Manilow...!?!

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:54 pm

good point!

I heard his "Beyond the Sea" this morning on my local AM radio station and I thought, "well isn't that pretty.....boring"

ken k

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:07 pm

When you play "Mandy" backwards it says,"Paul is dead. Forget Donnie and Marie, 10% of THEIR money goes to the Mormon church. Buy ME buy ME Buy Manilow... "

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:29 pm

Story time.

I was in college in the very early '80s. There was a very pretty redhead in one of my classes I had been wanting to ask out on a date. One day as I walked into the classroom, I caught part of her conversation with another girl: "... heard about the concert last night, and I can't wait. Oh, it is going to be so AWESOME!"

The Van Halen concert -- of course!! They had just announced it last night, no way had anyone asked her to it yet, and she was clearly excited about it. I joined the conversation in progress:

Me: Yeah, it's going to be amazing! Hey, would you like to go to it together?
Her: Ooh, that'd be great! It is just going to be such a fantastic concert -- what do you think about waiting in line overnight to get good tickets?
Me: Sure, sounds great!

Several minutes passed before I began to realize she wasn't talking about the Van Halen concert at all, but the Barry Manilow concert.

Still, she was really pretty... so what the heck, how bad could it be.

A couple of days later, tickets went on sale. We stayed up all night at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center, got our tickets -- I didn't tell her I was relieved that the floor had sold out before we got to the front of the line.

Fast forward to a week before the concert. She and I have gone out a few times, had some fun. Yeah, she was worth sitting through Barry Manilow for, I thought. The phone rings. "Joe, guess what? I don't know if I've told you this, but I'm the president of the local Barry Manilow fan club. The concert promoters just called me, and they're going to trade our tickets to FRONT ROW CENTER!!"

So, yes. It's true. I'm not proud of it. But I, Joe Baker, sat front row center through a Barry Manilow concert.

By mutual agreement, it was our last date!

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Joe Baker, who still breaks out in a cold sweat at the sound of "Copa Cabana".

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:03 pm

HIS NAME WAS RICKO
AND HE WAS POSTING
HE WAS MAKING UP THE WORDS
AND FOUND THESE LYRICS ON THE WEB
WHEN BARRY FINISHED
HE CALLED HIM OVER
AND RICKO LIKED MUSIC TOO MUCH
HATED DISCO BALLS AND SUCH
AND THEN THE PUNCHES FLEW
AND CHAIRS WERE SMASHED IN TWO
THERE WAS BLOOD AND A SINGLE GUN SHOT
AND WE KNOW WHO SHOT WHO!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:37 pm

Didn't know he could sing!

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:57 pm

What has 100 legs and 3 teeth?

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The front row at a Willie Nelson concert

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:46 am

harold wrote:Hey, I owned several Barry Manilow 8 track tapes - for the simple reason that when I was in school, teenaged chicks LOVED BARRY

And so do middle aged chicks.....Wife loves both Barrys...Manilow and White. Makes for good times....good times......

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:59 am

schlepporello wrote:
harold wrote:Hey, I owned several Barry Manilow 8 track tapes - for the simple reason that when I was in school, teenaged chicks LOVED Barry.

I'm not proud to admit it, but also have to admit that I have done some pretty stupid **** in order to have sex.
Yeah, but good Lord, you've gotta draw the line somewhere or you'll loose all your self esteem.

Good Lord, man, I play the tuba! What's self esteem, and where do you buy it?

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:24 pm

Tubaryan12 wrote:
harold wrote:Hey, I owned several Barry Manilow 8 track tapes - for the simple reason that when I was in school, teenaged chicks LOVED BARRY
And so do middle aged chicks.....Wife loves both Barrys...Manilow and White. Makes for good times....good times......

And, after all, one must keep one's priorities straight. Yep!

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:57 pm

There are chick flicks and chick tunes. Do a good job making either of them and you will line your pockets with long green.
Manilow was a piano accompanist for the rich and famous long before the ladies discovered his voice. He paid dues and is a "real" musician.
He found his own style and sang hard every time out. Accusing him of "selling out" in his choice of material or raw commercialism may be sour grapes from guys who wish they had a shot at making ladies scream.
I heard him recently on the radio doing some recent material. The old boy sounds groatier and more soulful than ever but he can still honk.
Go Barry!
tubatooter1940
www.johnreno.com/

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:20 pm

Hey, don't get me wrong. The guy can play a mean piano, and for the style it is he does it a lot better than I could. Actually, my only real beef with Barry is the fact that all of his songs fit the same pattern, with the key change into the last chorus and snare drum backbeats with tons of echo -- it's just not very interesting, that's all.

A lot of guys do things that take a lot of natural ability and hard work, that I don't have any interest in hearing. Barry is just one of 'em.
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Joe Baker, who doesn't begrudge Manilow one thing, just doesn't care for his music.

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:21 pm

Oh -- and check out the google ads on the margin!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:29 pm

Joe Baker wrote:Oh -- and check out the google ads on the margin!

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