The National - Dhabi
Scooter
errors, he says Barry is 66, but born in 1946. Duh. Buy a calculator.
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http://tinyurl.com/ychdnb5
The National
Dhabi, UAE
December 13, 2009
Always the fashion ... in Las Vegas
Andy Pemberton
At the relatively grand old age of 66, Barry Manilow has announced that he
is to start a new residency in Las Vegas that will run for two years.
Manilow�s 78-show engagement at the 1,500-seat Paris Las Vegas hotel will
start on March 5 and will feature standards by songwriters including
Irving Berlin and Johnny Mercer alongside Manilow�s famous hits.
�It�s an all-singing, all-dancing, extravaganza that�s camp and fabulous
and completely non-threatening,� says the music writer and broadcaster
John Aizlewood. �It will do fantastically well � you forget how popular he
is. He has a committed group of female fans � the Manilettes � who follow
him everywhere.�
But if you think this is a comeback, think again. By pop music standards
he may be well into his dotage, but Manilow has never quit the stage. His
residency at the Las Vegas Hilton ends this month after a four-year run.
Throughout his 35-year career, Manilow has been the �dictionary definition
of a trooper�, says Aizlewood.
Born in Brooklyn in 1946, Barry Alan Pincus (he later changed his name to
Manilow) launched his musical career as touring pianist for Bette Midler.
Discovered by the Arista boss Clive Davis in the 1970s, Manilow polarised
opinion like no one else. At the time of long-haired rockers such as Neil
Young, Manilow tossed aside rock music�s masculine conventions, preferring
to oil his melodies with garish orchestrations and Broadway
sentimentality. He scored hits including the Chopin-sampling Could It Be
Magic, Mandy (written by Scott English and Richard Kerr for F Scott
Fitzgerald�s dog Brandy) and the dizzy suburban disco of Copacabana.
�Listen to the lyrics and Copacabana is quite a sad song,� says Aizlewood,
�but most don�t think of it that way. Manilow can�t help but make it sound
joyous and fun.�
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Manilow sustained a successful career in
the US and the UK, but by the turn of the century, he had lost his way. In
2001, he released a jazz-tinged concept album titled Here At the
Mayflower. Taking a page from the composer Stephen Sondheim, the record
detailed the lives of the people from a mythical New York apartment block.
But unlike Sondheim, Manilow was not a skilled chronicler of white
working-class New York. His album did not do well.
�People don�t want to hear songs about couples arguing in apartments,�
says Aizlewood. When the CD failed, Manilow retreated. �He gave up trying
to convince people he was a serious artist,� says Aizlewood.
To the rescue came the music industry genius � and his old boss � Davis.
Davis suggested he abandon jazz and record an album of 1950s standards.
The Greatest Songs of the Fifties gave Manilow his first US number one
album in more than two decades. There followed hit albums of cover
versions from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
�Clive Davis turned around Barry Manilow�s career,� says Aizlewood. �It�s
a staggering achievement.�
For all his success, Manilow remains mysterious. Intensely private, he has
been plagued with ill health but underwent comprehensive plastic surgery
on his face in 2003.
Throughout his career, Manilow couldn�t understand why some found his
music ersatz or cheesy. In 1994, he sued the Los Angeles radio station
KBIG for defaming his reputation by advertising the fact that the station
refused to play his music. When Australian authorities recently revealed
they played his songs in order to discourage delinquent youths from
congregating in residential areas, he could only shrug. (But he did put
out a press release suggesting some of them might have quite liked it.)
Unlike The Beatles, he has not attracted a younger generation to his music
and his songs and albums have never been rehabilitated.
�A new generation of musicians have come along saying they listened to
Michael Jackson,� says Aizlewood, �but no one ever says they are
influenced by Barry Manilow.�
But whatever his legacy, few doubt his ability to pack a Vegas theatre,
and given the current economic climate, a spot of glitzy, unchallenging
entertainment may be just what the doctor ordered.
�Would I go and see him perform in Las Vegas if I could?� says Aizlewood.
�Yes, it�ll be great. People who say they don�t want to go are not being
entirely truthful. It will be hugely entertaining. I would be there like a
shot.�
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Scooter
IttybittyBarrycommittee
> This writer never lets facts get in the way of his writing. Among other
> errors, he says Barry is 66, but born in 1946. Duh. Buy a calculator.
>
So what kind of ill health has he been plagued with?
And while he is botoxed to a freezing state I still have a hard time
believing he has had a face lift- if he had a lift, both upper and
lower surely to f*ck he would've had his eyes done. Why have
everything else tightened up and leave the eyes?
I think most of this surgery rumor is nothing more than lots 'o botox
and restalayne.
Scooter
>
> So what kind of ill health has he been plagued with?
Chronic bronchitis. Atrial fibrillation. Benign cyst removed from above the
roof of his mouth, which led to years of dental work and a tissue rejection
that sent him to the hospital. Sensitive stomach where one of his meds sent
him to the emergency room in the middle of a Gershwin show. To name a few...
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Scooter
Scooter
Scooter
> And while he is botoxed to a freezing state I still have a hard time
> believing he has had a face lift- if he had a lift, both upper and
> lower surely to f*ck he would've had his eyes done. Why have
> everything else tightened up and leave the eyes?
>
> I think most of this surgery rumor is nothing more than lots 'o botox
> and restalayne.
Personally, I think he's had several face surgeries over the years, the
biggest in mid 2003. Maybe he wants to leave some crow's feet because he
thinks that will leave at least some character in his face. But whatever
he's done or doing, he needs to stop because people are really noticing how
odd he looks these days.
Here's a photo taken in 2003 before his surgery, and one from 2008.
http://hitdawall.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/barry-manilow-25.jpg
And 1981 compared to a recent shot:
And 1978 compared to a recent shot:
http://img279.imageshack.us/i/bmanilow019cw.png/
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Scooter
Scooter
Dawn
He certainly had the wrinkles on his face when I saw him in his
makeup. He's probably at least had the botox done, I don't know what
restalayne is, so I couldn't comment on it. ;o) Some of the shots
used in those pictures were done over the last 5 years, particularly
when Barry's face was more full. Now he looks emaciated. It could be
partly from aging, but it's been too much of a drastic change in a
short period of time to be only aging.
Scooter
> He certainly had the wrinkles on his face when I saw him in his
> makeup. He's probably at least had the botox done, I don't know what
> restalayne is, so I couldn't comment on it. ;o) Some of the shots
> used in those pictures were done over the last 5 years, particularly
> when Barry's face was more full. Now he looks emaciated. It could be
> partly from aging, but it's been too much of a drastic change in a
> short period of time to be only aging.
You can see in looking at these two covers that he's had work done between
his upper eyelids and his brows. There was excess skin there nine years ago
which is now gone. He looks older in the 2002 photo than in the one from
2009.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t143/blogalicious/Comp.jpg
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Scooter
IttybittyBarrycommittee
Restalyane is an injectable filler that is injected into wrinkles,
labial nasal folds and such that smoothes and plumps up the skin- I'm
pretty sure he's had some of that.
IttybittyBarrycommittee
wrote:
>
> - Show quoted text -
I wouldn't say he's been 'plagued' for the most part he has things
happen to him like anyone else. plagued to me, means he has been
constantly ill with many sicknesses or is recurringly sick with a
single type of illness.
Scooter
> I wouldn't say he's been 'plagued' for the most part he has things
> happen to him like anyone else. plagued to me, means he has been
> constantly ill with many sicknesses or is recurringly sick with a
> single type of illness.
>
That would be his chronic bronchitis. He's cancelled lots of shows because
of that. I had seven canceled at different times in 1997. And three in
2001. And that's just me. There have been others, including Vegas. So I
think "plagued" would fit that illness.
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Scooter
IttybittyBarrycommittee
He brings it on himself by continuing to smoke, but yep you're right,
its more chronic than I ever knew...
jtmtj
>
>
> The National
> Dhabi, UAE
> December 13, 2009
>
Cut To:
> Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Manilow sustained a successful career in
> the US and the UK, but by the turn of the century, he had lost his way. In
> 2001, he released a jazz-tinged concept album titled Here At the
> Mayflower. Taking a page from the composer Stephen Sondheim, the record
> detailed the lives of the people from a mythical New York apartment block.
> But unlike Sondheim, Manilow was not a skilled chronicler of white
> working-class New York. His album did not do well.
>
> “People don’t want to hear songs about couples arguing in apartments,”
> says Aizlewood. When the CD failed, Manilow retreated. “He gave up trying
> to convince people he was a serious artist,” says Aizlewood.
>
> To the rescue came the music industry genius – and his old boss – Davis.
> Davis suggested he abandon jazz and record an album of 1950s standards.
> The Greatest Songs of the Fifties gave Manilow his first US number one
> album in more than two decades. There followed hit albums of cover
> versions from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
>
> “Clive Davis turned around Barry Manilow’s career,” says Aizlewood. “It’s
> a staggering achievement.”
This is just hard to read. HATM did not fail. It sold well for an
album on Concord Records.
Fans still talk about the album and ask for those songs all these
years later. That won't be happening with these "cover" songs in ten
years. In terms of the general public, nothing is ever going to top
Barry's greatest hits. So, to refer to the "Decades" albums as a
"staggering achievement", just because they sold better and charted
high in their first week is just ridiculous. Had Davis and Arista put
the same effort into selling "Mayflower", it might have sold as well
as the "60's" album. I believe it did do as well as the "70's" and
"80's" albums, minus the high chart position.
John
Scooter
> On Dec 13, 3:56�pm, Scooter <em...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> IttybittyBarrycommittee <barryss...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > I wouldn't say he's been 'plagued' for the most part he has things
>> > happen to him like anyone else. �plagued to me, means he has been
>> > constantly ill with many sicknesses or is recurringly sick with a
>> > single type of illness.
>>
>> That would be his chronic bronchitis. �He's cancelled lots of shows
>> because of that. �I had seven canceled at different times in 1997. �And
>> three in 2001. �And that's just me. �There have been others, including
>> Vegas. �So I think "plagued" would fit that illness.
>>
>
> He brings it on himself by continuing to smoke, but yep you're right,
> its more chronic than I ever knew...
I think he also had bronchitis that turned into pneumonia in 1982, and had to
cancel some European dates. So it really does seem to be chronic.
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Scooter
Scooter
53ee4b...@u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
> On Dec 13, 7:44 am, Scooter <em...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The National
>> Dhabi, UAE
>> December 13, 2009
>>
>
> Cut To:
>
>> Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Manilow sustained a successful career
in
>> the US and the UK, but by the turn of the century, he had lost his way.
I
> n
>> 2001, he released a jazz-tinged concept album titled Here At the
>> Mayflower. Taking a page from the composer Stephen Sondheim, the record
>> detailed the lives of the people from a mythical New York apartment
block
> .
>> But unlike Sondheim, Manilow was not a skilled chronicler of white
>> working-class New York. His album did not do well.
>>
>> �People don�t want to hear songs about couples arguing in apartments,
> �
>> says Aizlewood. When the CD failed, Manilow retreated. �He gave up tryi
> ng
>> to convince people he was a serious artist,� says Aizlewood.
>>
>> To the rescue came the music industry genius � and his old boss � Dav
> is.
>> Davis suggested he abandon jazz and record an album of 1950s standards.
>> The Greatest Songs of the Fifties gave Manilow his first US number one
>> album in more than two decades. There followed hit albums of cover
>> versions from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
>>
>> �Clive Davis turned around Barry Manilow�s career,� says Aizlewood.
> �It�s
>> a staggering achievement.�
>
>
> This is just hard to read. HATM did not fail. It sold well for an
> album on Concord Records.
> Fans still talk about the album and ask for those songs all these
> years later. That won't be happening with these "cover" songs in ten
> years. In terms of the general public, nothing is ever going to top
> Barry's greatest hits. So, to refer to the "Decades" albums as a
> "staggering achievement", just because they sold better and charted
> high in their first week is just ridiculous. Had Davis and Arista put
> the same effort into selling "Mayflower", it might have sold as well
> as the "60's" album. I believe it did do as well as the "70's" and
> "80's" albums, minus the high chart position.
>
> John
>
If I'm not mistaken, Barry was talking about "Mayflower" as far back as
about 1997. What a shame he couldn't have released it on Arista with
their ad budget and clout. But Clive probably wouldn't let him. At the
2001 convention, Barry said Clive wanted to release "event" albums:
"Showstoppers," "Big Bands," "Sinatra," etc., etc., etc. And he said was
glad he was with Concord where he could get "Mayflower" released. But
then he chose to return to Clive when he was promised a number one album.
And dear Clive has now moved from events to covers ad nauseum for several
of his artists. I'm waiting for "Whitney Houston Sings Ragtime Hits."
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Scooter
IttybittyBarrycommittee
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thats why it bugs me that he smokes- both my folks quit cold turkey
years ago, but COPD did claim my father a month ago, so it makes me
cringe knowing he still smokes and is killing himself. I'd give
anything if neither of my parents had ever smoked- but back in the day
it was fashionable.
jtmtj
> jtmtj <jtm...@gmail.com> wrote in news:bfe14744-1406-4bf8-97c2-
You're not mistaken. I, distinctly, remember visiting the discography
page on the Barrynet in 1998, and seeing HATM listed as his next
release. There was no other information provided, just the title and
the year. At the time, I knew nothing about the apartment concept of
the album, but I was intrigued by the title. Then, sometime after
that, Frank Sinatra had passed away, and it was announced that a
Sinatra tribute album would be released, instead. That, of course,
happened in November of 1998. In terms of Arista, that pushed a
potential "Mayflower" release back to probably sometime in 2000. But,
Clive Davis was being forced to retire by then, and Barry's
relationship with the label became uncertain.
Still, it's not difficult to think that Davis/Arista could have
atleast gotten the same results with "Mayflower", that they got with
"Summer of 78" and "Manilow Sings Sinatra". It's not like those
"event" albums lit up the charts, and neither went gold. While the
Sinatra album did get nominated for a Grammy, I think its highest
chart position was somewhere in the one hundreds.
John
Reb
@u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>
> This is just hard to read. HATM did not fail. It sold well for an
> album on Concord Records.
did it go gold? cause I was searching on RIAA.com and it doesn't list HATM
at all. at least I couldn't find it.
Scooter
> Still, it's not difficult to think that Davis/Arista could have
> atleast gotten the same results with "Mayflower", that they got with
> "Summer of 78" and "Manilow Sings Sinatra". It's not like those
> "event" albums lit up the charts, and neither went gold. While the
> Sinatra album did get nominated for a Grammy, I think its highest
> chart position was somewhere in the one hundreds.
According to the BarryNet discography, "Summer of 78" did finally go gold at
some point.
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Scooter
Scooter
> Still, it's not difficult to think that Davis/Arista could have
> atleast gotten the same results with "Mayflower", that they got with
> "Summer of 78" and "Manilow Sings Sinatra". It's not like those
> "event" albums lit up the charts, and neither went gold. While the
> Sinatra album did get nominated for a Grammy, I think its highest
> chart position was somewhere in the one hundreds.
According to Billboard's website, "Manlow Sings Sinatra" topped the chart at
#122 (7 weeks on chart). And "Summer of 78" topped the chart at #82 (11
weeks on chart).
"Here At The Mayflower" topped the 200 Chart at #90 (3 weeks on chart), and
the Independent Chart at #5 (22 weeks on chart).
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Scooter
Totosmom
No sadly HATM never went gold, not even with it being released four
times. A real pity because in my opinion, it is his finest work.
Makes you wonder if the "Fifteen Minutes" will get the same response.
I hate to think that it will because it may only appeal to the fan
base and not to the general public.
Bonnie
Scooter
> No sadly HATM never went gold, not even with it being released four
> times. A real pity because in my opinion, it is his finest work.
> Makes you wonder if the "Fifteen Minutes" will get the same response.
> I hate to think that it will because it may only appeal to the fan
> base and not to the general public.
Well, at least it'll have the massive ad budget of Arista behind it, unlike
the HATM's Concord label. That is, if Clive will care enough to push it
since it wasn't his idea. But if he doesn't, isn't that sorta like shooting
himself in the foot? Allow an artist to record something, and then not
$upport it? So we live in hope.
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Scooter
jtmtj
No, it didn't go gold, but Concord never had an RIAA certified record
in its 30 plus year history, until Ray Charles' "Genious Loves
Company" went multi-platinum in 2004. Concord was supposed to be all
about art and music, not sales and chart positions. Barry knew this
and said as much, when he signed. Still, I remember reading that the
album (HATM) sold well enough to be ranked among the top sellers in
the label's history. I wish I could find the article, but I can't.
I'll keep looking.
John
jtmtj
It does say that, now. However, it's not an official RIAA
certification. I'm not disputing it, though. My point was simply,
that I believe HATM could have done about as well ( in the ballpark,
so to speak) as those recordings did at that time.
On the other topic (smoking), didn't Barry's mother, Edna, die from
lung cancer? I thought that was what motivated him to quit. It's so
surprising that he would start, again.
John
Scooter
> On Dec 14, 5:39 am, Reb <Y...@ema.il> wrote:
>> jtmtj <jtm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > This is just hard to read. HATM did not fail. It sold well for an
>> > album on Concord Records.
>>
>> did it go gold? cause I was searching on RIAA.com and it doesn't list
>> HATM at all. at least I couldn't find it.
>
> No, it didn't go gold, but Concord never had an RIAA certified record
> in its 30 plus year history, until Ray Charles' "Genious Loves
> Company" went multi-platinum in 2004. Concord was supposed to be all
> about art and music, not sales and chart positions. Barry knew this
> and said as much, when he signed. Still, I remember reading that the
> album (HATM) sold well enough to be ranked among the top sellers in
> the label's history. I wish I could find the article, but I can't.
> I'll keep looking.
>
> John
Found it:
Reuters/Billboard
Fri May 6, [2005] 9:47 PM ET
Concord Records on a roll with Grammys, Fantasy buy
[snip to]
Prior to "Genius," Concord's biggest hits were Barry Manilow's "Here at
the Mayflower" (which sold more than 180,000 copies), a self-titled CD
from vocalist Peter Cincotti (167,000) and the Rippingtons' "Life in the
Tropics" (nearly 160,000).
[snip]
Here's a link to the whole long article that I posted here back on May 7,
2005:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.barry-manilow/msg/82c541161f312d18
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Scooter
Scooter
> On the other topic (smoking), didn't Barry's mother, Edna, die from
> lung cancer? I thought that was what motivated him to quit. It's so
> surprising that he would start, again.
He quit back around 1978 (I think) using Smokenders. They used to have him
listed on their website as a success story. He said in interviews that he
was very proud of that certificate. Yes, his mom died of lung cancer and
emphysema. On Suzanne Somer's Show in Oct. 1994 (about a month after she
passed) he talked about her death, and said it was a horrible way to go, so
don't smoke. He should have taken his own advice.
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Scooter
Scooter
Interestingly, Barry's testimonial is still on their site, and is picked
up and used in several publications talking about how bad smoking is:
http://www.smokenders.com/testimonials.htm
"I am prouder of having stopped smoking than of almost anything else I
have accomplished in the last 10 years. I will be forever grateful to
SMOKENDERS."
- Barry Manilow
And in People Magazine, 1982:
Of his many awards - including an Emmy, a special Tony and a Grammy - he
claims the most cherished is a small Smokenders plaque with the
inscription: "Barry Manilow, having smoked three packs a day for 15 years,
quit smoking June 14, 1978."
Sad he's started again.
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Scooter
shado...@gmail.com
Barry started smoking when he was 15. Willie use to take Barry into
night spots. Where Barry would sneak drinks and smokes from Willie.
Barry quit the first time around 1980. He went to Smoke Enders. Then
I heard he started up again after that and quit for the second time.
In
1987 Edna found out she had lung cancer. She a part of her lung
removed
then. In 1994 Edna passed away from complications due to lung cancer.
Linda
Reb
@o9g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
> No, it didn't go gold, but Concord never had an RIAA certified record
> in its 30 plus year history, until Ray Charles' "Genious Loves
> Company" went multi-platinum in 2004. Concord was supposed to be all
> about art and music, not sales and chart positions. Barry knew this
> and said as much, when he signed. Still, I remember reading that the
> album (HATM) sold well enough to be ranked among the top sellers in
> the label's history. I wish I could find the article, but I can't.
> I'll keep looking.
>
> John
>
Thanks John.
jtmtj
You're welcome, Reb, but I should really thank Scooter for finding the
original article. I thought the sales figure was higher than 180,000,
so maybe I was wrong about "Mayflower's" sales potential had it been
released on Arista. Still, I think "Mayflower" is Barry's best work
this decade, and it's difficult to accept the recent "cover" albums
outselling it.
John
dcsharon
>> Sad he's started again.
>
sneaking a smoke here and there after the People magazine and book
were both published.
And, although I know he has written and spoken that he quit, I don't
think he ever did.
And -- I'm surprised at the number of people who depend on their
voices (including Barry's band) that do smoke. I'm sure it's never
easy to break a bad habit (like smoking) when there are people around
you that haven't quit.
Debra Byrd was here in DC a few weeks ago, and spoke about how a
drummer can walk away from his drum set, and a guitar player has
instruments he can use, but a vocalist has their voice, and their
body. What you put into it, as what you get out.
So - I wish Barry would take her advice, but nicotine is a powerful
drug, and its his choice. We all wish better for him, but he obviously
isn't ready to quit again.
Sharon
Dawn
It is tough. My Dad only quit smoking when his tongue had to be
removed from cancer and replaced with muscle from his chest. The
surgeon who performed the surgery said he does at least one surgery
per week, all caused by smoking. My Dad was on morphine for 10 days
in an intensive care unit, so he was out of it while his body went
through withdrawals. It was not pretty and his speech was never the
same afterwards. He was cancer free for 5 years from that cancer when
he died of lung cancer.
Dawn
IttybittyBarrycommittee
>
> - Show quoted text -
I think smoking is more mentally addictive than physically, just my
opinion. Both my parents were 2 pack a day smokers- my mom got
tonsilitis in 1995 and couldn't smoke for a couple of days, after that
she never, ever touched a cigarette again and she had smoked for 40
years. My father the same, probably smoked since he was 12 and quit
cold turkey when he was about 60 and never smoked again. Neither went
through 'withdrawals'. I do think it is in the mind- if you WANT to
quit you will. If you don't you won't.
They'll be lots of arguments about this, but if two people can quit
cold turkey like they did and they were both heavy, long term smokers,
anyone can quit.
I pray Barry quits so it doesn't continue to take a toll on his
health. He is an entertainer and suffers from bronchitis- I'm not
sure why those two don't add up for him.
I tried it years ago, but it never stuck for me. It leaves a nasty
taste and is just gross all around. I could NEVER figure what the
attraction is to smoking.
Reb
22556d...@v7g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
> Still, I think "Mayflower" is Barry's best work
> this decade, and it's difficult to accept the recent "cover" albums
> outselling it.
>
Even though I don't care all that much for Mayflower I'd have to agree with
you. it is Barry's best work of the decade. I don't think it would have
done much better on Arista. Concord did promote it and Barry certainly
pushed it. the cover art was horrendous and great cover art can help sales.
"Turn the radio up" was actually getting airplay. I'm not sure if Arista
could have pulled that off at that time but Concord did. HATM was on sale
in every major circular the week of its release (if i remember right) with
an exclusive version at kmart. the only thing really missing was the
endless TV advertising that Arista used to promote Ultimate Manilow. Barry
had become the slim whitman of the 2000's minus the K-Tel label ;-)
Scooter
> Even though I don't care all that much for Mayflower I'd have to agree
> with you. it is Barry's best work of the decade. I don't think it would
> have done much better on Arista. Concord did promote it and Barry
> certainly pushed it. the cover art was horrendous and great cover art
> can help sales. "Turn the radio up" was actually getting airplay. I'm
> not sure if Arista could have pulled that off at that time but Concord
> did. HATM was on sale in every major circular the week of its release
> (if i remember right) with an exclusive version at kmart. the only thing
> really missing was the endless TV advertising that Arista used to
> promote Ultimate Manilow. Barry had become the slim whitman of the
> 2000's minus the K-Tel label ;-)
But, Reb. Just think how many units Mayflower would have sold if it had been
given the Clive Davis/Slim Whitman treatment. All those people watching TV
at 3 AM (not to mention QVC) in their pjs with their credit cards in hand.
$$$$$$$$$$ ;^)
--
Scooter
Scooter
> horrendous and great cover art can help sales. "Turn the radio up" was
> actually getting airplay. I'm not sure if Arista could have pulled that
> off at that time but Concord did.
And "Turn the Radio Up" was the only song that didn't fit on the album. He
said he wrote it only about six weeks before the album's release. It always
seemed as if it was slapped on at the last minute. It suck out like a sore
thumb with it's "Daybreak" clone peppy tone. It was one of those "appeal to
the masses" Manilow tunes, which is probably why it did okay on the radio.
But I have to wonder if people heard it, then went to Amazon to hear clips
from the other Mayflower songs, and Joe and Jill Civilian just didn't care
for them because they were really deep songs that didn't fit that "Daybreak"
mold. As Barry has said about writing Broadway songs, the Mayflower songs
seemed to have been writen for character and situation -- not the pop market.
--
Scooter
Reb
news:Xns9CE4C751E...@94.75.244.51:
> But, Reb. Just think how many units Mayflower would have sold if it
> had been given the Clive Davis/Slim Whitman treatment. All those
> people watching TV at 3 AM (not to mention QVC) in their pjs with
> their credit cards in hand. $$$$$$$$$$ ;^)
>
wasn't Clive gone at that time? I thought that was an L.A. Reid campaign?
it certainly would have sold more had they endlessly plugged it on tv.
I get bombarded with emails from this online electronics store all the
time and I end up buying the shit even though I don't want it.
I now have this little credit card flashlight for in my wallet.
you pull it out and it has this little light bulb shaped part that you
flip up and it lights up. you still can't see a thing but it does light up
and such a bargain at $1.49 lol
Reb
94.75.244.51:
>
> And "Turn the Radio Up" was the only song that didn't fit on the album.
fit for me..lol...I never liked it either ;)