This week saw the release of the music video for “Otis,” Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Otis Redding-sampling single from their new album Watch the Throne, and all their jocular tomfoolery got us to thinking about the other gents we know who have teamed up to bring us great duets, bro-on-bro style. Because after all, no girl will ever love you as well as your homeboy, right? Right. From the wonderfully cheesy to the just plain wonderful, we’ve collected some of our favorite all-man duets in music history here (you can also check out our feature on classic lady-on-lady musical collaborations, if we’ve gotten you in the mood). Click through to take a listen to our picks, and let us know which of your favorites we’ve missed after the jump!
A self-taught artist, 93-year-old Ed Welch started out picking peanuts and cotton in North Carolina, but in time he learned how to read, studied graphic arts, and became a sign painter. Upon retirement, he began combining an interest in African American history with his sign-making abilities to fashion do-it-yourself, collaged, poster-like artworks that construct fascinating biographic portrayals of important political figures, musicians, sports heroes, and events from the past century.
Marcel Proust liked to question himself, his friends, and perfect strangers about life and death and everything in between. Since 1993 Vanity Fair has asked celebrities (both literary and otherwise) to take a Proust-like questionnaire. Now they’re releasing a book entitled Vanity Fair’s Proust’s Questionnaire, compiling 101 celebrity responses from the likes of Salman Rushdie, Aretha Franklin, Martin Scorsese, and Norman Mailer.
To help promote the project they’re offering an interesting look into how YOU think and how it compares to the celebrities who they’ve interviewed. Answer questions like: “Who are your heroes in real life?” and “If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?” After twenty responses, they’ll tell you which icon you match up with the best.
We most closely resembled Giorgio Armani and Ray Charles. Take the test here, and let us know who you get.
