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There had been a duets topic on my old hobby forum before it was scuppered and for some reason it hasn't been revived on the new one. Reason enough to start one here.
I was prompted to do so by a remarkable Mozart duet I heard this morning. "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" (Men who feel the call of love) is sung by Pamina and Papageno in Act One, scene two of Mozart's opera
The Magic Flute
(Die Zauberflöte). The interesting thing is that they are not singing to or about each other! Pamina is singing about her Tamino and Papageno about his Papagena, although you wouldn't know it from the lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV82NkhnD0o
https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/1387
There is at least one example of this state of affairs in pop. Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange", which initially seems like a love duet between them, ends with this exchange:
"Sylvia"
"Yes, Mickey"
"How do you call your lover boy"
"Come here, lover boy"
"And if he doesn't answer"
"Oh lover boy"
"And if he still doesn't answer"
"I simply say
[sung] Baby, oh baby
My sweet baby, you're the one"
[sung by both] "Baby, oh baby
My sweet baby, you're the one"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mvN05MSa48
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Strange
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This is my all-time favourite Motown duet. Apart from the sincerity simply dripping off it, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "Your Precious Love" has the most wonderful bridge--those chords, that bass line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzo1ODMmymA
United in heaven. R.I.P. Tammi and Marvin.
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Another favourite duet of mine is "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League from their superb album
Dare!
(every track a winner).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_You_Want_Me
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More up to date now... I'm not the world's biggest hip hop fan but I find this duet from 2002 between Nelly and Kelly Rowland most touching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WYHDfJDPDc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma_(song)
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This is pretty heart-warming. Seems Larry and Rosemary bonded on the bipolar condition they share:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raOkacevBWI
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The best duet - better than any in this thread, at least by now
- is Mary Hopkin with Oasis (80s Oasis):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ls73oeUwZ_4
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It was mod Viper at the old Capitol BB MB who turned me onto this gorgeous duet by The Tubes--"Don't Touch Me There". Take it away, Re Styles and Fee Waybill!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTd3PrTzSPY
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How could I forget this extraordinary duet by Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra? (Slowdive did a great cover.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Velvet_Morning
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I was presented with this curious duet from
BoJack Horseman
on SoundCloud after finding a King Crimson album there that was unavailable on YouTube.
According to Bill Gates, "'I Will Always Think Of You' is a juxtaposed duet sung by Honey Sugarman (Jane Krakowski) & Eddie (Colman Domingo) in different time periods in the
BJH
episode 'The Old Sugarman Place'. It is also briefly sung by Crackerjack Sugarman and Honey Sugarman at the beginning of the episode." So now you know.
https://soundcloud.com/chiudi3/i-will-always-think-of-you?in=chiudi3/sets/bojack-horseman-soundtrack-music-from-the-netflix-original-series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman
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Usually I am not a fan of duets. But every now and then I have to make exceptions, especially when it comes to George Jones and Tammy Wynette. They did some fantastic work together:
I've Seen Better Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9L7XsdtHdU
Cryin' Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSyHuYl9Tlg
One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9v1W3uktbw
And speaking of George, he also cut a great bluegrass album with Melba Montgomery:
Please Be My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDOXWrMbNoA
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Quote from: Rocker on January 03, 2020, 01:46:05 AM
Usually I am not a fan of duets. But every now and then I have to make exceptions
I'm the same! Maybe that's why many of my choices are a little on the weird side.
Most "girl-boy" duets I like are straightforward line or verse trading with little or no vocal harmonizing (unlike your "Cryin' Time" and "One").
Peter and Kate's "Don't Give Up" is one of the... well, don't-give-up message songs I post when someone dear to me is struggling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEq-r2agqc
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I was in a bad place when I first heard "Where Is The Love" in 1972. Not so now.
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway really nail it. Horrific to know that Hathaway jumped to his death seven years later.
Two prodigious talents--RIP, Donny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcHPNUN-U8E
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Flack_%26_Donny_Hathaway
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Thanks to this thread I reintroduced myself to a wonderful album that came out I believe around 2006, "Adieu, False Heart". It was just about the last thing Linda Ronstadt recorded as her Parkinson's was starting to cause some problems with her voice. She recorded this acoustic album with Cajun musician/singer Ann Savoy.
I find it relaxing, perfect for a lazy afternoon.
Please check out the following covers - these are particularly wonderful. Beautiful harmonies:
Walk Away Renee
Go Away From My Window
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Quote from: NOLA BB Fan on January 19, 2020, 11:48:38 AM
Thanks to this thread I reintroduced myself to a wonderful album that came out I believe around 2006, "Adieu, False Heart". It was just about the last thing Linda Ronstadt recorded as her Parkinson's was starting to cause some problems with her voice. She recorded this acoustic album with Cajun musician/singer Ann Savoy.
I find it relaxing, perfect for a lazy afternoon.
Please check out the following covers - these are particularly wonderful. Beautiful harmonies:
Walk Away Renee
Go Away From My Window
Thanks for the tip, Lizzie. I have the album lined up for near-future listening.
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Quote from: JK on September 05, 2019, 01:46:21 PM
Another favourite duet of mine is "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League from their superb album
Dare!
(every track a winner).
Excellent choice! It immediately reminded me of another of one of my favorite '80s duets, "Obsession" by Animotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0
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Hey, beachcat.
Been long, can you answer question I did ask to you in Favorite Instrumentals thread in general music? Thank thee.
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Quote from: beachcat on January 19, 2020, 09:29:13 PM
Quote from: JK on September 05, 2019, 01:46:21 PM
Another favourite duet of mine is "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League from their superb album
Dare!
(every track a winner).
Excellent choice! It immediately reminded me of another of one of my favorite '80s duets, "Obsession" by Animotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0
Thanks, bc. Wow, the recommendations are simply pouring in! I've added "Obsession" to my steadily growing list of must-listens.
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Quote from: beachcat on January 19, 2020, 09:29:13 PM
Quote from: JK on September 05, 2019, 01:46:21 PM
Another favourite duet of mine is "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League from their superb album
Dare!
(every track a winner).
Excellent choice! It immediately reminded me of another of one of my favorite '80s duets, "Obsession" by Animotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0
Nice! I must have missed that at the time (a generational thing). As for
Dare!
, it's one of those albums of all good stuff. Every track a winner, including "Get Carter". I don't believe Human League recorded any other duets...
"That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)" by Culture Club is a pretty good candidate for this category, with backing vocalist Helen Terry up there in the spotlight with Boy George:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCM18h4xwPQ
I keep coming back to those first two CC albums. George sounds terrified on the first one but seems resigned to his dangerous lifestyle on the second.
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Here's another '80s duet, JK. "What Have I Done to Deserve This," by the the Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield. Great song. I remember watching the video when I was a kid and being enamored of the dancers' glittery costumes and big feather headdresses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg
Can't say I've ever been a Culture Club fan, but that duet you posted really nicely showcases George's voice. But that Gaye/Terrell song you shared was gorgeous!
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Quote from: beachcat on January 25, 2020, 06:47:58 PM
Here's another '80s duet, JK. "What Have I Done to Deserve This," by the the Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield. Great song. I remember watching the video when I was a kid and being enamored of the dancers' glittery costumes and big feather headdresses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg
Can't say I've ever been a Culture Club fan, but that duet you posted really nicely showcases George's voice. But that Gaye/Terrell song you shared was gorgeous!
Thanks, bc. Given the right material (as here) Dusty was unbeatable!
And that Gaye/Terrell duet gets me every time. Motown could deliver the most heartbreaking "middle eights".
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Hey, beachcat.
Been long, can you answer question I did ask to you in Favorite Instrumentals thread in general music? Thank thee.
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Quote from: JK on December 12, 2019, 06:47:53 AM
How could I forget this extraordinary duet by Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra? (Slowdive did a great cover.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Velvet_Morning
I discovered another great cover the other day by Rowland S Howard and Lydia Lunch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0hK2dnsicE
Lydia Lunch (vocals)
Rowland S Howard (vocals, guitar)
Genevieve McGuckin (piano)
Barry Adamson (bass)
Mick Harvey (drums)
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Hall&Oates should join, it's good duet band.
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Hall&Oates should join, it's good duet band.
Yes indeed. Good call, RR.
It took me a while to appreciate them (something like 40 years!) but I got there in the end.
This is my favourite of theirs, "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)":
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