This month’s mixtape challenge theme was set out by @ThomHoops and a challenge it was. The rules set out were as follows:
“…a dozen songs that convey the idea of opposites working together in maybe, perfect harmony. Maybe not.
Of course this can be interpreted in several ways which has been the beauty of the previous four themes. Whether it is Michael Jackson – Black and White, 6 x opposing couplets, pairs of songs that are musically opposed, artists that are contrasts of each other, we can’t wait to see what you come up with.”
At first I thought this was going to be far too difficult. My first thought was looking for duets where the two acts were fairly ‘opposite’ – Tom Waits/Bette Midler being a good example – but that river was dry. Then I thought I’d try a fairly well trodden path of the ‘cover version’ but looking at songs where the cover was pretty different from the original and also, where possible, the acts themselves could be thought of as ‘opposites’. And so I started a twelve song list with that theme running throughout.
Shed a Shade of Shyness 