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10 Worst Duets Ever: No. 4

'I've Got You Under My Skin'
--Bono and Frank Sinatra (1993)

This Cole Porter standard had been a Sinatra mainstay for decades when some marketing genius decided Ol' Blue Eyes should cut the 'Duets' album with contemporary singers. The album's lowlight is unquestionably Bono, whose melodramatic crooning wanders perilously close to whale song. It's fun to imagine Sinatra's rising anger as Bono starts moaning like a deranged ghost.

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marespooscats@mac.com

Bono must be pretty important to get Sinatra to record with him. Old Frankie recorded a song with George Strait but never put it on his album!

January 05 2010 at 4:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rod

LOL I've never heard the song, but I loved the review!! 'Perilously close to whalesong'? Classic!

December 06 2009 at 12:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hector

Dude, this is seriously stupid... You've to be seriously mentally retarded to even think this is a bad duet.

November 18 2009 at 2:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
diego

hmm...yeah, seems like the writer knew about, lets say, 15 duets, and he had to talk about shitty ones...so, of the 15 he does know, he picked 10 and said stupidities...so - freaking - lame

November 12 2009 at 12:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jan Prueitt

I loved the Willie/Julio duet -- thought it very unusual for a country singer and a very pop/singer duet together. It was fun, love Willie and Julio too. Course that was a long time ago before a lot of bloggers were born!

November 01 2009 at 2:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dennis

Sinatra could sing with a chipmonk and be fantastic...AOL morons who write this stuff knows nothing about music....Bono sucked but ole blue eyes saved the day!!

October 27 2009 at 8:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gail

Even though these two are two of the greatest artists of all time doesn't mean they should do a duet together. This was crap....

October 29 2008 at 9:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan

They could have picked someone alot better than Bono to do this song. When he starts singing it probably makes Frank roll over a few times in his grave.

October 21 2008 at 1:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
chia

"perilously close to whale song" LMAO

October 21 2008 at 5:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Former sailor

The Spinner staff needs to hire someone who has at least a little bit of musical taste. Whoever compiled this list obviously doesn't understand anything about music more complicated than "Rubber Ducky!" These people wouldn't know good music if it bit them on their tone-deaf ears!

October 20 2008 at 10:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply