agreed!
so we gotta go for the exceptions in this rule. i got a great one in mind but i ll start with the second that came to my mind:
would you call this a duet? (i m not sure.)
its Aesop with K. Dawson


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FweJYmdiP5k

^ Hey, ziggywas, haven't seen you for a while! I hope all is well with you.

I didn't recognise a single name or title on your duet, so I had no idea what to expect, and discovered an unusual song. Nice.

Here's an old favorite of mine, though not a boy/girl duet:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLOjmY--TA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foGkU6x3eSE

Charo Bogarin, of the duo "Tonolec" from Argentina, with singer-songwriter Malena Muyala from Uruguay, playing the song "Pasos" by Malena Muyala...

and now for something completely diferrent, the Kim Gordon/Chuck D duet


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


p.s @ Lisnaholic i m good, thanks for asking!! no particular reason we didnt bump into each other these days i guess.

Prolapse had two vocalists, one male one female.
also the two vocalists were romantically involved so i guess there were tensions.
a pretty good thing to do about tensions is a song i guess, so here's maybe the best "duet" i can think of:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qroI-VWDNY

Bobby Womack and Lana Del Rey

My favourite duets are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAlfh6QKQs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEhh_XpJ-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0qW9P-uYfM
Although I'm sure there're many more great collaborations.

Some nice pop duets there, Eleanor. I especially like Ebony and Ivory which does something worthwhile that music is always capable of, but doesn't necessarily do: send a message and example of racial tolerance.

Here's one of the most famous duets of the 60s. Like so much pop, it's a rather manufactured commodity and looking at it today I wondered, what exactly is the product Sonny and Cher are offering ?



Answer, imo: buy into a hippy fairy tale about two good-looking lovers, united in rejecting convention and living in blissful poverty. I feel that they, and the entire audience should be wearing rose-coloured spectacles.