Bestest Duets?

I'm not sure it qualifies as a duet, but....

 

Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle 'You And I'

 

'To All The Girls I've Loved Before' by Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias. To this day, Julio often performs this song for the encore.

 

Love this from Linda Ronstaadt and Aaron Neville.

 

The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton 'Irony Is A Dead Scene'
Charlotte Gainsbourg with Beck 'IRM'

 

I know it was originally Moe Bandy/Janie Fricke, but this John Prine/Dolores Keane take is so bare bones and broken the original pales in comparison. In fact, every song on Prine's In Spite Of Ourselves (w/ Patty Loveless, Iris Dement, Connie Smith, Lucinda Williams and others) is worthy of being in this thread. Classic duets album, right up there with George and Tammy's Golden Ring.

 

Some of my favorites:
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes - Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer
Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty

 

Lyle Lovett & Shawn Colvin - 'Faded Love'. From Asleep At The Wheel's 'Ride With Bob' album.

 

Iris Dement baby! The realest of real deals. Not that any of the others on In Spite Of Ourselves are slouches... it's a hell of a record.

 

That album is an embarrassment of riches, but the Dement vocals are a real standout.

 

Tramp, Otis and Carla

Islands in the Stream, Kenny and Dolly

 

I'll go with a fairly new song:
"Continental Breakfast" by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Weil
I just love this song and if the video of it doesn't melt your heart, then you are a very cold, cynical person!

 

Lita and Ozzy works for me. "Close my eyes forever"

 

And this version:

Queen & Annie Lennox & David Bowie - Under Pressure - HD

 

Tom Waits and Bette Midler

 

Springsteen and Tracy Chapman - My Hometown
This duet has stayed with me since I saw it live in Orlando in 2004

 

Jerry Jeff Walker and Carole King

 

I've always loved Genya aka Goldie. I've also always wondered what the meaning of junkman is? For some reason I don't think it's the obvious drug dealer. Why would one listen to him?

 

Lera Lynn did an album of duets with some notable talents. Here's my favorite from that one:

 

I like Bowie's "Sound and Vision" - basically a duet with himself.
"Fairy Tale of New York" is a good one too.