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Topman7:
Thanks for posting.

Boney M was the music you played at kids’ birthdays back in the day. Fantastic band with memorable songs.

My favourite: Brown Girl in the Ring


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15nMlfogITw?si=F7yN7A8wHYxkTg5Q

I never knew they were called Boney M. Didn’t even know they were Mary Boy Child crooner.

naptu2:


Exactly.

That's why they sacked him at a point in the 1980s, because he complained that he wanted to actually sing rather than mime.

How did you guys get all these foreign gist back then?

Wow i never knew, thks for the info

Lots of original gangsters on this thread.

The audacity of it all - who knows how many other Frank Farians were (or are) out there?

After falling out with Frank Farian, Bobby Farrell had to keep performing as agreed under the of their contract. Apparently the contract wasn't a good one for him - and Farrell died poor and angry - as recounted by his children. The music business...

ReluctantAdult:
Milli vanilli
One of the world's greatest scammers

Yeah their story is a mixture of funny and sadness

e lute is one of Bonney M song I love.

I think rasputin the song from them was banned in Russia

As for milli vanilli well....

So sad how they ended up.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUENJ5FjBk&pp=ygUWZ2lybCBhbSBnb25uYSBtaXNzIHlvdQ%3D%3D

naptu2:


Comments on the "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" video.


1) fake song is better than fake people

2) I hate fake stuff but I love fake Milli Vanilli

3) Even a fake song is way better than the crap they play today

4) It’s not fake music, it’s a collaborative effort.

5) I don't even care who was really singing this.... still fabulous.

6) The men in this video are so handsome

8 ) 1989: playback, NO, take back Grammy's
2020: Auto-tune, ok, give the Grammy's.

9) I love this song. I wish a movie was made about them. Y’all gotta . These men were young and poor. Everything sounds like a good idea in that scenario


10) I love this song. I'm good friends with Fab Morvan. He's a good man and he's a very good singer. Check out his work. RIP Rob.

naptu2:
This particular song?! I knew quite a lot of people that were crazy about this song. It was one particular guy's national anthem. His day had not started if he hadn't sang this song.


Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You (1989).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUENJ5FjBk

naptu2:
"And the winner is. . ."

"And the winner is. . ."

"And the winner is. . ."


They were the new music sensation sweeping across the world. From the American Music Awards to the Grammy Awards to the Soul Train Awards and everything in between, they were there. They had a platinum album and they appeared on all the talk shows.


However, do you notice that their singing voices and speaking voices are kind of different? There are no German accents on their songs!


Milli Vanilli's Triumph In America.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2HaL_TrVw

naptu2:
The truth is that, after the shock wore off, most people preferred Rob and Fab to the Real Milli Vanilli and they might have staged a successful comeback if Rob hadn't killed himself.


Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain (1989)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5IA8assfk

joseph1832:
what this man did back then is actually fraudulent! Men he deceived so many, including me, with Boney M.

Actually thought Bob Farrell and the women were the ones who sung those songs back then. Chai!!!.

There were so many rumours about Boney M back in the day that I wasn't too surprised when I discovered that Bobby wasn't the person singing.

Now Milli Vanilli was a complete shock to me.

SlavaUkraini:


So your mum was a Rolling Stone ?

Mama G Pikin

Wotoporiously speaking

100% bro, she sang word to word on every song, still banging em tunes

blowjohn:


Yeah their story is a mixture of funny and sadness

True that.

What was really sad was the death of Rob when they were about to release a comeback album with them as lead vocals, after getting exposed and losing it all.

I was really looking forward to seeing how they'd truly fare with that...

Okay. Gone. Will still be ed for his contribution to the music world. Rest In Peace. You’re in a world without sorrow now.

Goddyrichie:
oya old papa 👴 let it go viral since you’re d oldest person on earth

naptu2:
Frank Farian was actually the male voice of Boney M, but he thought that he didn't look good enough to be on stage/in front of the camera, so he hired Bobby Farrel (picture below) to be the face of Boney M. Bobby was a dancer.

I was shocked when I found this out.



Ma Baker is my favourite from bonny m.

GOFRONT:


Oh no!!! Death why??..........This man here is too useful and beneficial to die this very early........over here, we have one very Useless, Good for nothing Old vegetable druggie occupying the top of a famous Rock in my country.

God why not do me a favor by taking the latter away and bringback the former.

.... U forgot one thing....
As you dey pray make person papa and loved one die so... Na so one day, person wen u nor know go pray make you sef die untimely.... Nature is just too sweet

EdiskyHarry:
These guys make Christmas lovely

Swears!

Their Christmas songs have been reigning since 1980s till now. Omo they're legends abeg

He wil answer ur prayers by taking ur Papa first...... Amen

GOFRONT:


Oh no!!! Death why??..........This man here is too useful and beneficial to die this very early........over here, we have one very Useless, Good for nothing Old vegetable druggie occupying the top of a famous Rock in my country.

God why not do me a favor by taking the latter away and bringback the former.

Their Christmas songs has no comparison up till now. RIP to him

naptu2:


Exactly.

That's why they sacked him at a point in the 1980s, because he complained that he wanted to actually sing rather than mime.

Hmmm. Either ways, bobby farell was an electric performer. It took a while to figure out Boney m was the group and not bobby himself, and that all he did was mime.

RIP Frank Farian. Those music you produced by both Bonny M and Milli Vanilli (and probably others) are spectacularly classic.

Between Bonney M and Bob Marley, who really composed and sang 'No woman no cry'?

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Girl, you know it's true
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I love you

Daddy daddy Cool...was my late dad favorite track lol

naptu2:
Frank Farian was actually the male voice of Boney M, but he thought that he didn't look good enough to be on stage/in front of the camera, so he hired Bobby Farrel (picture below) to be the face of Boney M. Bobby was a dancer.

Oh my!!

I had no idea. My goodness.

That means I have been scammed all my childhood.

You are right. I am just thinking out loud if someday, someone somewhere, will also disclose that ABBA's songs were mimed as well

naptu2:

naptu2:
Frank Farian was actually the male voice of Boney M, but he thought that he didn't look good enough to be on stage/in front of the camera, so he hired Bobby Farrel (picture below) to be the face of Boney M. Bobby was a dancer.

Bobby Farrel is deceased too

Mayeldah:
Between Bonney M and Bob Marley, who really composed and sang 'No woman no cry'?

Bob Marley

Ruuchiinaa:

You are right. I am just thinking out loud if someday, someone somewhere, will also disclose that ABBA's songs were mimed as well

Ah...

I hope nobody will come and tell me ABBA is not a real music group, too?

That means all my childhood na scam be dat... musically speaking... choiii...

RIP sir

joseph1832:
what this man did back then is actually fraudulent! Men he deceived so many, including me, with Boney M.

Actually thought Bob Farrell and the women were the ones who sung those songs back then. Chai!!!.

In boney m, they had four singers. only Bob Farrel and another lady lip syched and danced. The other two female vocalists, one Liz Mitchell, sang beautifully.

The truth will ultimately be exposed, no matter how much we try to hide it.

Not a follower of secular music, but music those days sounded much better than these days.