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Subject: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: 80smuzikhead on 05/29/05 at 7:44 am

My picks: "Don't Give Up" and "I Knew You Were Waiting".

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/05 at 8:26 am

Don't Give Up -Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush and,
Guilty -Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: banglebabe on 05/29/05 at 10:35 am

Great list! On your list, I chose "Seperate Lives". I've always loved that song.

Some other favorites of mine:

"Islands in the stream" - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
"Almost paradise" - Ann Wilson & Mike Reno
"Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
"Baby Come to me" - Patty Austin & James Ingram
"Stop dragging my heart around" - Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks
"Don't fall in love with a dreamer" - Kim Carnes & Kenny Rogers
"Up where we belong" - Joe Cocker" & Jennifer Warnes
"Ebony & Ivory" - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
"Suddenly" - Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John
"what have I done to deserve this" - Pet shop boys & Dusty Springfield

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: _adam_ on 05/29/05 at 12:30 pm

Run DMC & Aerosmith-Walk this way
Mike Reno & Ann Wilson-Almost Paradise

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Tanya1976 on 05/29/05 at 4:57 pm

George Michael and Aretha Franklin
Carl Anderson (RIP) and Gloria Loring
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson ("Say Say Say")
James Ingram and Patti Austin

Without a doubt!

Tanya

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: KP Nut on 05/29/05 at 5:01 pm

I picked Guilty by Barbara Striesand and Barry Gibb. 8) I also love Somewhere Out There by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. I love Solid by Ashford and Simpson. :P

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: KP Nut on 05/29/05 at 5:07 pm

I forgot Say,Say,Say and The Girl is Mine by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. ;D
Islands in The Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
We Got Tonight by Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers
Baby Come To Me by James Ingram and Patti Austin
Suddenly by Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John
Almost paradise by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Doc Brown on 05/29/05 at 7:06 pm

Had to go with "Somewhere Out There", my class song!
OTOH, the artist for my other fave was there, but the wrong single.
Phil Collins & Philiip Bailey, "Easy Lover".


Your Pal,
Doc

8)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: zcrito on 05/29/05 at 7:07 pm

Other.

Very Special -- Debra & Ronnie Laws
With You I`m Born Again -- Billy Preston & Syreeta
Heaven -- BeBe & CeCe Winans
Lost Without You --  BeBe & CeCe Winans

And careful with the dates "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -Elton John & Kiki Dee, is from 1976.


Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: 80smuzikhead on 05/30/05 at 7:56 am


And careful with the dates "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" -Elton John & Kiki Dee, is from 1976.

My mistake.
BTW, this poll is for duets sung by a man and a woman. I probably wasn't clear enough with that. :)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Jennifer028 on 05/30/05 at 10:06 am

seperate lives...friends and lovers  :)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Zebra on 05/30/05 at 2:59 pm

Almost paradise by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
Loving you's a dirty job - Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/30/05 at 3:00 pm

I picked "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" by Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson.  :)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Paul on 05/30/05 at 3:15 pm

All very good songs on that list...

But I've gone for 'other'...

'Mirror Mirror' - Dollar

...a sizeable British hit from late '81 which, at the time, sounded weenybop to me, but over the years I've come to realise what a very good pop song it actually is...

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 05/30/05 at 3:42 pm

Friends & Lovers -Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring 
Seperate Lives -Phil Collins & Marylin Martin
Somewhere Out There -Linda Ronstandt & James Ingram
Almost paradise - Ann Wilson & Mike Reno
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Don't fall in love with a dreamer - Kim Carnes & Kenny Rogers
Up where we belong - Joe Cocker" & Jennifer Warnes
Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Suddenly" - Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John
what have I done to deserve this - Pet shop boys & Dusty Springfield

There's more but this was all I could think of off hand.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 05/30/05 at 3:46 pm


All very good songs on that list...

But I've gone for 'other'...

'Mirror Mirror' - Dollar

...a sizeable British hit from late '81 which, at the time, sounded weenybop to me, but over the years I've come to realise what a very good pop song it actually is...


I've never heard the song.  ???

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Paul on 05/30/05 at 4:04 pm


I've never heard the song.  ???


Heh! You know what I'm gonna say now, Karen...!!

Catch you later...

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: zcrito on 05/30/05 at 5:14 pm


All very good songs on that list...

But I've gone for 'other'...

'Mirror Mirror' - Dollar

...a sizeable British hit from late '81 which, at the time, sounded weenybop to me, but over the years I've come to realise what a very good pop song it actually is...


'Mirror Mirror' - Dollar ??

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=c07NTgYB00&WRK=265771

(I would have preferred "Suddenly" - Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: KP Nut on 05/31/05 at 9:14 am

Without Us Denise Williams and Peybo Bryson? :-\\

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: jon wang on 06/16/05 at 12:35 am

git-r-done with the following:

CRYSTAL BERNARD FEAT PETER CETERA - FOREVER TONIGHT
STEVIE NICKS FEAT DON HENLEY - LEATHER AND LACE
SERGIO MENDEZ FEAT. BRAZIL 66 - NEVER GOING TO LET YOU GO

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 06/16/05 at 4:21 pm


git-r-done with the following:

CRYSTAL BERNARD FEAT PETER CETERA - FOREVER TONIGHT




I really like this song.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Kareoke Queen on 06/16/05 at 4:58 pm


My picks: "Don't Give Up" and "I Knew You Were Waiting".


Kenny Rogers with Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: AnnieBanannie on 06/16/05 at 5:15 pm

It was really hard to choose only two from this list, but I settled on "Don't Give Up" and "Guilty."

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: aerognrjovihalen on 06/16/05 at 10:48 pm

Close My Eyes Forever!!! - Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford!!!

How could you all forget that one???

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/05 at 11:43 am


Close My Eyes Forever!!! - Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford!!!

How could you all forget that one???
I had forgotten it!

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/05 at 2:24 pm

Actually listening to right now!

Endless Love ~ Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (1981)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: AnnieBanannie on 06/17/05 at 6:58 pm


Close My Eyes Forever!!! - Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford!!!

How could you all forget that one???


Oh, yeah!  That one was great!

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Blondie on 06/18/05 at 7:34 am


Don't Give Up -Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
Leather & Lace -Stevie Nicks & Don Henley

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/05 at 9:17 am

I also like the unlisted:

Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes in 1983

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Zoso on 12/03/05 at 9:42 am

Other - Say Say Say by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

I never realised how mediocre Paul McCartney's voice was until I heard it contrasted against Michael Jackson's.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: jlp937 on 12/04/05 at 2:04 am


git-r-done with the following:

CRYSTAL BERNARD FEAT PETER CETERA - FOREVER TONIGHT
STEVIE NICKS FEAT DON HENLEY - LEATHER AND LACE
SERGIO MENDEZ FEAT. BRAZIL 66 - NEVER GOING TO LET YOU GO




I loved Crystal Bernard and Peter Cetera's Forever Tonight, that song was popular back in 1995.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: SAM-Indonesia on 12/06/05 at 3:14 am

How about - Island in the Stream sung by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Porton
as to : Without Us by Dennise Williams and Peabo Bryson ( :-\\) anyway the music is by Tom Scott right? ???

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: DJ Midas on 12/08/05 at 11:50 pm

I chose "Don't Give Up" and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"

Wow.  Nobody's mentioned "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.  Guess yous don't like that one.  ;D

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Schillingfan on 01/15/06 at 12:15 pm

Falco and Brigitte Nielson: Body Next To Body

I think this song made it to no.6 in Austria

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: WembleyBooberGobo on 01/15/06 at 11:33 pm

I really love that song "you're a friend of mine" by Jackson Browne and Clarence Clemmons. I think Daryl Hannah sang back up on that song too.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: johntodd on 01/16/06 at 12:08 am

I had to vote for "Seperate Lives" because it's such a fantastic song...

I'me very disappointed that there was no Dave Gahan / Martin Gore duets nominated.  :(

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: spaceace on 01/19/06 at 1:18 pm

Dancing in the Street  Jagger and Bowie. :)

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: NozmoKing on 01/27/06 at 9:13 pm

Mine wasnt listed, but then again probably not many know it even exists...

Lemmy and Wendy O doing "Stand by Your Man"

NozmoKing

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 01/28/06 at 8:15 pm

Don't Know Much by Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
Stop Dragging My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty
I don't know whether this is late 1980's or early 1990's but I love Lily Was Here(it's an instrumental duet) by Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart!

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 02/07/06 at 1:34 am


Mine wasnt listed, but then again probably not many know it even exists...

Lemmy and Wendy O doing "Stand by Your Man"

NozmoKing
How about Motorhead with Girlschool "Please Don't Touch"...

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: I Love Expose on 02/08/06 at 3:21 am


My picks: "Don't Give Up" and "I Knew You Were Waiting".


Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 02/19/06 at 1:54 pm


Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good


Yeah liked Rene and Angela's record

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/06 at 2:03 pm


Yeah liked Rene and Angela's record
Not Rene and Renata then?

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Mr Tumnus on 02/19/06 at 2:47 pm


Not Rene and Renata then?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA  ;D ;D

NO.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Lindee on 11/08/07 at 2:44 pm

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around- Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Lindee on 11/08/07 at 2:46 pm


I loved Crystal Bernard and Peter Cetera's Forever Tonight, that song was popular back in 1995.


Is that the Crystal Bernard (aka Helen from Wings)?

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: robby76 on 11/08/07 at 8:40 pm

Solely from that list I voted Endless Love by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: coqueta83 on 11/09/07 at 12:03 am

"I Knew You Were Waiting" by Aretha Franklin and George Michael, and "Baby Come to Me" by Patti Austin and James Ingram.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: johnny5alive on 11/16/07 at 1:40 am

what have I done to deserve this" - Pet shop boys & Dusty Springfield....................  that was such a great tune!  and was her last song i do  believe?

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: lemonverbina on 11/16/07 at 12:39 pm

If you say my eyes are beautiful by Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Class of 84 on 11/16/07 at 6:59 pm

"Put a little love in your heart" gets my vote, as it will always remind me of the first trip my wife and I took to virginia around Christmas, the year we were married.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: robby76 on 11/16/07 at 7:43 pm


If you say my eyes are beautiful by Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston


Nice! I love how it starts.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: lemonverbina on 11/19/07 at 11:25 am

State of Shock by Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: whistledog on 06/24/11 at 10:24 am

Here's a bunch of great ones ...


1983 | Never Said I Loved You - The Payola$ with Carole Pope (Rough Trade)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZEBJiS-NU

1986 | Needles and Pins - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featuring Stevie Nicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bio-2wiMmnw

1986 | Love is Fire - The Parachute Club featuring John Oates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotcHjc-rI4

1988 | Breakfast in Bed - UB40 and Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKG3ykRMGiI

1988 | Spot You in A Coalmine - Corey Hart and Ruby Turner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc326vtXb4o

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Lindee on 06/24/11 at 10:52 am

Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty- Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Howard on 06/24/11 at 7:29 pm

George Michael And Aretha Franklin- I Knew You Were Waiting For Me.

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Louise1978 on 06/26/11 at 12:21 am

Endless Love
I Knew You Were Waiting

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Howard on 06/26/11 at 6:31 am

Bill Medley And Jennifer Warren

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: King Tut on 08/03/11 at 6:10 pm

I went with "Leather and Lace".

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Howard on 08/04/11 at 6:44 am

Stevie Wonder And Michael Jackson

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: King Tut on 08/04/11 at 4:54 pm


Stevie Wonder And Michael Jackson

The topic does state "Male/female" duet.  Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson. VERY tempted to say a joke but I'm too new here.  :P

Subject: Re: Favourite Duets Of The 80s

Written By: Howard on 08/04/11 at 7:17 pm

George Michael and Aretha Franklin.

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