Milli Vanilli, as we all know, are a sad tale. Caught red-handed...two good looking German guys hired to lip synch songs and then they become an international sensation, selling millions of albums and even winning a Grammy. (!). But they got busted for not writing or singing any of their songs. And as we all know from "Behind The Music", the pressure was so great for one member of Milli, that he commit suicide. Very sad.
But, whoever was singing those songs from their mega-smash albums....they definitely had an impact on pop music in 1989....Milli Vanilli were everywhere. Frank Farian had the idea for the group and assembled a bunch of singers but "he felt that those singers lacked a marketable image" and brought in Fab and Rob.
The #16 song of 1989 was "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You". The song is super simple in it's structure. It doesn't even have a bridge. There is a Kenny G-esque solo in the middle of the song, but otherwise it's pretty much verse-chorus, verse-chorus.
I do remember what a scandal it was when Milli Vanilli was "found out". Somehow, I feel like that type of thing would NOT be so surprising now-a-days. I don't think people would find it that shocking anymore.
Nicely done as usual. As it turns out, I own a copy of "ROB AND FAB", the disc that the Milli Vanilli guys released AFTER being "caught." The music on that one is tragicomic. It's probably worth plenty of money now too!!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! i bet you could make so much money on ebay for "rob and fab". i kind of need to hear that album!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you give credit to the people who really made the music. I always thought it was sad that the music got thrown out just because the packaging was poorly done.
ReplyDeleteAnd your version is awesome.