Duet records are the worst. I cannot think of a single one with more than two decent songs, and even those pale in comparison with original versions of songs. The closest thing to a good duets record is Steve Cropper's tribute to the Five Royales, and is that a duets record or a tribute with some help since Steve doesn't sing?
Maybe the Chrissie Hynde record will surprise us. Some duets work out quite well:
David Bowie/Freddy Mercury David Bowie/Bing Crosby Iggy Pop/Kate Pierson Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush Robert Plant/Sandy Denny Robert Plant/Alison Krauss Eddie Money/Ronnie Spector Shane MacGowan/Kirsty MacColl Chris Cornell/Eddie Vedder
I concede that most but not all of my list were referencing original songs. I'm a Chrissie Hynde fan and will reserve judgement until I've heard the tracks. I admit that nothing on her song list piques my interest.
Hmmmm. I see represented three of my all-time favorite singers (Lanegan, Lucinda & Hynde; and, by association, Alan Sparhawk is widower to another all-time favorite singers [Mimi Parker]), someone responsible for one of the greatest debut albums of all time (Hynde again), one of my favorite bands of all time (Low), and artists I have at least one song by (except for Carleen Anderson, who I had to look up to identify). I'll wait to judge. C in California
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Interesting line up of guest singers
Anything with Lucinda has possibilities. The rest not so much.
Captain Al
Mark Lanegan's dead, so...
Duet records are the worst. I cannot think of a single one with more than two decent songs, and even those pale in comparison with original versions of songs. The closest thing to a good duets record is Steve Cropper's tribute to the Five Royales, and is that a duets record or a tribute with some help since Steve doesn't sing?
Chrissie could sing the phone book and I'd listen to it. Doesn't mean the material would be great, but the voice!
Maybe the Chrissie Hynde record will surprise us. Some duets work out quite well:
David Bowie/Freddy Mercury
David Bowie/Bing Crosby
Iggy Pop/Kate Pierson
Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood
Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks
Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway
Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
Robert Plant/Sandy Denny
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss
Eddie Money/Ronnie Spector
Shane MacGowan/Kirsty MacColl
Chris Cornell/Eddie Vedder
If it is a good as her cover of Caroline, No then it should be just fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZbXqz-23AE
- Paul in DK
Some of you are too kind. First of all, at least six of those songs should never be covered again.
And looking at your list, Brian, the thing that stands out is, everyone one of those duets was an original song.
To me, this Hynde thing looks truly awful.
Oops, every one but the Plant/Krauss, I should have said.
I concede that most but not all of my list were referencing original songs. I'm a Chrissie Hynde fan and will reserve judgement until I've heard the tracks. I admit that nothing on her song list piques my interest.
Hmmmm. I see represented three of my all-time favorite singers (Lanegan, Lucinda & Hynde; and, by association, Alan Sparhawk is widower to another all-time favorite singers [Mimi Parker]), someone responsible for one of the greatest debut albums of all time (Hynde again), one of my favorite bands of all time (Low), and artists I have at least one song by (except for Carleen Anderson, who I had to look up to identify).
I'll wait to judge.
C in California
I've been wrong before.
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