OT: Best (and most unexpected) musical collaboration you have ever heard

[bierce]

I nominate Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer singing a duet cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" with Tom Morello on guitar.

[Jack Lala]

I'm old enough to have seen Janis Joplin sing with Kenneth Threadgill. Always thought that a curious combo.

[Itsamystery]

I always thought the duo Robert Plant and Alison Krause was incredible. Just not two people I would have ever thought about putting together. A second melding of talent was the “We Are the World” recording. I saw a video of the evening of the recording and the talent in that room was incredible. There were a few duets in that recording that on the surface made no sense, but never underestimate the vision of Quincy Jones.

[Hashtag]

Early 00s Eminem collab with  Elton John considering all the controversy surrounding Eminem at the time.

 

Edited Thursday at 01:12 PM by Hashtag

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Rodgers and Hammerstein

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[harveycmd]

Karyn White and Chris Isaak.

[harveycmd]

I saw them do Suspicious Minds, Wicked Game, Secret Rendezvous, Amazing Grace, Power of Love and Possession in a bar in Taos, New Mexico on Friday night, 13 March 1998.

[harveycmd]

It was impromptu. Those were the songs they both knew and agreed to sing together. Only instrument was an acoustic guitar played by Isaak. Isaak tried to get White sing Abba's  Dancing Queen, She said she knew it, but didn't think she could sing it well. 

[lemonandaturd]

Willie Nelson and Ray Charles.

[Shane]

Aerosmith and RUN DMC was very unexpected at the time. 

[Austalgia]

6 hours ago, lemonandaturd said:

Willie Nelson and Ray Charles.

That’s what I was going to say.  Seven Spanish Angel’s 

[Atxdubstep]

The traveling wilbury's. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty.