Songs with conversation duets?
March 16, 2011 9:07 AM Subscribe
Songs featuring a male and female duet having a "conversation"?
Can anyone suggest any songs (any genre, such as pop, rock, hip hop, standards, country, etc.) featuring a male and female duet where the singers are having a back and forth conversation? (Which would most likely be about a relationship, but any topic would do.)
Some song examples of what I mean:
"Ciao!" by Lush featuring Jarvis Cocker
"Don't You Want Me" by Human League
Can anyone suggest any songs (any genre, such as pop, rock, hip hop, standards, country, etc.) featuring a male and female duet where the singers are having a back and forth conversation? (Which would most likely be about a relationship, but any topic would do.)
Some song examples of what I mean:
"Ciao!" by Lush featuring Jarvis Cocker
"Don't You Want Me" by Human League
First thing that came to my mind:
The White Stripes - Well It's True That We Love One Another
posted by AwkwardPause at 9:09 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
The White Stripes - Well It's True That We Love One Another
posted by AwkwardPause at 9:09 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Sometimes Always by Jesus and Mary Chain featuring Hope Sandoval
posted by aabbbiee at 9:09 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by aabbbiee at 9:09 AM on March 16, 2011
How about Sondre Lerche and Regina Spektor with "Hell No"?
posted by little cow make small moo at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by little cow make small moo at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011
Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros
posted by JimmyJames at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by JimmyJames at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
Baby it's cold outside! (such an awful song)
posted by fritley at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by fritley at 9:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Ooh Yeah! Oh Yeah! by the Magnetic Fields.
posted by silverstatue at 9:11 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by silverstatue at 9:11 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
"Jackson," Johnny Cash & June Carter
posted by entropicamericana at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty: You're the Reason Our Kids are Ugly
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
John Prine's In Spite of Ourselves. Pretty much the entire album.
posted by smorange at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by smorange at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
Here's a similar thread that might help (now with correct HTML!).
posted by Zosia Blue at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by Zosia Blue at 9:13 AM on March 16, 2011
And "I Got a Man" by Positive K.
posted by chrchr at 9:14 AM on March 16, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by chrchr at 9:14 AM on March 16, 2011 [5 favorites]
Baby, It's Cold Outside (Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton version is funny)
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:16 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:16 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
"Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:16 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:16 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Nothing Better by The Postal Service
posted by Anatoly Pisarenko at 9:17 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Anatoly Pisarenko at 9:17 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Baby it's cold outside. (mis-identified in the linked video as Louis Jordan).
posted by jenkinsEar at 9:17 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by jenkinsEar at 9:17 AM on March 16, 2011
Baby It's Cold Outside
posted by StickyCarpet at 9:18 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by StickyCarpet at 9:18 AM on March 16, 2011
"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" from "Annie Get Your Gun"
posted by briank at 9:18 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by briank at 9:18 AM on March 16, 2011 [4 favorites]
How about "Sex (I'm a...)" by Berlin?
posted by Neely O'Hara at 9:20 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Neely O'Hara at 9:20 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Another Like You" from the new Hayes Carll album.
posted by maurice at 9:20 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by maurice at 9:20 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Don't You Want Me Baby, Human League
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
posted by zizzle at 9:22 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Don't Go Breakin' My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
posted by zizzle at 9:22 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Don't go breaking my heart - elton john and is her name kiki dee?
posted by Mnky197 at 9:22 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by Mnky197 at 9:22 AM on March 16, 2011
"I Got You Babe", by Sonny & Cher!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:23 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:23 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
An oldie, but a childhood favorite of mine: "Goin' Down (the Road to L.A.)" by Terry Black and Laurel Ward.
posted by Oriole Adams at 9:23 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by Oriole Adams at 9:23 AM on March 16, 2011
There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:27 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:27 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
We Must Have Been Out of our Minds, as sung by George Jones and Melba Montgomery.
Melba: I thought I loved another, not you.
George: How foolish, I thought the same, too!
Together: They both turned out to be the wrong kind; We must have been out of our minds.
posted by messica at 9:28 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Melba: I thought I loved another, not you.
George: How foolish, I thought the same, too!
Together: They both turned out to be the wrong kind; We must have been out of our minds.
posted by messica at 9:28 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Meatloaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light
posted by namewithoutwords at 9:31 AM on March 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by namewithoutwords at 9:31 AM on March 16, 2011 [3 favorites]
All American Rejects - Another Heart Calls
(usually don't like AAR at all, but I can actually stand this one)
Regina Spektor (feat Ben Folds) - You Don't Know Me
posted by mittenedsex at 9:32 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
(usually don't like AAR at all, but I can actually stand this one)
Regina Spektor (feat Ben Folds) - You Don't Know Me
posted by mittenedsex at 9:32 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) and Darlene (sung by Angela Correa, played by Jenna Fischer) - Let's Duet
Zac Brown and Aslyn - Drive
posted by Lokheed at 9:35 AM on March 16, 2011
Zac Brown and Aslyn - Drive
posted by Lokheed at 9:35 AM on March 16, 2011
"Love Is Strange" by Mickey and Sylvia.
posted by tomcooke at 9:36 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tomcooke at 9:36 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Amigos Para Siempre, sung by Sarah Brightman and someone else.
posted by Melismata at 9:37 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by Melismata at 9:37 AM on March 16, 2011
All Cried Out, belted out by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam & every teen girl I knew (including me) in the late 80s.
posted by ladygypsy at 9:38 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ladygypsy at 9:38 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Truckstop Honeymoon, "Open the Door". They've probably got a few others like that.
posted by cog_nate at 9:38 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by cog_nate at 9:38 AM on March 16, 2011
ODB and Macy Gray's interpretation of Don't Go Breakin' My Heart.
posted by Metroid Baby at 9:39 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Metroid Baby at 9:39 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
There's the classic sibling back and forth chronicled in Gwar's 'Fire in the Loins'.
posted by FatherDagon at 9:39 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by FatherDagon at 9:39 AM on March 16, 2011
I can't believe I forgot this:
Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:42 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:42 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I Got A Man - Positive K
Picture - Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock
posted by AloneOssifer at 9:43 AM on March 16, 2011
Picture - Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock
posted by AloneOssifer at 9:43 AM on March 16, 2011
Johnny Cash & June Carter:
If I Were a Carpenter
Jackson
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:48 AM on March 16, 2011
If I Were a Carpenter
Jackson
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 9:48 AM on March 16, 2011
Er, well, it's sung by two men, but with one singing as a woman: Jenny by Flight of the Conchords.
posted by anderjen at 9:50 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by anderjen at 9:50 AM on March 16, 2011
And since I never miss a chance to plug my fave singer, Jess Klein, here is her Fool which is a good one.
posted by silverstatue at 9:51 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by silverstatue at 9:51 AM on March 16, 2011
Hmm. The first thing I thought of was this awful, hilarious, awesome song featuring one side of a conversation in a bar (not a duet): Me Neither.
And nthing Don't Go Breaking My Heart.
posted by Night_owl at 9:54 AM on March 16, 2011
And nthing Don't Go Breaking My Heart.
posted by Night_owl at 9:54 AM on March 16, 2011
Parole, Parole by Dalida is a very amusing conversation between a man and a woman. The man keeps spilling out these poetic and extravagant words of love, and the woman continually dismisses his attempts to woo her with mere words, singing that her heart will never be won over that way.
posted by datarose at 9:54 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by datarose at 9:54 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
If you want to go all gender conceptual, check out "Let X Equal X" by Laurie Anderson.
posted by effluvia at 9:55 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by effluvia at 9:55 AM on March 16, 2011
"If You Were the Woman and I Was the Man," Cowboy Junkies (I think John Prine sings the male part to CJ lead singer Margo Timmins).
posted by dlugoczaj at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by dlugoczaj at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Islands In the Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
posted by ainsley at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by ainsley at 9:57 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Bitties in the BK Lounge - De La Soul (starts at 2 mins in)
Ice Cube-It's A Man's World (feat. Yo-Yo)
posted by cashman at 9:59 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ice Cube-It's A Man's World (feat. Yo-Yo)
posted by cashman at 9:59 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Though I risk the wrath of everyone who will be earwormed by this: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond.
(I admit that I love it for its comedy value. Not that it's at all a comic song, not by a long shot. I just love to cruelly imitate Neil Diamond's rendering of "you hardly talk to me anymore...")
posted by bakerina at 10:00 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
(I admit that I love it for its comedy value. Not that it's at all a comic song, not by a long shot. I just love to cruelly imitate Neil Diamond's rendering of "you hardly talk to me anymore...")
posted by bakerina at 10:00 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
For a more serious (and better earworming) note, Matt Johnson and Neneh Cherry on "Slow Train to Dawn" by The The.
posted by bakerina at 10:03 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by bakerina at 10:03 AM on March 16, 2011
Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry's version of Gentle on My Mind.
posted by pineappleheart at 10:07 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by pineappleheart at 10:07 AM on March 16, 2011
A lot of these meet your criteria.
Of the ones not already mentioned, I'd highlight:
"Outside of That, I Love You"
"I Remember It Well"
"You Were There"
posted by 100watts at 10:07 AM on March 16, 2011
Of the ones not already mentioned, I'd highlight:
"Outside of That, I Love You"
"I Remember It Well"
"You Were There"
posted by 100watts at 10:07 AM on March 16, 2011
I can't find a video for stereo mono mono by the brunettes, but it's fabulous. Many of their songs are male/female conversation duets, but it foregrounds its form in a particularly delightful way.
posted by dizziest at 10:09 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by dizziest at 10:09 AM on March 16, 2011
Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever
posted by ignignokt at 10:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by ignignokt at 10:10 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
A huge number of songs by Stars fit this mold.
The most interesting, IMO, is Personal.
posted by schmod at 10:12 AM on March 16, 2011
The most interesting, IMO, is Personal.
posted by schmod at 10:12 AM on March 16, 2011
The Walkabouts - Forgiveness Song was the first song I thought of.
posted by WalkingAround at 10:14 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by WalkingAround at 10:14 AM on March 16, 2011
Esquivel's 'Mucha Muchacha' centers around a man and a woman conversing, altho a large portion of the song is just the chorus 'Mucha Muchacha!'.
The Revolting Cocks have 'Mr. Lucky', which opens with a bizarre dialogue between a man and a woman, altho they appear to be having two totally different conversations...
posted by FatherDagon at 10:16 AM on March 16, 2011
The Revolting Cocks have 'Mr. Lucky', which opens with a bizarre dialogue between a man and a woman, altho they appear to be having two totally different conversations...
posted by FatherDagon at 10:16 AM on March 16, 2011
(England) Dan Seals and Marie Osmond - Meet Me in Montana
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:20 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:20 AM on March 16, 2011
"I'll Never Tell" from the Buffy episode?
posted by GriffX at 10:22 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by GriffX at 10:22 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ballad of Tom Jones - Space/Cerys Matthews (of Catatonia)
Haunted - Sinead O'Connor and Shane MacGowan
Fairytale of New York - Kirsty McColl and the Pogues
Here's a link to a discussion of a similar topic (mostly folky, though it suggests things like Nick Cave, etc.).
Lots of Child Ballads, etc. have that kind of structure -- mother and son, male and female lover. They're often sung by a solo singer, but with both sides. Here's Lord Randal (kind of a different version...) with lyrics.
posted by Madamina at 10:28 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Haunted - Sinead O'Connor and Shane MacGowan
Fairytale of New York - Kirsty McColl and the Pogues
Here's a link to a discussion of a similar topic (mostly folky, though it suggests things like Nick Cave, etc.).
Lots of Child Ballads, etc. have that kind of structure -- mother and son, male and female lover. They're often sung by a solo singer, but with both sides. Here's Lord Randal (kind of a different version...) with lyrics.
posted by Madamina at 10:28 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I Never Talk to Strangers by Tom Waits and Bette Midler.
posted by hayvac at 10:29 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by hayvac at 10:29 AM on March 16, 2011
Remake of Lua as a duet with Conner Oberst and Gillian Welch. Lua.
posted by white_devil at 10:44 AM on March 16, 2011
posted by white_devil at 10:44 AM on March 16, 2011
Obviously there are zillions of examples from the musical theatre world. Here's a few that I think fit the bill off the top of my head (may return to post more...but then, you know, I'd be like THAT guy in the thread, the musical theatre nerd. I have a reputation to uphold dammit!)
Barcelona - from Company (incredible song, actually).
The Next Ten Minutes - from The Last Five Years (a sort of interesting twist on the genre)
Light My Candle, Take me or Leave me, Tango Maureen, Without You, I Should Tell You - from Rent
Color and Light, We Do Not Belong Together, Sunday in the Park with George - from Sunday in the Park with George
Hello Little Girl - from Into the Woods
Mix Tape - from Avenue Q
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:47 AM on March 16, 2011
Barcelona - from Company (incredible song, actually).
The Next Ten Minutes - from The Last Five Years (a sort of interesting twist on the genre)
Light My Candle, Take me or Leave me, Tango Maureen, Without You, I Should Tell You - from Rent
Color and Light, We Do Not Belong Together, Sunday in the Park with George - from Sunday in the Park with George
Hello Little Girl - from Into the Woods
Mix Tape - from Avenue Q
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:47 AM on March 16, 2011
Old Devil Moon from Finian's Rainbow
I also came in here to say "I'll never tell" from the Buffy musical
posted by gemmy at 11:14 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I also came in here to say "I'll never tell" from the Buffy musical
posted by gemmy at 11:14 AM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Well Did You Evah," Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry (from the Red Hot + Blue album)
posted by dlugoczaj at 11:32 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by dlugoczaj at 11:32 AM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
You're The Boss - Brian Setzer and Gwen Stefani.
You're The Top from Anything Goes - lots of people sing it.
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 11:34 AM on March 16, 2011
You're The Top from Anything Goes - lots of people sing it.
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 11:34 AM on March 16, 2011
Kingdom of Rain - The The, Matt Johnson and Sinead O'Connor.
Damn I love Mind Bomb.
posted by dirtdirt at 12:12 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Damn I love Mind Bomb.
posted by dirtdirt at 12:12 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Inmates" by The Good Life is an incredible 9 minute dialogue of a song. Highly recommended.
posted by haveanicesummer at 12:40 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by haveanicesummer at 12:40 PM on March 16, 2011
"Nothing Better" the Postal Service
posted by natasha_k at 12:42 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by natasha_k at 12:42 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Came to suggest Travelling Light, pleased to see I've been beaten to it.
One of the most beautiful, heart-wrenching songs my ears have heard in 32 years on this planet.
posted by anagrama at 12:50 PM on March 16, 2011
One of the most beautiful, heart-wrenching songs my ears have heard in 32 years on this planet.
posted by anagrama at 12:50 PM on March 16, 2011
Oh, and since I'm seemingly unable to post in a Mefi music thread without mentioning Arab Strap, Afterwards is worthy of a mention too.
posted by anagrama at 12:57 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by anagrama at 12:57 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ooh, ooh! More Dolly and Porter: The Last Thing On My Mind. (Bonus appearance of Dolly's amazing hair.)
posted by Madamina at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Madamina at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
We Got Tonight, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (or Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton or even Lulu and Ronan Keating).
posted by ceri richard at 1:32 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by ceri richard at 1:32 PM on March 16, 2011
Rosemary Clooney & Gene Puerling - "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (plus an Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong version)
posted by ceri richard at 1:37 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by ceri richard at 1:37 PM on March 16, 2011
Some of the musical numbers in the 1979 Broadway Sweeney Todd:
"Kiss Me"
"A Little Priest"
"God, That's Good"
posted by CancerMan at 1:45 PM on March 16, 2011
"Kiss Me"
"A Little Priest"
"God, That's Good"
posted by CancerMan at 1:45 PM on March 16, 2011
Decemberists, The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid (definitely not about a relationship!) from their rock opera The Hazards of Love.
I've Seen it All from Lars von Trier's musical Dancer in the Dark (with Bjork, and Thom Yorke filling in for Peter Stomare on the soundtrack).
And most of the songs in Love Songs, except those involve pretty much every combination of 1-3 lovers, not just a guy and a girl (but maybe I'm being redundant--it is French, after all).
posted by abcde at 2:09 PM on March 16, 2011
I've Seen it All from Lars von Trier's musical Dancer in the Dark (with Bjork, and Thom Yorke filling in for Peter Stomare on the soundtrack).
And most of the songs in Love Songs, except those involve pretty much every combination of 1-3 lovers, not just a guy and a girl (but maybe I'm being redundant--it is French, after all).
posted by abcde at 2:09 PM on March 16, 2011
Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
(from the movie, An American Tail)
posted by ainsley at 2:17 PM on March 16, 2011
(from the movie, An American Tail)
posted by ainsley at 2:17 PM on March 16, 2011
Robbie Fulks I'm Gonna Take You Home (And Make You Like Me)
posted by geekyguy at 2:37 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by geekyguy at 2:37 PM on March 16, 2011
Prince & Sheena Easton U Got The Look.
posted by bibliogrrl at 3:28 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by bibliogrrl at 3:28 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Papa Was a Rolling Stone by The Temptations is a conversation, presumably between the mother and several of her children about their late eponymous father.
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 3:56 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 3:56 PM on March 16, 2011
kick it - peaches and iggy pop
anyone else but you - kimya dawson and adam green
gainsbourg and birkin: je t'aime moi non plus & la décadanse
posted by myaru at 4:02 PM on March 16, 2011
anyone else but you - kimya dawson and adam green
gainsbourg and birkin: je t'aime moi non plus & la décadanse
posted by myaru at 4:02 PM on March 16, 2011
Oh! And Allison Moorer with Los Straitjackets featuring Lonesome Bob "I Ain't the One"
posted by peagood at 4:32 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by peagood at 4:32 PM on March 16, 2011
Mama Will Bark by Frank Sinatra and Dagmar. Apologies. It's a really terrible novelty song.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 6:00 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 6:00 PM on March 16, 2011
Here's one I love: Conversation About a Friend (Who's in Love with Katie) by Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell, an album worth seeking out!
Fun thread.
posted by missmobtown at 7:11 PM on March 16, 2011
Fun thread.
posted by missmobtown at 7:11 PM on March 16, 2011
You Want That Picture By Bonnie Prince Billy with Ashley Webber.
posted by ericost at 9:12 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by ericost at 9:12 PM on March 16, 2011
Whenever I Call You Friend - Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins
Flames of Paradise - Elton John and Jennifer Rush (bonus: Kids Incorporated cover of the song, sung by a very young Fergie and Rahsaan Patterson)
Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life - Fred Astaire and Jane Powell
posted by SisterHavana at 10:42 PM on March 16, 2011
Flames of Paradise - Elton John and Jennifer Rush (bonus: Kids Incorporated cover of the song, sung by a very young Fergie and Rahsaan Patterson)
Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life - Fred Astaire and Jane Powell
posted by SisterHavana at 10:42 PM on March 16, 2011
It isn't a conversation per se, but it is a series of letters written back and forth between two lovers.
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom of April Connolly, Feb. 24, 1997
posted by soy_renfield at 12:21 AM on March 17, 2011
Cursive - Excerpts From Various Notes Strewn Around The Bedroom of April Connolly, Feb. 24, 1997
posted by soy_renfield at 12:21 AM on March 17, 2011
It's originally between men, but Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry do a great version of Cole Porter's "What a Swell Party This Is".
Video link: Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry - Well, did you evah
posted by queensb at 2:36 PM on March 17, 2011
Video link: Iggy Pop & Deborah Harry - Well, did you evah
posted by queensb at 2:36 PM on March 17, 2011
Came to suggest Jailhouse Tears by Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello. That link heads to Paste's top 10 country duets, though not all are a male/female conversation.
posted by pappy at 2:41 PM on March 17, 2011
posted by pappy at 2:41 PM on March 17, 2011
Same link as above, don't forget Jack White and Loretta Lynn doing Portland.
posted by pappy at 2:43 PM on March 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by pappy at 2:43 PM on March 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
Can I Come In for a Second? - Nat King Cole and Nellie Lutcher. Wonderful!
posted by kristi at 5:50 PM on March 17, 2011
posted by kristi at 5:50 PM on March 17, 2011
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
In Spite Of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement
posted by mostly vowels at 8:34 PM on March 17, 2011
In Spite Of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement
posted by mostly vowels at 8:34 PM on March 17, 2011
I just wanted to second Another Like You by Hayes Carll. Such a good song, and an interesting new-to-me artist that I am digging a lot right now.
posted by jsturgill at 7:42 PM on March 19, 2011
posted by jsturgill at 7:42 PM on March 19, 2011
Don't forget Oh, Happy We from Bernstein's Candide. One of my favorites!
posted by hoboynow at 9:14 AM on March 20, 2011
posted by hoboynow at 9:14 AM on March 20, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks for all the song suggestions. Appreciate everyone's help. :)
posted by jca at 9:47 AM on March 22, 2011
posted by jca at 9:47 AM on March 22, 2011
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by Stephanie Duy at 9:08 AM on March 16, 2011