]

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder- Ebony & Ivory. A truly dreadful song.

Seconded on Barcelona by Freddy Mercury & Montserrat Caballe

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I seem to have found an area of expertise for you...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

WTF?
Which track?
Why don't I know of this?
I so need this for Octaine...

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

Er... "Justified and Ancient" which was a huge hit across the known universe, hardly obscure stuff.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Well, yes.
I didn't know they did it with Tammy, though. Gods, I'm getting rusty.
The KLF covering one of her tracks would be funnier, though. :o)

[briggsy.livejournal.com]

Well, the above are good examples.

Just because it just came on: Rammstein and T.a.T.u :: Moskau
Just for a song with screechy Russian lyrics and gutteral German verses.

[crag-du.livejournal.com]

In a similar vain, I have a version of Bohemian Rapsody sung by Montserrat and Bruce Dickinson which is rather good.

[zotz]

It's just a shame that Sylvio Berlusconi chose to make his album with a complete unknown. If only it had been, say, David Hasselhof . . .

Having said which, who exactly has David Hasselhof colaborated with? And Captain Kirk making a record with Ben Folds and Joe Jackson is fairly odd.

[zotz]

Laura Branigan! Hasselhoff made a record with Laura Branigan!

[surje.livejournal.com]

nick and kylie.

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

Is it a member of Tatu? It's Viktoria something in the liner notes, I'm not sure if either of Tatu are called that. She does have the same certain vocal appeal though.

[devalmont.livejournal.com]

I have Leonard Cohen and Tori Amos doing "Silent all these years"
And Siouxsie Sioux and Morrisey singing "Interlude"
Both very very good.

[zotz]

Or there's the version of Sweet Home Alabama by the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Chorus.

[fellcat.livejournal.com]

David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure.
It has never yet failed to bring a smile to my face.

Admittedly >2 artists:
Trent Reznor, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (live).

Trent Reznor and Tori Amos - Past The Mission.
The song is great to start with, but Reznor doesn't add much to it.

[jonnyargles.livejournal.com]

Actually, as a proper one, U2 and Pavarotti - Miss Sarajevo

Actually, he's topped that.

[eviltwinemma.livejournal.com]

Hunklehoff's latest offering is a collaboration with Ice T. I kid you not. Ask Baz, he's probably got it on order from Amazon.de :-)

[zotz]

And a liar. It was Hawkwind and Samantha Fox. I was, of course, thinking of the fantastic version of Stand By Your Man recorded by Motorhead and Wendy O Williams.

Re: Actually, he's topped that.

[zotz]

There's some debate over whether that was a joke or not. I'll believe it when I see it. I do hope that it's true, though.

Now, there was something else I had to say to you too . . .