C/D: Barry Manilow "Copacaban"

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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 years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

an inspired piece of songwriting.

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

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 October 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link

thirteen years pass...
four years pass...

fuck this song

hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link

"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 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

It was thirty years ago when the songs all started slow

Josefa, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 01:33 (one year ago) link

Hearing this thread title in the voice of a Jersey mobster

jaymc, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 04:32 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

'

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link

:)

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


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