Top 10 Unlikely Duos That Became Classics
The best unlikely duos sound, afterward, as if no one else could have stood in the other microphone.
Get Up Offa That Thing – James Brown
He comes in already mid-yell, as if the tape started late on a man who has been working longer than the song.
Gibson SG – The black angel of rock
In 1961 Gibson replaced the single-cut Les Paul, which had sold poorly and been discontinued in 1960, with a double-cutaway solid guitar.
Grace – Jeff Buckley
The guitar opens like a window in bad weather, and Jeff Buckley's voice is already somewhere above the room.
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
The drums start as if the song had no interest in suspense, and then Peter Hook's bass enters up high, a melody pretending to be a rhythm part, brighter than anything the lyric will allow.
Interview of Lou Reed (1974)
Lou Reed's 1974 Australian press conference, in the season of Sally Can't Dance and the live burn of Rock n Roll Animal, is less an interview than a refusal of the game.
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Hey Ya! – OutKast
An acoustic guitar, slightly out of its depth, chops at a chord André 3000 has said was among the first he learned.
Ooh La La – Goldfrapp
The stomp is glam with the sequins still on.