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duets, for the most part, in my horny opinion, are usually pretty cheesy. however, I heard prolly my favorite duet today ever and I'm wondering what yours is.

 

my pick: Mozambique - Bob Dylan and Emmy Lou Harris. classic! :cheers

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Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell had a bunch of great ones. George and Tammy too.

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Ryan Adams and the Cardinals with Nora Jones - Dear John

 

This is a duet I expected to hate, but I was actually blown away on first listen. The song has a real emotional pull for me. I can't understand why they later rerecorded such a gorgeous song without her. Maybe I'm the only person who likes it?

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First thought: Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts

 

I couldn't stand that song when first exposed to it (Nazareth - yuck) but Gram & Emmylou's version showed me what the song really is.

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Elvis and Lucinda ---There's a story in your voice

 

 

 

Once upon another time

If you had the need

I'd step right in the shoes that you've been walking

'Cos someone put the hurt in you

For every one to see

And you only have to speak to tell your fortune

 

There's a story in your voice

Both by damage and by choice

It tells of promises and pleasure

And a tale of wine and woe

The uneasy time to come

And the long way 'round we go to get there

 

Once you told me fairytales

Everybody knows

But I didn't care for their prediction

Now you say you're leaving me

And packing up your clothes

I finally see you were a work of fiction

 

There's a story in your walk

Then you crumble just like chalk

And I could say that I was sorry

But I wouldn't mean it much

There are pages I can't touch

And something that's been torn out of this chapter

 

Far away, not far enough

'Cos I can still recall

How it felt when I read that last sentence

Now I go inside some rooms with Gideon in them all

And hide myself from all hope of repentance

 

There's a story in your eyes

Cheap sunglasses might disguise

But when the bedroom light reveals

All that bravado and that fright

That you cover up in spite

Attempts to strip away this fabrication

 

There's a story in your voice

Both by damage and by choice

It tells of promises and pleasure

And a tale of wine and woe

The uneasy time to come

And the long way 'round we go to get

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Does Fairytale of New York count as a duet between Shane Macgowan and Kirsty MacColl?

 

These lyrics are some of my favorites of all time:

 

Shane: I could've been someone.

Kirsty: Well so could anyone. You took my dreams from me when I first found you.

Shane: I kept them with me, babe. I put them with my own. Can't make it out alone. I built my dreams around you.

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Simon & Garfunkel: "Bridge Over troubled Water."

 

HA. Paul Simon doesn't even sing on that song.

 

You're Still Standing There - YES, Steve Earle / Lucinda Williams

Firefly - Rhett Miller and Rachel Yamagata

Blue Period - Pat Denizio and Belinda Carlise (Smithereens)

Shaking Hands - Michelle Shocked and Jay Farrar

Under and African Sky - Paul Simon and Linda Ronstadt

Baby its You - Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe (The Burt Bacharach song)

Matthew Sweet and Suzanna Hoffs Covers, Vol 1 and 2.

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A lot of people confuse "duet" with "harmony". Mozambique isn't really a duet, neither of them have their own lines. Same with the Wilco and Feist song. At least that's how I've always seen it.

 

Anyways, Johnny Cash and June Carter had some good duets.

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