They sound even more stupid than I originally gave them credit for.

Pineapples give u power!

I gotta eat some now. Thanx Rob. Useful info. Shame he is dead. God knows what else he would of given the world.


Along with Walt Disney, Rob is a visionary!

thesexofit said:

i'm gonna remember that the next time i go to the supermarket...

" You know, when they have how to make babies and there would be many jokes!
I was always having the laughs!"


Thank you for those uplifting words of wisdom, Fabrice.

Wow, that was some really heavy deep shit! I'm not sure if I even understood what they were trying to convey.....but on the serious tip, in their defense, english was their second language so perhaps they weren't quite sure of what they were saying??

found1 said:

that cat probably flunked sex ed for that very reason.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That particular comment is just so hilarious. I can't stop laughing and people at my job think i'm crazy!

The greatest joke was when they got a 'Grammy'!

(which they later give back )

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

pinapples also make the spew taste sweet..

sosgemini said:

they give you power and sweet jizz...i really hope that ain't what he was tellin the little 9 year-old girlies back then.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You guys are cracking me up, stop!

THEY GOT A GRAMMY!!!!

Is that why spongebob lives in one?

ThreadCula said:

WHOOOOO lives in a pineapple under the sea!?!?!?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yep. The creators read the quote obviosuly. After all, it is worthy of Wilde.

vgallo6 said:

Isn't it unbelievable?

1990 year was a very bad year...

MC HAmmer came up...
Vanilla Ice sold 17 millions of his Ice Ice Baby single...
And Milli Vanilli won a Grammy Award for the best new artist....


Very Bad Year for the Music Industry....


Milli Vanilli has sold 30 millions singles and 17 millions albums...


And 5# hits wich 3 of them went #1...


Milli Vanilli almost went down in pop history as one of the most successful - albeit artistically insignificant - groups of the video era. Instead, the duo became perhaps the biggest punchline in pop before tragedy superseded the jokes. Milli Vanilli, of course, first turned the music world on its ear with its 1989 debut Album, Girl You Know It's True. Though critically reviled, winning both worst band and worst album honors in the 1989 Rolling Stone Critics' Poll, and likened to Alvin and the Chipmunks by Time magazine, Milli Vanilli appeared to be having the last laugh, as Girl You Know It's True spawned five Top 5 hits, sold more than seven million copies, and even earned the group a Best New Artist Grammy. The giggling suddenly stopped when it was revealed that Pilatus and Morvan hadn't sung a single note on the hit record - that Milli Vanilli was really Charles Shaw, John Davis, and Brad Howe. The group's mastermind, Frank Farian - the German producer known for his work with Boney M - had apparently wanted an attractive look to go with his lightweight dance-pop, and so he hired former breakdancers Pilatus (from Munich) and Morvan (from Paris) to become the faces of Milli Vanilli. The dreadlocked, bare-chested men appeared on the album cover, in videos, and on stage (lip-synching, of course) and were described by the New York Times as "exotically sexy." The group also conducted interviews as Milli Vanilli, with Pilatus telling one writer: "Musically, we are more talented than any Bob Dylan. We are more talented than Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger ... I'm the new Elvis." Following the revelations that they weren't quite ready to build their own Gracelands, Pilatus and Morvan were stripped of their Grammy, while their record company was ordered to give partial refunds to anybody who bought Milli Vanilli recordings or attended concerts believing that the duo was actually singing. Ironically, after Pilatus and Morvan sang a capella at a press conference, a voice coach said they sounded better than the men who actually were recorded. The duo tried to continue on as Rob and Fab but went nowhere, quickly. In 1991 a despondent Pilatus attempted suicide; five years later, he was charged on eight counts of allegedly attacking and threatening two people in separate incidents. Under court order, he later entered a drug treatment facility. In 1998, a year after Morvan told VH1 that he and Pilatus were deceived into fronting Milli Vanilli, Pilatus was found dead in a Frankfurt hotel room after consuming alcohol and pills.
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krayzie said:

ha. They were that big. I had noidea? The video to "girl Iam gonna miss u" is so fucking funny. Infact, all their videos are funny. I got their vidoe complilation. "dont forget my number" even ha a story of one of them chasing after a lady as he lost her mumber.

Again rob's quotes are worthy of wilde. Rob was more talented then dylan, no doubt.

As for the refund thing? Man the record company sold them down the river. Same with that dickhead farian. What a moron!

Milli Vanilli was a piece of crap but the sad thing is that Rob had passed away a couple of years ago... It's sad even if I didn't like them...

shit give me a phoney Milli Vanilli anyday compared to the hip shop shit thats out now.....some people wont admit it but that was an excellent album no matter who sung it

Milli Vanilli is cult right now... This is the biggest hoax of history because they were very succesfull on both coast (Europe and USA)...

MILLI VANILLI: Creating Controversy And Platinum Records

IN 1986, Fabrice Morvan, an aspiring dancer from Paris, France, went to Los Angeles for a dance seminar. During the same week, Robert Pilatus, an aspiring musician from Munich, West Germany, happened to be in Los Angeles visiting a close friend.

Whether it was luck or destiny, the two strangers ended up at the same local night spot at the same time. Though there were hundreds in the club, the two noticed each other because of their European style of dress. They became instant friends, and Pilatus managed to convince Morvan to move to Germany and work on a musical project with him. The two soon formed the duo now called Milli Vanilli.

After their initial musical efforts misfired, the two caught the attention of Arista Records president Clive Davis, who happened to be in Germany a year ago. Their debut album, Girl, You Know It's True, sold 10 million copies worldwide, 7 million in the United States alone. They won several American Music Awards and the 1990 Grammy Award as best new artists.

Morvan, 23, says the name Milli Vanilli came from a series of promotional nights the two sponsored at a club in Munich. "We rented a club and on Mondays, we organized milli night for Turkish customers," he says. "In Turkish, milli means positive energy. Vanilli is just a fantasy name. We decided to put them together."

Rarely has a group moved to the top of the charts as fast as Milli Vanilli. Nor has a group generated as much negative ink so quickly. They have been accused of preferring White women to Blacks, of homosexuality and arrogance. Time magazine said they sound like chipmunks, comic Arsenio Hall has taken a few jabs at them and music critics for Rolling Stone and People magazines trashed their album.

Stung by the intensity of the criticism, Pilatus says: "It's depressing and sad. Maybe some are afraid a bit because we have crossover. Other people get jealous. We don't want to have controversy. Like Arsenio Hall, we've never talked to him or seen him. We wonder why he's attacking us."

As for their music, he says you either "like it or not. We never tried to provoke anybody. We just want to stand on our own four feet. We are very outspoken and we are not typical stars who think they are better than other people and sit back and lose the feeling of life. I think some people have lost the feeling of life. If they get too successful, they get paranoid and have bodyguards around. We have no bodyguards. We try to live our own lives. We go out and dance. Sometimes, we get drunk. I'm not too high to learn from other people."

Black women have charged that the duo only uses White women in their videos. Pilatus and Morvan point out, however, that their initial videos featured Black women. The last two videos were shot overseas and the pair did not select the background dancers. They have promised to use more Black women in future videos.

To the charge that they do not sing on their records, Pilatus says it is the result of a disgruntled former background singer trying to destroy them and help his own musical career. "Now, everybody says we don't sing," he adds. "I say we sing, and our producer says we sing. If we were not singing, who was in the studio?"

Their legions of fans appear to be oblivious to the media panning. The duo is currently traversing the country on a 107-city tour. They will take some time off before deciding how to handle their follow-up album. Their success has not gone unnoticed by the powers-that-be in Hollywood; the two are also looking over acting possibilities.

Milli Vanilli's look - which includes unforgettably long braids, spandex outfits and occasionally thigh-high boots - gets as much press as their music. Pilatus, 24, is very happy about that, for their hair is a part of his marketing strategy. He says that most superstars are known for their hair, including Michael Jackson, James Brown, the Beatles and Prince.

In addition to marketing, Pilatus says the long braids are also a symbol of their pride in their African heritage. "People don't realize, especially, in the states, that we took something that, years before, our forefathers in Africa had. They had braids. We are doing what our forefathers did. For us, it is the easiest thing to do to make Black beautiful without changing anything about our faces, our Black nature. We picked up an old tradition."

The duo's ethnic backgrounds have also been the subject of much discussion. Pilatus was born in New York City, the son of a Black American serviceman and a German dancer. After spending almost five years in an orphanage, he and an adoptive sister were placed in the home of a White couple in Munich. Morvan's parents are from the Caribbean. He and his younger sister and brother were born and raised in Paris.

Aside from having been an orphan, Pilatus says his childhood was frustrating and traumatic because of deep cultural differences. "My adoptive father was an engineer and my mother a housewife," he says. "The problem was my father, who is now 64. He didn't want his kids to dress well. He didn't want us to watch American television or American movies, no comic strips. So, I was a lonely guy. All the kids at school could look at Tarzan or Lassie. I couldn't. I had an identification problem with my schoolmates. I was an outsider. If they bought a new jacket that was really good looking, I wanted it. But, I would get a parka because they cover the kidneys well. But, for me, a Black guy in a White population who didn't have any identification, I was handicapped. There were Black servicemen around but I didn't speak English. I spoke a little, broken English. Because I had a German passport, I couldn't go to the American embassy to get American products like curl activator, Magic Shave, the stuff you need. I couldn't even get a comb for my Afro until late." He says he doesn't blame his parents. "They just didn't understand."

On stage, the two are a picture of unity. Offstage, however, they appear to have little in common, except a love for dance. According to Morvan, "We have different types of personalities. I am quiet and he is outspoken. French people are more reserved. I still am reserved. It is the right mixture."

Pilatus, who does most of the talking, agrees. "He's the more balanced guy. I'm more the business guy. He's the quiet guy and I'm the loud guy. He is mellow and I am aggressive."

Pilatus describes their sound as international, not European as some critics have said. "We like to combine rap and soul," he says. "And we adapt it in a way that learns from American soul artists and rap artists. We have different outfits and different styles. We're not totally rap. We're melody rap."

Last August, Pilatus and Morvan left Europe and moved to Beverly Hills, where they share a home. As their free time is minimal, the two say their social lives are not what they could be. Morvan is not dating at present. Pilatus has a steady but openly wonders if their rigorous tour schedule will adversely affect the relationship. For now, he says he will sacrifice the money and fly her to tour dates whenever possible.

Reflecting on the numerous, dramatic changes that have occurred in their lives over the last couple of years, Pilatus says they have learned that "whatever happens in life that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."

With a haircut and a tiny bit of plastic surgery, Fabrice would look very much like a vintage 70's MJ ha!


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Mazerati said:

Oh yeah, i remember u liking milli vanilli! U even have the rob and fab album don't u? U got the mega rare real milli vanilli album produced by fab farian? I think it never got released in the states?

U the cat who likes Donny Osmond "soldier of love" too right? Cool song.

yeah their first album "all or nothing" or "2 x 2" or whatever it was called, is prety much late 80's pop at it's slickest and best. If u got the remix addon, those were actually really good remixes.

"blame it on the rain" would be a track that would still get late night radio play if it was ANYONE but milli vanilli. Yeah the lyrics may be simplistic, but they are touching. Love that song. That sorta narrowmindedness bugs me

Mazerati said: