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Barry Manilow is an American singer/songwriter best known for hits such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", "I Write The Songs" and "Copacabana". |
Barry Manilow is an American singer/songwriter best known for hits such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", "I Write The Songs" and "Copacabana". |
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Is the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Stuck On Band |
Is the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Stuck On Band-Aid Brand]] (he [[He Also Did|wrote the jingle]]). |
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=== Albums === |
=== Albums === |
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'''Lily''': ''I don't want.''<br /> |
'''Lily''': ''I don't want.''<br /> |
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'''Barry''': ''I don't want,''<br /> |
'''Barry''': ''I don't want,''<br /> |
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'''Both''': ''[[Finishing Each |
'''Both''': ''[[Finishing Each Other's Sentences|No, I don't want your flowers anymore]]!'' }} |
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* [[Audience Participation Song]]: Manilow picks a girl out of the audience to sing "Can't Smile Without You" with him. |
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: Manilow picks a girl out of the audience to sing "Can't Smile Without You" with him. |
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* [[Big Applesauce]]: "New York City Rhythm", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Avenue C", "Brooklyn Blues", and of course the [[Concept Album]] ''Here At The Mayflower'', which is about life in a New York apartment building. |
* [[Big Applesauce]]: "New York City Rhythm", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Avenue C", "Brooklyn Blues", and of course the [[Concept Album]] ''Here At The Mayflower'', which is about life in a New York apartment building. |
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''Now, wouldn't it be sad bein' lonely all alone?'' }} |
''Now, wouldn't it be sad bein' lonely all alone?'' }} |
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* [[Long Runner]] |
* [[Long Runner]] |
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* [[Money Dear Boy]]: ''Three'' [[Informed Judaism|Christmas albums]]???? |
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: ''Three'' [[Informed Judaism|Christmas albums]]???? |
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* [[Old Shame]]: Have you seen the page pic? |
* [[Old Shame]]: Have you seen the page pic? |
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* [[Rockstar Song]]: "It's A Miracle". |
* [[Rockstar Song]]: "It's A Miracle". |
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* [[Self Backing Vocalist]]: "One Voice", among others. |
* [[Self Backing Vocalist]]: "One Voice", among others. |
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* [[Self |
* [[Self-Demonstrating Article]]: "[http://www.mediafire.com/?8xum80w71wz9vme I Really Do Write The Songs]". Manilow [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs lampshades all over the place]] with this one. Served with delicious side dishes of [[Self-Parody]] and [[Take That Me]], with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] at the very end for dessert. A little taste: |
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{{quote| ''You [[Self |
{{quote| ''You [[Self-Demonstrating Article|start off with the verse]]''<br /> |
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''[[Self |
''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|That's the part that tells you]]''<br /> |
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''[[Self |
''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|What the song is gonna be about]].''<br /> |
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''You gotta grab 'em first''<br /> |
''You gotta grab 'em first''<br /> |
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''[[The Stoner|Dope is good]], or [[Death Tropes|death is nice]]''<br /> |
''[[The Stoner|Dope is good]], or [[Death Tropes|death is nice]]''<br /> |
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''But [[Love Tropes|love is still the best way out]].''<br /> |
''But [[Love Tropes|love is still the best way out]].''<br /> |
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''[[Self |
''[[Self-Demonstrating Article|And then you pad, and then you fill]],''<br /> |
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''Or you [[Jewish Complaining|complain]], or get a chill.''<br /> |
''Or you [[Jewish Complaining|complain]], or get a chill.''<br /> |
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''But most of all, you move along''<br /> |
''But most of all, you move along''<br /> |
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* [[Signature Song|Signature Songs]]: "Copacabana", "Can't Smile Without You", "Mandy", and of course "I Write The Songs". |
* [[Signature Song|Signature Songs]]: "Copacabana", "Can't Smile Without You", "Mandy", and of course "I Write The Songs". |
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* [[Silly Love Songs]]: Too many to name here. |
* [[Silly Love Songs]]: Too many to name here. |
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* [[Stuck On Band |
* [[Stuck On Band-Aid Brand]]: The [[Trope Maker]]. |
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* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?", "Starting Again", and countless others. |
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?", "Starting Again", and countless others. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As only a native New Yorker can do it! |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As only a native New Yorker can do it! |
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* [[Dumb Blonde|Dumb Blond]]: Averted pretty massively. |
* [[Dumb Blonde|Dumb Blond]]: Averted pretty massively. |
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* [[Happily Married|Happily (Un)Married]]: Manilow and longtime friend/girlfriend [http://www.manilow-world.com/media/DIR_363035/DIR_369472/Take~a~Break~1998-1.jpg Linda Allen] have been together since [[The Seventies|the early seventies]]. She's his girlfriend, except for when she isn't. They live together, except for when they don't. One assumes that [[ |
* [[Happily Married|Happily (Un)Married]]: Manilow and longtime friend/girlfriend [http://www.manilow-world.com/media/DIR_363035/DIR_369472/Take~a~Break~1998-1.jpg Linda Allen] have been together since [[The Seventies|the early seventies]]. She's his girlfriend, except for when she isn't. They live together, except for when they don't. One assumes that [[It's a Long Story|It's Complicated]]. |
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: See: [[Ivy League for Everyone]] below. |
* [[Hidden Depths]]: See: [[Ivy League for Everyone]] below. |
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* [[Ivy League for Everyone]]: [http://www.juilliard.edu/ The Juilliard School]. |
* [[Ivy League for Everyone]]: [http://www.juilliard.edu/ The Juilliard School]. |
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* [[American Accents|Noo Yawk Aksent]] |
* [[American Accents|Noo Yawk Aksent]] |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]] / [[Disappeared Dad]]: Manilow's father left him and his mother when Manilow was two years old. |
* [[Parental Abandonment]] / [[Disappeared Dad]]: Manilow's father left him and his mother when Manilow was two years old. |
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Constantly. |
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* [[Seventies Hair]]: [http://image.lyricspond.com/image/b/artist-barry-manilow/album-barry-manilow-i/cd-cover.jpg Oh] [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JAXyOVtZ0eE/R6IfCR6xjYI/AAAAAAAAFKk/fKvIyGnmPmg/s320/Barry%2BManilow.jpg yeah]. |
* [[Seventies Hair]]: [http://image.lyricspond.com/image/b/artist-barry-manilow/album-barry-manilow-i/cd-cover.jpg Oh] [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JAXyOVtZ0eE/R6IfCR6xjYI/AAAAAAAAFKk/fKvIyGnmPmg/s320/Barry%2BManilow.jpg yeah]. |
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Revision as of 00:00, 9 January 2014
Barry Manilow is an American singer/songwriter best known for hits such as "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", "I Write The Songs" and "Copacabana".
Is the Trope Maker for Stuck On Band-Aid Brand (he wrote the jingle).
Albums
- Barry Manilow (1973)
- Barry Manilow (1974)
- Tryin' To Get The Feeling (1975)
- This One's For You (1976)
- Even Now (1978)
- One Voice (1979)
- Barry (1980)
- If I Should Love Again (1981)
- Here Comes The Night (1981)
- 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe (1984)
- Manilow (1985)
- Swing Street (1987)
- Barry Manilow (1989)
- Because It's Christmas (1990)
- Showstoppers (1991)
- Singin' With The Big Bands (1994)
- Summer of '78 (1996)
- Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998)
- Here At The Mayflower (2001)
- A Christmas Gift of Love (2002)
- Scores (2004)
- The Greatest Songs of The Fifties (2006)
- The Greatest Songs of The Sixties (2006)
- The Greatest Songs of The Seventies (2007)
- In The Swing Of Christmas (2007)
- The Greatest Songs of The Eighties (2008)
- The Greatest Love Songs of All Time (2010)
- 15 Minutes (2011)
Barry Manilow's Work Shows Examples of the Following Tropes:
- Anti Love Song: "The Last Duet" (duet with Lily Tomlin) is of the Comedy/Parody variety:
Lily: You creep |
- Audience Participation Song: Manilow picks a girl out of the audience to sing "Can't Smile Without You" with him.
- Big Applesauce: "New York City Rhythm", "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "Avenue C", "Brooklyn Blues", and of course the Concept Album Here At The Mayflower, which is about life in a New York apartment building.
- Break Up Song: "Lay Me Down", "I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)", and many, many others.
- Broken Record: "Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again)" is quite repetitive.
- Christmas Album: Three of 'em.
- Concept Album: Here At The Mayflower, and 15 Minutes, which is about the perils of fame.
- Cover Version: The Greatest Songs Of... albums. And Manilow Sings Sinatra. And all those Christmas albums.
- Cowboy Bebop At His Computer: Despite endless claims to the contrary by journalists who Did Not Do the Research, Manilow did not write the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he did sing the vocal on it.
- "I Write The Songs" is not Manilow going on an ego trip about what a fantastic songwriter he is. The "I" in the title actually refers to the spirt of Music, and in fact the very last line of the song is, "I am Music, and I write the songs". As Manilow himself is constantly at great pains to point out, he didn't even write that song; Bruce Johnston did.
- Darker and Edgier: 15 Minutes.
- Everyone Is Christian At Christmas: Three Christmas albums, Barry? Really??
- He Also Did: A jazz album, two swing albums, and two Concept Albums.
- In the early Seventies, he worked as a jingle writer for commercials, and wrote several famous ones such as the "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle for State Farm Insurance. As noted above, he also sang the vocal on the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he didn't write one bit of it.
- VSM (Very Strange Medley) with the commercials is here.
- In The Eighties, Copacabana was made into a musical Made for TV Movie starring Manilow as Tony Starr and Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamar. See it here.
- In the early Seventies, he worked as a jingle writer for commercials, and wrote several famous ones such as the "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle for State Farm Insurance. As noted above, he also sang the vocal on the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial, but he didn't write one bit of it.
- Intercourse With You: Many, many times. "I Wanna Do It With You", "I'm Your Man", and lots of others.
- Large Ham: Have you seen the page pic?
- Lonely Together: "Lonely Together". Fits this trope so well that it should possibly be the Trope Namer.
Wouldn't it be fine bein' lonely together? |
- Long Runner
- Money, Dear Boy: Three Christmas albums????
- Old Shame: Have you seen the page pic?
- Rockstar Song: "It's A Miracle".
- Self Backing Vocalist: "One Voice", among others.
- Self-Demonstrating Article: "I Really Do Write The Songs". Manilow hangs lampshades all over the place with this one. Served with delicious side dishes of Self-Parody and Take That Me, with a Crowning Moment of Funny at the very end for dessert. A little taste:
You start off with the verse |
Yes, that's the chorus |
- The Seventies: And how!
- Signature Songs: "Copacabana", "Can't Smile Without You", "Mandy", and of course "I Write The Songs".
- Silly Love Songs: Too many to name here.
- Stuck On Band-Aid Brand: The Trope Maker.
- Your Cheating Heart: "Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?", "Starting Again", and countless others.
Barry Manilow Shows Examples of the Following Tropes:
- Adorkable
- Berserk Button: Don't refer to Manilow's fans as "Fanilows". Just... don't.
- Blue Eyes: According to people who have met him in Real Life, they are startlingly blue.
- Break the Cutie: See: Parental Abandonment below.
- Cloudcuckoolander: For reasons known only to himself, Manilow sometimes chooses to present himself as such. Don't be fooled.
- Dark and Troubled Past: As above, see: Parental Abandonment below.
- Deadpan Snarker: As only a native New Yorker can do it!
- Dumb Blond: Averted pretty massively.
- Happily (Un)Married: Manilow and longtime friend/girlfriend Linda Allen have been together since the early seventies. She's his girlfriend, except for when she isn't. They live together, except for when they don't. One assumes that It's Complicated.
- Hidden Depths: See: Ivy League for Everyone below.
- Ivy League for Everyone: The Juilliard School.
- Jews Love to Argue: Manilow is on record as saying that his relationship with Bette Midler can basically be summarized thusly.
- Nice Jewish Boy
- Noo Yawk Aksent
- Parental Abandonment / Disappeared Dad: Manilow's father left him and his mother when Manilow was two years old.
- Self-Deprecation: Constantly.
- Seventies Hair: Oh yeah.