Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
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Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy his music. Give me "Could This Be Magic?" or "Somewhere in the Night" over Destiny's Child or Dave Matthews any day of the week.
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Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by Charlie Goose
I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy his music. Give me "Could This Be Magic?" or "Somewhere in the Night" over ...Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy his music. Give me "Could This Be Magic?" or "Somewhere in the Night" over ...Dave Matthews any day of the week.
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I've never owned any of his albums and haven't heard any of his newer recordings...but I grew up hearing his songs on the radio, and liked quite a few of them. Of course, I enjoyed some of his commercial jingles, too (like the "You deserve a break today" thing for McDonald's and the "Like a good neighbor" refrain for State Farm). I've always found it sort of amusing, though, that he didn't actually write "I Write the Songs."
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Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by Charlie Goose
I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy his music. Give me "Could This Be Magic?" or "Somewhere in the Night" over Destiny's Child or Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I'm not ashamed to say that I enjoy his music. Give me "Could This Be Magic?" or "Somewhere in the Night" over Destiny's Child or Dave Matthews any day of the week.
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Re: Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by GuessWho
I'd take an anal probe and a root canal over Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I'd take an anal probe and a root canal over Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I take it you dont like DM?
Barry has a few good songs but of his class of music I like Neil Diamond more.
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a few tunes i don't mind but i don't think i could listen to a whole disc
a few tunes i don't mind but i don't think i could listen to a whole disc
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Re: Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by GuessWho
I'd take an anal probe and a root canal over Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I'd take an anal probe and a root canal over Dave Matthews any day of the week.
I saw them in concert. I got the tickets for free and they were STILL too expensive. Dave Matthews in concert is rather like watching Mr. Creosote figure skating. Very painful, pretty grotesque, almost laughable, and the audience reactions are kind of amusing. My husband and I were laughing at all the people in the audience trying to dance to the "music", but it was like being in a theater full of tone-deaf storks. Only one in a hundred came close to being able to dance. And they kept cheering loudly whenever a new colored light started flashing on that ugly mofo onstage.
I can't believe people would be so bored at a concert that different colored lights were the only things making them cheer.
Honestly, watching Battlefield Earth was slightly more entertaining than the Dave Matthews concert.
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Re: Re: Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by mllefoo
I saw them in concert. I got the tickets for free and they were STILL too expensive. Dave Matthews in concert is rather like watching Mr. Creosote figure skating. Very painful, pretty grotesque, almost laughable, and the audience reactions are kind of amusing. My husband and I were laughing at all the people in the audience trying to dance to the "music", but it was like being in a theater full of tone-deaf storks. Only one in a hundred came close to being able to dance. And they kept cheering loudly whenever a new colored light started flashing on that ugly mofo onstage.
I can't believe people would be so bored at a concert that different colored lights were the only things making them cheer.
Honestly, watching Battlefield Earth was slightly more entertaining than the Dave Matthews concert.
I saw them in concert. I got the tickets for free and they were STILL too expensive. Dave Matthews in concert is rather like watching Mr. Creosote figure skating. Very painful, pretty grotesque, almost laughable, and the audience reactions are kind of amusing. My husband and I were laughing at all the people in the audience trying to dance to the "music", but it was like being in a theater full of tone-deaf storks. Only one in a hundred came close to being able to dance. And they kept cheering loudly whenever a new colored light started flashing on that ugly mofo onstage.
I can't believe people would be so bored at a concert that different colored lights were the only things making them cheer.
Honestly, watching Battlefield Earth was slightly more entertaining than the Dave Matthews concert.
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"My biggest fear is Barry Manilow. I think he's the Antichrist."
Ozzy Osbourne,
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sorry, couldn't resist. I just about split a gut when Ozzy said that.
Barry's OK---used to listen to him WAY back in junior high...
Ozzy Osbourne,
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sorry, couldn't resist. I just about split a gut when Ozzy said that.
Barry's OK---used to listen to him WAY back in junior high...
Last edited by Stangman68; 01-30-02 at 03:55 AM.
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Not so much into Barry Manilow. Like Neil Diamond a lot though. I've seen him twice, each time for free. I'd go without a second thought if I could get cheap tickets to another one of his shows.
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I like Barry Manilow a little. I don't have any of his older CDs yet (I have Summer of '78 only), but I'm getting Ultimate Manilow (20+ songs) Tuesday at KMart for $11.88 because it has the songs I do know and that's enough for me.
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Originally posted by adia4625
So Mark,
I take it you dont like DM?
Barry has a few good songs but of his class of music I like Neil Diamond more.
So Mark,
I take it you dont like DM?
Barry has a few good songs but of his class of music I like Neil Diamond more.
Anyone see the similarities between Barry Manilow and Martin Short?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Admit it, who likes Barry Manilow?
Originally posted by Applejack
Maybe he just likes to be anally probed and get root canals
Anyone see the similarities between Barry Manilow and Martin Short?
Maybe he just likes to be anally probed and get root canals
Anyone see the similarities between Barry Manilow and Martin Short?