Juan Albion
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That's your loss. It's a very good album, and I'm not much of a Sting fan.
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[Music] ODD and not necessarily great musical collaborations
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That's your loss. It's a very good album, and I'm not much of a Sting fan.
OzMike
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There was that Sting, Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams, thing.
What a pile of
What a pile of
OzMike
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Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Cher with Beavis and Butthead
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 8,630
The collaboration between William Shatner and Ben Folds was interesting. Some good (the cover of Common People), some absolutely awful.
razer
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This one probably raised many eyebrows at the time but it's excellent. Tom really steals the show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDzA0YDso8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIDzA0YDso8
GT49er
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Gawd almighty - the late 60s / early 70s couldn't half be OTT and pretentious sometimes!
Always thought the line .”Justified and Ancient and they drive an ice cream van” was a classic
schmunk
"Members"
Paving he way for this, which appeared on my Youtube Music playlist yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1hgXfX5-U
razer
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Seasider78
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Elton John and Pete Doherty doing Children of the Revolution was pretty bad
https://youtu.be/D1ekuTnssd4
https://youtu.be/D1ekuTnssd4
There have been various artists that have done albums of duets
Tom Jones - Reload
1. "Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)
2. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)
3. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)
4. "All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)
5. "Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)
6. "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)
7. "Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)
8. "You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)
9. "Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)
10. "Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)
11. "Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders)
12. "Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)
13. "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)
14. "She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)
15. "Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)
16. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)
17. "Motherless Child" (with Portishead)
Ray Davies - See My Friends
"Better Things" - Ray Davies and Bruce Springsteen
"Celluloid Heroes" - Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
"Days/This Time Tomorrow" - Ray Davies and Mumford & Sons
"A Long Way from Home" - Ray Davies, Lucinda Williams and The 88
"You Really Got Me" - Ray Davies and Metallica
"Lola" - Ray Davies and Paloma Faith
"Waterloo Sunset" - Ray Davies and Jackson Browne
"Till the End of the Day" - Ray Davies, Alex Chilton and The 88
"Dead End Street" - Ray Davies and Amy Macdonald
"See My Friends" - Ray Davies and Spoon
"This Is Where I Belong" - Ray Davies and Black Francis
"David Watts" - Ray Davies and The 88
"Tired of Waiting for You" - Ray Davies and Gary Lightbody
"All Day and All of the Night/Destroyer" - Ray Davies and Billy Corgan
Pavarotti had several charity concerts that led to some pairings:
For the Children of Bosnia
"Per colpa di chi" - (with Zucchero)
"Serenata rap - Mattinata" - (with Jovanotti)
"Can We Go Higher?" - (with Nenad Bach)
"Ordinary World" - (with Simon Le Bon)
"Clap Clap" - (with Gam Gam)
"Miss Sarajevo" - (with The Passengers (Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno))
"Così celeste" - (with Zucchero)
"Linger" - (with Dolores O'Riordan and Simon Le Bon)
"Come back to Sorrento" - (with Meat Loaf)
"Penso positivo" - (with Jovanotti)
"Vesti la giubba" - (with Michael Bolton)
"Heaven Can Wait" - (with Meat Loaf)
"Ave Maria" - (with Dolores O'Riordan)
"One" - (with The Passengers (Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno))
"The Long Black Veil" - (with The Chieftains)
"Funiculì funiculà" - (with The Chieftains)
"Nessun dorma" - (all together)
For the Children of Liberia
"Let It Rain" - (with Jon Bon Jovi, Corale Voci Bianche, Liberian Children's Choir, Jill Dell'Abate, Karen Kamon, Vaneese Thomas, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Rob Mathes (guitar), Robbi)
"Stop" - (Spice Girls)
"How Do I Live" - (Trisha Yearwood, Jill Dell'Abate, Karen Kamon, Curtis King)
"I Hate You Then I Love You" - (with Céline Dion)
"Higher Ground" - (Stevie Wonder)
"'O Surdato 'nnamorato" - (with The Corrs)
"Se bastasse una canzone" - (with Eros Ramazzotti, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Rob Mathes (guitar), Robbie Kondor, L'Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Marco Boemi)
"Betcha Never" - (Vanessa Williams)
"Viva Forever (Io ci saro)" - (Spice Girls)
"Va, pensiero" - (with Zucchero)
"Napule è" - (with Pino Daniele)
"Une Place Pour Moi" - (Florent Pagny)
"Non ti scordar di me" - (with Vanessa Williams)
"Tonight" - (with Natalie Cole)
"Dreams" - (The Corrs)
"Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)" - (with Trisha Yearwood)
"Peace Just Wanted To Be Free" - (with Stevie Wonder)
For Guatamala and Kosovo
"Hero" - (with Mariah Carey)
"Mamma" - (with Ricky Martin)
"Mi Tierra" - (with Gloria Estefan)
"No Matter What" - (with Boyzone)
"Let the Good Times Roll" - (B. B. King)
"The Magic of Love" - (with Lionel Richie)
"Maria Mari" - (with Gianni Morandi)
"The Thrill Is Gone" - (with B. B. King)
"My All" - (with Mariah Carey)
"Hey Man" - (Zucchero and B. B. King)
"Fiorin Fiorello" - (with Gloria Estefan)
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" - (Joe Cocker)
"Il Cielo" - (with Renato Zero)
"You Needed Me" - (Boyzone)
"Tu Che M'Hai Preso Il Cuor" - (with Laura Pausini)
"You Are So Beautiful" - (with Joe Cocker / Alex Britti (guitar))
"All Night Long" - (Lionel Richie)
"We Are the World" - (with all artists)
Pop/Opera crossovers are popular for odd pairings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fiOJDXA-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwVcM74ziI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmKwLLKl20
(Billy Gillman had a brief period of fame in country music as a kid, and this was from that time, and according to wikipedia made a bit of a come back with the US the voice in 2016)
Tom Jones - Reload
1. "Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)
2. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)
3. "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)
4. "All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)
5. "Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)
6. "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)
7. "Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)
8. "You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)
9. "Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)
10. "Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)
11. "Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders)
12. "Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)
13. "Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)
14. "She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)
15. "Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)
16. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)
17. "Motherless Child" (with Portishead)
Ray Davies - See My Friends
"Better Things" - Ray Davies and Bruce Springsteen
"Celluloid Heroes" - Ray Davies, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
"Days/This Time Tomorrow" - Ray Davies and Mumford & Sons
"A Long Way from Home" - Ray Davies, Lucinda Williams and The 88
"You Really Got Me" - Ray Davies and Metallica
"Lola" - Ray Davies and Paloma Faith
"Waterloo Sunset" - Ray Davies and Jackson Browne
"Till the End of the Day" - Ray Davies, Alex Chilton and The 88
"Dead End Street" - Ray Davies and Amy Macdonald
"See My Friends" - Ray Davies and Spoon
"This Is Where I Belong" - Ray Davies and Black Francis
"David Watts" - Ray Davies and The 88
"Tired of Waiting for You" - Ray Davies and Gary Lightbody
"All Day and All of the Night/Destroyer" - Ray Davies and Billy Corgan
Pavarotti had several charity concerts that led to some pairings:
For the Children of Bosnia
"Per colpa di chi" - (with Zucchero)
"Serenata rap - Mattinata" - (with Jovanotti)
"Can We Go Higher?" - (with Nenad Bach)
"Ordinary World" - (with Simon Le Bon)
"Clap Clap" - (with Gam Gam)
"Miss Sarajevo" - (with The Passengers (Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno))
"Così celeste" - (with Zucchero)
"Linger" - (with Dolores O'Riordan and Simon Le Bon)
"Come back to Sorrento" - (with Meat Loaf)
"Penso positivo" - (with Jovanotti)
"Vesti la giubba" - (with Michael Bolton)
"Heaven Can Wait" - (with Meat Loaf)
"Ave Maria" - (with Dolores O'Riordan)
"One" - (with The Passengers (Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno))
"The Long Black Veil" - (with The Chieftains)
"Funiculì funiculà" - (with The Chieftains)
"Nessun dorma" - (all together)
For the Children of Liberia
"Let It Rain" - (with Jon Bon Jovi, Corale Voci Bianche, Liberian Children's Choir, Jill Dell'Abate, Karen Kamon, Vaneese Thomas, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Rob Mathes (guitar), Robbi)
"Stop" - (Spice Girls)
"How Do I Live" - (Trisha Yearwood, Jill Dell'Abate, Karen Kamon, Curtis King)
"I Hate You Then I Love You" - (with Céline Dion)
"Higher Ground" - (Stevie Wonder)
"'O Surdato 'nnamorato" - (with The Corrs)
"Se bastasse una canzone" - (with Eros Ramazzotti, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Rob Mathes (guitar), Robbie Kondor, L'Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Marco Boemi)
"Betcha Never" - (Vanessa Williams)
"Viva Forever (Io ci saro)" - (Spice Girls)
"Va, pensiero" - (with Zucchero)
"Napule è" - (with Pino Daniele)
"Une Place Pour Moi" - (Florent Pagny)
"Non ti scordar di me" - (with Vanessa Williams)
"Tonight" - (with Natalie Cole)
"Dreams" - (The Corrs)
"Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)" - (with Trisha Yearwood)
"Peace Just Wanted To Be Free" - (with Stevie Wonder)
For Guatamala and Kosovo
"Hero" - (with Mariah Carey)
"Mamma" - (with Ricky Martin)
"Mi Tierra" - (with Gloria Estefan)
"No Matter What" - (with Boyzone)
"Let the Good Times Roll" - (B. B. King)
"The Magic of Love" - (with Lionel Richie)
"Maria Mari" - (with Gianni Morandi)
"The Thrill Is Gone" - (with B. B. King)
"My All" - (with Mariah Carey)
"Hey Man" - (Zucchero and B. B. King)
"Fiorin Fiorello" - (with Gloria Estefan)
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" - (Joe Cocker)
"Il Cielo" - (with Renato Zero)
"You Needed Me" - (Boyzone)
"Tu Che M'Hai Preso Il Cuor" - (with Laura Pausini)
"You Are So Beautiful" - (with Joe Cocker / Alex Britti (guitar))
"All Night Long" - (Lionel Richie)
"We Are the World" - (with all artists)
Pop/Opera crossovers are popular for odd pairings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fiOJDXA-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwVcM74ziI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmKwLLKl20
(Billy Gillman had a brief period of fame in country music as a kid, and this was from that time, and according to wikipedia made a bit of a come back with the US the voice in 2016)