C/D: Barry Manilow "Copacaban"

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For those that need a reminder of the music and passion: http://www.sleeve-notes.com/music/Copacabana.wma

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I've never heard anything else by Manilow, but Copacabana, besides the cheesiness of the delivery and Manilow himself, is an inspired piece of songwriting.

You'd have to be one morose mofo not to fall for it.

Now rip me to shreds

― Nik (Nik), Sunday, 31 August 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"but that was 20 years ago, when there used to be a show"--CLASSIC

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 31 August 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

CLASSIC!

check out dj hell's cover/remix "copa" too.

― jed_e_3 (jed_e_3), Sunday, 31 August 2003 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

From a musical perspective it's a stunner, catchier than the common cold and beatifully arranged. Plus, kudos to Manilow for the tongue-in-cheek backing vocals ("Copacabana! Have a banana!").

― Palomino (Palomino), Sunday, 31 August 2003 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Watching "An Evening With Barry Manilow" on BBC1... he's quite the showman, isn't he?

Anyway, yeah, classic.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 2 October 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

A childhood fave, so, CLASSIC. Supposedly, Manilow had to revise this song a jillion times to please the A&R mooks at his label. They were concerned that the public wouldn't get the storyline.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 2 October 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

an inspired piece of songwriting.

Oh DO give me a break, won't you?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 October 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

thirteen years pass...

When was the last term you heard Ships?

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 April 2018 04:00 (seven years ago)

four years pass...

fuck this song

― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 20:49 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbZGOJcr_P0

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 20:54 (three years ago)

"but that was 20 years ago, when there used to be a show"--CLASSIC

now this applies to fondly remembered electroclash nights

― Josefa, Tuesday, 28 March 2023 21:13 (three years ago)

It's "thirty years ago" in the lyric, though, now Barry needs to do a new "grunge throwback" version.

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 00:44 (three years ago)

It was thirty years ago when the songs all started slow

― Josefa, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 01:33 (three years ago)

Hearing this thread title in the voice of a Jersey mobster

― jaymc, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 04:32 (three years ago)

Which reminds me: One time I visited my cousin in Madrid in the early 90s and he asked me to bring along some American magazines since they were several weeks behind in Spain. He requested both Us and People, iirc. One of them had an interview with Frank Sinatra Jr. which particularly interested him, especially the following quote: “My father thinks there are no good songs being written anymore, but I disagree. ‘Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl.” I ended up hearing this many more times during that trip, at least once per day.

― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 04:42 (three years ago)

Insert one more single quote if you miss it

― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 04:45 (three years ago)

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:18 (three years ago)

― It’s Only Her Factory, Girl! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:22 (three years ago)

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