Manilow

by **Memorex** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:16 pm

I'm listening to this "15 Minutes" album for the first time. My first thought was cliche and kinda so-so. But as I listen through (while working) it's actually kind of catchy and toe-tapping. It sounds a little incestuous, singing about fame and the industry. Some of the backing voices creep me out a little, like these young folks might be the guys and gals Barry has hanging out in his Vegas penthouse half naked.

It's debuted in the Billboard Top 10 (his 6th in 10 years). Pretty wild.

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:34 pm

Listen, dude, Barry is the man! He writes the songs ... :wink:

Anyway, I heard the Copacabana today and just about danced out of my sunroof. This dude sings great shit. Barry is a performance God who's been at it for an admirable amount of time. Gotta love the guy.

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:30 pm

Surprised that a new Manilow cd (a concept record no less!) broke the Top Ten. Maybe I missed it, but has there even been any promotion?

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:44 pm

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Surprised that a new Manilow cd (a concept record no less!) broke the Top Ten. Maybe I missed it, but has there even been any promotion?

Promotion??? Legends don't need that. But FTLOSM and Eclipse sure could've used some! :wink:

by **Argus** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:07 pm

Saint John wrote:Listen, dude, Barry is the man! He writes the songs ... Anyway, I heard the Copacabana today and just about danced out of my sunroof. This dude sings great shit. Barry is a performance God who's been at it for an admirable amount of time. Gotta love the guy.

Drat! Now I'll be hearing Copa.. Copacabana... in my sleep :shock:

by **Maui Tom** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:25 pm

I LOVE Barry!

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:25 pm

Argus wrote:
Saint John wrote:Listen, dude, Barry is the man! He writes the songs ... Anyway, I heard the Copacabana today and just about danced out of my sunroof. This dude sings great shit. Barry is a performance God who's been at it for an admirable amount of time. Gotta love the guy.

Drat! Now I'll be hearing Copa.. Copacabana... in my sleep

Sorry, Argus. This will help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGcH2L68Mg

One of the greatest songs EVER!

by **Maui Tom** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:30 pm

I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:36 pm

Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots??? :lol:

by **Maui Tom** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:39 pm

Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots???

sorry...meant...assholes....

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:40 pm

Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots???

sorry...meant...assholes....

This feels like Password. :lol:

by **Maui Tom** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:42 pm

Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots???

sorry...meant...assholes....

This feels like Password.

we tried to go in Feb but we missed him by ONE night....

by **Argus** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:49 pm

Saint John wrote:
Argus wrote:
Saint John wrote:Listen, dude, Barry is the man! He writes the songs ... Anyway, I heard the Copacabana today and just about danced out of my sunroof. This dude sings great shit. Barry is a performance God who's been at it for an admirable amount of time. Gotta love the guy.

Drat! Now I'll be hearing Copa.. Copacabana... in my sleep

Sorry, Argus. This will help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGcH2L68Mg

One of the greatest songs EVER!

Guys really like Barry ... I prefer Harry :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko5zq6PboVw

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:53 pm

Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots???

sorry...meant...assholes....

This feels like Password.

we tried to go in Feb but we missed him by ONE night....

I've turned down EVERY Journey get together this year ... but if Manilow is in the picture ... I'm in! :lol:

by **Maui Tom** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:20 pm

Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:
Maui Tom wrote:I would actually do a Vegas trip to see Manilow if a bunch of you idiots came too.....

Did you say ... idots???

sorry...meant...assholes....

This feels like Password.

we tried to go in Feb but we missed him by ONE night....

I've turned down EVERY Journey get together this year ... but if Manilow is in the picture ... I'm in!

perfect storm we could do both...Crazy Deb did in Feb....

by **Saint John** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:27 pm

Crazy Deb is God ... or would that be Goddess?

by **StevePerryHair** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:00 pm

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Surprised that a new Manilow cd (a concept record no less!) broke the Top Ten. Maybe I missed it, but has there even been any promotion?

Actually, he was on a late evening show on one of the CNN channels last night when I was browsing around. Can't remember the name of that show. Is it what replaced Larry King maybe? But they have a live audience, and Barry was on with his piano singing Mandy. I had no idea he had a new album, but that must be what he was promoting. He looks like he's had WAY too much plastic surgery!!

by **StevePerryHair** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:09 pm

Here....

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/0 ... rs.morgan/

Barry Manilow sings his favorite song
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Barry Manilow got his start as Bette Midler's musical conductor and arranger
He also wrote commercial jingles early in his career, most notably State Farm and Band-Aid
Manilow on first $1 million check: "I used it as a bookmark"
Manilow: "I'm a private man, and I'm a gentleman. And I'm proud of it."
"Piers Morgan Tonight" airs weeknights on CNN/US at 9 p.m. ET and on CNN International at 0200 GMT (live simulcast), 1200 GMT, and 2000 GMT and HKT.

(CNN) -- Barry Manilow told CNN's Piers Morgan that when he first got into show business, he had "no eyes to be a performer. I had no ambition to be on the stage singing, singing and dancing around the stage."
Manilow, who has sold over 80 million records worldwide, had 35 consecutive Top 40 hits and five albums simultaneously on the charts, is the guest on Thursday's "Piers Morgan Tonight." The show was taped before a rare in-studio audience, and the renowned singer-songwriter played the piano and sang some of his hits.
"When I got up there to promote my first album," said Manilow, "I really didn't know what to do with my legs. I was able to get up from the piano, and then I really didn't know what else to do, because I had never, ever thought about standing up on a stage and entertaining. And, I thought I was dreadful. But the audiences didn't. And I think they were able to connect with a guy who was telling the truth."
Manilow recalled that his first real shot at the spotlight was given to him by Bette Midler in the early 1970s. "I was her conductor and arranger," said Manilow. "And I had an album out. And she allowed me to do a couple of songs."
Barry Manilow on the price of fame
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During the 1960s and 1970s, Manilow worked as a commercial jingle writer.
He composed the songs for State Farm Insurance ("And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there... "), Band-Aid ("I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stick on me!") and McDonald's ("You deserve a break today") among others. Manilow pointed out that the State Farm and Band-Aid jingles still air to this day.
The Brooklyn-born-and-raised Manilow recalled that on the day he was presented with his first $1 million check, which he calls "The 'Mandy' check," he had actually bounced a check he'd written out to AT&T that same morning. "Mandy," which was recorded in 1974, was Manilow's first No. 1 hit.
"I used it as a bookmark," said Manilow. "I mean, that's where I was at, you know. I didn't take money seriously. I was never doing it for the money."
Manilow also recounted the lashing he got from critics who bashed "Mandy," despite the song's success on the charts.
"I've got my feelings on my sleeve," said Manilow. "I've made a career out of it, you know? This is who I am, this is what I feel and I think that was one of the reasons I had such trouble with the critics. They didn't like to see that from a guy. They'd much rather see a guy being angry on the stage."
Manilow's first album of original songs in more than a decade, "15 Minutes," is out.
The singer-songwriter has been the resident headliner at The Paris Hotel in Las Vegas for two years; prior to that he headlined at the Las Vegas Hilton for five years. Now in his seventh year in Vegas, Manilow may soon beat Elvis Presley's record of Las Vegas longevity. The album name is a nod to the expression coined by artist Andy Warhol in 1968: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
Manilow, who has been world-famous for nearly 40 years, told Morgan that the rewards of fame depend on how it is handled.
Manilow said that he fears for people who become famous on shows such as "American Idol" and "X Factor" without having paid their dues.
"They do have talent," Manilow said. "But, you know, before you know it, they are household names. And they haven't worked in the bars that we worked in. They haven't played the bar mitzvah, they haven't gotten dressed in the men's room."
However, Manilow pointed out there's a dark side to fame today and that stars often pay a price that he didn't have to pay. In particular, he referenced Britney Spears' psychological issues and troubles with paparazzi and said, "I don't know whether anybody brings that kind of thing on themselves. It seems to me that she was trying to live her life.
"This didn't happen to me. Not that. They didn't follow me around wherever I was going."
He said he worries about young celebrities today because "just being famous is a very dangerous thing to do if you are not grounded."
Manilow also pointed out that celebrities today open their private lives to the public via Twitter, YouTube and reality shows, saying "they invite people in, you know. For me, that's one place I lock the door unless I invite you in. It's my one thing that I finally have to myself, man. Which is my life and you can't come in unless I invite you in."
Morgan told Manilow that he agrees that "we know too much" about famous people's lives, and that he finds the musician more interesting because he keeps his private life private, invoking "the old mystique from celebrity."
Manilow recalled coming up in "that world of Sinatra's" where "we didn't see then what we do see now.
"I'm a private man, and I'm a gentleman," said Manilow. "And I'm proud of it."
When Morgan asked Manilow to tell the now-famous story of how Bob Dylan publicly came to his defense, Manilow said, "He said some really great things when I was out at dinner and he gave me a real compliment. He said, 'Keep doing what you're doing, man.' And those were the years that I really needed to hear that."
What's Manilow's favorite Barry Manilow song?
"There's so many songs," Manilow said. "There's been 30 years of music, but 'One Voice' comes to mind." Manilow said the song remains an inspiration to him because the words and music came to him in a dream one night.
He wouldn't disclose his least favorite Barry Manilow song.
How did Manilow feel about being "the greatest showman of our generation" by Rolling Stone magazine?
"That's really a beautiful thing to go through my life with, because I work real hard on that stage. I try to do the best work I can."
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by **Babyblue** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:25 pm

Saint John wrote:Listen, dude, Barry is the man! He writes the songs ... Anyway, I heard the Copacabana today and just about danced out of my sunroof. This dude sings great shit. Barry is a performance God who's been at it for an admirable amount of time. Gotta love the guy.

Barry, still has it going on.

Love his music. :wink:

by **conversationpc** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:28 pm

Manilow is starting to look like the current incarnation of Michael Jackson. Dude has more plastic on his face than you'd see at a Tupperware party.

by **Memorex** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:16 pm

conversationpc wrote:Manilow is starting to look like the current incarnation of Michael Jackson. Dude has more plastic on his face than you'd see at a Tupperware party.

At one point, I thought "Muppet".

by **Frontiers65** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:44 am

Can't go wrong with this song... Could It Be Magic. http://youtu.be/u6BePHgXWLU

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