Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

Lightning Bolt
Lightning Seed

for a sec I thought you meant Val Kilmer, so Val Wilmer/Kilmer

Axl Rose
Hulk Hogan

mitchell and webb, mitchell and ness

Cardiacs ≠ Cardigans

Lilith
Judith

Probably not the thread for this, but
the "h" that seems to have gone missing from John Entwistle's name and appeared in Pete Townshend's.

Sean Wilentz (historian)
Sean Wilsey (memoirist, friend of Alex in NYC)

B'nai B'rith / Baha'i

Key Cars
K-Cars

Clan of Xymox
Xmal Deutschland

Roger Williams / Roger Miller

Michael Alig
Michael Azerrad

Wheatus and Weezer. Both were punkish American rock bands that had a novelty hit song in the 90s, never could remember which was which.

Ween and Weezer for me.

Sheila E / Sheena Easton

Lucinda Williams / Victoria Williams

Gil Evans (Miles Davis arranger) vs. Bill Evans (Miles Davis pianist) vs. Bill Evans (Miles Davis saxophonist)

Jeremy Vine and Jeremy Kyle.

Jeremy Vine and Jeremy Kyle.

are brothers, by different father.

Noel Coward / Cole Porter

Boyz 2 Men / They Might Be Giants

I have no explanation for this, but I do mix them up. I'm not sure if I've ever heard either one's music though.

Fiona Apple / Jewel

François Bayle / Frankie Boyle.

Cymande / Mandré / Mandrill

andres malraux, gide and brink

haha jim

Scissor Sisters
Switchblade Symphony

Boyz 2 Men / They Might Be Giants

I have no explanation for this, but I do mix them up. I'm not sure if I've ever heard either one's music though.

this is amazing.

for years I wondered how this dude had time to come up with so much stuff considering he was only famous for being tall and died pretty young

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow

I was confusing him with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

Irving Azoff/Samuel Z. Arkoff

Warren Ellis/Garth Ennis

It has only recently come to my attention that Evan Parker and Andrea Parker are not the same person. o_0

Warren Ellis/Warren Ellis

Ha. That's like
Christopher Priest/Christopher Priest

It's an easy mistake to make!

Sons of Adam/Children of Men
tempera/tempura

Tony Moreno/Tony Marino (drums/bass respectively)

Frank Rich
Frank Bruni

Dean Jagger/Dean Jones/Dean Stockwell

Neil Morrissey and David Morrissey.

Kenneth Fearing/Kenneth Anger
Roy Ward-Baker/Roy Thomas Baker/George Roy Hill

Record labels Matador and Matinee

I don't get these mixed up, but watching Licensed to Kill last night I was amazed at how not only does he sound like Julian Barratt, Dalton also had very similar eyes.

Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck

kenneth tynan and kenneth anger

Kenneth Tynan and Kenneth Turan

Death Cab For Cutie
Dismemberment Plan

I mean, I realize that neither of these are trending topics anymore, but on the jimi hendrix vs nirvana thread:

I thought Geir's random comment had something to do with the Postal Service being a Seattle band or something but Postal service: Tamborello - California, Giddard - Washington. So I guess it was just one of his trademark inflammatory comments.

― Moka, Monday, February 7, 2011 11:16 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Seattle is in Washington as well, Moka. Gibbard is from Bremerton, which is a 55-min ferry ride away from Seattle.

― ellj versus deej (Drugs A. Money), Monday, February 7, 2011 11:22 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I thought Drugs A. Money had the wrong Washington.

Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman.

http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/images/keira_knightley_natalie_portman.jpg even now i'm not certain looking at that.
it's really only Black Swan that's helped me seperate the 2 in my head.

also i read an article in Premiere in about 1987 once about people getting Charles Durning and Brian Dennehy mixed up and have been doing it ever since.