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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?
I don't see what the big deal with Milli Vanilli was.
European producers have been using session musicians & getting more glamorous looking people who don't sing or play to front these bands in promotional appearances and videos since the mid 50s.
Frank Farian, Milli Vanilli's producer was doing the exact same thing with Boney M 20 years earlier and nobody batted a eyelid over it then because it was so commonplace.
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Maybe it wasn't a big deal from a moral or personal opinion standpoint to a lot of us out here....but it was a HUGE controversy in 1990. The GRAMMY was the breaking point. I don't think anyone even cared about the lip syncing or the fact that they were not the vocalists. The fans and critics could not forgive them for accepting that Grammy while lying about who and what they were.
I saw a VH1 special where Rob said something to the effect of 'We sat there and prayed not to win that Grammy. And when we did, we knew it was over for us.'
He made another comment about the lip syncing track that got stuck, he said he was terrified to show up at their next sold out venue. And when they got out on stage everyone cheered. Nobody cared. They still loved Milli Vanilli.
For Vanilla Ice I think the controvery was only started because of HAMMER giving credit to Rick James so freely.
For Milli Vanilli I think it was the Grammy.
Other than that, yeah you're right...what's the big deal?
All I know is it's true music controversy and that's what I wanted to discuss.