Greatest collaborations of all time

[CottonEyedHorn]

So queen and Bowie get together and come up with Under Pressure. Timeless to this day. What others are there like this? For the sake of this thread, supergroup collaborations ( traveling wilburies, etc.) are out. I'm thinking more along the lines of a single song, live or in studio.

 

[PFD]

Not sure if these quite meet your definition of "collaboration" or not, but some of my favorites are:

"Angel from Montgomery," John Prine and Bonnie Raitt

"The Highwayman," The Highwaymen

"Brotherly Love," Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley

"Solitude," Edwin McCain and Darius Rucker

"Money for Nothing," Dire Straits and Sting

 

[CottonEyedHorn]

Yep, those are great examples. I forgot about Sting. I think he helped on a song on Phil Collins' No Jacket Required album too.

 

[CanaTigers]

Not sure I would call it the greatest but it was sure heralded and beaten to death.

Santana and Rob Thomas

 

[CanaTigers]

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant was interesting

 

[CanaTigers]

Rench and Tonez creating Gangstagrass was pretty cool.

 

[HornsForever'93]

Hall and Oates

 

[Basketball Jones]

Oswald and The Guy on the Grassy Knoll

 

[LonghornCatholic]

Country AND Western.

 

[Longhorny630]

Republicans and Democrats

 

[Texanne]

Tom and Jerry.

 

[HammerOfTheHorns]

I don't know if it qualifies for "greatness" or not, but "Stop dragging my heart around" was the first tune that came to mind.

 

[Bluff Horn]

Duane Allmann played guitar with Clapton on the Derek and the Dominos album.

Which is a bad ************, BTW

 

[El Torito]

Vangelis and Jon Anderson ("Friends of Mr. Cairo")

Geddy Lee with Bob and Doug McKenzie sing "Take Off" on The Great White North.

Hosers!

 

[Third Coast]

Speaking of Clapton, "(I'm Stealing Your Wife) While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with the Beatles comes to mind.

 

[Third Coast]

Speaking of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and Tom Petty, I was always amazed by the virtuoso in the red hat during the latter part of this tribute to George.

Link

Isn't George's son Dhani the spitting image of him?

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

Eddie Vedder and Temple of the Dog doing Hunger Strike was pretty good

Allison Kraus and Brad Paisely(sp?) Whiskey Lullaby is one of my favorite duets ever....

 

[kbrown]

Would the Travelling Willbury's qualify!!????

 

[kbrown]

Don Heley, Glen Frey, and J.D. Souther singing harmony for Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Linda Rondstadt, Jackson Browne......

 

[VYFan]

"Good Hearted Woman" with Waylon and Willie.

 

[kbrown]

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[Aces_Full]

Aerosmith and Run DMC. Walk this Way. That was a pretty good combo.

 

[BigWill]

not traditional, but Flea on Alanis' "You Oughta' Know".

 

[14tokihorn]

Bowie & Brian Enos' "Heroes".

Collaboration means different things to different people...at least Bowie has put it across that said work was his most satisfying collaboration.

... by far the best conceptualized lyrics pertaining to romantic love there EVER was. My 2cents.

 

[BurntOrangeOnly]

Wow, Third Coast. Thanks for the imminently listenable link. I think I just had a flash back!

 

[dheiman]

I hate to throw another Bowie on the list but I'm Afraid of Americans with trent Reznor was pretty awesome and very unique.

Another one that is kind of cheating was the Lisa Marie and Elvis duet of In the Ghetto. Kind of cool since he was long gone when his daughter was digitally mastered into the song.

 

[utmck]

Yardbirds with Jeff beck and Jimmy Page.

 

[Statalyzer]

Do The Basement Tapes count? It was album, not a song...

 

[Third Coast]

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[utmck]

This trumps everyone!!!!

Elvis, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Marvin Gayle and Stevie Wonder
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