Name one good pop duet (song, that is)

[Richardo]

You can't.

Call this an unfair generalization if you will, but all pop duets suck*.

* With the possible exception of "I Got You Babe" - depending on how I feel that day.

[HughBeaumont]

1. Dick and Dee Dee weren't bad.

They had the strangest goddamned voices ever. It sounded like two David Landers playing Squiggy singing on "The Mountains High"

[Richardo]

2. I may have to give you that one, based on the description alone.

:rofl:

[jpgray]

3. Freddie Mercury and Bowie on "Under Pressure"

It's cheesy, but good!

[Richardo]

4. Well, I was thinking of bi-gendered pop duets, but I dislike that one too

They're just so contrived and yes, cheesy.

[jpgray]

7. Since the wardrobe of each was at least half-female at the time

I think their composite could be considered bi-gendered. :D

How about Tammi Terrel and Marvin Gaye "Ain't no Mountain High Enough?"

[Catch22Dem]

38. Oops, I replied the same thing waaay down there...

Didn't read the other responses first. Oops!

[ET Awful]

5. Flo & Eddie "Illegal, Immoral and Fattening"

:evilgrin:



Hey, anybody connected to the Turtles and Zappa can't be all bad :P

[jpgray]

8. Their prattling on the live albums is just... fucking... abominable

Worse than a shabbily bearded Mike Love at stage banter, they are.

[HughBeaumont]

13. I saw those two at a mall once.

And they sang "Happy Together".

[GumboYaYa]

18. My step dad was in a band that opened for them on one of their tours

in the sixties. He is pretty good friends with those guys still so we would hang out when they were in town for shows. They are both really nice guys.

[HughBeaumont]

14. dupe

[azmouse]

6. How about Air Supply?? LOL

:silly: :rofl: :rofl:

[ohiosmith]

9. Eurythmics

[Richardo]

11. Dave Stewart really didn't sing much, did he?

I liked Eurythmics as a band, but I'm looking for a good song sung as a duet*.

* Hint: There aren't any.

[XNASA]

10. Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

You're right.

I can't. :(

[Misunderestimator]

28. Ha!

:rofl:

(was gonna say)

[Fenris]

12. Bowie and Jagger, "Dancing in the Streets"

Just kidding. That's quite possibly the worst pop duet ever.

[ForrestGump]

15. Marvin Gaye and Tammy Tyrell.

kd lang and Roy Orbison.

Johnny Cash and June Carter.

Male-female duets (as opposed to a group that has duettists at its core) that were pretty darned good.

Aretha Franklin and George Michael were good, too, with "Knew You Were Waiting For Me."

[Richardo]

17. Nope.

I love kd, but Roy Orbison's voice blended with nobody else's. Too distinctive (and I include the fantastically lame Traveling Wilburys in that statement.)

Johnny Cash and June Carter: If you're thinking about 'Jackson'; it still strikes me as way contrived. But they are close to listenable.

Aretha and George? I can't even imagine how bad that must have sounded. :scared:

[elshiva]

40. COME ON MARVIN GAYE AND TAMMI TERREL!!!

[GumboYaYa]

16. "Don't Look Back" by Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger is a pretty

good tune.

[Richardo]

23. True - it does not make me want to change stations *instantly*

[ohiosmith]

19. "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"

Mitch and Mickey

[no name no slogan]

20. "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by The Righteous Brothers

is pretty good. So's "Wake Up, Little Suzie" by the Everly Brothers.

Other than that, pop duos suck. Big Time. :P

[GumboYaYa]

21. One more: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, "Baby its Cold Outside"

There you go, that's a well sung song.

[Richardo]

22. I'd give you that one - but I don't consider Ella and Louis pop artists

:shrug:

[GumboYaYa]

24. Maybe in their day, but not now. n/t

[Catch22Dem]

39. Same song but with Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban

:evilgrin:

[Catch22Dem]

42. Or same song, Brian Setzer & Ann Margret

:evilgrin:

[Catch22Dem]

48. Same song, Dolly Parton & Rod Stewart

:evilgrin:

[Catch22Dem]

49. Same song, Nick & Jessica

[ccjlld]

25. Probably one of the strangest

and I don't know if it qualifies as a "pop" duet since it was a Christmas song...but I really like David Bowie/Bing Crosby doing Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. Willie and Merle: Poncho and Lefty

:hi: Okay, it's country, but it's a cross over.

[argyl]

33. Hell yeah !

[nutsnberries]

27. Simon & Garfunkel

:)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

29. Cocker/Warnes: Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong"

[KFC]

30. "Bad Blood" - Elton John and that Neil Sedaka chick

That sure did not suck.

[peekaloo]

31. Pet Shop Boy(s) and Dusty Springfield.

[LiviaOlivia]

32. Meatloaf and Ellen Foley-'Paradise By The Dashboard Lights'

:)

[Tikki]

34. "Candy".....Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson......n/t

[Jean Louise Finch]

35. Good Woman

Cat Power and Eddie Vedder.

Not sure it quite qualifies as "pop" but it's beautiful.

[Swede]

36. Tommorow Wendy by Andy Prieboy and Johnette Napolitano.

Beautiful song.

[Catch22Dem]

37. Would Bowie/Mercury "Under Pressure" be considered pop?

Personally, I'd call it rock, but it's a gray area.

[Magrittes Pipe]

41. Marvin and Tammi.

Otis and Carla.

[jpgray]

46. Preempted you way upthread

:eyes:

Richardo has yet to answer me!

[Catch22Dem]

43. Brian Setzer & Gwen Stefani: "You're the Boss"

[hyphenate]

44. I like

Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond together "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Perhaps I just have a soft spot for Neil and fellow Dem and liberal Barbra. :)

[Beware the Beast Man]

45. You can't beat the soulful passion of Michael McDonald & Patti LaBelle.

"On My Own." Genius.

[hickman1937]

47. Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield.

Back in the day they were great.

[donheld]

50. "Where Is The Love" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand
If I Could - Seal & Joni Mitchell

[MrSlayer]

51. Cool Places - Sparks and Jane Wiedlin

Ok, I'm kidding. The song is horrid.