Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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I'd never heard of Bobi Wine before today but now plan to confuse him with Toni Wine

Josefa, Thursday, 26 March 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link

The philadelphia story
The philadelphia experiment

closed beta (NotEnough), Friday, 27 March 2020 07:53 (four years ago) link

I was just saying this yesterday!

Andrew Farrell, Friday, 27 March 2020 09:51 (four years ago) link

Mick Ronson
Mick Karn

epistantophus, Sunday, 29 March 2020 04:03 (four years ago) link

Murray Head
Anthony Head

Although I looked them up and it turns out they're brothers. Still, I always just considered them as one composite being.

threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 09:00 (four years ago) link

Although I looked them up and it turns out they're brothers.

0_o

Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 09:10 (four years ago) link

Yeah, that was new information to me too!

Tuomas, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 10:30 (four years ago) link

Murray - One Night in Bangkok
Anthony - Gold Blend ads

Got it now I think

threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 10:33 (four years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFw7K5-MV8I

^^^^

mark s, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link

important good art itt

mark s, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link

The Four Tops
The Spinners

Thank goodness there wasn't another r&b combo from that era called The Dervishes or something.

Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link

I get all of those old vocal groups mixed up - I usually recognise Platters songs as my dad played them a lot.

Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link

the thin red line
the thin blue line

budo jeru, Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link

The Spinners
The Weavers

who are in an entirely different genre but I still can never remember which is which

threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link

... aren't they in the same genre? There's another one:

The Peddlers

... a mystery of a band, nobody has ever listened to them since ca. 1972.

Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link

i used to have that with

the seekers
the searchers

and still have that problem sometimes with

the new lost city ramblers
the new christy minstrels

budo jeru, Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link

... aren't they in the same genre?

I meant The Detroit Spinners, who were called that in the UK to differentiate them from the folky Spinners. At least I think I meant them. I'm just confusing myself further with all this, I give up.

threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Saturday, 4 April 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link

Midsommar
Midsomer Murders

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 April 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link

Thank You for Smoking
I Love You Phillip Morris

punning display, Friday, 17 April 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link

Velvet Buzzsaw (movie)
Velvet Revolver (rock band)

punning display, Friday, 17 April 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link

(Things You Just Don't Care About Getting Mixed Up)

punning display, Friday, 17 April 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link

Velvet Goldmine (song and movie) conspicuously absent

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link

Brian Dennehy and Charles Durning

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:55 AM

Brian Dennehy / every actor that looks like Brian Dennehy

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:34 PM

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.

― piscesx, Monday, February 7, 2011 12:07 PM

Just one more round, indulge me.

pplains, Saturday, 18 April 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link

As posted on RIP thread:
Arnold Stang/Danny Goldman

Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link

Ha! I remember writing Dennehy in here but couldn't remember who I mixed him up with.

nickn, Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:23 (four years ago) link

All I could think of was Charles Grodin, but thought that couldn't be right. (Too lazy to "show all" and search.)

nickn, Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link

Dennehy / Brian Cox (not that one)

Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 18 April 2020 10:16 (four years ago) link

Nora Ephron
Nora Roberts

☮️ (peace, man), Monday, 20 April 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link

Lynne Truss
Liz Truss

emil.y, Wednesday, 22 April 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link

Brian Stableford
Brian Evenson

Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2020 06:17 (three years ago) link

Beatrice Dillon
Beatrice Dalle

the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Thursday, 23 April 2020 07:05 (three years ago) link

Cate Blanchett
Kate Winslet

Have never knowingly seen either in a movie tbf, just remember when both were peak famous at around the same time

Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 23 April 2020 14:54 (three years ago) link

That's impressive, they've both been in a ton of films.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link

gwen mcrae
gwen guthrie

mark s, Monday, 27 April 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link

^^^^

Jeff Chandler
Jeffey Hunter

... not very similar but both called Jeff and both died young.

The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Monday, 27 April 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link

... Jeffrey Hunter, of course.

The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Monday, 27 April 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link

unexpectedly sad when i discovered a couple of weeks ago gwen guthrie was no longer with us

(she died in 1999 so i've had ample time to discover this)

mark s, Monday, 27 April 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link

There's also Gwen Dickey, to add to the confusion.

The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Monday, 27 April 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link

everyone having different first names to help diminish mark and tom's befuddlement 2020 challenge

mark s, Monday, 27 April 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link

Indeed, when it comes to Jeff Chandler and Jeffrey Hunter, I always have to stop and ask myself which one was Jesus, and that would be Hunter - Chandler was too Jewish and looked like he'd wouldn't merely throw the money lenders out of the temple but give them a good doing in the process.

The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Monday, 27 April 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link

Finn Wittrock
Finn Wolfhard

MarkoP, Monday, 27 April 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link

Too Jewish to be Jeuus? xp

Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 27 April 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link

Worzel Gummidge
Catweazle

Probably because I never watched either of them when I was a kid, so they kind of blend into one in my non-memory of them.

archangel's thunderpants (Matt #2), Monday, 27 April 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link

(xp) Of course! Can't have a Jewish Jesus!

The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Monday, 27 April 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link

Naomi Klein and Naomi Wolf

This, on like a monthly basis.

Sam Weller, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link

Seeing Maj Sjöwall (R.I.P.) in the obituary thread gave rise to...

The Laughing Policeman
The Singing Detective

punning display, Friday, 1 May 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link

Might as well throw in "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by Whistling Jack Smith

Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 May 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link

This is very niche, in my world of underground electronic music, but:

Bassbear
Bearcat

Every single time.

change display name (Jordan), Friday, 1 May 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link

Chaki
Lulu Gainsbourg

Together Again Or (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link

Frankie Valli / Frankie Avalon

Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 3 May 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link


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