There are two kinds of people when it comes to Barry. Those who like his music and those who lie and say they don't.

@JerseyJoe65

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@jasonmichaels5796

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly 😂

The Copacabana was a NYC nightclub. It was mafia owned and some crazy shit went down there.

Ive seen Barry 3 times. Once, he opened up act 2 with a huge screen showing him doing this live from the 70’s (it was the 90’s) & he had been in a wild Cuban outfit.. he had a guy pop on stage in the same outfit acting as if it were him & then we realized it wasnt him when he popped out of the floor in a tux to do it live! So creative & fun. I used to play “disco” With one sister & we took turns flipping on the lightswitch with a coloured light laser & danced to this all the time lol! Good memories... he truly is a wonderful performer & super talented, a pleasure to see & funny! There was a Copacabana movie, so it was based around the song ..1978... there are many more like this to check out ! Try some Neil Diamond dude... i love my jews from Brooklyn! Barry, Neil, Barbra Streisand.. excellent choice dude 🖤!!

@howiedavis2316

4 жыл бұрын

I am so jealous, next time you go see him, take me with you lol

@b1bmsgt

4 жыл бұрын

I saw him at Lake Tahoe in 1982! Fantastic show!

When you said that the song sounded like a jingle, that was maybe a more insightful comment than you realized. He was one of the top jingle writers and performers of the 1960's and 70's...Here are a few that he did: "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there" (they still use this one to this day) McDonalds "You deserve a break today" "I'm stuck on Band-Aid, because Band-Aid's stuck on me"

Barry is a rare performer who can look cool when he's being corny and corny when he's being cool. This song is just as much fun as it is dark. But, if he wasn't Barry Manilow, he wouldn't be Barry Manilow. And that's why we love him :))

Of all the reaction videos I've watched, this is one of the most honest channels I've come across. The story takes place in the 1940s and ends in the 1970s. In 1978, the song hit #2 in France and #2 Canada (Dance/Urban). If nothing else, never forget to keep that Philly hat clean. just sayin

Barry goes Gangsta! Haha love this review

@Jude74

3 жыл бұрын

Ha exactly!

We love you Barry ❤❤

yo, i'm a 63 yr old black man grew up in Harlem, NY. i have always dug my some Barry. but before he became the man, he wrote tv gingles for micie d's and state farms. and many more. he was then picked up by Bet Midler as her piano player. he cut an lp, nothing happened, then a second and his star shinned with his first hit. after that his second hit came from that first lp that went nowhere and went gold too. today there 3 people I'll spend money to go see, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Barry Manilow. on of the best lp's i ever bought was barry's first live lp, the blue cover, way back in the day.

@themightyfp

3 жыл бұрын

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The story is great. Barry wrote songs for everybody and finally started doing his own stuff. Everyone goofed on him but they all had a record or two.

5:39 "but it was a white gun, prolly matched his outfit" dude I LOST it Great reaction and great song. Thanks for posting

@themightyfp

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for posting this reaction! Loved the song, but never saw this video! Saw it 1st thru your channel!

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

nelda blanco 👍 very fun

Well, you made that fun :)

I love your reaction, especially your commentary.

Copacabana: a dark story about a showgirl and her love who was tragically murdered, so she drinks herself into insanity The music: 🎶 🎵 here at the copa 💃 🕺 copacabana 🕺 💃 🎶 the hottest spot north of havana 💃 🕺 🎶 🎵

Biggest fan club in the world. Welcome to being a Fanilow. We will welcome you with open arms!

This was my jam when I was little and I still love it despite it being kinda corny. I was 4 when this came out in 78. Back in the 70s and 80s, probably even earlier, they used to have those tiny jukeboxes at the tables in diners and it used to cost like 10 cents to play a song. My mom used to take me to this one place after kindergarten and I would get a slice of lemon pie and the owner of the place used to put money at the juke box at my table so I could listen to my favourite song while I ate the pie. Been a fan of lemon pie and copacabana ever since. 😁😁

Awesome reaction, smiles to my face!

Great reaction. I also love Barry and this song. I sighed dramatically over him when he starred in the TV Movie/Musical of the same name in 1985. My crew would be Meatloaf, Kristen Lems, and Willie Nelson.

Great reaction.....very comical and insightful. This 1970's.....I know because I was there.You gotta do some Tom Jones. She's a lady and Bridge over troubled waters live. 👍

I LOVE THIS REACTION 🤣😂😊

There is a tv movie about this song, called Copacobana and starring Barry Manilow in the lead role..It's on dvd

the intro😂 love it

Man, great tune and good reaction. Gotta love a bit of Barry!

Ha! I really enjoyed this!

I'd never thought about "30 years ago" in the 70s was the 40s & now that lyric & video make so much more sense lol

@noracola5285

4 жыл бұрын

Tbf I hated disco as a kid so I never stopped to analyse what I thought was just an annoying song

You are so entertaining haha

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

JP Patches 😃 ✌️

this song sounds like a hangover

"A white gun that matched his outfit"...haha!

Hmmm...never thought about cocaine being an instrument. Always something to learn. I like your mind.

His music always had a story to tell.

Loved it...Gun toting Pee Wee Herman to be sure! My gang would include Tom Jones, Freddie Mercury, you, me...and Barry as a back up.

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Donnelly you literally just described the 2020 Young Guns 😂

@patdonnelly9392

4 жыл бұрын

@@themightyfp Yup!

Barry Manilow is really cool

Check out, Gino Vannelli. His first American TV appearance was on Soul Train. He was on several times. He also opened for Stevie Wonder. He had a black following back then.

Sounds like a jingle, eh? You noticed! There is a reeeeeaaaally good reason for that. Barry wrote a whole hell of a lot of commercials, jingles, etc. that were HUGE in the 70s and some are still in use today. Check out his V.S.M. (very strange medley). with video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/doeL2NmMmNOplrQ.html from the LIVE album: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lamhyppupt2TYbw.html

omg peewee, I will never see him the same again lol

One of the things I hate is how people make fun of songs that we all knew people loved when it first came out. They call it corny and such. Sometimes it is even people who loved it when it came out but now want to be cool. Even if you like it ironically you still like it. The only thing I get from it is that the people doing it now will have it done to them by the next generation. As you say, if you listen to the song, why a bit light in tune is a tragic story. How you don't know this woman's story sitting in the Disco who you think is old and fading.

The song is from the 70s. I have been a fan since 1973. Copacabana is also a movie staring Barry Manilow and Annette O Toole.

He did make a movie based on that song and starred in it. I believe you can watch it on youtube!

This predates Pee Wee so Pee Wee looks like Barry. Glad you listened to this the greatest showman of our generation and still performing today. Barry puts on a show there is no doubt about that. Copacabana a song that is a complete story in 7 minutes. It also has been a musical, a TV movie and high schools still put this on as a play from time to time. Listen to the lyrics and you'll understand. Song came out of the album Even Now in 1978.

This song was released in 1978

People used to say he looked like Joe Montana. In fact, Montana has said that when he was in college they used to call him Joe Montanalow.

Love Barry Manilow but he's so stiff to a song with a great Latin beat..You'd think he'd bust a move or something lol😊..love your reactions💖

You are funny as hell

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

William J. Larson glad I could make you 😃 ✌️

I'm very familiar with Manillow, good stuff but you cracked me up with the Pee Wee & Skip Bayless thing LMAO! Keep up the good work & I'm looking forward to your cooking channel 😎

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Chef Geo Pec thank you and as far as cooking it really basic I’m just trying something new. I appreciate the support be well ✌️

@chefgeopec6255

4 жыл бұрын

@@themightyfp it all starts from basic. The culinary world is huge, have fun with it & you never know...you might fall in love with it like I did 25 yrs ago 👍🏼

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Chef Geo Pec thanks for the words wish me luck ✌️

Disco madness!

You should listen to Barry Manilow's Could it be Magic. Barry Manilow has 2 versions of this song. One is slow and the other one is an upbeat version.

Check out Jim Croce -- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown and Don't Mess Around With Jim.

if you didn't know in the 1940s when the Copacabana first opened up in NYC with was home to the mob via partner Frank Costello. The club i believe is currently open today.

Disco was really big in the 1970's. This song hit #1 on the pop and disco charts. A great story song! Try his ballad called I Write The Songs.

Polishing his elbows..😂😂😂

Back in the day no rockers would ever admit Barry Manikowski was good 😂

@laurakennedy9250

4 жыл бұрын

It's not a question of whether he was good or bad, it was about the type of music you liked to listen to and his music was not my thing... Elvis fans are fanatical about him but I always had to change the station when he came on. To each his own. From a woman who loves rock and blues.

@jppatches1327

4 жыл бұрын

But we listened and loved him in private. Haha

Lol Of course I knew Barry Manilow 707 shit as he was a hit machine on am radio when I was a kid. But it's funny to see your interpretation. Skip Bayless lol

Damn you, Rico! lol

Well, it is a disco so very end of seventies very beginning of eighties

Early in the movies H Hill brought his date to the COPA. Hot spot in the 40's-50's. BTW Dolly with some other great singers and band perhaps for another WTF Wed kzread.info/dash/bejne/iH91mcePY8mTl7Q.html

Mike Muir for Suicidal and Adam Calhoun would be in my band,

It sounds very Hollywood

@themightyfp

10 ай бұрын

Agreed but still 😃

This has upbeat music but dark lyrics similar to The Smiths 🤔 Is this the first time Barry Manilow has been likened to The Smiths? By the way Barry will never let you down 👍

Cocaine is an instrument?😂😂🎵

now I just want to sample that beat at the beginning. Sure it's been done before. A lot. But idk I'll chop it up or something

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I sampled it right after i did the video lol let know how yours turns out.

This song is from 1978

Tracy Chapman is a great singer to react to or just listen for your own soul..... still so relevant now. **Tracy Chapman - Talkin About A Revolution (Live) kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqpsqKSjn5S_aKw.html. **Tracy Chapman - Crossroads kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZ1216Zme9bbc7g.html.

Bruv - want to give you a total curve ball to react to - nothing like you've done before: Firestarter by The Prodigy.

Did he say "I can hear the cocaine?" LMAO 🤣 Yes sir...that is cocaine they're playing hahaha

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Voorhees 🤦🏻‍♂️

The Best of Barry Manilow was my way of dealing with traffic jams in the 90s.

I thought we would finally agree on something, but you like Barry Manilow and you give The Doors a 6 out of 10?! Never liked him and I never will, but to each his own. Give me some good rock or blues, to me this is just schmaltz (you probably don't know what that means). Barry Manilow fans, bless you all, but I just don't get it and I don't want to...

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Laurie Toma it’s like watching a really bad movie you can’t turn away from. Best way to describe it.

Hey... Barry Manilow had swag before the word was used to describe "style". Everybody loved Barry Manilow during the Disco era. Who wouldn't wanna dance to this?

Barry gives no fucks because his songs make the whole world sing. He never tried to be anything but himself.

LOL! He does look like PeeWee Never saw that lol.

Get ready to add another singer ( as unlikely as you might think it ) to your roster of special singers to you. That would be Cyndi Lauper who sang the Bubble-Gum hit, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Turns out that Cyndi has about the best voice I've ever heard in a female singer. I'm going to send you a gift...Cyndi singing live in 1980 from either a German or Polish (!) TV show, The Blue Angel?. Listen to the entire song..as she builds towards the climax that will blow you out of your socks. Trust me, as a friend. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWqBybJueMqce7g.html

If you like Barry Manilow you’ll appreciate Neil Diamond and Bette Midler.

Bruh - is the hoody really necessary ???

@themightyfp

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the top of my head was cold 🥶 but thanks for the concern 😃 ✌️ stay safe

Definitely looks like he shoots people in the gut with his white .22 lol

@philiposm

4 жыл бұрын

Or like Edward G and all those guys who always shoot between the eyes.