IMAGE! Image is everything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...li_Vanilli

I used to think these guys were cool during their appearance on Club MTV.

Props to whoever posts the infamous "GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S...." performance.

I thought their songs were catchy enough, but did not love them or hate them. I thought they were one or two hit wonders at best.

Still love them. And I still got their cassette which still plays very well.

VoicesCarry said:

YouTube must have THAT footage!!!

They were ok, I guess. I never really understood why people stopped liking their songs after finding out they weren't the same guys from the video.

VoicesCarry said:

when i was 8 or 9 years old, milli vanilli was THE SHIT to me. i remember all the girls i went to school with liked new kids on the block, and i was totally the odd one out because i liked milli vanilli.

TonyVanDam said:

they do, but it's in a behind the music bit...it's split up in parts and i forgot which part that "girl you know it's..." is in.

I did like them before the controversy I just think it's sad that one of them committed suicide d/t not being able to live his life right and drugs after the scandal .

My sister had the cassette. I didn't like all of it...


Aw who am I kiddin' that shit was the hottest

I never brought "Girl You Know It's True" but I liked their songs and sang along to them when the videos came on. It was fun dance music and perfect for that time in 89-90. It's a shame what happened but that's the music biz. Too bad we can't pull a Milli Vanilli and get rid of half the acts on radio who can't sing today.

nurse said:

That was real sad.

i liked 2 or 3 songs. not enough to buy an album though.

TonyVanDam said:

I got it!:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...%20vanilli

From part 4 of Behind The Music. The scene is within the last minute of the segment before going to commercial.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

New Kids lip-synch a little bit too. But they also use their real vocals without the studio effects. Apart from Jordan & Joey, they weren't great without fx's.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...%20vanilli

Part 5: The downfall

My mom had already bought the cd b4 all of they gave the Grammy back.

I still listen to some of their songs! I'll admit it ok...I LIKE THEM!

Loved and still love those songs regardless of who sang on them

Guilty as charged, in 89 and 90 when I was like 13 or 14, to me they were the shit, I got both of their albums, All or Nothing and the US remix album (never got in Motion though). I just loved their stuff and Terence T Darby, I remember working all day in a blueberry orchard in January 1990 just so I could get the $14.95 to buy a Milli Vanilli tape, I played it all the time. Then in August 1990, they played a show called Sister Kate on TV which had a cameo appearance by Milli Vanilli adn I thought it was strange they sounded like Colonel Klink when they sounded totally English speaking in their videos and shit. My brother said they were lypsynching and I told him to shut the fxxk up!

Anyway November 16 1990, its on the radio, Milli Vanilli confess to lypsynching on the songs, I went crazy and smashed my tapes, ripped my posters and all, I didnt want to believe it, I was inconsolable. One good thing happened I started to listen to my Grafitti Bridge tape a bit more and decided this Prince guy was the one!!!!

Anyway in 1997 I made my peace with them and bought and old CD copy of all or nothing at a flea market for 50 cents, I still listen to it now and then, Money, Boy in Tree, I'm Gonna miss u and Girl u know its true are all strong songs u know.

R.I.P. Rob Pilatus

tane1976 said:

Thanks for reminding me about Sister Kate! I forgot all about that silly show!

They were at least 4-hit wonders. IIRC, "Girl You Know It's True" peaked at #2 while "Baby Don't Forget My Number," "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You," and "Blame It On the Rain" all went to #1. I never owned the album, but I'll readily admit to enjoying the singles. I still say they should've kept the Grammys.

I know at least 3 people that confuse them with Sananda Maitreya!

I love them! Girl, U know it's true!

tane1976 said:

and i remember that episode of sister kate too, i begged my dad to let me watch it that night.

I thought those were the dumbest songs I ever heard, before and after."Girl you know it's true,,, ooo, ooo, ooo, I love you"?!!!!

Isn't it obvious when someone lip synchs "live" just by listening?! Were people really surprised?!

WildheartXXX said:

Just like it was mention on Behind The Music:

It wasn't so much that music industry experts were piss because MV were lip-synching to vocals that were never their own, but it was the fact that they were TOO successful because of it.

They looked like some foreign porn stars to me, too bad they never made a tape though...

I Hated them from the beginning

I never liked them. I was just old enough to see that most of the top 40 was crap, and I remember being really happy when the scandal broke.

Actually, in retrospect, the songs aren't that bad, but I think I reacted to their awful dancing. Funny, they didn't sing, but they couldn't even dance! Weren't they discovered in a dance club?

It isn't just pretty girls with no talent who make it!