Is there any collaboration of two iconic entertainers more beautiful, catchy and iconic than this one ? I don't think so. This song should be counted as one of the greatest of all time. That bass hook. My God !!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 6, 2018 12:28 PM |
The Americans used the song to good effect.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 4, 2018 3:56 AM |
David Bowie/John Lennon - Fame
John Lennon/Elton John - Whatever Gets You Through the Night
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 4, 2018 4:06 AM |
George Michael and Aretha
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 4, 2018 4:08 AM |
It's odd that Under Pressure only made it to number 29 on the Hot 100.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 4, 2018 4:12 AM |
Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger - STATE OF SHOCK.
Fun fact: the track was supposed to be an MJ/Freddy Mercury duet, but Michael got turned off seeing Freddy doing blow in the recording studio, so they ditched Freddy and hired Mick.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 4, 2018 4:17 AM |
Cher and Peter Cetera, After All.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 4, 2018 4:22 AM |
I LOVE "Under Pressure". It's as if I wrote it.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 4, 2018 4:35 AM |
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 4, 2018 4:37 AM |
Freddy might be the only person who could sing a ring around Bowie.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 4, 2018 4:40 AM |
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 4, 2018 4:45 AM |
True, r9, because Freddie was the Leonardo of singing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 4, 2018 5:05 AM |
Just the isolated vocal tracks. Brilliant.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 4, 2018 5:09 AM |
Thanks R11, that was really interesting!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 4, 2018 3:00 PM |
Fun fact: R5 is a lying cunt crumb who makes shit up out of her pot-clouded mind.
Freddie Mercury did try to collaborate with Michael Jackson, but he visited his recording studio, where a spitting, shitting llama freaked him out.
MJ = worst freak in the music industry.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 4, 2018 4:51 PM |
^No darling, MJ was freaked out seeing druggie Freddy doing blow in the studio. But you hold on to them there rose-colored glasses.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 4, 2018 6:02 PM |
Bowie clearly owns awesome collaborations, because 'Dancing In The Street' (for Live Aid) with Jagger was also sensational.
'The Little Drummer Boy' with Bing Crosby not so much, but given the season, all is forgiven.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 4, 2018 6:08 PM |
I love Little Drummer Boy because it was so incongruous.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 4, 2018 6:11 PM |
R17 Did Bowie and Jagger have an affair? They seem to be acting very campy in the video.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 4, 2018 10:26 PM |
Bowie also had great chemistry with Tina Turner.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 4, 2018 10:36 PM |
Bowie and Trent Reznor, I’m Afraid of Americans is also great. I will also admit I have a big weak spot for Dolly and Kenny doing Islands in the Stream and We’ve Got Tonight.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 4, 2018 10:54 PM |
Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe - Because The Night
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 4, 2018 11:03 PM |
Another incongruous and excellent song collaboration is the William Shatner /Joe Jackson cover version of “Common People” (originally a Pulp song).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 4, 2018 11:18 PM |
R16 has no source for his gossip-mongering. Jagger snorted more cocaine in a month than Mercury did in a year.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 4, 2018 11:38 PM |
Freddie wiped the floor with Bowie, get real. Bowie was a marginally talented hack.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 4, 2018 11:52 PM |
R26 Be silent Whore of Babylon. They were both incredible and nobody else can do this song with making into Bowling Alley Karaoke.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 4, 2018 11:56 PM |
Bowie couldn't sing his way out of a wet paper sack. His only "talent" was narcissism.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 5, 2018 12:00 AM |
This song is so pretty, you could put it on repeat and not know it for 50 minutes.
Dwight and Willie Nelson.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 5, 2018 12:03 AM |
“Bowie was a marginally talented hack.”
You wish. Bowie held his own, he had a good voice.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 5, 2018 12:03 AM |
Freddie Mercury’s stage persona was kinda silly. Bowie brought the versatile and intellectual theatrics Mercury could only dream of.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 5, 2018 12:05 AM |
Worship me! I'm a white, heterosexual, male, who thinks the world of myself, who cares if my voice was crap. I am everything to everyone!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 5, 2018 12:10 AM |
R32 I’m in. And he had a super hot wife.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 5, 2018 12:11 AM |
You seriously need to get a life, R32.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 5, 2018 12:12 AM |
Willie Nelson also had a great duet with Julio Iglesias.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 5, 2018 12:15 AM |
Bowie did have more than a few good songs, but his voice still sucked. And yes, I know he was not only WHITE, but also MALE and HETEROSEXUAL.
Who. Gives. A. Fuck.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 5, 2018 12:16 AM |
"Who. Gives. A. Fuck."
Millions of Bowie fans who loved his music over decades?
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 5, 2018 12:18 AM |
Original video from 1979. Which I love.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 5, 2018 12:21 AM |
JFC, the bulk of this thread is like an homage to the most calculated and offensively bland collaborations of the eighties.
To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before triggered me, but I was already on edge after Islands in the Syream and that sacrilegious remake of Dancin’ in the Streets.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 5, 2018 12:22 AM |
r12 just listen to Mercury's falsetto note from 1:55 to 2:10 in that video. Jaw dropping. No one is close to him let alone being better than him.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 5, 2018 12:27 AM |
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time to Say Goodbye
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 5, 2018 12:30 AM |
adore under pressure...have the LP it is on. Not gonna argue who is better than who, when, with who, but this song blew it all out of the ______. MISS YA FREDDY!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 5, 2018 1:07 AM |
Harry Connick, Jr. & Carla Bruni - And I Love Her
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 5, 2018 3:25 AM |
Loretta Lynn and Jack White
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 5, 2018 4:19 AM |
Their collaboration brought out the best in each. I never much liked Queen, but I'm awe of Freddie's voice.
Annie and David try to recreate the magic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 5, 2018 4:45 AM |
Gale Ann Dorsey did it better than Annie (and played bass too)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 5, 2018 4:49 AM |
R19 Those rumours went back to the 70s, long before Angie 'found them in bed together'
David Bowie and Cher
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 5, 2018 5:09 AM |
Testament to Bowie’s genius; he wanted the song to be called Under Pressure, Queen wanted it to be called People In The Streets. Bowie made the bass player keep that famous line when the bass player wanted to change it to something else by physically stopping him. Bowie suggests they go into separate booths and express the song as they individually felt, then it was engineered together. It wouldn’t have been the end product without the input of both Bowie and Mercury.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 5, 2018 5:13 AM |
R48 super weird and super interesting clip. He really loosened her up on stage eventually. Thanks for sharing.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 5, 2018 5:21 AM |
Thanks, R47. I love Gale Ann Dorsey and have listened to/watched his concerts with her many times.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 5, 2018 5:25 AM |
Mu my land with Tammy Wynette & KLF
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | December 5, 2018 6:06 AM |
It's called "Justified and Ancient."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 5, 2018 6:34 AM |
Who is this Freddy person you all keep mentioning?
r31, silly was the point. Intellectual theatrics was the last thing on Freddie's mind.
Both coke and llama stories are kind of true.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | December 5, 2018 2:48 PM |
So, you reallyl feed coke to a llama. You you can’t make it sing?
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | December 6, 2018 5:18 AM |
It’s a shame that Bowie and Freddie never performed this song together. Two of rock’s greatest showmen, and there isn’t even a video, which there would certainly have been had the song come out even a year later. Bowie never sang it onstage until Freddie’s memorial concert.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | December 6, 2018 6:26 AM |
R56 I don't think David Bowie liked Under pressure that much, he only started singing it because the audiences were bored with his 'no greatest hits' policy at his gigs. This was a way of giving the crowds something they could get into without reverting to singing Fame or Rebel rebel for the millionth time. Plus it spotlighted Gail Ann Dorsey.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | December 6, 2018 10:50 AM |
White and male ok, but HETEROSEXUAL? R36
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 6, 2018 12:28 PM |
