Meine Kanzlerheit (My Chancellorheit) 👍 😆

What is the name of the actress who plays Birgit? She does a pretty good job.

Christmas always seems to suddenly ceep up on you, doesn’t it? Nobody expects it….just like these guys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMMKgvpGfg

And here’s Linda again, this time duetting with James Ingram:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smc5FHbZtG4&list=RDSmc5FHbZtG4&start_radio=1

Oh Boy, Christmas – is it that time of year again? First the heat and now the snow…and I haven’t got all the gifts together yet 😁.

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Kim Wilde & Nick Kershaw

https://youtu.be/ge1CKMBxfEM?si=HQtzMyO2fUPkIUws

I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this one (featuring the fabulous Linda Ronstadt duetting with Aaron Neville) earlier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YcA_Yl6U8&list=RDq1YcA_Yl6U8&start_radio=1

Let’s not forget this Christmas collaboration between The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8&list=RDj9jbdgZidu8&start_radio=1

And this is a Stevie Nicks collaboration with Tom Petty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5i7j0VhEHw&list=RDH5i7j0VhEHw&start_radio=1

Here are 2 famous duets from the film Grease:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcseNcBgH5I&list=RDvcseNcBgH5I&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drdM5dOkOtM&list=RDdrdM5dOkOtM&start_radio=1

What you say about the 12-string guitar had never occurred to me, but I would agree with you. However I don’t dislike the sound of the sitar as much as you do!

There’s also this one, although it doesn’t include any singing!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WPVLljm1A

I remember you posting this before, Jürgen. Very memorable!

Aren’t you up kind of late?

I remember hearing about Boy George back in the day, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever listened to him. Pretty good voice!

“Video unavailable”, but I found it elsewhere. Very peppy, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of musical progression.

I remember Merkel. She was in office a long time.

That’s proof she’s not going to come out of retirement, right?

Does anyone still remember Angela Merkel, our penultimate Chancellor with the pageboy haircut and her somewhat underdeveloped sense of humor? But she has another side, too. Here she is, collaborating with her assistant Birgit 😄:

https://youtu.be/h56VhwybisE?si=lV6hYpRjXCvAqE0u

The complete sketch:

https://youtu.be/GVn_zcLJGNQ?si=NHP75jFhEWLEjcfY

Another collaboration: Kim Wilde and Boy George

„Shine on“ by Kim Wilde & Boy George

https://youtu.be/PrGZfzXvB5M?si=H9LNzfyvxNu0R0dF

Fun fact: although I bought the album ‘Another Step’ on LP back in the 80s, I’ve never actually seen this music video. You never know what surprises you might find in life…

„Another Step” by Kim Wilde & Junior Giscombe

https://youtu.be/FrsKjxGJtoA?si=8LSVKOdWP7yNfr8H

Not exactly my favorite genre, but well done!

Groovy! The guy sounds a little like James Taylor to me.

Pretty catchy! Sounds very 80’s.

Another nice, moody song. That guy has some powerful pipes!

I have to admit I didn’t pay much attention to the lyrics, but I enjoy the ominous feel of the melody.

Okay, now this is what a duet on a love song should sound like!

That’s a very interesting and effective combo! And they really get into it.

Paul

This one is really growing on me. I hate to say it but the thing that turned me off is the twelve string electric Rickenbacker. I love a twelve string acoustic guitar. I think it has a beautiful sound but a twelve string electric has the sound of a sitar which I’m not a big fan of. While it has an interesting sound, it has the same ear…

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Jürgen,

I have always, and will always, be a musician. I’m a bit out of practice currently.

I’m definitely more interested in seeing Mona and Lisa play, when it suits their purpose, than in getting another gig where someone can see me.

I love this video Paul. Love all the Liverpool sites. Their version of the song is brilliant.

Hi Jurgen

That is great song, and the video is very well done. It has a Penny Lane, and In My Life feel to it. I like the iconic Liverpool sites, and Beatles moments, like a dreamy reflection of the past.

And here’s another Natalie Maines collaboration, this time with Deryl Dodd:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZWLmU8bR9s&list=RD_ZWLmU8bR9s&start_radio=1

Although not issued as a duet, I would consider it one, with the Dixie Chicks lead singer, Natalie Maines, providing the female vocals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHS2aUgQ0EQ&list=RDcHS2aUgQ0EQ&start_radio=1

This was a top 3 hit in the UK for the lead singer with The Human League, Phil Oakey, and Italian composer and producer, Giorgio Moroder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oypCJZrNfqA&list=RDoypCJZrNfqA&start_radio=1

Here’s another Pink collaboration, this time with English singer Rag’n’Bone Man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilut9TzMfXs&list=RDilut9TzMfXs&start_radio=1

Sorry to read that she was exploited by the German music industry. That’s sush a shame for a great singer.

I tend to agree with you, Jürgen, that, if the girls had done this on their own, it would probably have been a better end result, but I still quite like it. Anyway, here’s another MLT/Mike Massé collaboration, just for you!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhEMNoDpoVE&list=RDEhEMNoDpoVE&start_radio=1

Never seen that before, Jürgen. Nice one.

A beautiful song with a completely morbid story:

„Where The Wild Roses Grow“ by Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave

https://youtu.be/cv7NEbacamQ?si=kbJrTKzn0EzAGT68

Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, the „Dream Team“ of the 1980s.

https://youtu.be/yalM-2ih7RU?si=GezZ8wvqLzKNAJKG

A somewhat unconventional collaboration between a voice and a guitar. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out the name of the guitarist or his small guitar (is there actually a specific name for such small guitars?). Maybe the guitarist doesn’t have a particularly sophisticated playing technique, but he’s got plenty of rhythm in his blood and his…

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That’s a lovely story, Chris. So, you had a really positive experience in music class. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to enjoy those kinds of rewarding moments during my own music lessons at school. There was a lot of theory, but hardly any hands-on experience with instruments. Do you actually still play an instrument these days? I seem to recall…

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Interesting. Yeah, I realized it probably wasn’t MD when I looked her up and found that she died in the same year that that video was released, and was pretty reclusive by that time anyway.

David, no it’s Hildegard Knef. I know the two are easily confused; both are blonde, of similar stature and sing in a similar alto range, with kind of a “smoky” voice. Back then, it seems people liked women who sang in that style. I find it too masculine, but tastes change. Hildegard Knef was born in 1925, Marlene Dietrich in 1901. Dietrich was…

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Jürgen,

Love is Blue was a big hit in America by Paul Mauriat. And I didn’t have to look that up. But I just did look it up to see where it charted – #1 for 5 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968.

When I was 12 years old in Music class at school at that time, the teacher had everyone take a turn at playing a song in front of the…

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Jacki

Very true, seems like we have been losing a lot of great ones lately but thrier music will be around forever. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings are on tour as the Guess Who/BTO right now. John Fogerty was touring in Europe, not sure if that’s still going but he’s still out Rockin’ All Over The World!

Okay, I think this one wins the award for most unlikely collaboration. And somehow it works really well!

No, wait, that’s not actually Marlene Dietrich, is it?

I remember when you first posted this one, Jürgen. I don’t know how I managed to miss it when it originally came out; it’s wonderful!

As always I’m not familiar with the artists, but this is very nicely done!

Yeah, it was so cool that John Sebastian contributed to this and a couple other songs on Orange. And they’re all such nice people!

Here is another German classic and an unusual collaboration from 1992. On the one hand, there is Marlene Dietrich, who released this song in 1968. A song about a 16-year-old girl who is curious about life and wants to experience many wonderful things. So she wishes for red roses to rain down on her. On the other hand, there is the band…

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Ringo often saw himself as the entertaining element of the Beatles. Perhaps he would have even made a good comedian or entertainer, who knows? I think the following clip is one worth watching again every few years.

„Act Naturally“ by Buck Owens & Ringo Starr

https://youtu.be/nn5hrIiPbDs?si=oeH2XKntIYI8WW4a

There is a saying: „Aller guten Dinge sind drei“ (“All good things come in threes” or something like that). I’d like to apply that to the songs that follow. I’ve already posted them here on the forum twice, but perhaps there are still a few people who haven’t heard them yet:

I don’t know how many cover versions of the following song exist;…

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