The Bro-mance Mixtape
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It all started with a friend and I absolutely BUTCHERING "Easy Lover" while doing karaoke at a club in Korea (Hey, let me see YOU try to sing as high as Phillip Bailey without having been kicked in the gonads!). That lead to a discussion on how the Male-Male duet is both under-appreciated and under-utilized. Which, of course led to both of us wracking our brains to recall as many male-male duets as we could. This is what we've come up with so far.
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- Yah Mo B There - James Ingram & Michael McDonald
- Ebony Eyes - Rick James & Smokey Robinson
- There's Nothing Better Than Love - Luther Vandross & Gregory Hines
- Dancing in the Street - David Bowie & Mick Jagger
- Easy Lover - Plil Collins & Phillip Bailey
- (You Gotta Walk And) Don't Look Back - Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger
- Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
- Under Pressure - Freddy Mercury & David Bowie
- This is It - Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - George Michael & Elton John
- Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby
- Over and Over - Nelly & Tim McGraw
- Da Rockwilder - Method Man & Redman
- Faded Pictures - Case & Joe
I intentionally left out
- The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney (I think "Say, Say, Say" is a better song.)
- Ebony and Ivory - Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney (Just because I think it's pretty hokey.)
So, I present our running list to you, MOG. Feel free to post suggestions, though I don't promise to use them. So far, there are only a few restrictions.
- Of course, there must be two (and only two) male vocalists featured prominently on the song. In principle, it should be two guys who generally don't perform together coming together to record a song that neither has recorded before. "Don't let the Sun Go Down on Me" was given a pass because...well, hell, how could I make a bro-mance mix without including Elton John & George Michael?
- It must have been a relatively popular song. No dusty b-sides that only you and your crate-digging cousin have heard of. I made an exception for Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger just 'cuz I think it's awesome that Mick and Pete recorded a song together.
- No rappers. Just because rappers collaborate with other artists almost more than they make solo songs. I made exceptions for Nelly & Tim McGraw since Nelly doesn't actually rap on the song, and Redman & Method Man's "Da Rockwilder" because it's a fuckin' awesome song, and it's MY got-damned list.
Beyond that, show me what ya got!
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Comments (7)
The only song I can think of that isn't on this list and meets the criteria is Usher and R. Kelly's "Same Girl." Otherwise, nice list.
I'll be right back once I've digested the mental image of you karaoke-singing to Easy Lover.
lol...it gets worse. I followed "Easy Lover" with a rendition of "Livin' on a Prayer" that should have gotten me jail time. Have you ever tried to sing that song? It's one you don't realize is difficult until you actually have to hit those notes. I'm sure, wherever he is, Jon Bon Jovi dropped dead, buried himself, and rolled over in his grave.
Hey, if you helped get rid of Bon Jovi, I totally forgive you.
I've never done karaoke in my life though. It just looks too scary.
That's why god invented alcohol. Drink your fears away.
Besides, it would have been a crime to go to Asia and NOT do karaoke.
When we finally meet, that's going to be at the top of our "to do" list. Get wasted and sing some cheesy duet at a karaoke bar.
I thought god invented alcohol so that we would snog ourselves silly.
Anyway, fine. I'll try the K. As long as you promise NOT to post any incriminating evidence on MOG the next day. Otherwise it's going to be the worst one night karaoke ever!
I PROMISE NOTHING!