Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

In that case, consider posting on this other thread, created for pretty much exactly that purpose: Oh! I Always Got Those Two Mixed Up: Future Edition

Oh wait, you've already been there.

And done that!

Merisms
Legal doublets

Steves Roach and Reich

E.G. Marshall
R.G. Armstrong

Army of Darkness
Army of Shadows

Nick Cave
Nick Drake

sorry

Have always been mixing these up, bands/artists that are kind of on the periphery of stuff I listen to:

Pylon
Pole

also

Doobie Brothers
Allman Brothers

The Avalanches
2ManyDJs

(not similar names, but described similarly and I never really listened to either)

drifters
coasters
platters
spinners

David Folkenflik - NPR media correspondent
David Fahrenthold - Washington Post & MSNBC reporter who won Pulitzer for exposing Trump's charity scams

Pamela Smart
Elizabeth Smart
Kristen Smart

But not Jean Smart

Jesus Jones
Jesus Christ

Red Skelton
Red Buttons

^painfully otm

^^^painfully on the cross

Tona de Brett
Tony Di Bart

(not really, just wanted to see them side by side)

Emily's list
Angie's list

Seriously thought it was for woman friendly carpenters

Kiese Laymon
Kasi Lemmons

Dan Castellaneta
Dan Hedaya

Heh

Wondering how Dan Castellaneta’s back hair, um, stands up.

Arnold Schoenberg
Armand Schaubroeck

They are quite different

Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Sleater-Kinney
Luscious Jackson

Rachel Cusk
Rachel Kushner

^good one

James Brolin
Charles Grodin

10000 Maniacs
Fine Young Cannibals

The fussy hologram doctor on Star Trek whatever who looks like David Cross
David Cross

Polly Scattergood
Holly Humberstone

Peter Cetera
Jon Secada
cicadas

May as well throw Neil Sedaka into the mix, actually.

Neil Sedaka
A grapefruit

I always think Neil Sedaka is the guy who did Cherry Cherry.

for some reason I often get Peter Cetera and Paul Carrack confused

one sounds like he swallowed a flute, one sounds like Alan Thicke

yeah, they're singing styles are nothing alike, but I often catch myself thinking about that time Peter Cetera joined Squeeze or something like that. It's a haze of journeyman singer-songwriters from the 80s.

The Clientele
Clinic

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Peter Hammill - Fool’s Mate

The fussy hologram doctor on Star Trek whatever who looks like David Cross

Joe Dante rep company stalwart Robert Picardo

William Golding
William Goldman

I don't really get them mixed up, but whenever I come across Olivia Rodrigo's name in print, I have to focus for a second to tell myself it's not Oingo Boingo.

I'm always confusing the names of various ominous organizations so I made a handy chart to keep track pic.twitter.com/A12DozNKNs

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From the list of voters in the all-time movie poll:

Thermo Farrell
Andrew Thinwall

John Giorno
Jean Giono

Vali Myers
Valie Export

W.G Sebald
W.S. Merwin

Mousa Dembélé
Moussa Dembélé
Ousmane Dembélé