Word: duetting
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After nearly 30 years in complete control, Johnny Carson finally lost it. In his second-to-last show, Carson simply shrugged off a raunchy Robin Williams joke ("What are they gonna do--can me?"). Then final guest Bette Midler coaxed the king of late night into an impromptu duet and closed with a velvet cover of One More for My Baby that had Carson--memorably--in tears...
...even “Names” is forgivable on an album this excellent, especially with the closer “Evolution,” an emotionally stark duet with Eddie Vedder. Like Cat Power’s best work, the song draws immense power from the simplicity of the music and the icy beauty of Marshall’s vocals...
...other half of The Raven, however, is songs, the best of which are a continuation of the weary romantic journey Reed has been on since his Velvet Underground days. None are verse-chorus-verse accessible, but Perfect Day and the fiery duet I Wanna Know (The Pit and the Pendulum), with the Blind Boys of Alabama, prove that Reed is still attuned to the knocking on his own chamber door. "One thinks of what one hopes to be," he sings mournfully, "and then faces reality." --By Josh Tyrangiel
Besides including many of her most popular singles (mostly from her later albums and soundtrack appearances), the album also features six previously unreleased tracks. Though songs such as “Miss You” and “Come Over” (a duet with R&B artist Tank) equal any of Aaliyah’s previous recordings, the Timbaland-produced “Don’t Know What To Tell Ya” is a mediocre inclusion. It is no rival for collaborative masterpieces such as “One In A Million...
...awards show being broadcast from Los Angeles. In November Brown, the husband of Whitney Houston, was ordered to stay in Georgia pending his trial for a 1996 drunken-driving charge in Atlanta. But last week he appeared onstage at the American Music Awards with rapper Ja Rule singing a duet of Thug Lovin'. The crowd loved it, but the judge proved a tougher critic. When Brown turned himself in at the end of the week, the judge sent him to jail for eight days...