As a musician myself, I don't blame them one bit! They were broke and struggling and someone offered them a paying gig. They took it to survive. End of story.

@rfcbass6810

8 ай бұрын

Yup. Actors pretend to be other people all the time. This was entertainment.

@MultiSkyman1

8 ай бұрын

@@rfcbass6810 Exactly.

@fabiofabi3997

8 ай бұрын

Stop using money for giving answers

@billybobb8080

8 ай бұрын

A scandal doesn't GAF about someone's personal troubles. If that was the case, all of those scam call centers in India is fine and dandy because they are just trying to survive. Those poor musicians who ACTUALLY DID THE WORK got the shaft and that's OK in your book ?!?!? You'd ''sing'' a different tune if you did all the work and got NO CREDIT !!!! I'm glad those goofballs got exposed and shamed. Has nothing to do with them being ''nice'' or not.

@TooSkinnyKenny

8 ай бұрын

not just that but faking it in the music business is nothing new. Natalie Wood did not do her own singing in "West Side Story".

This is so sad. I was a kid back then, I remember them being a joke punchline but as an adult I came back to this story and it’s really heartbreaking.

@DropDMurphy

8 ай бұрын

I'm 47 and still use this reference on occasion. Unfortunately, my kids don't get it.

@NaturallyGifted77

8 ай бұрын

Yes

@1p4p_akqb99

8 ай бұрын

I’m so lost im 24 who are these ppl

@Mothermochi

8 ай бұрын

@@1p4p_akqb99 um back in the 90s these guys became one the the most popular groups. Even one a Grammy. Everything was great for them until they were preforming live and the vocal track they had been using skipped and exposed them as not actually singing. They were basically recruited because they were good looking. They weren’t given a chance to sing- they didn’t even speak English. They became the biggest joke across all media. Everyone was making fun of them for lip syncing. They had their Grammys returned and I seem to remember there were lawsuits. They tried ti learn English and redeem themselves but the damage was largely done. Rob killed him self. Fab still preforms and is actually a good singer.

@DropDMurphy

8 ай бұрын

@@1p4p_akqb99 It's much safer for you and your loved ones if you remain oblivious to who these men are. Just know there are people watch, always watching... Just like Roz from Monsters INC.

They weren’t the ones deceiving people. The actual people who made the music hired them to be the faces of the group.

@ME-ot2ce

9 ай бұрын

Um WHAT -yes they were, a big part of the whole story -STOP

@unclehollywoodshouseofther995

9 ай бұрын

​@@ME-ot2cethey were used

@ME-ot2ce

9 ай бұрын

NO they chose to be a part of something that was dihonest, so they put them selves in a position, used would only apply if they had no Idea -and of course they did since they just lip singing the songs@@unclehollywoodshouseofther995

@richgraham4416

9 ай бұрын

This is true

@ME-ot2ce

9 ай бұрын

@@richgraham4416 how can you say they weren't the ones deceiving when they signed up for the gig they knew what it was about they knew what they were lip-syncing they knew they weren't really singing the song and they waent a long with the charade so they have accountability of course don't think they don't

The music industry owes milli vanilli a public apology. They took their award for ‘lip syncing’ and now that same music industry hands out awards FOR lip syncing.

@ts121084

2 ай бұрын

No, they don’t. Stop.

@taurusbull8276

2 ай бұрын

What part of "they never sang any of those songs" do you not understand?

@KubanKevin

Ай бұрын

The lip syncing wasn’t the issue. It’s that they themselves never sang it even in the recording studio. It’s akin to Gorillaz or The Archies except these were real people instead of cartoon bands

@bobbowie9350

Ай бұрын

It was a collection of singers that sang the songs in the studio.

@BigBadJerryRogers

16 күн бұрын

Or maybe the whole industry is full of it, these guys included? They knew they were doing something wrong and did it anyway

Fab Morvan sings very well now, as good as the original voices. He didn't need any cover singer, just some coaching.

@TheJpep2424

9 ай бұрын

No where near the original

@Rashy225

8 ай бұрын

You can like the man but don’t be delusional.

@xaviergough9359

8 ай бұрын

There's literally a video of the guy singing it live with acoustic guitar players. He can sing well---certainly better than the fake singers using autotune today.

@AppleheadG33

8 ай бұрын

Very true… AND he sings live! Definitely better than JLo 😂 Check it out… kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZuMmtVreNa1YqQ.htmlsi=k3HIKRmThZAbQJ84

@19Rena96

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheJpep2424he sings WAY BETTER lmao

Despite all of that, I still enjoy listening to “Girl you know it’s true” to this day.

@adamfirst9321

6 ай бұрын

Girl you know it’s not true..

@YaAliAfg02

5 ай бұрын

You not alone!

@radiohead2206

4 ай бұрын

​@@adamfirst9321it never is 😂

@SeminarioMAE

4 ай бұрын

i played it at my wedding

@aqn619

4 ай бұрын

@@SeminarioMAE that’s awesome!

I will never understand why the producers didn't just bring in vocal coaches and let them sing the songs on the album. There are plenty of pop stars who don't have the greatest voices, but still made a success out of it.

@Theinsideoutsider

8 ай бұрын

That would take too much time and effort when there was money to be made now...... Apparently

@maryhansen7021

8 ай бұрын

these were pre-autotune days

@kimmyblimmy908

8 ай бұрын

100%

@hutch1197

8 ай бұрын

@@maryhansen7021 So? They could still make bad singers sound good back then. These guys had better singing voices than, say, Paula Abdul. And she was able to sell millions.

@torakfett3351

8 ай бұрын

@@hutch1197Paula’s singing is ROUGH now. You can tell she hasn’t kept up with it. Saw her in concert a few years back and was EXTREMELY disappointed. Debbie Gibson also. Live I was very disappointed.

They were incredibly handsome, athletic and had awesome stage presence that captured audiences of all ages. They deserve praise for having the talent and personality of true performers. They just happened to not be singers. It’s sad they themselves took the fall when it was a well choreographed machine by many powerful music execs.

@MrHabart

8 ай бұрын

Frank Farian did the same thing in the 70's with Boney M

@alphonsedepoitiers4848

8 ай бұрын

Handsome? If you like those kind of half black it's ok... I will not personaly call it handsome but if it s your kind of men...

@doveflyer1636

8 ай бұрын

@@alphonsedepoitiers4848Fab wasn’t half black-Rob was

@Me-qp8vz

7 ай бұрын

wow dude put your racism away and join the 21st century.@@alphonsedepoitiers4848

@pumalogo204

7 ай бұрын

handsome & awesome stage presence? you must be truly desperate🤣😁

The funny thing is, after he learned to speak English he sounded pretty good. He performs live now

@Music-tg5is

7 ай бұрын

Shame, it only took nearly 40 years practice. 😂 If you try anything for that long, you can become at least "pretty good" at it.

@spiritloa

5 ай бұрын

@@Music-tg5isthey probably would had have the same success if they sang it for real. The songs are still catchy. The whole thing this was about was the apperance and image. So even if the singing would not be that good, people are still superficial and go for looks. That fans destroyed thier records only proofs this, they didnt really care about the music

@Nasenschnuckel

5 ай бұрын

@@spiritloa I agree in some way. Yes I believe if the original singers had sung this song it is hard to imagine that they would have become stars. But I also have a lot of doubts that if Rob and Fab had sung with their real voices that this would have worked.

@QHowardBootlegs

3 ай бұрын

@@Music-tg5isno he sounded great on his solo album “Love Revolution”

@Boomhauersdad

2 ай бұрын

@@Music-tg5iswhy are you being such a music gatekeeper? It’s cringe stop

Ive come back to this video and have to say Fab actually can sing quite well. He still makes original music to this day and also actually sings the classic Milli Vanilli songs. Look up Fab Morvan.

@davidtsmith33

9 ай бұрын

Right. That's who I probably saw and thought he was quite good.

@JukeboxBalowski

9 ай бұрын

I agree! Fab is now a better singer and performer than 90% of the current artists in the Top 40.

@ferndogg4427

9 ай бұрын

Agree, tbh I thought he passed away too, love the 80s

@Lfg117

8 ай бұрын

Idgaf - I luv MV & props to the actual vocalists.

@rfcbass6810

8 ай бұрын

Um did you not listen? It's horrible.

The biggest question I always had was whether the infamous concert tape malfunction was really an accident. They were in the midst of a contract battle with their producer when this happened

@caole88

8 ай бұрын

I always felt they leaked it. The main producer knew they would get blamed only. Everyone was deceptive but they were scapegoats. It was sad then and now. I always felt bad for the men who were so young too.

@Me-qp8vz

7 ай бұрын

A setup.

@iantuition

7 ай бұрын

No. That happened over a year before everything blew up.

@eilenedecali2195

6 ай бұрын

I believe the "accident" was intentional, too.

I never thought it mattered and I still don't... it was a great piece of pop 🎉🎧

The concept of Milli Vanilli wouldn’t have worked without Rob and Fab

@TheJpep2424

9 ай бұрын

The song worked without them because they weren't singing it.

@Jack-russell103

9 ай бұрын

Baloney You could have put laurel and hardy in there and it would have worked

@hang-the-dogs

8 ай бұрын

even Chip n Dale could do it

@niterida380

8 ай бұрын

I agree. They were MV.

@veronicafleitas412

8 ай бұрын

Agree! After all, they are still one of my favorites. People don’t realize they weren’t the only ones, the Black Box singer for example, the lady on the video is a French model lip syncing and nobody said nothing at the time

I do feel bad about this story, and especially for Rob that died of an overdose... Yes, back in the 90's, no one knew what was going on behind the scenes with the group, so we just liked their music... Hearing these songs today brings back good memories, so that stunt wasn't such a bad thing as far as I'm concerned... Just the death of Rob is bad.

@tubucoco

9 ай бұрын

I agree, actually they didn't sound bad as singers, I found them passable or credible imo. They just had accents, but I'm from New Orleans and english is my natural language, but everyone I meet that's not from louisiana tells me I speak with an accent, so, it's funny to me.😆

I love Rob and Fab. So glad to see Fab dominating this these days, but sad it hurt them so much. Good people, talented people, used and hurt. RIP Rob.

I love these guys!! Their energy is everything! My heart is with Rob. You had to live a long life, sweet angel. People destroyed them, it's awful it's not fair. They were real stars. You are always in my heart boys, I don't care who was singing. I love YOU ❤🎉🎉🎉

The problem wasn't that they couldn't sing, it was that they couldn't speak English well. Fab over came it & has an amazing voice. Rob was improving but drugs got in his way everytime he was on the right track. If people were smarter & more forgiving, maybe he'd still be here. I don't hold Rob responsible for his drug use & death. He lost everything & the world turned on him & fab. They were hated for something that wasn't their fault, something that they were forced to do inorder to avoid tons of trouble. Wish people would look into their story & what happened before making judging them. RIP Rob

@A_World_Full_of_Lies

9 ай бұрын

So true!

Fab Can now sing on his own and sounds twice as good then the voice providers.

@Rashy225

8 ай бұрын

No, he doesn’t.

@alenkrupljanin9531

8 ай бұрын

Actually he kind of does

@19Rena96

8 ай бұрын

​@@Rashy225yes he does.

@johnm140

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZuMmtVreNa1YqQ.htmlsi=-jL-rvrzr15KAlmm

@captainheh5826

8 ай бұрын

​@Rashy225 he actually does.

The scary thing is.. it still goes on to this day in varying levels. For some, it’s 2 other singers singing parts of the song that the “star” can’t sing or they heavily mix the stars voice in with the other singers then you have super famous singers out here that are not singing on their own albums at all. Madness. This story is really sad though. Don’t understand why the entire blame was put on these two guys. 😮

@ricsim78

8 ай бұрын

Because they were the face of Milli Vanilli. This was not their fault,. they were used for their looks and stage presence and it was the record company and producers who actually did the deception.

@imalwaysright

8 ай бұрын

This is screaming Jennifer Lopez using the vocals of Ashanti, Christina Milian and others 😂😂😂😂😂

I feel bad for them. They wanted to sing themselves yet their producer wouldn’t let them and when they insisted on singing themselves, their producer exposed them for lip syncing as a way to get back at them. Rest In Heavenly Peace Rob🙏🤍🕊🙏♥️

@bookofshadows2755

2 ай бұрын

Oh that’s awful!

They sang like original singers at the end so who cares about that scandal. It's not their fault, they were manipulated. Girl you know it's true is my favourite song and will always be ❤

@allentoyokawa9068

10 ай бұрын

FAVORITE**

@neetrab

9 ай бұрын

"Who cares...?" - The Grammy Awards smh

@Bluersilk555

9 ай бұрын

Manipulated ?? They conned people just two dancing fools ....

@ramps2402

9 ай бұрын

@@Bluersilk555They coned people, yea it’s not nice coning people, probably uncomfortable.

@evalex71

9 ай бұрын

If that’s your favorite song you are either younger than 12 years old or you are clueless

in Europe was a common thing to have models lip sync songs but the problem was because they were really gorgeous men, and in the US teenagers got crazy about them, and the songs were hits

I still love Milli Vanilli - they didn’t set out to deceive anyone. The record company did that

@jmurdock8303

8 ай бұрын

Yes that did they knew they weren't the one singing

@gregoryl.levitre9759

8 ай бұрын

You are the kind of person that keeps scammers in business.

@paulaskeete1243

8 ай бұрын

​@jmurdock8303 Their manger, who " exposed " them did this with all the groups he managed. They wanted to sing on their records but their manger wouldn't let them. The manager went to the press when he got word they were about to do the same , so it made him look like the innocent in all this because he got there first.

@jmurdock8303

8 ай бұрын

@@paulaskeete1243 but they can't sing and they know it wasn't them.

@lloydchristmas1086

8 ай бұрын

​​@@jmurdock8303One of them is a really good singer his career is booming even today look it up. Fab Morvan is his name.

I just found their cassette at a resale store for 25 cents!! I totally bought it! Along with Rick Springfield and Martika! 😂 ❤ I grew up with this music, I was heartbroken when I found out it wasn’t them singing. Idgaf now.

@tinapearlsound7611

8 ай бұрын

Cooool👍 I remember and love these artists too. Love the 80s/early 90s! But so sad for Rob💔

@johnpaulgarcia6906

8 ай бұрын

25 cents that's a bargain 😮

@imalwaysright

8 ай бұрын

Iconic! 😂😂😂😂

I never blamed Rob and Fab for lip syncing, they where forced to do it. I still watch the clips, it brings so much good memory's of the 80's

@darrylskylar8757

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! A sleazy producer took advantage of them and then exposed them for lip syncing when they started to speak up for themselves.

@ericacruz8261

9 ай бұрын

They had a gun to there head❓

@darrylskylar8757

9 ай бұрын

@@ericacruz8261 they were young, naive and offered the chance to make a lot of money for themselves. We’re they forced? No, however they were taken advantage of.

@SundayCookingRemix

9 ай бұрын

Yes. Someone held a gun to their heads

@rudyruiz9959

9 ай бұрын

You might not be able to blame Rob and Fab, but you can always blame it on the rain!

The duo was completely used. It’s really sad that people blamed them for what happened.

@RozaDuke

8 ай бұрын

I agree

@veronicafleitas412

8 ай бұрын

Agree! They were victims of these productors who used them to make a profit

@greenrobot5

7 күн бұрын

they might have not been singers but they were performers

Not a fan *but* I saw Fab, the surviving member do a very good live vocal performance from a concert or festival stage on KZread and the guy owned it. I have nothing but respect for that guy after I saw him really do that shii 💪💪

@Leveer13

8 ай бұрын

I just stumbled on a video of him doing that today, his voice is actually incredible. It has a touch of some of the classic soul singers like Otis Redding. I would listen to a whole album of him.

@BrodyLuv2

8 ай бұрын

@@Leveer13 He really owned it 💪✨💨

G wiz, I remember that day. I was of that era. My poor German comrades. You could say they tried. I still have respect for them no matter what.

They are still my favorite band of my youth.

This is one of the greatest examples of how the truth will always surface and the bigger the lie the harder it is to recover from

@teppo9585

8 ай бұрын

Dang. Much of history is a lie. I´ve sort of given up on hoping to living to see the day it comes to light. This MV lie isn´t really all that big. Much bigger is the Stevie Wonder blindness lie but it doesn´t seem to matter. Certain lies just don´t seem to matter but the MV one is I suppose so easy to comprehend that the masses have taken it on.

That whole album was really good.

Simply amazing! I love the vocal coaching! Pretty cool

Frank Farian and the team at BMG at the time are the one who should be blamed and criticized. Almost nobody talks about the fact that Frank was also the real voice of Boney M. they got away with it during that time, and got caught with the Milli Vanilli project. Fast forward to today, Fab does many gigs and sings live all the time and he’s GREAT! Redemption at best. Also one note: Fab’s accent is a french one, not a german one.

@annaritaranalli1791

19 күн бұрын

But among gorgeous looking boney m,2 girls really sang amd they were both good singers:the jamaican marcia barret and liz mitchell

When I hear the songs it’s theirs rather they sang them or not ,I still enjoy them few hit songs and it’s their faces that come to mind

@veronicafleitas412

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!! Rob and Fav puts the good looking men they are to the music

This breaks my heart, poor guys. They seemed so sweet and willing to learn. The producer is to blame but the guys are the ones who took the biggest reputation hit. 😢

This was the first CD that our family bought back in 1989. I was in the 2nd grade at the time. It is still great music to this day. I felt really bad for them when this happened. It was their manager’s fault. Milli Vanilli forever!!

@Royalgazlite

8 ай бұрын

Cute story!

@Brandon-th4xx

8 ай бұрын

Lol great music........

@Dubbs1580

8 ай бұрын

I was the same age. Mom brought cassette back to the store for a refund. Funniest shit ever

@imalwaysright

8 ай бұрын

@@Brandon-th4xxit was great music

@Sammydushi

5 ай бұрын

And they knew they could not sing what did they think People back then are stupid 😂

Awesome video. What a crazy experience that had to be.

Their producer/creator Frankie Farian did the same thing with Boney M. and No Mercy that had plenty of big hits in Europe where such things were quite common.

@annaritaranalli1791

19 күн бұрын

In boney only 2 of them didn't sing in 🎙 with their real voices

What a nice commentary...supporting these two great guys with Rob sadly taking his life after giving up on it 😢❤❤

I still love Milli Vanilli. And that will never change. I also love both that they proved ,after starting studing music and singing , the world, hey we can sing too and we want this . RIP Rob i love you forever

I saw them in concert in the 80s.. I loved their music. I don't even care that someone else sung it.. I liked their persona and stage presence! So sad that Rob took his own life over the scandal.. I still love their music to this day.. Even had their album.

@torakfett3351

8 ай бұрын

I just got their cassette, I was so excited to have found it!

@sunnerfisk

8 ай бұрын

His death was ruled accidental

@samuisun6684

8 ай бұрын

i wouldnt assume his death was a suicide or accidental

@clarkem4119

3 ай бұрын

@@sunnerfisk That is so disingenuous. He was so messed up over the scandal that he sunk into addiction and overdosed. You can't pretend the scandal had nothing to do with his death, intentional overdose or not. It's not like a piano fell on him or something.

@sunnerfisk

3 ай бұрын

@@clarkem4119try wikipedia

It´s nice to see that Fab made it back on the stage to sing Milli Vanilli Songs alone. He has a channel here on youtube. It´s so sad that it broke Rob and he never found a way back to life and died without the knowledge that this wound will heal one day. What I found a bit mysterios is that they didn´t learn their songs before (me as an 9 yo. fan knew every word and every move as my jazzdance-teacher always told me: you need to understand what you are dancing), but i think maybe there were some contracts we don´t know (f.e. they were not allowed to practise on their own). Really looking forward to the movie next year, maybe I will find my answers why this went so horrible wrong. Even Farian should have known that technique often had issues and even Bobby Farrell from Boney M. was singing live when it was a live-gig.

They were amazing!

This was great to see. Thanks.

Still loved the song 🎵 great memories

Turns out they could sing. Also, that MTV Performance was NOT the performance that outed them. In fact, nothing happened after that or any performance. Their Producer, Frank Farian outed them.

@tubucoco

9 ай бұрын

Those guys were still stars to me, they had the looks and could dance and all. Who cares about the lip syncing stuff, most real music artists lip sync today.😆

@deborahblackvideoediting8697

9 ай бұрын

Frank Farian really threw the two of them under the bus. He announced it to the world in a press conference, without even letting them know ahead of time!

@blueStarKitt7924

9 ай бұрын

​@@deborahblackvideoediting8697 Yeah.😡

@arminius301

9 ай бұрын

unfortunately Frank Farian committed this shameful act of treason. I grew up in the town next to Braunfels where this individual resided and went to the same school as his son. There are a lot of corrupt people running the music industry and Farian seems to have been one of those, very unfortunate. Hope his son didn't follow suit of this garbage example.

God Lord you had a lot on your hands with this project. the syntax, the inflection, it was completely polar opposites from what was recorded to what was coming out of their mouths (or in Will Smitheez, "Ouchamouf")

You make me happy. I was looking for this to ve included in our radio show here in Venezuela. You must ve a really Nice guy. I remember when thiat exploted. Greetings

A lot of these modern pop artists are still trying to learn their own hits because almost none of them wrote any of them

We want to see the rest of that footage!!

They are just so sweet...i cant hate them.

They were ahead of their time. Nowadays I see a lot performers performing to a recording without even lip syncing & only doing live adlibs like “yeahs, what’s & skirt skirts”

This is to the person that made this video. Some artists today just perform on stage and lip sync their songs but they actually recorded their songs with their voices in a studio. Milli Vanilli never sang their songs, it wasn’t their voices to begin with. Big difference.

@ProfDrDrN0

8 ай бұрын

It's still a sham, because they pretend it's a live concert, right?

@scottmcveigh8838

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. I basically said that at the end, sorry if it wasn't clear. Thanks for watching.

As attractive as they were they should have just sing songs in their own voices and greman style they would of still built a fan base over time

@greenrobot5

7 күн бұрын

with their own voices they could have probably rapped or do small voice samples for electronic songs

I loved them.

I think they should publicly give back the Grammy's to Fab. They did onstage, exactly what they were supposed to do...perform. They weren't fake...the record execs were.

@clarkem4119

3 ай бұрын

Sorry, but no. Grammy Awards are AWARDED for performance of music, or for writing music - not just given away out of pity. Rob and Fab modeled and danced and mimed. Not one single note of music was sung/performed by them on the album or live, because the slimeball Farian would not let them.

I heard one of them sing their song/s some time after and he was pretty good.

The BEST most amazing moment was at a show Fab did in recent years there was an opening instrumental track to start the show and spliced into it was a snipped of The Red Hot Chili Peppers.....I fell over laughing at this because it was shortly after the Super Bowl gig where they were found to be doing an air band to their own recordings and it was revealed that NOBODY that plays the superbowl gets to do it live because of the logistics of the half time show. I thought that it was so fitting to incorporate that into a Mili Vanilil intro as kind of a last laugh!

Thanks for posting!

@scottmcv994

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm trying to do more, as cheesy as it sounds I do it for you so it means a lot to get a thanks now and then.

Milli Vanilli were the best. I still love listening to the hits regardless of the scam. The ones responsible for the scam should’ve gone to jail

@annaritaranalli1791

19 күн бұрын

The real milli vanilli were the best

My first concert, headlining was Whitney Houston… opening act was Young MC! With the middle act being Milli Vanilli… it was my sisters birthday present from my parents so we were 4 rows back.. man could they dance!!! I was like, 11 years old, maybe?

It was not that Morvan and Pilatus had culpability, but that they shouldered the entire scandal alone. “Do they deserve to be called out on some level? Sure. But what about everybody else?” Farian, Arista, their record executives and their management emerged largely unscathed....

@deborahblackvideoediting8697

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Especially given that they were all much older and experienced in life. Rob and Fab were in their very early 20s. They really took the brunt of it.

@camiloaguirre59

9 ай бұрын

Frank Farian is a scam artist

Damn.. they were a great act!

I STILL love these dudes!!! The ones performing, and the ones singing

Unfortunately for them they probably just tried this a bit too early. At a recent music festival of ~40 bands, there was only 1 that didn't use a backing vocal track to perform live (an older rapper). Every other performer used a backing track. Not quite as egregious as a different person singing, but production/autotune + backing vocal would have probably got Milli Vanilli by in today's music industry.

@johnjones393

8 ай бұрын

Singing along with a backing track of a recording of the singer's actual voice is totally different than lip syncing to lyrics recorded by another singer and passing it off as them. Way different.

There’s a heartbreaking story underneath all the sensation. They were the biggest thing in the world at the time, but they got the full brunt of the negativity and were basically crucified and shunned like lepers. It cost Rob Pilatus his life in 1998. The original singers failed to make a splash on their own behalf and the musical supervillain who was laughing all the way to the bank again after he squeezed Boney M, was Frank Farian. Fab Morvan luckily has been enjoying a rather successful career as deejay and musician.

What a cool little video! Thank you so much!

@scottmcv994

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I always seem too busy to do these but I'm trying to find the time for more. Next up: Sting.

I still rock with them

Their appeal really was not their singing but their dancing and good looks. I don't remember the actual singers of the song being in popular demand.

It's a very sad story, how things turned out to them, after everyone knew about the lip syncing.

Caught out here in CT at Lake Compounce when their tape messed up. Ah, the good ol days.

@scottmcv994

6 ай бұрын

You witnessed history!

After watching the documentary that I can’t even believe took this long to come out, it really took me back to those days as a 80/90s. It’s sad that they took advantage of.

The industry (RCA records) did a similar thing with Martha Wash who was the singer for Black Box in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Martha is a curvy and voluptuous woman with an exceptional voice. Their music was being played all over the place. However, Black Box never gave Martha credit for her singing and instead had a young, skinny girl (forgot her name) on the cover who also did the lip syncing when performing live.

@StarliteJem

8 ай бұрын

Also in Boney M, only one girl could sing . Did I mention, back then the group was build by the same guy who build Milli Vanilli? Pattern?

@imalwaysright

8 ай бұрын

And C&C Music factory. She was also one of the singers of the original It’s Raining Men (Weather Girls)

@jenna9531

8 ай бұрын

Yes and this needs to be brought up because these guys were hung out to dry and no one brings up the other people that did the same thing. Thank you for such an educated comment.

@jimmiesmith5811

6 ай бұрын

​@@imalwaysrightTwo tons o fun aka the weather girls Martha wash and izorah armsted

@MarkGelderland

5 ай бұрын

@@StarliteJem Two, not one.

That frank guy should've been handed the crap those poor men went through

@CSAccetura

3 ай бұрын

He was behind Boney M as well. The male singer in that group never sang an actual note of music and just danced crazily

I still love their songs! ❤

I've watched both videos on your channel and I really enjoyed them. Are you planning to upload any more videos?

@scottmcveigh8838

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! To be honest I was just sorta dipping a toe in but the response has been great so yes, I'll do more. Not one per day but maybe one or two a month. I think the next one will be Sting. Thanks for watching!

@windwhisprz

8 ай бұрын

@@scottmcveigh8838 right on!

Hey- remember when C&C music Factory outsold Milli Vanilli the same year ripping off Martha Wash and having some stand in model dancer pretending to be her? Didn’t sell as many papers or commercials to scapegoat the industry that practiced this HEAVILY back then.

@CSAccetura

3 ай бұрын

Boney M was created by the same producer as milli. The male singer lip synced and just dances crazily

I remember seeing these guys were on Arsenio Hall and sang with their own voices and they could actually sing and sounded good

@jenna9531

8 ай бұрын

That is a fact and Fab is sooo good even now

I always find it funny when the song line goes, would I lie to you? Then you hear an oh yeah! Cracks me up.

They were the BOMB💣

good story , they could sing

Black Box, Fun Factory, C&C Music Factory and propably many more we dont know.

holy hell you are literally the definition of a professional, i really do like these little history lessons.. Thanks for uploading.. and god bless you

@scottmcv994

8 ай бұрын

Well you made my day! Thanks!

@toxicchili7986

8 ай бұрын

@@scottmcv994 no u 🤣

Such a tragic ending. 😢 I ❤️ their songs, btw.

This looks like a dave chappelle skit

So they basically had to learn English first and then learn how to sing their own songs

This has massive effect afterwards. There were electronic bands like Black Box and Technotronic that tried to same thing but were quickly found out.

Rest in peace 🙏🏼 🕊 Rob. You tried your best.

It wasn't their fault, Fab has actually been a hit musician yrs after.

Girl it wasn't true🎆

I love milli vanilli

I knew Rob! He was a great guy!

The dance phenomenon of the mid-nineties Corona, famous for the hits "Baby Baby" and "The Rhythm Of The Night" followed the same blueprint for commercial success. In fact, Corona was a project that featured the Brazilian model Olga Souza as a front girl, with the aid of Italian vocalist Jenny B. and other singers in the studio as "ghost singers". In other words, all performances were lip-synced. No scandal arose.

@scorpichella

9 ай бұрын

You learn something new everyday 😮

@simmycutters3757

8 ай бұрын

Yep and the song Saturday Night by Whigfield wasn't sung by Whigfield at all, the real vocalist is Ann Lee, who had the hit song Two Times

@scorpichella

8 ай бұрын

@@simmycutters3757 According to Wiki it's just a rumor, unconfirmed.

@furrymonkeything

8 ай бұрын

Wow . Just went to check the "carona " song out. Feel sorry for Rob and Fab. I guess they looked too good to be true.

@imalwaysright

8 ай бұрын

@@simmycutters3757didn’t know that!

Many singers lip sync, there was a lot of jealousy back in the day when Milli Vanilli hit because they were 2 very good looking black guys. So when they saw the opportunity to rip on these black singers they went hard, and it was unfair.

@scottb9669

10 ай бұрын

This is pretty standard for most "pop" artists these days. They put a pretty face on some music made by a producer in a studio somewhere, maybe they write their own lyrics but that's about it. Make them sound good with some good editing and it's easy.

@computron5824

10 ай бұрын

It's not jealousy, it's fraud. The fact that anyone has to point that out speaks volumes about your own ethical standards. If you found an artist today who was passing off someone else's work as their own, the reaction would be the same.

@amafirenze-vi1uh

9 ай бұрын

Funny thing is the singers were also black.

@thaismatsumoto

8 ай бұрын

..the difference is that they didn’t sing the songs at all. Even in the studio. It was entirely different people. It’s one thing to lip sync to you own record but these guys weren’t on that record anywhere except as a picture. I do understand why they did it and agree that the producer is scum for what he did to them though.

@annaritaranalli1791

19 күн бұрын

I've never found them handsome

It was a much simpler time and the guys were HUGE!!

This is truly a heartbreaking story.

Most singers use autotune now so what's the difference

You said they had a huge hit and did tours around the world, But they had dozen hit singles and hit album! They proved they could sing in the end. So what was the point in them other singers singing for them??

People really enjoyed them. Who cares if they were puppets. There are a lot of artists doing just this these days. Just have fun!

Wow...I heard fleeting things about them, but this is an awesome short documentary! Hope you post more! #MikeJohnsonJazz